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[LEONA]

                                                               Test.
                                                                  ex 4 page 5/
 1. Is Peter as good as Jonh or James?
He isn't as good as John, but he is much better then James.
2. Have they got as much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
They haven't got as much money as the Williams, but much more money then the Smiths.
3.Is London as far from here then Cambridge or Oxford?
London isn't as far from here then Cambridge, but much more farther then Oxford.
4.Are you as tired today as John or James?
I am not as tired then John, but much more tired then James.
5.Is he like his father as his sister or brother?
He isn't like his father as his sister, but he is more like his father then his brother.
6.Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
This year wasn't as bad as last year but it was much worse then the year before.
7.Have you got as little money today as you hade yesterday or the day before?
I didn't have as much money today as yesterday, but I have as little money as the day before. 

[Michail(Варшавский)]

 ex IV page 5
1.Is Peter as good as Johan or James.
He is not as good as John,but he is much better than you.
2.Have they got sa much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
They don't have as much money as the Williams, but more than you.
3. Is the london as far from here as Cambridge or Oxford.
London isn't as far from here as Cambridge, but it's farther than Oxford.
4. Are you as tired todey as John or James?
I am not as tired as John, but I'm much tired than James.
5. Is Is he as like his father as his sister or brother?
 He isn't like his father as his sister, but he is more like his father than his brother.
6. Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
 This year wasn't as bad as last year, but it is it is much worse than the year before.
7.Have you got as little money today as you bad yesterday and the day before?
I haven't got as little money today as you had yesterday,but I've got much less money than you the day before.

[Emiliya Boyko]

                                                           Grammar test.
                                                                  p.5 ex.IV.
1.Is Peter as good as John or James?
Peter isn't as good as John,but he is much better than James.
2.Have they got as much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
No,they haven't got as much money as the Williams,but they've got much more money than the Smiths.
3.Is London as far from here as Cambridge or Oxford?
London isn't as far as Cambridge,but it's more far than Oxford.
4.Are you as tired today as John or James?
I'm not as tired as John,but I'm more tired than James.
5.Is he as like his father as his sister or brother?
He sin't as like his father as his sister,but he's much more like his father than his brother.
6.Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
This year isn't as bad as last year ,but it's much worse than the year before.
7.Have you got as little money today as you had yesterday and the day before?
I haven't got as little money today as I had yesterday,but I've got much less money than the day before.

[david tagiev]

p.5 ex.4

1.Is Peter as good as John and James?
Peter is not as good as John,but he is much better than James.

2.Have they got as much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
They do not have got as much money as the Williams,but they have got more money than Smiths.

3.Is London as far from here as Cambridge or Oxford?
It is not as far as Oxford, but it is more far than Cambridge.

4.Are you as tired today as John or James?
I am not as much tired as John today,but James is more tired.

5.Is he as like his father as his siter or brother?
He does not as like his father as like his sister, but he likes his brother more than his father.

6.Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
It was not as bad as last year, but is was much worse than the year before.

Have you got as little money today as you had yesterday and the day before?
7.I do not have as little money as yesterday, but i have got much less money than you the day before.
 

[Ｅｌｌｙ]

                                                                            Test
                                                                          ex. 4 p. 5

1. Is Peter as good as John or James?
    Peter isn't as good as John,but he's better than James.

2. Have they gotas much money as the Williems or the Smoths? 
   They haven't got as much money as the Williems,but they have got much more money than Smiths.

3. Is LOndon as far from here as cambridge or Oxford?   
    London isn't as far as Cambridge,but it's more far than Oxford.

4. Are you as tired today as John or James?
    I'm not as tired as John,but I'm more tired than James.

5. Is he as like his father as his sister or brother?
    He sin't as like his father as his sister,but he's much more like his brother.

6. Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
    This year isn't as bad as last year ,but it's much worse than the year before.

7. Have yougot a little money today as you had yesterday andthe day before?
    I haven't got as little money today as I had yesterday,but I've got much less money than I had the day before.

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[Roman]

GRAMMAR TEST
EXERCISE IV
1. Is Peter as good John or James?
    Peter isn't as good as John, but he's much better than James.
2. Have they got as much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
    They haven't got as much money as the Williams, but they have got much more money than the Smiths.
3. Is London as far from here as Cambridge or Oxford?
    London isn't as far from here as Cambridge, but it is much more father from Oxford.
4. Are you as tired today as John or James?
    I'm not as tired as John today, but I'm much more tired then James.
5. Is he as like his farther as his sister or brother?
    He isn't as like his father as his sister, but he is much more like his father then his brother.
6. Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
    This year wasn't as bad as last, but it was much worst then the year before the last.
7. Have you got as little money today as you had yesterday and the days before?
    I've not got as little money I had yesterday, but I've got much less money then the day before.

[Mihsa Grihsin]

test for SKITTLES!!!!

1.Is Peter as good as John or James?
 He's not as good as John, but he's much better than James.
2.Have they got as much money as Williams or Smiths?
They don't have as much money as Williams, but thay have much more money than Smiths.
3.Is London as far from here as Cambrige or Oxford?
It isn't as far as Cambrige, but he's much farer than Oxford.
4.Are you tired today as John or Games?
I'm not as tired as John, but I'm much tired than James.
5.Is he as like his father as his sister or brother?
 He isn't like his father as his sister, but he is more like his father than his brother.
6.Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
It isn't as bad as the last year, but it is much worse than the year before.
7.Have you got as little money today as you had yesterday and the day before?
I don't have as little money as yesterday, but I have more less money than the day before.

