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1.1 couldn't sleep. There was___a lot of noise from the disco. 2. There was heavy traffic on the road. The road was___busy. 3, It was only a minute or two after the scheduled time when the train came. The train was ___late. 4. Someone paid a great deal of money for the house. The house was___expensive. 5. There were one or two small traces of mud on the boots. The boots were___ dirty. 6. We had reasonable weather. It wasn't ___ marvellous, but it didn't rain. The weather was___good. 7. That music is___too loud. 8.1___like my new job. It's very interesting and better paid than the previous one. 9. They have___a lot of business with our company Ш Belgium. 10. She was not___satisfied with her new We. There was something ___disappointing but she could not understand what.
Exercise 67. Fill in the blanks with so or such. 1. The weather was___nasty that she decided to stay at home. 2. He drove at ___ a high speed that I got frightened. 3. The show was___amusing that we couldn't help laughing. 4. He was___shocked that he couldn't say a word. 5. There were___few participants present that the meeting was cancelled. 6. The girl looked___sick that the mother called the doctor in. 7. The programme was___ entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it. 8. They made ___brilliant reports that the audience burst out applauding. 9. There were___many interesting books that he did not know which to choose. 10.1 have been studying for___a long time that I have got a headache now.
Exercise 68. Complete the following sentences with the adverbs in the comparative and superlative forms. (You can use the word only once). Carefully easily frequently high late long loud smartly near quickly fast well Example: I was afraid to go___than halfway up the tower. — / was afraid to go higher than halfway up the tower. 83
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