2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1.    Some people think that health is _____________ than money. (important)

2.    The pollution in our city is much    _____________ than it used to be. (bad)

3.    My new teacher explained the lessons _____________ than my old teacher. (clear)

4.    He doesn’t play volleyball as _____________ as his brother. (good)

5.    Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it _____________ next time. (good)

6.    Communication is a lot _____________ than it was 50 years ago. (easy)

7.    People in rural areas wear _____________ than those in cities. (simple) 

8.    Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis. (late)

9.    These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are _____________? (narrow)

10.    My mother always gets up _____________ than everybody else in the house. (early)

11.    Rene speaks _____________ than the other ESL students in the class. (fluent)

12.    Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say? (intelligent)

13.    I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one. (boring)

14.    Max finished the homework _____________ than anyone else in the class. (fast)

15.    He doesn’t look as    _____________ as he used to. (happy)

VIII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Some people think that health is _____________ than money. (important)
2. The pollution in our city is much  _____________ than it used to be. (bad)
3. My new teacher explained the lessons _____________ than my old teacher. (clear)
4. He doesn’t play volleyball as _____________ as his brother. (good)
5. Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it _____________ next time. (good)
6. Communication is a lot _____________ than it was 50 years ago. (easy)
7. People in rural areas wear _____________ than those in cities. (simple) 
8. Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis. (late)
9. These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are _____________? (narrow)
10. My mother always gets up _____________ than everybody else in the house. (early)
11. Rene speaks _____________ than the other ESL students in the class. (fluent)
12. Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say? (intelligent)
13. I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one. (boring)
14. Max finished the homework _____________ than anyone else in the class. (fast)
15. He doesn’t look as  _____________ as he used to. (happy)
IX. Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. We ___________(play) football this afternoon. Do you want to play too?
2. Could you meet me at the airport tomorrow? My flight___________(arrive) at six.
3. Last summer, my friends and I ___________(spend) our holiday on a farm.
4. Nick ___________(not ride) a buffalo drawn cart before.
5. The cattle ___________(graze) on the green pastures right now.
6. Millions of Mongolians ___________(be) semi-nomadic herders for thousands of years.
7. My family ___________(live) in a small town for ten years before moving to Boston.
8. Country life ___________(not excite) me at all. It’s so boring.
9. Nick would like ___________(visit) the countryside at the harvest time.
10. I don’t mind ___________(drive) for 1.5 hours on the weekend to get out to the countryside.

IX. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Some people think that health is _____________ than money. (important)
2. The pollution in our city is much _____________ than it used to be. (bad)
3. My new teacher explained the lessons _____________ than my old teacher. (clear)
4. He doesn’t play volleyball as _____________ as his brother. (good)
5. Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it _____________ next time. (good)
6. Communication is a lot _____________ than it was 50 years ago. (easy)
7. People in rural areas wear _____________ than those in cities. (simple)
8. Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis. (late)
9. These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are _____________? (narrow)
10. My mother always gets up _____________ than everybody else in the house. (early)
11. Rene speaks _____________ than the other ESL students in the class. (fluent)
12. Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say? (intelligent)
13. I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one. (boring)
14. Max finished the homework _____________ than anyone else in the class. (fast)
15. He doesn’t look as _____________ as he used to. (happy)

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IX. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Some people think that health is _____________ than money. (important)
2. The pollution in our city is much _____________ than it used to be. (bad)
3. My new teacher explained the lessons _____________ than my old teacher. (clear)
4. He doesn’t play volleyball as _____________ as his brother. (good)
5. Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it _____________ next time. (good)
6. Communication is a lot _____________ than it was 50 years ago. (easy)
7. People in rural areas wear _____________ than those in cities. (simple)
8. Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis. (late)
9. These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are _____________? (narrow)
10. My mother always gets up _____________ than everybody else in the house. (early)
11. Rene speaks _____________ than the other ESL students in the class. (fluent)
12. Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say? (intelligent)
13. I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one. (boring)
14. Max finished the homework _____________ than anyone else in the class. (fast)
15. He doesn’t look as _____________ as he used to. (happy)

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1. Read through the text. Then use the words in capital letters below it to form a word that fits each space.

