Make up sentences with the given words. Put the adjectives into right degrees of comparison (Comparative, Superlative). 1. Car/fast/bike
2. English/easy/German
3. Sam/tall/John
4. Everest/ high/ in the world/ mountain
5. He/ good/ in our class/ student

1. She is not working, she is swimming in the river. 2. Someone is knocking at the door. Shall I answer it? — I am coming in a minute. I am just washing my hands. 3. It is a lovely day. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. 4. You can’t see Tom now: he is having a bath. 5. She is always losing her glasses and asking me to look for them. 6. We are having breakfast at 8.00 tomorrow as Tom is catching an early train. 7. I am wearing my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 8. The last train is leaving (leaves) the station at 11:30.

Dombra is a Kazakh two-stringed plucked musical instrument, a relative of the Russian domra and balalaika. It is also found in Uzbekistan (dumbyra, dumbrak), Bashkiria (dumbyra). The sound of the dombra is quiet, soft. It is extracted by a pinch, blow of a hand or a pick.

The folk storytellers - akyns accompany their singing with the dombra. Performing musical compositions on dombra is a favorite form of Kazakh art. Folk songs are performed to the sounds of dombra; dombra is also used as a solo and ensemble instrument.