.. Выберите степень сравнения прилагательного для каждого предложения 1. Peter the Great was one of the Russia's a) most famous b) the more famous rulers. c) famousest d) much famous 2. Hurry up! The ... train leaves in half an a) latter b) latest c) least d) last hour. 3. Saturdays were ... than Thursdays for a) more busy b) busier John. c) much busy d) the busiest 4. The more you say ... the situation is. a) the worst b) the bad c) the worse d) the less 5. The photocopies are ... than they have a) the darkest b) darker c) darkest ever been. d) dark 6. She was ... this morning than she had a) more happy b) much happy been yesterday more happy d) happier 7. The patient looks much ... today. a) good b) best c) better d) the best 8. The teacher expected about 40 students a) less b) fewer c) much d) little but there were people in the hall. 9. The sun is ... than the moon. a) much hotter b) more hot c) more hotter d) much more hotter 10. I don't like this book. Give me a ... a) most interesting b) more interesting one. c) interesting d) less interesting

When I was a child my family moved to a big old two-floor house, with big empty rooms and creaking floorboards. Both my parents worked so I was often alone when I came home from school. One early evening when I came home the house was still dark.

I called out, “Mum?” and heard her sing song voice say “Ys?” from upstairs. I called her again as I climbed the stairs to see which room she was in, and again got the same “Ys?” reply. We were decorating at the time, and I didn’t know my way around the maze of rooms but she was in one of the far ones, right down the hall. I felt uneasy, but I figured that was only natural so I rushed forward to see my mum, knowing that her presence would calm my fears, as a mother’s presence always does.

Just as I reached for the handle of the door to let myself in to the room I heard the front door downstairs open and my mother call “Sweetie, are you home?” in a cheery voice. I jumped back, startled and ran down the stairs to her, but as I glanced back from the top of the stairs, the door to the room slowly opened a crack. For a brief moment, I saw something strange in there, and I don’t know what it was, but it was staring at me.