Question

Прочтите следующие предложения, выбрав нужное слово из дан ных в скобках, и объясните их употребление. (§ 85, стр. 626)

1. My (older, elder) brother took part in many battles when he was on the front. 2. My sister’s husband is five years (older, elder) than mine. 3. We haven’t read the (last, latest) novel by this writer yet. 4. Have you heard the (last, latest) news (новости) yet? 5. Excuse me, I didn’t hear the (last, latest) word. Please repeat it. 6. I must get off at the (nearest, next) stop. 7. Which is the (nearest, next) station? 8. I’ve got two brothers, Paul and Peter. The (for mer, first) is an engineer and lives in the North, the (latter, second) is a teacher and lives in the Crimea. 9. We’ll be discussing your mistakes at the (nearest, next) lesson, 10. The children went to play to the (furthest, farthest) corner of the park 11. Shall we have any (further, farther) discussion5

Answer 1

elder
older
last
latest
last
next
nearest
former, latter
next
farthest
further