IX. Make sentences negative and interrogative:

1. There is some cheese on the plate.

2. Somebody must explain it to her.

3. There are some trees near my house.

4. Everybody can learn a foreign language.

5. I have some flowers.

6. There is somebody in the next room.

7. Everybody knows everything about it.

8. I want some fish for dinner.

9. There are some pictures in this book.

10. Give me some water please.

X. Read and translate the dialogue:

M: I am hungry. What about having a bite?

D: Good idea. Let’s drop into this small café.

M: O. K. Oh, it’s very nice here. Let’s sit at that table.

D: All right.

M: My supper is usually a very simple meal, so I’d like some roast chicken, salad and coffee.

D: I prefer tomato salad, roast beef and chips. And coffee, of course.

Lesson 13 Lawn tennis

Tennis is the kind of sports I like best of all and therefore I decided to choose it as my sporting speciality.

Tennis is a very beautiful game. It is played with a small ball and rackets on a level court. The court is divided across its middle by a net and includes four service courts, two back courts and two alleys. The alleys are used in playing doubles game (two on a side) but not in playing the singles game (one on a side). Singles court is used for singles game doubles court is used for doubles game. It is divided into two equal parts by a line, so that on each side of the net there are two courts: a right court and a left court. A net is attached to the ports at a height of 0.91 metre or 1.06 metre and must be 1 m in its centre.

The players must stand on opposite sides of the net. The player who first delivers the ball is called the server, and the other the receiver. The choice of sides and right to be server or receiver in the first game shall be decided by toss. The player winning the toss may choose or require his opponent to choose: a) the right to be server or receiver in which case the other player shall choose the side or; b) the side in which case the other player shall choose the right to be server or receiver. To begin a game one player tosses up a ball and bats it over the net with his racket. This is called serving. The server must serve first from the right-hand side of the court standing with both feet back of the base-line, and must bat the ball so that it will fall in the service court diagonally opposite him; if he fails to do this it is called a “fault” and he immediately tries again.

If he serves a fault twice in succession, a point is scored to the opponent (0:15). When the first point has been won or lost the same player serves again; this time from the left side and he continues to serve alternately from right and left side-hand until the games finished. The service ball must not be back over the net before it has touched the ground. Any player to whom a ball is returned must return it is like manners. Playing continues after each service until one of the players fails to return the ball. The ball must not be played until it has passed over the net. After the first point is made up, a player counts fifteen, the second fifteen making thirty, the third ten making forty and the fourth wins the game.

Experienced tennis players must use different tactics against every opponent. Experts say that a tennis player’s style reflects his character.