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Поуви Дж. Говорите правильно по-английски — М.: Высшая школа, 1984. — 152 c.
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1. He is making ... good progress. 2. His examination results were ... poor. 3. The room looked ... clean. 4. The floor was ... dirty. 5. — I've got a ... bad cold. 6. — I'll carry the suitcase myself. It's ... heavy. 7. —I feel ... tired today. 8. —This bread seems ... fresh.

9. (In a shop) — I like this skirt very much but it's ... expensive.

10. —We finished the work ... quickly. 11. —There may be some mistakes in the translation because I did it ... quickly. 12. — I know him ... well. 13. —I've got a ... good memory for faces but I'm ... bad at names. 14. —Aren't you driving ... fast? ... This is a very narrow road. 15. —This wood seems ... hard. It should be strong enough.

16. —I'm afraid the butter is ... hard. It's been in the fridge.

17. —Theylive ... near the university. 18. —It's ... a long way to

55 the station from here. 19. —The food was excellent but the wine was ... poor. 20. —It's ... warm today. I don't think you'll need a coat.

Exercise 2. Go through the sentences in Exercise 1 again, picking out those where you used fairly and reading them with quite instead.

Exercise 3. Reply to the following questions, using fairly or quite to denote a moderate degree, and the word in brackets. (Where no word is given, the same adjective/adverb is repeated in the answer.)

Model: A: How are you? (well) — B: Quite/fairly well, thank you.

A: Was the lecture interesting? — B: Quite interesting.

Pay attention to stress.

1. —Is it a big house? 2. —Did you enjoy the film? (amusing) 3. —Is it warm outside? 4. —How's your father? (well) 5. —Is their son tall? 6. —What was the hotel like? (comfortable) 7. —What did you think of his wife? (seems — nice) 8. —Did you enjoy the trip? (pleasant) 9. —Is the snow deep? 10. —What's her English like? (fluent)

Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks either with fairly (denoting a sufficient degree) or rather as an intensifier, with a meaning approaching that of very.

1. —That dress suits you ... well. 2. —This wood is ... dry. I think it will burn all right. 3. —This pencil seems ... sharp. 4. —I'm ... proud of that sweater. I've never knitted anything so big before. 5. —I thought the orchestra played ... well, didn't you? 6. —The plums on this tree seem ... ripe. I think we can pick them. 7. —Her little boy seems ... intelligent for his age. 8. The gallery has several ... fine landscapes by Constable. 9. —I need some ... thick paper for drawing. 10. —I feel ... sorry for Brenda.

Far, A Long Way

Far is mainly confined to interrogative and negative sentences; in affirmative sentences a long way is the norm.

eg la. — Is it far to the station? b.—It's not far to the station.

BUT: c. — IVs a long way to the station.

2a. — Do you live far from the university?

f , I don't live far Л , .,

b--! X live not far ) from the university.

BUT: с. — I live a long way from the university.

This also applies when far is followed by the words away, off, out, back, etc.

eg 3. It was getting dark and the camp was still a long way off.

4. Summer seemed a long way away.

5. They live a long way out. (= a long way from the centre)

56 The same is true when very is included.

eg 6a.— Is it very far to the station?

b. — Ifs not very far to the station.

c. — It's a very long way to the station.

This differentiation between affirmative sentences on one hand and negative and interrogative sentences on the other follows the same pattern as the use of long — a long time (see p. 81) and much!many — a lot (see p. 82).

Exercise 1. Give either an affirmative or a negative answer to the following questions.

Model: Student A: Is it far to the post office?

Student B: Yes, a long way or:—No, not far.

1. —Do you live far from the university? 2. — Is it far to the library from here? 3. —Is their house far from the bus stop? 4. —Did Roger swim far today? 5. —Is Liverpool far from London? 6. —Do Martin and Sue live far out? 7. — Is it far to the sea? 8. —Were the children far away when you found them? 9. —Is the village far back? 10. —Did you walk far this morning?

Exercise 2. Contradict the following negative statements emphatically, according to the model.

Model: Student A: Ifs not far to the hotel.

Student B: Yes it is. Ifs a long way.

1. —It's not far to the shop. 2. —Stephen doesn't live far from the station. 3. —The sea isn't far away. 4. —We didn't walk far today. 5. — I wasn't far away when it happened. 6. — Those birds can't fly far. 7. — Edinburgh isn't far from London. 8. — My parents don't live far out. 9. —You can't ski very far. 10. —Their cottage isn't far from the river.

Feel, Smell

Feel, meaning "be/become conscious or aware of", refers either:

(1) to the sense of touch or other form of bodily contact;

eg 1. — I can feel a nail sticking into my foot.

2. — She felt her stocking slip down.

3.—I feel cold.

or (2) to the mind or emotions (denoting an impression or opinion);

eg 4. — I always feel welcome at their house.
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