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Task IV. Put 10 special questions to the text in order to get the most important information.

Task V. Translate the following words and word combinations into English and find them in
the text given above:
ліквідація, порода, доступ, випаровувати (розчиняти), нафтова пастка, розподіляти,
прохід між рядами, драбина (трап), розпилювач, амортизатор, пристрій,
нафтопереробний завод, застосування, рідина, джерело, установка, змінна
величина,прилад , кут, нафто-переробний завод, ручний, вимірювати, різноманітний,
клапан, автоматичний вимикач, віддаляти, виток, підтверджувати, розвиватися,
точність, вибуховий, пара труб чи кабелів, розподільча система контролю, контроль
спостереження та отримання інформації.

Task VI. Make a short summary of the text.

Grammar focus

The Adjective
Exercises
I. Use the right degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
1. A hare is … than a frog. (quick)
2. Sam is … than Jane. (hard-working)
3. China has got … population in the world. (large)
4. Don’t talk about them. Let’s talk about something … . (interesting)
5. Happiness is … than money. (important)
6. Money is …than happiness. (important)
7. He is also … person than Jack. (polite)
8. I think dogs are … than cats. (dependent)
9. He is not as … as the rest of his age mates. (strong)
10. Is it … to go there by car or by train (cheap)
11. Is the Dnieper … river in Ukraine? (long)
12. It’s the … day of the year. (short)
13. Money is not the … thing in life. (important)
14. Of the two blouses, that one is . .(nice)
15. Of the three girls, this one is …. (pretty)
16. She has … job of all. (difficult)
17. She speaks in a … voice than the last time. (loud)
18. Sport is … than politics. (interesting)
19. The weather is getting…. (bad)
20. These trousers are too tight. I need … size. (large)
21. They leave … way they can. (quick)
22. This dress is … of all. (expensive)
23. This is … problem she has ever had. (complicate)
24. This painting is … than the one in your living room. (impressive)
25. This room is not so … as that one on the first floor. (comfortable)

II. Complete the following sentences by supplying the comparative form of the adjective in
brackets:
1. Clare is (old) than Mike. 2. My (old) daughter is married. 3. This tent is (large) than the one
you sent before. 4. She is (happy) now than she was last year. 5. This exercise is (difficult)
than the last one. 6. A detached house is (big) than a flat. 7. Modern furniture is (simple) in

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