Like all (0)..........., Elias Howe had sudden '' flashes of (1)............''. His strange dream is just one example of (2)......... processes that are still beyond our (3)............ . This is why there is so much (4)............. about dreams and what that really are. Dreams have no (5).............. at the time we have then. Our (6)................ of dreams happens after they are over. Some (7)............think that our dreams are partly the (8).............. of our unconscious minds. Our memory of the dream my be (9).............. different fromthe dream we (10)............ had.

0. invent 1. inspire 2. psychology 3. understand 4. disagree 5. mean 6. interpret 7. science 8. produce 9. complete 10. actual

2. Rewrite the second sentence in each pair. Use no more thann five words including the word in bold. Do not change this word.

1.'' I'm very busy'', Tom said to Joe. ( told)

Tom ........................... busy.

2. ''Would you mind coming to my office?'' Tom said to his partner. (asked).

Tom ............................ his office.

3. '' Yes, I have a little money in Switzerland.'' , he said. ( admitted)

Tom.............................. in Switzerland.

3. Complete the sentence below with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Last night I (have)........... a very strange dream. In this dream, I was in a restaurant. I ( sit).............. alone and (read)............. a book. Suddenly I (look)........ up and (see)........ a man (stare)........... at me. I (look)........... around and (see)............... a lot of other people (sit)......... at tables near him. They (laugh)............... and (smile).............. about something. The waiter (come) ............ over to me. He (begin).............. to smile. I (ask).............. him why he (smile).......... . The other people (begin)........ to laugh even louder. The waiter (point).......... to my legs. Then I (understand)............... why everybody (laugh).......... . I (not wear)........ any trousers.

      VI. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

                John has a lot of hobbies. He (1)                                      chess at school and he also (2)……………… skating. After dinner, he (3)                                           for a walk and he (4)……….. to music every evening in his room. John loves sports. He (5)                             athletics at school, and he (6)                                          football after school. On Saturdays, John and his friends (7)………. swimming. On Sundays, they (8)                      basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings, they sometimes (9)                                             a film.

VII. Complete the questions, using the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1.                                             your father like                    rock music?

2.                                             your parents like                                  on holiday?

3.                                             you enjoy                              ice-cream?

4.                                             your friends hate                                                 their homework?

VIII.       Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

                Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)…………. enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                              collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)……………. something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                 coins for their collection.

1.A. collectors               B. collecting                                  C. collected                                   D. collections

2.A. another                  B. other                                          C. others                                        D. the other

3.A. teach                      B. learn                                          C. give                                            D. offer

4.A. history                   B. nature                                       C. science                                      D. geography

5.A. look                        B. see                                             C. watch                                        D. find

      VI. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

                John has a lot of hobbies. He (1)                                      chess at school and he also (2)……………… skating. After dinner, he (3)                                           for a walk and he (4)……….. to music every evening in his room. John loves sports. He (5)                             athletics at school, and he (6)                                          football after school. On Saturdays, John and his friends (7)………. swimming. On Sundays, they (8)                      basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings, they sometimes (9)                                             a film.

VII. Complete the questions, using the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1.                                             your father like                    rock music?

2.                                             your parents like                                  on holiday?

3.                                             you enjoy                              ice-cream?

4.                                             your friends hate                                                 their homework

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

It is often said that the British talk about the weather more than any other people in the world; some extremists (1.)______ that they talk about nothing else. But in fact, even in countries with (2.)______ less changeable climates than Britain’s, the weather is an endless, if not varied, (3.)______ of conversational fodder. This seems only natural when you consider that the weather is one of the few things we all have in (4.)______. It affects our senses, and (5.)______ our moods, so directly and, at times, so intensely (6.)______ it is only natural we should talk about it. After several days (7.)______ even weeks of dark, gloomy weather, a bright day tends to bring out the best in everyone; people recognize the relief (8.)______ others’ expressions which they feel inside themselves, and find it hard to resist commenting a change which is having such an evident (9.)______ on everyone. “Nice day, isn’t it?” is much more than simply a comment on the state of the weather; it is a comment on the human state itself, an acknowledgement that the tenability of our place in the universe depends

(10.)______ the existence of a community of human feeling