5c Grammar in Use
1. How much do you know about classical music? Do the quiz to find out.
Classical Music Quiz
1 Who is considered by many to be the most talented composer of the 19th century?
A Tchaikovsky B Handel C Mozart
2 Which composer has the most operas in the repertoire of leading opera houses today?
A Rossini B Puccini C Mozart
3 Which of the following composers lived the longest?
A Johann Sebastian Bach B Joseph Haydn C Guiseppe Verdi
4 Which of these three composers died later than the others?
A Johann Sebastian Bach B Claude Debussy C Benjamin Britten
5 Which of the following is Vivaldi's most famous work?
A The Planets B The Four Seasons C The Creation
6 Which composer has the biggest musical output?
A Wagner B Vivaldi C Verdi
7 Who was the youngest of these child prodigies when they started composing?
A Liszt B Mozart C Schubert
2. a) Read the quiz and find all the comparative and superlative forms. Then complete the table below.
b) How do we form comparatives/superlatives of adjectives/adverbs? Which irregular forms are there in the table in Ex. 2a?
c) Are the rules for comparatives and superlatives similar in Russian?
3. Complete with the correct form of the adjective/adverb in brackets in the comparative/superlative degree.
1 This painting is by far ..... (expensive) one in the gallery.
2 I like this painting ..... (much) than that one; the colours are ..... (warm).
3 Tim is definitely ..... (talented) artist in my school.
4 I like to watch art lessons on TV but I wish they would do the drawings ..... (slowly).
5 Which of these pictures do you think is ..... (good)?
6 If you studied your subject a bit ..... (carefully), your artwork would improve a lot.
7 I think this painting must have been ..... (difficult) to paint than that one.
8 Ryan draws much ..... (accurately) than I do.
9 That's ..... (bad) performance I've ever seen.
10 There are a lot of people in the gallery. In fact, I think this is ..... (busy) I've ever seen it!
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Объяснение и пошаговое решение
### Итоговые ответы
#### 1. Classical Music Quiz
1. **A** (Tchaikovsky)
2. **B** (Puccini)
3. **C** (Guiseppe Verdi)
4. **C** (Benjamin Britten)
5. **B** (The Four Seasons)
6. **B** (Vivaldi)
7. **B** (Mozart)
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#### 2a. Table: Comparatives & Superlatives
| Adjective/Adverb | Comparative | Superlative |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **young** | younger | **the youngest** |
| **late** | **later** | latest / the latest |
| **big** | bigger | **the biggest** |
| **talented** | more talented | **the most talented** |
| **famous** | more famous | **the most famous** |
| **long** | longer | **the longest** |
| **many/much** | more | **the most** |
| **good/well** | better | best / the best |
| **little** | less | least / the least |
| **carefully** | more carefully | most carefully / the most carefully |
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#### 2b. Правила образования и исключения
* **Короткие прилагательные и наречия (1 слог):**
* Сравнительная степень: суффикс **-er** (*younger, longer*).
* Превосходная степень: артикль **the** + суффикс **-est** (*the youngest, the longest*).
* Если слово оканчивается на немую *-e*, добавляется только **-r / -st** (*late — later — latest*).
* Если слово оканчивается на согласную с предшествующей краткой гласной, согласная удваивается (*big — bigger — biggest*).
* **Длинные прилагательные (2 и более слогов) и наречия на -ly:**
* Сравнительная степень: слово **more** (*more talented, more carefully*).
* Превосходная степень: слова **(the) most** (*the most talented, most carefully*).
* **Исключения (irregular forms):**
* *many / much $\rightarrow$ more $\rightarrow$ the most*
* *good / well $\rightarrow$ better $\rightarrow$ the best*
* *little $\rightarrow$ less $\rightarrow$ the least*
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#### 2c. Сравнение с русским языком
* **Ответ:** Yes, the rules are quite similar. In Russian, we also have two ways of forming degrees of comparison:
1. **Суффиксальный (синтетический):** как английские *-er / -est* (например: *быстрый — быстрее — быстрейший*).
2. **С помощью дополнительных слов (аналитический):** как английские *more / most* (например: *талантливый — более талантливый — самый талантливый*).
3. Также в русском языке есть исключения, меняющие корень (*хороший — лучше*).
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#### 3. Sentence Completion
1. This painting is by far **the most expensive** one in the gallery.
2. I like this painting **more** than that one; the colours are **warmer**.
3. Tim is definitely **the most talented** artist in my school.
4. I like to watch art lessons on TV but I wish they would do the drawings **more slowly**.
5. Which of these pictures do you think is **the best**?
6. If you studied your subject a bit **more carefully**, your artwork would improve a lot.
7. I think this painting must have been **more difficult** to paint than that one.
8. Ryan draws much **more accurately** than I do.
9. That's **the worst** performance I've ever seen.
10. There are a lot of people in the gallery. In fact, I think this is **the busiest** I've ever seen it!
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### Пояснения к упражнению 3
1. **by far the most expensive** — конструкция *by far* («безусловно, намного») используется с превосходной степенью длинного прилагательного (*expensive* $\rightarrow$ *the most expensive*).
2. **more ... warmer** — в первой части союз *than* указывает на сравнение двух предметов (*much* $\rightarrow$ *more*). Во второй части идет сравнение цветов с первой картиной (*warm* — односложное прилагательное $\rightarrow$ *warmer*).
3. **the most talented** — слово *definitely* и контекст выделения из группы («в моей школе») требуют превосходной степени длинного прилагательного (*the most talented*).
4. **more slowly** — сравниваются текущая скорость и желаемая; наречие на *-ly* образует сравнительную степень при помощи *more*.
5. **the best** — вопрос о выборе лучшего варианта среди нескольких картин (*good* — исключение, превосходная степень — *the best*).
6. **more carefully** — наречие на *-ly* в сравнительной степени (указатель *a bit* — «немного внимательнее»).
7. **more difficult** — наличие союза *than* указывает на сравнительную степень длинного прилагательного (*more difficult*).
8. **more accurately** — союз *than* и усилитель *much* указывают на сравнение действий (*accurately* $\rightarrow$ *more accurately*).
9. **the worst** — конструкция *I've ever seen* («из всех, что я когда-либо видел») всегда требует превосходной степени (*bad* — исключение, превосходная степень — *the worst*).
10. **the busiest** — конструкция *I've ever seen* требует превосходной степени; у двусложного прилагательного на *-y* буква *y* меняется на *i* (*busy* $\rightarrow$ *the busiest*).