English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 4. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Larisa Lubimova
he is /brave/ a lion.
2 Chilly seems to be /courageous/ all of us.
3 I wonder why /long/ I communicate with Chilly, /jealous/ Luna becomes.
4 Cuba is far /modest/ Luna. I’d rather say, she is simply /shrinking/ in her ways.
5 Chilly is by far /clever/ dog I’ve ever met. He is even /clever/ me!
6 Kit is altogether /funny/ ha-ha. He is /fun/ to have around!
7 I wish I could be /beautiful/ Luna. On the other hand, I am a lot /graceful/ her.
8 I know nothing about Kudjo but everybody says he is by far /good/of /good/.
9 They say he is /bold/ a lion, /strong/ an ox, /smart/ paint and /handsome/ a young Greek god.
EXERCISE 8
Fill the gaps in the story with missing words:
As far as you have already *****, the friends were able to get the lynx out of the ***** and she led them to a scary huge *****, where she lived. The lynx behaved so ***** and hospitable that Kit and the dogs stopped feeling ***** and relaxed next to this big wild *****. ***** more ***** they spent together, ***** matier they *****. Chilly narrated their ***** in search of Kudjo. The lynx told them everything she ***** about a crazy ***** who had made such ***** all around the forest to catch wild animals for his weird *****. At this point Chilly remembered about Kudjo’s *****, which they had found near the pit, and he shuddered at the thought that Kudjo could have been ***** by that insane scientist. The friends were ***** exhausted to think about further steps ***** make and fell asleep immediately after ***** by far ***** yummiest supper they had ***** had.
EXERCISE 9
Find and correct 12 mistakes in the sentences:
1 After waking up at dawn, the dogs and Kit couldn’t recognize the cave. It looked a lot more lighter and cosier than during the night.
2 The lynx herself looked by far prettier, weaker and smaller than before. Fear takes molehills for mountains.
3 They thanked the lynx for her hospitality and most delicious meat they had ever eaten.
4 The lynx laughed and explained it by the fact that they were very starving, which made even the most simple dish taste absolutely moreish.
5 Kit woke up last and when he joined the dogs, everybody noticed him wearing Kudjo’s leather brick red massive collar on his body.
6 On the one hand, it was an absolutely good sign that they had been going in the right direction, but on the other hand, it made them worry more about Kudjo, who might have been trapped by a scientist so mad as a hatter.
7 They were thinking of taking farer action when suddenly the lynx offered her help.
8 She insisted on going with the friends because she knew the place far gooder than them and could lead them to the underground laboratory.
9 Everybody except Luna was absolutely happy to have such a large fearless companion.
EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct option:
1 The kitten is ***** the lynx but they became very good friends, which made Luna feel jealous.
a a few times smaller than
b few times smaller
c a few times as small as
2 ***** friends the lynx and Kit became, ***** Luna looked.
a The closer / the gloomier
b The more close / the more gloomy
c Than closer / than gloomier
3 Chilly has tried to convince Luna that the lynx is ***** animal they have ever met.
a the wild most gracious
b the most gracious wild
c most gracious wild
4 ***** Chilly was, *****Luna sounded.
a Than more convincing / more angrily
b More convincing / more angry
c The more convincing / the angrier
5 Cuba wasn’t ***** to have such a new member of their team, but she didn’t show it.
a very fascinated
b absolutely fascinated
c extremely fascinated
6 She found ***** piece of puzzle in the lynx’s cave but has had no chance to tell her friends about it yet.
a an old little dirty
b a dirty little old
c a dirty old little
7 The group of friends left the cave at dawn and headed for a ***** mountain, at whose foot the laboratory was hidden.
a huge dark grey and brown
b dark huge grey and brown
c huge dark grey brown
8 It took them several hours to get to the mountain and everybody was *****.
a very tired and hungry
b absolutely tired and hungry
c very exhausted and starving
9 Cuba’s feet were killing her and she lay down on ***** grass and refused to move *****.
a cool emerald green / further
b cool green emerald / farer
c emerald green cool / farther
EXERCISE 11
Translate the story:
Все настолько выдохлись, что никто не возражал, когда Рысь предложила немного отдохнуть, прежде чем пытаться проникнуть в лабораторию.
Чилли и Кит (как настоящие мужчины) отправились на поиски воды и какой-нибудь еды, а Луна, Куба и Рысь остались на лужайке возле подножья горы.
Вблизи гора казалась абсолютно невероятной – совершенно гладкая, без какой-либо растительности, похожая больше на башню, чем на скалу. Она была нереально красива, переливалась всеми оттенками серого и притягивала к себе своей прохладой. Трудно было представить,