I. Выразите одним словом следующие понятия, подобрав эти слова из активного словаря после текста.

1.Tobring to an end. 2. To get something ready. 3. An arrangement of facts, figures, etc. usually in columns. 4. To arrange in classes, put into groups. 5. To get knowledge of something that existed before but which was unknown. 6. To find the answer to.

II. Дополните предложения, используя словосочетания at the age of.

1. I finished school ... . 2. I entered the Institute ... . 3. Mendeleyev graduated from the Institute... . 4. Mendeleyev was appointed professor ... .

III. Употребите в следующих предложениях союз both ... and.

My brother and I were invited there.

Both my brother and I were invited there.

A. P. Borodin was a composer and chemist.

A. P. Borodin was both a composer and chemist

1. My sister and I were glad to see him. 2. Lomonosov was a scientist and a poet. 3. Mendeleyev made thousands of experiments and thousands of calculations. 4. Comrade A. and his friend know chemistry well.

IV. Прочтите и определите значение выделенных слов.

1. Shut the door after you when you go out. 3. Element 101 was named mendelevium after the great Russian scientist Mendeleyev. 3. Where will you work after you graduate from the Institute? 4. After breakfast sit a while, after supper walk a mile. 5. I can tell you only what I know. 6. He is the only student who has failed in chemistry.

V.Закончите следующие предложения и составьте новые предложения, используя глаголы, данные в скобках.

a)1. I listened to ... . 2. We wait for ... . 3. You look at ... . 4. You should put on... . 5. I shall get off ... .

b)1. I (speak, refer) to ... . 2. We (ask, look, pay) for ... . 3. You (laugh) at ... . 4. You should (turn, depend, rely) on ... . 5. I shall (turn) off ... .

Grammar Exercises

I. Переведите на русский язык:

a)1. He told me to come at once. 2. I was told to come at once. 3. He gave her the book. 4. She was given the book. 5. They paid the man for the job. 6. The man was well paid for the job. 7. They showed us the way to the post-office. 8. We were shown the way to the post-office

b)1. Mendeleyev's Periodic Table is spoken of as one of the greatest discoveries of the 19th century. 2. Lectures on the use of the atomic energy in industry are always listened to with great interest. 3. A taxi was sent for some minutes ago. 4. Why was he laughed at? 5. He was looked at with interest.

c)1. A surface covered by rhodium (родий) is not affected by air. 2. The conference will be attended by many guests from abroad. 3. That law was soon followed by another one. 4. They were influenced by his good example. 5. All these questions will be answered.

d)1. He is listening to the music. He is listened to. He is to be listened to. 2. He was sent for. He was to send a telegram, but he forgot. He was sending a telegram. 3. She will speak to him. She will be spoken of. She will be speaking at the meeting at that time tomorrow. Shewillbespokento.

II. Переведите на английский язык (сказуемое во всех предложениях поставьте в пассивную форму).

a)1.Ей велят много гулять. 2.Мне разрешили уйти.3.Ему дадут вашу статью. 4.Им покажут, как пройти к станции. 5.На его расчеты часто ссылаются. 6.На те картины всегда смотрят с интересом. 7.Ее слушали внимательно. 8.С ними говорили. 9.За доктором пошлют.

b)1.За лекцией последует концерт. 2.На собрании присутствовало 200человек. 3.Море влияет на погоду в Англии. 4.На его письмо ответят.