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7. We can seat up to ten people at our oval and mahogany/ oval mahogany dining table.
8. I'm fed up with these mindless, boring and sentimental/ boring, sentimental TV talent shows.
9. We will never submit to their outrageous yet/ and unreasonable demands.
10. Nineteenth-century novels tend to be full of long, detailed/ long and detailed descriptive passages.
Task 4. Complete the sentences, using suitable comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives in the box. Add than or the if necessary, as in the example.
1. And now we come to the award for ...................... actor in a leading role.
2. It's been raining non-stop. I think this will be ...................July on record!
3. The authenticity of dialogue and setting often makes low-budget films seem the somewhat artificial version of reality in Hollywood movies.
4. In medieval times people rarely travelled far. For most peasants, ............ destination would be the local market town.
5. This skirt's much too tight on the hips. I need something with a .............. fit.
6. The pianist was awful! I think that's ..................... performance I've ever heard.
7. I don't mind the Mediterranean summer because it's a ............... heat than you find in the tropics.
8. I like all Mozart's operas but I think Don Giovanni is the one I am ......... on.
9. We've inherited two paintings. Of the two, I'd say the landscape is ............. .
10. I know all theft is wrong, but don't you agree that it's .............. to steal from an individual than from a company?
11. ___ I've ever been was when Joe and I were flying over the Himalayas and we hit a storm; it was absolutely petrifying.
12. That play was so tedious. I was ___ watching that than I was when I spent three hours trapped in that lift last year!
Task 5. Underline the best word.
1. Don't cat the fish. It smells bad/badly.
2. It's a two-hours / Two-hour train journey from here lo Manchester.
3. I stumbled across man asleep/ sleeping man
4. I hey ran home through the rain, and when they arrived were sheer/soaking wet.
5. As fаr as Maria was concerned, it was a losing /lost opportunity.
6. Tom opened the door and found a very large / enormous parcel on the doorstep.
7. I read that article, but I thought it was mere/complete rubbish!
8. The smell of baking-fresh /freshly bаked bread made me feel hungry,
9. That suitcase looks really heavy/heavily.
10. What's the matter with you? You look worrying/ worried.
Task 6. Complete the text with a word from the list in each gap.
aware be able clear hopeful impossible possible
surprised unusual unwilling unwise
Scientists carrying out research in swamps in Sumatra have discovered the world's smallest fish. The female is only 7.9 mm. It was thought to be a ___ that any living organism should survive in the swamps, as the water is extremely acidic. It is also very low in minerals and this is thought to explain why it is b ___ for larger species to develop. Researchers examining satellite data from the Antarctic have been
Task 7. Complete the sentence with one word in each gap.
1. Budapest is one of the ___ beautiful cities in the world.
2. You haven't really worked hard ___ to get a higher mark.
3. The more exercise you take, the ___ you will feel.
4. Quite honestly, I don’t think this is as hard an examination ___ it used to be.
5. This is ___ the most beautiful beach in the Mediterranean. Don't you think so?
6. I've done just ___ as much shopping as anyone can do in one day!
7. The film was every ___ as entertaining as I expected it to be.
8. Most of Winterson's books are good, but I think this one is the best of ___all.
9. The boat drifted ___and no one noticed Sue had fallen into the sea.
10. The hotel was a ___ more expensive than I expected, so I looked for a cheaper one.
11. This crossword puzzle isn't quite as easy ___ I thought it was.
12. Helen's paintings were far and ___ the best in the exhibition.
Home assignment: Academic Vocabulary in Use Units 4, 5.
Lesson 5. Prepositions and phrasal verbs
Prepositions – which include all those little words such as in, on, ca, for, and by – are difficult words for language learners since they do not appear to operate according to a clear set of rules. They are often used idiomatically with verbs and adjectives, and a preposition used with a verb can even change the meaning of the verb. Since there are many hundreds of prepositional phrases you should keep a preposition notebook or a section in a notebook and each time you come across a new usage, make a note of it.