- •Unit III
- •Grammar The Present Indefinite Tense
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Write the 3. Person singular of the following verbs.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the form of the Present Indefinite Tense. Then make them negative and interrogative. Some of the verbs can be used several times:
- •3. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form, the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate these sentences.
- •4. Read and translate. Put questions to the words in bold.
- •5. Read and translate. Match a line in a with a line in b to make sentences.
- •6. A) Read and translate. Fill in the gaps with the verbs given below:
- •7. Translate into Russian.
- •Конструкция there is / are
- •Grammar exercises
- •8. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the construction there is / are.
- •9. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t / are there?
- •10. Put in there or it.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •The Indefinite Pronouns: some, any, every, no and their derivatives
- •Grammar exercises
- •12. Read, translate and explain the usage of the Indefinite Pronouns.
- •13. Choose the write variant: somebody / everybody / anything / somewhere / anybody, etc. Translate into Russian.
- •14. Translate into English.
- •Propositions of movement, place, time
- •Grammar exercises
- •15. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions in, on, at or to.
- •16. Put in the right preposition if necessary.
- •17. Read and translate. Pay attention to the usage of the prepositions.
- •18. Find in exercise 16 the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •19. Read the text about geysers once more. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •20. Translate into English.
- •Pre-text exercises
- •21. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •22. Translate the following derivative words:
- •24. Translate into Russian the following phrases:
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •27. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •28. Choose among the words the one that corresponds to the text above to complete the sentences:
- •29. Translate the following sentences into English using a dictionary:
- •30. Find in the text the situations in which the following word combinations are used:
- •36. Listen to the conversation again. What synonymic words or expressions are used in the dialogue instead of those given in italics:
- •37. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
- •38. Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •39. Listen to the dialogue “Shopping”.
- •40. Decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
Grammar exercises
8. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the construction there is / are.
1. There is quite a number of private – fee-paying primary and secondary schools in our country. .2. There are a lot of good equipped laboratories in our university. 3. There is a lot of noise in this room 4. Is there anything worrying you? 5. How many continents are there on the map? – There are six continents and four oceans on it. 6. There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. 7. Are there many contemporary entertainments in your city? 8. What is there in the vessel? – There is some water in it. 9. In his car there is a climate control system, a CD player, a videocassette recorder, a phone and fax machine. 10. There are a lot of problems with this theory. 11. There is some discrepancy in the results obtained. 12. There is no question of anything solid or liquid or living surviving on the incandescent surface of the Sun.13. There are several available books dealing with the current use of rockets for high-altitude research.
9. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t / are there?
1. … a lot of inventions in the field of classical and modern mechanics.
2. … several mountain chains on the territory of the country:
3. We can’t take any photographs. … a film in the camera.
4. … a bus from the city to the airport?
5. … an interesting picture on page seven, is there? – Yes, …
6. How many lakes … in this district?
7. Take a dictionary, … a lot of new words in the article.
8. … any letters for me today, are there?
9. Dunford is a very modern town. … many old buildings in it.
10. … 50 states in the USA? Yes, …
11. … a large black cloud in the sky.
12. … many things that I would like to say to you. But I don`t know how.
13. … three factors to be kept in mind when evaluating the records.
14. According to Einstein‘s special Theory of Relativity, … no such thing as space and time – they depend on the position and speed of the object experiencing them.
10. Put in there or it.
1. I’m not going to buy this TV set. … is very expensive. 2. Is anything on TV? – Yes, … is a film at 8.15. 3. … is a letter on the floor. Is … for you? 4. … is cold outside. 5. …. is a cinema in our street. 6. … is easy to understand the rule. 7. … is a lot of snow this year. 8. … is electricity in all the houses of the town. 9. There is a train at 10.30. … is a fast train. 10. … is a car in front of the house. Is … your car? 11. Is ... possible for me to phone you at your office?
11. Translate into English.
1. В этом районе нет чистой воды. 2. От аэропорта до центра города три мили. 3. В центре города находится большой собор. 4. В этих данных есть расхождения? – Да, есть. 5. В его статье есть новая точка зрения по этому вопросу. 6. Что есть в твоей комнате? – В моей комнате находится компьютер, стол, стул и диван. 7. На столах есть некоторые предметы, которые необходимы для проведения опыта. 8. На конференции нет иностранных студентов, не так ли? – Нет, есть. 9. В нашем университете несколько факультетов. 10. Сколько студентов в вашей группе? – В нашей группе 25 студентов. 11. В нашей стране много достижений в области ядерной физики. 12. На континентах много красивых, зеленых лесов.