- •Unit II
- •Grammar The Possessive Pronouns
- •The Demonstrative Pronouns
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Put the personal or possessive pronouns. Translate the sentences.
- •2. Open the brackets. Put the possessive pronouns.
- •3. Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •The Possessive Case
- •Grammar exercises
- •6. Read and translate.
- •7. Complete the sentences, use –‘s or of. Translate the sentences.
- •8. Translate into Russian, use the Possessive Case.
- •The verb to have (got)
- •I have We have
- •Grammar exercises
- •9. Put the verb to have (got) in the correct form. Translate into Russian.
- •10. Translate into English.
- •Pre-text exercises
- •16. Read and translate the text below focusing on geographical position, climate and resources of Russia. Russia
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •17. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •18. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
- •19. Answer the following questions.
- •20. Retell the text “Russia” using the expressions below:
- •21. Read and translate the text below to learn about the main city of Russia. Moscow
- •23. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •24. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to the text using words and word combinations below:
- •25. Translate into English.
- •26. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
7. Complete the sentences, use –‘s or of. Translate the sentences.
I like Ann’s camera … (the camera / Ann)
What is the name of this town? ... (the name / this town)
1. My classmate is not very good at remembering … (names / people)
2. … on our everyday life is great (the impact / information technology)
3. Write your name at … (the top / the page)
4. … is near the city centre (the house / my parents)
5. For me the morning is … (the best part / the day)
6. … is very interesting (the job / my brother)
7. The car stopped at ... (the end / the street)
8. Ice cream is … (favourite dessert / America)
9. Tower Bridge is one of … (the most famous landmark / London)
10. Acid rain, global warming and water pollution cause deterioration (ухудшение) of … (the quality / our life)
11. … is maintained by plants (oxygen content / the Earth)
12. In … preservation of the environment is of crucial importance for the future of civilization (world / today)
13. An American politician, inventor and scientist Benjamin Franklin started to work in … when he was ten (candle and soap business / his father)
14. … as a politician is in helping the United States to get its independence from the British Empire (significant contribution / Franklin)
15. … (equation / Einstein) had a practical application in the development of nuclear energy and found a destructive one in atomic and hydrogen bombs.
16. Today, physicists are still trying to link electromagnetism and gravity and complete … (unified field theory / Einstein)
8. Translate into Russian, use the Possessive Case.
1. Я студент института физики и телекоммуникаций. 2. Разрешите мне посмотреть слайды (slides) Билла. 3. Чьи папки на столе? – Это папки студентов. 4. Жизнь студентов в университете очень интересная. 5. Проблема архитектуры в наши дни актуальна. 6. Наш город является центром тяжелой промышленности. 7. Начало фильма в пять часов. 8 Преподаватель проверяет лабораторную работу студента. 9. Лаборатории нашего университета хорошо оборудованы (well-equipped). 10. Открытия ученых в области физики важны для изучения жизни на земле. 11. Открытие электромагнитной индукции Майклом Фарадеем необходимо для развития электротехники. 12. В сегодняшнем мире сохранение окружающей среды является одним из главных вопросов для будущего нашей цивилизации. 13. Загрязнение окружающей среды отрицательно влияет на здоровье человека.
The verb to have (got)
Глагол to have (got) выражает значения иметь, обладать, владеть. Спряжение глагола to have в настоящем неопределенном времени:
Singular Plural
I have We have
You have You have
He (she, it) has They have
Вопросительная и отрицательная формы глагола to have образуются с помощью глагола to do:
Do I (you, we, they) have ...? Does he (she, it) have… ?
What do I (you, we, they) have? What does she (he, it) have?
I (you, we, they) do not (don’t) have … . She (he, it) does not (doesn’t) have … .
Глагол to have используется также для выражения постоянного наличия какого-либо предмета, явления, состояния, а также в устойчивых сочетаниях, в которых глагол утрачивает свое первоначальное значение:
Do you have classes every day? Ты занимаешься каждый день?
She always has much work to do, doesn’t she? У нее всегда много работы, не так ли?
Оборот have (has) got употребляется только в разговорной речи в настоящем времени:
I have got (I’ve got) a lot of English books. У меня много английских книг.
You have got (you’ve got)
He/she/it has got (he’s/she’s/it’s got)
We have got (we’ve got)
They have got (they’ve got)
Образование вопросительной формы: Have you/I/we/they got a large family? Has he/she/it got…?
Образование отрицательной формы: I/you/we/they have not got (haven’t got) … . He/she/it/ has not got (hasn’t got) … .
Сокращенная форма глагола используется в разговорной речи.