Exercise 79 Choose a comparative or a superlative
1. ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ is (beautiful) of all Mozart’s operas. 2. My new car is (fast) than my old one. 3. My mother and her sisters are all (short) than their children. 4. I think Annie is (intelligent) person in our class. 5. Let’s meet in the library – it’s (quiet) than all the other rooms. 6. My bedroom is (cold) room in the house. 7. A 3-year-old’s voice is (loud) that 200 people in a busy restaurant. 8. Brazil is (big) South American country.
ENJOY YOURSELF
Exercise 80 Read the quotations given below. Write a paragraph in which you paraphrase the quotation, explain it through a series of supporting sentences, and make your own judgement about it. Feel free to agree or disagree with the idea.
Thoughts that help us live
1. The important thing is not to stop questioning. (Albert Einstein, a physicist)
2. Shoot for the moon. / Even if you miss, you will band among the stars. (Les. Brown, an American writer)
3. If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. (Ivan Turgenev, a Russian writer)
4. The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. (Victor Hugo, a French writer)
5. The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. (G.B. Shaw, an English writer)
6. The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. (Robert Frost, an American writer and poet)
7. The test of a man or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. (G.B Shaw)
8. Travelling makes men wiser but less happy. (Thomas Gefferson, a US president)
Exercise 81 Make small groups of 3-4 students. Complete this form for self-evaluation. Then evaluate your partners. Exchange your assessments and discuss them. Draw conclusions about who in best suited for the job of a manager.
| Name of person being evaluated _____________________________________ Date ____________________________ Rating Characteristics: Poor Average Very good Cooperation with others _____ _____ _____ Ability to listen _____ _____ _____ Skill in expressing self _____ _____ _____ Interest in helping others _____ _____ _____ Communication with subordinates _____ _____ _____ Ability to solve problems _____ _____ _____ Punctuality _____ _____ _____ Ability to view objectively _____ _____ _____ Stability of operation _____ _____ _____ Creativeness _____ _____ _____ Initiative-taking _____ _____ _____ Self-control _____ _____ _____ Ability to be demanding _____ _____ _____ |
U N I T 5
Grammar: Perfect Continuous Tense
Sequence of Tenses. Indirect Speech
Expressions of Quantity
Text: Management. Marketing
Supplementary text A: Advertising then and now
Supplementary text B: Outdoor advertising – a breath of fresh air
Word Building: trans-, inter-, re-, under-, sub-; -ary, -ar, -ish; -drom, -hood