- •Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •English grammar: a key to successful communication:
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Печатается по постановлению Редакционно-издательского совета Нижневартовского государственного гуманитарного университета
- •English Grammar: a Key to Successful Communication: The Essentials. Part 1: Учебно-методическое пособие / Сост. Р. Я. Солодкин. – Нижневартовск: нггу, 2009. – 51 с.
- •Unit 1. The verb to be
- •1.1. Complete the sentences using a suitable form of the verb “to be”.
- •1.2. Render the sentences into English.
- •Unit 2. Numerals
- •2.1. Say the following numerals in English.
- •2.2. Say the following dates in English.
- •2.3. “What time is it?”
- •2.4. Find the errors in these statements and correct them.
- •2.5. Give an English equivalent for the underlying sentences.
- •3.1. Rewrite the sentences, using there is or there are.
- •3.2. Rewrite the sentences, using there was or there were.
- •3.3. Make these sentences into questions. Begin each question with the words given.
- •3.4. Fill in the gaps with it or there.
- •3.5. Complete the sentences using there is or it is. Use inversion where necessary.
- •3.6. Rewrite these sentences to begin with “there” as an impersonal subject.
- •3.7. Make ten sentences from this table.
- •3.8. Rewrite each sentence, ending as shown, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, and so that it contains it or there.
- •3.9. The word “it” has been left out of these sentences. The number in brackets tells you how many times it should occur. Show where it should be.
- •3.10. Rewrite these sentences with “it” and a “to”-infinitive clause.
- •3.11. Give an English equivalent for the following sentences.
- •Unit 4. Questions
- •4.1. Expand the “What about…?” phrases to make “yes/no”-questions.
- •4.2. Complete the “yes/no”-questions using the endings given.
- •4.3. Use the “wh”-words below to complete the questions which follow.
- •4.4. Rearrange the parts of the sentences to make questions with “wh”-words as subject.
- •4.5. Expand the “What about…?” phrases to make questions with “wh”-words as object.
- •4.6. Do these questions starting and finishing with the words given.
- •4.7. Write questions to which the words in bold are the answers.
- •4.8. Write a who or what question for each answer.
- •4.9. Write a question to each answer.
- •4.10. Match the questions and answers.
- •4.11. Here are some of the things people say at parties. Match the statements with the question tags.
- •4.12. Add the question tags.
- •4.13. Mark and Jenny went into the travel agent’s to book a holiday. These are some of the questions that were asked. Add the question tags.
- •4.14. Mark and Jenny were showing some family photographs to a friend. Here are some of the questions that were asked. Complete the questions by adding the question tags.
- •4.15. Complete these questions with the appropriate question tags.
- •4.16. Use question tags to complete these sentences.
- •4.17. Add question tags to these statements to make them into questions asking someone to confirm what you are saying, or to agree with you.
- •4.18. Add suitable question tags.
- •4.19. Add a question tag to each sentence.
- •4.20. Write a short answer for each question, beginning as shown.
- •4.21. Rewrite these requests using question tags.
- •4.22. Make a new sentence with a tag question which has the same meaning as the first sentence, beginning as shown. Make any necessary changes.
- •4.23. Render the following into English.
- •Unit 5. Possession
- •5.1. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
- •5.2. Complete these sentences by adding a possessive.
- •5.3. Complete these sentences by adding a possessive with “own”.
- •5.4. Complete the sentences by adding an apostrophe or an apostrophe s (’s) to the word or word combination in brackets.
- •5.5. Put an apostrophe where necessary.
- •5.6. Rewrite the replies to these questions.
- •5.7. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using no more than three words.
- •5.8. Find the errors in these sentences. Rewrite each sentence.
- •5.9. Rewrite these sentences using “a … of” instead of “one of”.
- •5.10. Give the English for the following sentences.
- •Unit 6. Pronouns
- •6.1. Choose the correct word in each sentence.
- •6.2. Complete the following sentences with “they”, “them” or “their”.
- •6.3. Use the correct reflexive pronouns to complete the following sentences.
- •6.4. Complete each sentence so that it includes a suitable form of one of the verbs from the box, and a reflexive pronoun.
