1. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:
1. Your brother is much than mine.
2. This island used to be much (green) before the forest fires.
3. Slow down! You‟re (fit) than me and I can‟t keep up!
4. Veronica seems (happy) since she moved schools.
5. It‟s actually (trendy) to wear your hair up this year.
6. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got (nervous).
7. Old people are often (wise) than young people.
8. Why don‟t you try and find a (cheap) computer game and save some money?
9. Matt seems to have got even (lazy) that he used to be and almost never studies.
10. If the problem gets any (serious), we may need to inform the manager about it.
11. If you work (quickly), you‟ll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier.
12. Ben says he‟s feeling much (well) after his illness.
13. I have even (little) free time this year than I did last year.
14. The news was much (bad) than anyone had feared.
15. You‟ll need to be able to run (far) than this if you‟re going to do the marathon.

1. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:
1. Your brother is much than mine.
2. This island used to be much (green) before the forest fires.
3. Slow down! You‟re (fit) than me and I can‟t keep up!
4. Veronica seems (happy) since she moved schools.
5. It‟s actually (trendy) to wear your hair up this year.
6. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got (nervous).
7. Old people are often (wise) than young people.
8. Why don‟t you try and find a (cheap) computer game and save some money?
9. Matt seems to have got even (lazy) that he used to be and almost never studies.
10. If the problem gets any (serious), we may need to inform the manager about it.
11. If you work (quickly), you‟ll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier.
12. Ben says he‟s feeling much (well) after his illness.
13. I have even (little) free time this year than I did last year.
14. The news was much (bad) than anyone had feared.
15. You‟ll need to be able to run (far) than this if you‟re going to do the marathon.

Last year I visited Tretiakov Gallery – a museum of Russian pre-revolutionary and soviet art. In this museum there is  the great collection of pictures and icons collected by Pavel Michajlovich Tretiakov.  Vasnetsov’s and  Surikov’s pictures were especially memorable.. I was amazed by the extraordinary color and vitality of these works of art. For example, when viewing Levitan's pictures I had a desire to appear for a while in the places, which were painted on the canvas, to breathe the fresh air and the fragrance of pine resin and red strawberries. The landscape seemed to be a magical vision. Moonlight illuminated green lawn by silver light reflecting in the river surface of the pearl stars. You could notice that the bright sunlight of the morning and the light of the setting sun could give totally different shades of trees, lakes, grass, and all that surrounds us. On the canvases of the artist everything revived, from rain drizzling over the cutting in the forest, to the little velvet mushroom, which was hiding in the grass, drenched by summer rays of the burning sun. If you looked carefully, we could see among the crystal-clear water and soft algae, game of bright fish and fussy species. Warm note in the landscapes maked the invisible presence of the person. Levitan's paintings show the beauty and charm of Russian nature, hide many secrets, warmth and kindness. A talented artist wanted people to love and save green world.

101   one hundred and one                    сто и один = 101

116   one hundred and sixteen              сто и шестнадцать = 116

225   two hundred and twenty-five        2сотни и 25=225

386   three hundred and eighty-six        3сотни и 86=386

1010  one thousand and  ten                  1 тысяча и  10=1010

1,250 – one thousand, two hundred and fifty

2,001 – two thousand and one

4034  four thousand and thirty-four         4 тысячи и 34=4034 

6739  six thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine 6 тысяч 7сотен и 39=6739

10346 ten thousand three hundred and forty six   10тысяч 3сотни и 46=10346

25 000    twenty-five thousand

100000   a (one) hundred thousand            1 сотня + тысяча =100 000

600 000  six hundred thousand                    6 сотен тысяча = 600 000

5 000 000  five million

3,516,436 - three million five hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred and thirty-six