Ex 31. Study the following chart.

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
1. The old lady says/said to the young man: "Give me a hand with my heavy suitcase." 2. "Never say such things again," Father said to me. 3. Peter said to his wife: "Don't forget to send me a telegram, please."	4. The old lady asks/asked the young man to give her a hand with her heavy suitcase. 5. Father told/ordered me never to say such things again. 6. Peter asked/begged his wife not to forget to send him a telegram.

Ex 32. Use Reported Speech.**

1. "Don't repeat this mistake again!" the instructor warned the sportsman. 2. "Leave your address with the secretary," the assistant said. 3. "Phone to me for an answer tomorrow," the manager said to the client. 4. "Don't be so silly," the father said to the kid. 5. "Give a smile," the photographer said to me. 6. "Please, help me to make a decision," Ann asked her friend. 7. "Don't leave these books on the table, put them back on the shelf," the librarian said to the student. 8. "Be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes," the nurse said to the child. 9. "Leave your things here," my companion advised me. 10. "Don't discuss this question now," said the chairman.

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Ex 33. Study the following chart.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
small hot . easy narrow	smaller hotter easier narrower	smallest hottest easiest narrowest
old	older elder	oldest eldest
comfortable	more comfortable	most comfortable
good bad little much many far	better worse less more farther further	best worst least most farthest furthest

Ex 34. Compare the following according to the model.

Model: the Don, the Dnieper, the Volga: long, short

1. The Don, the Dnieper and the Volga are long rivers.

2. The Dnieper is longer than the Don but shorter than the Volga.

3. The Volga is the longest of the three, and the Don is the shortest.

1. the Urals, the Pennines, the Alps: high, low; old, young. 2. the climate of Karelia, the Central Asia Republics, Siberia: damp, dry; cold, hot. 3. the Azov Sea, the White Sea, the Caspian Sea: deep, shallow; cold, warm. 4. the Behring Strait, the English Channel, the Gibraltar Strait: narrow, wide. 5. the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn, winter; cold, warm; beautiful.

Ex 35. Use the following patterns in sentences of your own.

1. The weather today is better (worse) than it was yesterday.

2. This book is as interesting as that one.

3. The Thames is not so (as) long as the Dnieper.

4. He is twice as old as I am.

5. His library is much richer than mine.

6. She is two years younger than I (am).