с. № Найти и исправить ошибку (сравнения)
Circle the mistake (A or B) and then correct it. (Обведите ошибку (A или B) и исправьте её.)
1 Stunts in adventure films today are becoming more and most dangerous than in the past. (A — more and most, B — than)
2 The most talented an artist is, the more chances he has of becoming famous. (A — The most talented, B — more chances)
3 I think jazz is rather interesting, but my friend Sophie insists that reggae is a lot of better than jazz. (A — is rather interesting, B — a lot of better)
4 The film Happy Feet wasn't as adventurous as the film Madagascar, and also Madagascar was very funnier than Happy Feet. (A — as adventurous as, B — very funnier)
5 Pam's voice is a slightly better than her sister's, but she doesn't feel very comfortable singing in front of others. (A — a slightly better, B — very comfortable)
Решение
Проверяем каждую подчёркнутую часть по правилам сравнения.
Конструкция «всё более и более» — comparative and comparative: more and more dangerous. Форма most (превосходная) здесь неверна. Ошибка в A → more and more.
«Чем талантливее художник, тем больше у него шансов» — конструкция the + сравнительная …, the + сравнительная …: The more talented. The most — превосходная, не подходит. Ошибка в A → The more talented.
«a lot of better» — после a lot и much перед сравнительной степенью предлог of не нужен: a lot better. Ошибка в B → a lot better. Часть A («rather interesting») верна.
Very не употребляется со сравнительной степенью; усиливаем словами much, a lot, far: much funnier. Ошибка в B → much funnier. («as adventurous as» верно: not as … as.)
«a slightly better» — слова slightly/a bit/a lot с сравнительной степенью идут без артикля: slightly better (артикль a нужен только в «a bit», «a little»). Ошибка в A → slightly better. «very comfortable» верно (comfortable — не сравнение).
Ответ
Ошибка A: more and most → more and more dangerous
Ошибка A: The most talented → The more talented
Ошибка B: a lot of better → a lot better
Ошибка B: very funnier → much funnier
Ошибка A: a slightly better → slightly better
