1.      The children are excited with the difficult games.

® The more....................................................................................................................................................

2.      I meet him much. I hate him much

® The more....................................................................................................................................................

3.      My boss works better when he is pressed for time.

® The less......................................................................................................................................................

4.      If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.

® The more....................................................................................................................................................

5.      He speaks too much and people feel bored.

® The more....................................................................................................................................................

6.      The growth in the economy makes people's living condition better.

® The more.....................................................................................................................................................

1.      He works much. He feels tired.

® The more....................................................................................................................................................

2.      This computer works better than that one.

® That computer............................................................................................................................................

3.      The apartment is big. The rent is high.

® The bigger..................................................................................................................................................

4.      We set off soon. We will arrive soon.

® The sooner .................................................................................................................................................

VIII. Put the verbs into the future perfect tense.

We ___________ the washing by 8 o’clock. (do)

She ___________Paris by the end of next year. (visit)

I __________ this by 6 o’clock. (finish)

Sam __________ by next week. (leave)

She ________ this with her mother tonight. (discuss)

They __________their essay by tomorrow. (write)

When you arrive I probably ________ the job. (start)

You _________ a lot of your work by the end of this month. (do)

By November all the leaves ________. (fall)

If he doesn’t hurry, they _________ before he comes. (leave)

I am sure that tomorrow you ________ all these rules. (forget)

Be quick! The child _______ before you rescue it. (drown)

The airman _______ more than a thousand miles, before the end of this month. (fly)

If you ring me up after nine o’clock. I ____ to the doctor. (speak)

We _____ twenty miles more before we cross the frontier. (travel)

VII. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Use active or passive voice.

 1. A lot of old songs ____________________ on the radio last week. (PLAY)

2. The President ____________________________ about the coup in Central America. (JUST INFORM)

3. If I ____________________ you I wouldn't go to the meeting. (BE)

4. The bank manager told me that the house ________________________ for. (NOT PAY)

5. I _________________________ the guitar since I was in nursery school. (PLAY)

6. Margie is very happy because she __________________________ an engagement ring from her boyfriend. (JUST RECEIVE)

 7. I _______________________ after the children while the garage ________________________ . (LOOK , REPAIR)

8. When Jane came to the office, she found out that her boss ________________________ . (ALREADY LEAVE)

9. Please don't interrupt us. We ____________________ an important conversation. (HAVE)

10.I reported to the police that my stamp collection _______________________ the week before. (STEAL)

11.A short time after the pedestrian _______________________ by the car the ambulance ____________________ . (HIT, ARRIVE)

12.When Mr Kennel entered the room, emails ________________________ by his assistants. (TYPE)

13.Dad ________________________ for over three weeks. (NOT SMOKE)

14.He normally ____________________ up on his own but yesterday he ____________________ by his mom. (WAKE, WAKE)

15.They usually ____________________ visitors at the hospital. (NOT ALLOW)

16.All the houses in our street _______________________ every year during the Christmas season. (DECORATE)

17.India _______________________ independence in 1947. (GRANT)

18.They _______________________ in southern Italy since the end of the war. (LIVE)

19.I ______________________ a car by the garage so that I could drive home. (GIVE)

20.Tom's father is an excellent athlete. He ____________________ some sort of sport every day. (DO)

VI. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice.

1. Someone will attend to you later. _____________________________________________________________________________________

2. They will deliver my computer on Monday.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3. We must do something before the situation gets out of control. _____________________________________________________________________________________

4. You can hear the music in all sections of the stadium. _____________________________________________________________________________________

5. The company employs 5 people. __________________________________________________________________________________________

6. They are going to buy a new TV set next week. __________________________________________________________________________________________

7. My great grandfather built this house 60 years ago. _____________________________________________________________________________________

8. My sister gave me the key so I could get in. _____________________________________________________________________________________

9. Nobody said anything. _____________________________________________________________________________________

 10.A loud noise woke me up last night. _____________________________________________________________________________________

11.How do you prepare such a dish? _____________________________________________________________________________________

 12.I don't like someone lying to me. _____________________________________________________________________________________

13.She solved all her problems. _____________________________________________________________________________________

 14.After a while she found out they hadn't told her the truth. _____________________________________________________________________________________

15.The outstanding performance impressed her. _____________________________________________________________________________________

16.You mustn't put the leftovers back in the fridge. _____________________________________________________________________________________