Grammar Practice Модуль 3 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 10 класс
Module 3 quite — rather — fairly – pretty — very Quite (= fairly, to some degree) is used in favourable comments.
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Module 3
quite — rather — fairly – pretty — very
Quite (= fairly, to some degree) is used in favourable comments. He’s quite good at geography. Quite is used before a/an. He’s quite a good football player. Quite (= completely) is used with adverbs, some verbs and adjectives such as: amazing, brilliant, certain, dreadful, different exhausted, horrible, impossible, perfect, right, sure, true, useless etc. I’m quite sure she will come with us.
Rather is used in unfavourable comments He’s rather bad at tennis. It can also be used in favourable comments meaning “to an unusual degree”. The lecture was rather interesting, (more interesting than we expected). Rather is also used with comparative degree. My MP3 player was rather more expensive than yours. Rather is also used before or after a/an. It’s a rather warm summer, or It’s rather a worm summer.
Fairly/Pretty are synonymous with quite and rather. They are used after a. She’s a fairly/pretty good actress.
Very + adj/adv of positive degree. He is very careless with his things.
16 Choose the correct word.
1 It will take me rather a long time to finish painting the house.
2 Bill had a pretty reason for being late for school, as the bus lad broken down.
3 It’s boon quite a while since I’ve soon her.
4 Although organic foods cost quite a lot. They are probably better for your health.
5 The cost of the meal was rather more than we had expected.
6 He Is a pretty good singer.
7 It’s a rather cold day, so take a jacket with you.
8 Shirley Is rather bad at chess.
9 It was quite a surprise to see them again.
10 Are you quite certain the film doesn’t start until nine o’clock?
11 The band played rather better this time than at their last performance.
12 My new laptop Is quite more advanced titan his.
Be/get used to - used to - would
Bo/Get used to + -ing form/noun/pronoun (= be/get accustomed to. be in the habit of) expresses habitual actions. He isntaskt used to driving on the left He got used to the noise pollution.
Used to expresses past habitual actions and states. He used to play football more when he was 20.
Would expresses past repeated actions and routines but not states. When she was 15, she would go swimming every day for an hour, (aka: she used to go) Stative verbs are not used with "would". He used to live in London (NOT: he would live)
17 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1 Fiona used to wake up at 7 am every day.
2 My grandmother would always cook a roast dinner on Sundays.
3 My mother never had a washing machine, so she was used to doing the washing by hand.
4 I am not used to being spoken to so rudely!
5 I didntaskt use to like fish, but now I love it.
6 When Michael was young, he used to go fishing with his grandfather every Saturday.
7 Although Pete was a postman all his life, he never got used to getting up early In the morning.
8 I would never sleep without the light on when I was a child.
9 When she was younger. Mary used to be chubby, but now she has lost a lot of weight
10 My parents arentaskt used to staying up late at night.
18 Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words.
1 When Amy was a nurse, she used to work night shifts.
When Amy was a nurse, she would work night shifts.
2 Paula found her job difficult at first but now she quite likes it.
Paula found her job difficult at first but now she is used to It.
3 Billy lived in Egypt when he was a child.
Billy used to live in Egypt when he was a child.
4 I don’t think I’ll ever find It easy to live In this noisy neighbourhood.
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to living in this noisy neighbourhood.
5 My father was In the habit of taking a long walk on Sundays.
My father always used to take a long walk on Sundays.
6 Dean hasntaskt become accustomed to the climate abroad yet.
Dean hasn’t got used to the climate abroad yet.
19 Choose the correct item.
1 Are you getting used to your new car now?
A get
В getting
C to get
D to getting
2 Susan used to have black hair, but now she’s blonde.
A would
В was used
C used to
D used
3 I can’t get used to driving on the left-hand side of the road.
A to drive
В driving
C drive
D to driving
4 When I was younger. I would play football every weekend.
A used
В got used
C was used
D would
5 Your dancing has Improved. You didn’t use to be so good!
A would
В was used
C use
D Is used
6 When Tommy was younger, he used to live In Canada.
A got used to
В was used to
C would
D used to
7 I will never get used to your unusual accent!
A would never
В would always
C will be
D will never
8 Ittasks taking me a long time to get used to speaking French.
A am used to
В get used to
C used to
D would
9 Before she started cycling, she used to go to work by bus.
A used to
В got used to
C was used to
D used