V. COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES I went on a holiday last year but it was terrible! My hotel room was smaller (small) than the one in the brochure. I think it was (1) ............................................. (small) room in the hotel. The weather was awful. It was (2) ............................................. (cold) than the weather in my hometown. The beach near the hotel was not clean enough - actually it was (3) ............................................. (dirty) beach on the island! The food was (4) ............................................. (bad) than I expected and I couldn't eat well during my holiday. One day, I went shopping in a big department store and I broke a vase. It was (5) ............................................. (expensive) one in the whole shop and I had to pay for it. (6) ............................................. (sad) thing was that I lost my passport. Fortunately, the police helped me to find and I was finally at home. It was (7) ............................................. (horrible) holiday of my life.

Ответ:

1.smaller; 2. smaller; 3. dirtier; 4. worse; 5. the most expensive; 6. The saddest; 7. the most horrible.

Разбираемся:

• 1. (small) than the one in the brochure. I think it was (1) smaller.

Поскольку в предложении есть "than", используем сравнительную степень.

• 2. (small) room in the hotel. The weather was awful. It was (2) smaller room in the hotel.

Здесь просто констатация факта, используем сравнительную степень.

• 3. (cold) than the weather in my hometown. The beach near the hotel was not clean enough - actually it was (3) dirtier.

Здесь также есть "than", используем сравнительную степень.

• 4. beach on the island! The food was (4) worse than I expected and I couldn't eat well during my holiday.

Снова видим "than", используем сравнительную степень прилагательного "bad".

• 5. department store and I broke a vase. It was (5) the most expensive one in the whole shop and I had to pay for it.

Здесь логично использовать превосходную степень, так как это был самый дорогой предмет во всем магазине.

• 6. (sad) thing was that I lost my passport. Fortunately, the police helped me to find and I was finally at home. (6) The saddest thing was that I lost my passport.

Используем превосходную степень, чтобы подчеркнуть, каким печальным было это событие.

• 7. police helped me to find and I was finally at home. It was (7) the most horrible holiday of my life.

Здесь также логично использовать превосходную степень, так как это был самый ужасный отпуск.

Ответ:

1.smaller; 2. smaller; 3. dirtier; 4. worse; 5. the most expensive; 6. The saddest; 7. the most horrible.