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design than old-fashioned furniture. 8. The small semi-detached houses were (new) than the
other houses in the street. 9. It's (easy) to wash clothes with an automatic washing machine
than by hand. 10. Nothing can be (nice) than a swim on a hot day. 11. A big house is usually
(expensive) than a small one. 12. A first-floor flat is (convenient) than a top floor flat. 13. The
climate in Europe is (temperate) than the climate in North Africa. 14. Half a loaf is (good)
than no bread. 15. The weather was (bad) yesterday than it is today. 16. There'll be a (far)
performance of the play next week. 17. On the (far) side of the street there was a large shop.

III. Complete these sentences by supplying the superlative form of the adjective in brackets:
1. This is the (hot) summer we have ever had. 2. She was the (popular) girl in the school. 3.
The doctor's house was the (old) in the street. 4. The Pacific is the (large) ocean in the world.
5. Venice is the (unusual) city I have ever visited. 6. Everest is the (high) mountain in the
world. 7. That was the (exciting) book I have read for years. 8. A Rolls-Royce is one of the
(expensive) cars in the world. 9. This kind of hat is the (fashionable) at the moment. 10. This
is the (beautiful) picture I have ever seen. 11. The coach thinks that Mike is the (skilled)
player on the tennis team. 12. Who is the (old) man in this town? 13. Who is the (old) person
in the family? 14. He has the (good) job of the three. 15. He is the (bad) driver I have ever
seen. 16. Which village in England is (far) from London?

UNIT 3
INSTRUMENTATION

Text 1

Task I. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following word - combinations:
a physical quantity, complex multi-variable process analyzers, part of a control system ,
vehicles, the main branches of applied instrumentation, a smoke detector is a common
instrument, gathering information from the field and changing the field parameters, a key part
of control loops, rudiments of an automatic control system device, to obtain the desired
temperatures, a control board, in response to a utility bill computed from meter readings.

Task II. Read the text and translate it into Ukrainian:

Instrumentation
Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of
process variables within a production or manufacturing area.
An instrument is a device that measures a physical quantity such as flow, temperature,
level, distance, angle, or pressure. Instruments may be as simple as direct
reading thermometers or may be complex multi-variable process analyzers. Instruments are
often part of a control system in refineries, factories, and vehicles. The control of processes is
one of the main branches of applied instrumentation. Instrumentation can also refer to
handheld devices that measure some desired variable. Diverse handheld instrumentation is
common in laboratories, but can be found in the household as well. For example, a smoke
detector is a common instrument found in most western homes. Instruments attached to a
control system may provide signals used to operate solenoids, valves, regulators, circuit
breakers, or relays. These devices control a desired output variable, and provide either remote
or automated control capabilities. These are often referred to as final control elements when

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