11 Read and write. Be a grammar detective! Comparative adjectives We use comparative adjectives when we compare animals, people and things. When an adjective has. one syllable, we add-er e.g. tall → taller. - one vowel and one consonant at the end, we double the consonant e.g. big bigger - two syllables ending in y, we change the y toie.g. heavy heavier. - three or more syllables, we use more e.g. intelligent more intelligent 5 1 strong stronger bigger long hot 6 2 funnier 7. heavy 3 beautiful 8 more intelligent 4

1. Economics (is) his favourite subject.

2. The trousers he bought for her (don’t) fit her.

3. The police (want) to interview men about the robbery.

4. Physics (was) my best subject at school.

5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (aren’t) sharp enough.

6. The news (wasn’t) as bad as we expected.

7. Where (does) your family live?

8. Four days (isn’t) long enough for a good holiday.

9. He can’t find his binoculars. Do you know where (they are)?

10. Do you think the people (are) happy with the government?

11. (Do) the police know how the accident happened?

12. She doesn’t like hot weather. Twenty-eight degrees (is) too

warm for her.

13. The staff at school (are) not happy with their new working

conditions.

14. Thirty thousand pounds (was) stolen in the robbery.

15. Two years (is) a long time to be without job.

16. Five miles (is) a long way to walk every day.

17. I need more money. Six pounds (is) not enough.

18. These species (are) very rare.

19. My hair (is) dark brown.

20. His watch (needs) repairing.

1. Опишите, какие коартикуляционные процессы наблюдаются в следующих примерах: bottle, sudden, quarter, try, moon, panther. E.g. kept: [k] слегка палатализуется и становится более продвинутым под влиянием гласного переднего ряда [e]. Смычный взрывной [p] произносится без взрыва, т.к. за ним следует другой взрывной – [t].

2. Запишите следующие предложения в широкой и узкой транскрипции, обращая внимание на возможные случаи элизии:

а) We have fixed for the locksmith to come and mend it.

б) I suppose the best thing is to get another one.

в) She acts particularly well in that play.

г) The postman came the next day.

д) The police went for their sixth round.

(I'm sorry)