- •6.5. Add personal pronouns to complete the story.
- •6.6. Choose a personal pronoun or a reflexive pronoun to complete these sentences correctly.
- •6.7. Change the phrases “on one’s own” to “by oneself”.
- •6.8. Supply the English for the underlying sentences.
- •Unit 7. Making comparisons
- •7.1. Write down the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below.
- •7.2. Correct the spelling of these words where necessary.
- •7.3. Complete these sentences using the comparative of the adjectives in brackets and “than”.
- •7.4. Form the comparative of the adjectives in these phrases and use the phrases in the sentences below.
- •7.5. Make sentences with a comparative form and “than”, using the words given.
- •7.6. Complete these sentences using the comparative and the superlative of the adjectives given.
- •7.7. Complete the following sentences using superlative adjectives in front of the nouns.
- •7.8. Put one suitable word in each space, beginning with the letter given. The number of letters in the word is suggested.
- •7.9. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
- •7.10. Complete each sentence with a comparative or superlative form of the word in bold. Include any other necessary words.
- •7.11. Choose the correct answer.
- •7.12. Change not as … as into less … than.
- •7.13. Supply as … as, not as … as, less. More than one answer may be possible.
- •7.14. Choose the correct answer.
- •7.15. Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold.
- •7.16. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •7.17. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •7.18. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
- •7.19. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using no more than three words.
- •7.20. Give an English equivalent for the sentences.
- •Recommended learning resources Reference and grammar books
- •Dictionaries
- •Internet resources
4.8. Write a who or what question for each answer.
1. A family of three lives next door.
2. I play with my little brother.
3. Mrs Dawson teaches me maths.
4. I usually have a sandwich for lunch.
5. Horror films frighten me.
6. I talk most to my friend Dina.
7. I seat next to Mary in English.
8. Music helps me study.
4.9. Write a question to each answer.
1. Get up? At about 7.30 usually.
2. I was reading War and Peace.
3. I went there to buy some food.
4. So far I’ve only eaten breakfast.
5. Now you have to put it in the oven!
6. Yesterday? I felt absolutely awful.
7. I’m washing my hair. I can’t talk, sorry.
8. Because I haven’t paid the electricity bill.
9. My bike? I left it at school.
10. My party? All my friends are coming.
4.10. Match the questions and answers.
1. What’s the longest word in the dictionary? |
a. Because of all the sandwiches (sand which is) there. |
2. Where does Thursday come before Wednesday? |
b. In a dictionary. |
3. Which is easier to spell, seventeen or eighteen? |
c. A teapot. |
4. What begins with a “t”, ends with a “t”, and has “t” in it? |
d. Because it’s always in bed. |
5. Why is an island like the letter “t”? |
e. Smiles – because it’s a mile from beginning to end. |
6. Why is the letter “e” lazy? |
f. Seventeen, because it’s spelt with more ease. (more “e”s) |
7. How should you dress on a cold day? |
g. Because it’s in the middle of water. |
8. Why is there plenty of food in the desert? |
h. As quickly as possible. |
4.11. Here are some of the things people say at parties. Match the statements with the question tags.
1. It’s a bit noisy, |
a. will you? |
2. We haven’t met before, |
b. don’t you? |
3. You are Henry’s brother, |
c. isn’t it? |
4. Pass this plate round, |
d. aren’t you? |
5. Don’t drop it, |
e. will you? |
6. You live next door, |
f. have we? |
7. You are not leaving, |
g. wasn’t it? |
8. You can stay a bit later, |
h. won’t you? |
9. You’ll come again, |
i. can’t you? |
10. That was fun, |
j. are you? |
4.12. Add the question tags.
1. There’s an interesting talk show on TV tonight, … ?
2. There was no news from Kate when I came home, … ?
3. Tom spends a lot of time on his studies, … ?
4. You need some place to sleep in tonight, … ?
5. The children eat a lot of sweets, … ?
6. The dress is ready, … ?
7. Mother didn’t cook in the morning, … ?
8. You have to pay the service charge, … ?
9. She gets off at the next stop, … ?
10. It’s the dullest book I’ve ever read, … ?
11. It stopped raining at last, … ?
12. They bought a new house, … ?