[Dzhiganov]

                                                                                        Test
                                                                                     p.5 ex 4
1.Is Peter as good as John or James?
He is not as good as John ,but he is much better than you.
2.Have they got  as much money as the Williams or the Smiths?
They don't have as much money as the Williams, but more than you.
3.Is London as far from here as Cambridge or Oxford?
It is not as far as Oxford, but it is more far than Cambridge.
4.Are you as tired today as John or James?
I am not as much tired as John, but I am more tired than James.
5.Is he as like his father as his sister or brother
He isn't like his father as his sister, but he is more like his father than his brother.
6.Was this year as bad as last year or the year before?
This year wasn't as bad as last year, but it is it is much worse than the year before.
7.Have you got as little money today as you had yesterday and the day before?
I don't have as little money as yesterday, but i have less money as the day before.
 
 

[Nader Z]

Exercise 2. P. 15

1. How does the text show that weather seems to be the leading topic of conversation all over the USA?
It shows us by describing that all the channels of American television give the weather forecasts dozens of times a day; they start all the news programmes with it, then discuss it in the middle, and repeat until the last forecast with a detailed prolonged description of what the weather is going to be like the next day or two.
2. What kind of month is January, according to the National Weather Service?
According to the National Weather Service, January is by far the coldest month of the year and with an average temperature of 30.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. What impression did the January weather in New York make on the author of the story?
The impression it gave the author was a strong-winded weather with occasional snowing and bright sunny days most of the time.
4. What was the author enormously surprised to find out when she switched on the TV set?
That she was a witness to a national disaster, to the most severe winter in the USA in the last one hundred years.

[Roman]

EXERCISE FOR TEXT 1.New York Weather: Impressions of a Muscovite
                                         EXERCISE III (3) PAGE -15- -16-

1. All the channels of American television give the weather forecast dozens of times a day.

2. They start all the news programmes with it, discuss it in the middle, then return to it again and again and at last finish with a detailed prolonged description of what the weather is going to be like the next day or two.

3. It was really quite cold, the wind was occasionally blowing and it was snowing from time to time.

4. An inhabitant for a northern country would call them lovely winter days.

5. And that is what I took them for until a TV set was installed in my room and I switched it on and was enormously surprised to find out that I was being a witness to a national disaster, to the most severe in the USA in the last one hundred years.

6. The television was reporting the snowstorms all the country, including New York, cars and buses held by the heavy snow, 200 victims of the cold freezing to death in their flats and just in the streets and recommendations to the survivors as to how to protect themselves under the circumstances.

[Roman]

EXERCISE FOR TEXT 1.New York Weather: Impressions of a Muscovite
                                         EXERCISE II (2) PAGE -15-

1. How does the text show that weather seems to be the leading topic of conservation all over the USA?
    All the channels of American television give the weather forecast dozens of times a day. The television was reporting the snowstorms all the country, including New York, cars and buses held by the heavy snow, 200 victims of the cold freezing to death in their flats and just in the streets and recommendations to the survivors as to how to protect themselves under the circumstances.

2. What kind of month is January, according to the National Weather Service?
    January according to the National Weather Service is the coldest month of the year, with an average temperature of 30.8 degrees /Fahrenheit/.

3. What impression did the January weather in New York make on the author of the story?
    An inhabitant for a northern country would call them lovely winter days.

4. What was the author enormously surprised to find out when she switched on TV set?
    The fact that she was a witness to a national disaster, to the most severe in the USA in the last one hundred years.
   

[Nader Z]

Grammar Exercise IV.

1. Peter isn't as good as John, but he's much better than James.
2. They don't have as much money as the Willams, but they've got much more money than the Smiths.
3. Here is not as far as London is to Cambridge, but it's much further to Oxford.
4. I am not as tired as John, but I am more tired than James.
5. He is not as like his father as his sister, but he is much more like his brother.
6. This wasn't as bad as last year, but it was way worse than the year before.
7. I haven't got as little money as I had yesterday, but I've got much less money than I had the day before.

[LEONA]

1. He isn't as good as John, but he's much better than  James.
2.They haven't got as much money as the Williams, but they have got much more money than the Smiths.
3. London isn't as far from here as Cambridge, but it's farther than Oxford.
4. I am not as tired as John, but I'm much tired than James.
5. He isn't like his father as his sister, but he is more like his father than his brother.
6. This year wasn't as bad as last year, but it is it is much worse  than the year before.
7.I have got as little money as I had yesterday but I have g

[Roman]

GRAMMAR EXERCISES
EXERCISE IV (4) PAGE -4-

1. Peter isn't as good as John, but he's much better then James.
2. They don't have as much money as the Williams, but they have much more money than the Smiths.
3. London isn't as far from here, but it's much father to Cambrige or Oxford.
4. I am not as tired as John, but I am more tired than James.
5. He isn't as like his father as his sister, but he's much more like his brother.
6. This wasn't as bad as last year, but it was way worse than the year before.
7. I don't have as much more money as yesterday, but I've got much less money than you the day before.

[david tagiev]

p.5 ex.4
1.Peter is not as good as John,but he is much better than James.
2.They do not have got as much money as the williams,but they have got more money than Smiths.
3.It is not as far as Oxford, but it is more far than Cambridge.
4.I am not as tired as John today,but James is more tired.
5.He does not as like his father as like his sister, but he likes his brother more than his father.
6.It was not as bad as last year, but is was much worse than the year before.
7.I have not have as little money as yesterday, but i have got much less money than you the day before.