Ex. 35. Choose the required adjective(s) to complete each sentence

1. Computers can do many things that people do but [faster, smaller, heavier, better, less efficient, more accurate, worse].

2. Second-generation computers were [the most accurate, smaller, the fastest, more powerful, cheaper, wider, less reliable, the most versatile] than first-generation computers.

3. Computers help millions of people do their job [worse, less accurate, slower, more effectively, later, more expensive].

4. An electronic computer is one of [more famous, the greatest, more complicated, the most expensive, the hardest, the worst] achievements of man.

5. The problem was [the most important, more serious, the largest, cheaper, more convenient] than we expected.

6. What is [the closest, the most important, safer, the most suitable, more necessary] unit in the computer?

7. Six is [more, the worst, the least, worse, better, less, the most] than eight.

8. New models of computer processors have [the most accurate, slower, greater, better] speed and are [more dangerous, the most narrow, more reliable, softer, the cheapest] than the old ones.

9. [The hardest, the easiest, the most difficult, the most complete, the heaviest, the best] work at factories is now carried out by robots.

10. Digital computers are generally [more effective, heavier, more important, louder, the easiest] than analogue computers.

Ex. 36. Pay attention to the construction the... the (чем…тем) and translate the sentences.

Model: The sooner the better. – Чем скорее, тем лучше.

1. The more memory you have in your computer, the more operations you can perform, i.e. the faster it works.

2. The more memory your computer has, the more data it can store.

3. The bigger your computer system, the less time you spend waiting results.

4. The higher the accuracy of the system, the less errors the system makes.

5. The more money people have, the more useless things they buy.

6. The more I get to know you, the less I understand you.

7. The more I study, the more I know. The more I know, the more I forget. The more I forget, the less I know. So why study?