Basic Forms of Verbs

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Infinitive Past Indefinite Participle II Participle I to ask asked asked asking to live lived lived living to study studied studied studying to be was, were been being to have had had having to go went gone going

Ex 16. Write down separately regular and irregular verbs, give their forms.

To finish, to join, to enter, to study, to give, to get, to come, to live, to pass, to begin, to take, to learn, to face, to prepare, to spend, to attend, to like, to discuss, to belong, to follow, to create, to develop, to graduate, to try, to receive, to change, to defeat, to continue, to hate, to invade, to replace, to lead, to keep, to struggle, to connect, to call, to direct, to unleash, to win, to lose, to play, to ban, to tell, to read, to write.

Ex 17. Read basic forms of the verbs, translate and learn them.

1. to break-broke-broken-breaking

2. to come-came-come-coming

3. to fly-flew-flown-flying

4. to make-made-made-making

5. to meet-met-met-meeting

6. to do-did-done-doing

7. to fall-fell-fallen-falling

8. to think-thought-thought-thinking

9. to see-saw-seen-seeing

10. to begin-began-begun-beginning

Participle

Participles I and II and their Functions

1.Participle in the function of an Attribute

a laughing girl-смеющаяся девочка

a written letter- написанное письмо

a girl, laughing at him- девочка, смеющаяся над ним

a letter, written by a boy- письмо, написанное мальчиком

Ex 18. Read and Translate

1. A laughing girl, a flying bird, a moving train, a returning ship, a dying tree, a burning house, a disappearing plane, a smiling face, a crying child; an asking boy, a singing bird;

2. A written answer, a respected scientist, a burned letter, improved methods, unlimited means, an unheard story, a broken promise, hidden dangers, a broken egg, a forgotten song, a worried face, a lost way, an unfinished story

Ex 19. Translate sentences

1. The teacher, reading this article, is Comrade Petrow.2. Which of the four man, smoking by the fire place is Ben? 3. There is a covered passage connecting the kitchen with a garage. 4. There was a little hill, overlooking two vallies. 5. This is a staircase, leading to the basement. 6. There is a critical article in the magazine, revealing our draw-backs. 7. The horse, leading the race was the winner of a similar event two months ago. 8. The translated article was very interesting. 9. What is the number of the block of flats built in the past few years. 10. The new methods applied in the building of houses are more effective. 11. These are the samples of products sent last month. 12. Give me some cups, washed by you.

Ex 20. Translate into English

1. Человек, оставивший свой чемодан в холле, главный инженер этого завода. 2.Любой человек, обученный в детстве, способен к музыке. 3. Вещи, забытые в трамвае, были моего друга. 4. Дома, построенные много лет тому назад, не такие удобные как современные. 5. Играющая с ручкой девочка -его дочь. 6.Ворота дома покрашенные в красный цвет, были новыми. 7. Решение, которое они нашли, было оптимальным.

Ex 21. Read and translate the text

My Native Town

I was born in Karakol. It is my native town. Karakol is one of the largest and oldest town in our country. It was founded in the 19^th century. The population of the town is more than 50 thousand people. Today Karakol is an industrial centre of the region, there are some factories, and a few of them, working. Their production is known in all the parts of the country. The town is a cultural centre too. There are many schools, and one University. The church in the town is the oldest and made from wood.

Ex 22. Answer the questions and make up a story, based on the given questions.

1.What place are from? 2.When were you born? 3.What is your native town like? 4.What goods, produced in your town, are there in the capital? 5.How many schools are there in your native town? 6.What places of interest can you advice us to see?

Ex 23. Read and translate the text.

Miss Clara is a pretty girl with a good figure and an interesting face. She is always well dressed. Miss Flight is a secretary in an office in London. She is a good shorthand typist and a hard-working girl. Clara is fond of pop-music and films. She is a regular cinema-goer and she would like to be a film star.

Mr. Braun is a manager of a big London travel agency. Mr. Hawk and Miss Clara Flight are employees of the firm. Miss Flight is Mr. Baxter’s secretary. Mr. Hawk is a clerk in the publicity department. Unfortunately for Mr. Hawk, Mr. Baxter is of the opinion that Mr. Hawk’s advertisements are of no use in business, because they are too melancholy. Mr. Hawk’s life is not easy. It is the life of a genius forced to work in an office.

Mr. Braun has a fiancee. Her name is Alice. She is a University student. She is an undergraduate at Cambridge University. Her subject is sociology. Alice has a very interesting and original personality and she is a brilliant talker. She can talk about anything and everything. She can dance all modern dances. She can make friends and influence people without much difficulty. Mr. Braun is very proud of his fiancee but he is a little worried. He cannot talk with ease about anything interesting, he cannot dance the modern dances. Besides he is not very musical. What can he do? Who can help poor Mr. Braun?

Ex 24. Find the English equivalents.

1. хорошая фигура, быть хорошо одетой, быть хорошей машинисткой, усердная девушка, туристическое агенство, служащий, быть бесполезным, выпускник, блестящий собеседник, дружить, влиять на людей, гордиться, беспокоиться, легко.

2. Make up a story about your friend, using these expressions.

Unit 6

Grammar: 1. Word-building Suffixes of Nouns.

2. The Present Indefinite Tense.

1. Word-Building Suffixes.

I. –ance, -ence (V+- ance\-ence) = noun

acquaintance, appearance, existence, importance, interference, performance

II. –er, -or (V+-er\or)=noun

driver, fighter, painter, speaker, teacher, traveller, worker, writer, smoker, miner, reporter, driver, actor, translator, visitor, collector, buyer, inventor

III –ing (V+ -ing)= noun

building, feeling, meeting, painting, training, understanding, acting, beginning

IV –ion (-ation, -tion, -sion, -ssion) (V+ -(t)ion)=noun

connection, examination, invention, formation, situation, collection, creation, repetition, description, information, imagination, delegation, occupation, education, exhibition, explanation, invitation, action

V –men (V+ -ment) = noun

achievement, agreement, argument, arrangement, requirement, development

VI –ness (Ad +- ness) = noun

cleverness, happiness, politeness, readiness, kindness, madness

Ex I

a) Write down and translate verbs, corresponding to the nouns (points I,II,III,IV,V)

b) Write down and translate adjectives, corresponding to the nouns with the suffix-ness. (point IV)

Ex 2. Form nouns using suffixes

- ance : allow, prefer

• er, -or: organise, examine, suffer

• ing: spend, draw, end, suffer

• ion, -sion, -tion: limit, agress, elect, communicate, graduate

• ment: dissapoint, enjoy, excite, improve

• ness: black, ill,busy, dark, bright