I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. ride b. excite c. ridden d. beehive 2. a. pasture b. vast c. brave d. farm 3. a. cattle b. circular c. country d. collect 4. a. generous b. ger c. grassland d. guess 5. a. worked b. watched c. relaxed d. crowded II. Complete the passage with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Is life better now than it was in the past? Of course in many ways life is (1)_________ (easy) now. We live in the world which is (2)_________ (clean) and safer. It is generally (3)_________ (healthy) as well, and because of improvements in medical care, both men and women can expect to live (4)________ (long) lives. Our day-to-day existence is (5)________ (comfortable), but are we (6)_________ (happy)? The rhythm of life is faster, and (7)_________ (stressful). People are always in a it is hard to say things were (8)_________ (good) or (9)_________ (bad) before. As the saying goes ‘the grass is always (10)_________ (green) on the other side of the fence’.

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Exercise 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. He can't afford to buy the car. (too) → The car __________________________________________ 2. He is very strong. He can lift the box. (enough) → He is ___________________________________________ 3. He is a very lazy boy. No one likes him. → He is such ________________________________________ 4. The coffee is too hot. I can't drink it. → (too) ____________________________________________ → (enough) _________________________________________ 5. Her voice is very soft. Everyone likes her. → Her voice is so ___________________________________ → (such) 5. He is so weak. He can’t run. → He is too ________________________________________ → (enough) ________________________________________ 6. The tea was very hot. He couldn’t drink it. → The tea was so ___________________________________ →It was such ______________________________________ 7. The weather is so bad that we can’t go out. → The weather is too ________________________________ → (enough) 8. The film was so boring that we couldn’t keep on watching it. → (too) ___________________________________________ → (enough) ________________________________________ 9. The fair was so noisy that we couldn’t hear each other. → The fair was too __________________________________ → (enough) ________________________________________ 10. You speak so fast that I can’t catch up with your words. → You are such ____________________________________ → (enough) _______________________________________ → (too) __________________________________________ 11. It is so early that we can’t go out. → It is too _________________________________________ 12. The water is too hot for me to drink. → (enough) ________________________________________ 14. The restaurant is expensive so we can’t eat in that restaurant. → (enough) ________________________________________ → (too) ___________________________________________ 15. He ate a lot of food. He became ill. → He ate __________________________________________ 16. He bought lots of books. He didn't know where to put them. → He bought _______________________________________