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К 32

Рецензент: канд. пед. наук, доц. В. В. Собесская

Корнеева Е. А., Баграмова Н. В., Чарекова Е. П.

К 32 Практика английского языка. Сборник упражнений по устной речи. - СПб.: Издательство "Союз", 2003. - 336 с. - (Изучаем иностранные языки)

ISBN 5-94033-097-5

Настоящее пособие предназначено для овладения устным английским языком на начальном этапе обучения.

Книга призвана дать в руки преподавателей и учащихся языковой материал, специально ориентированный на одну из главных задач обучения иностранному языку - развитию навыков свободной правильной устной речи.

Гл. редактор Е. В. Дмитриева

Отв. редактор М. К. Некрасов

Художник В. А. Гореликов

Оригинал-макет К. П. Орлова

© Корнеева Е. А., Баграмова Н. В.,

Чарекова Е. П., 2001

© Издательство "Союз", 2003

Елена Александровна Корнеева

Нина Витальевна Баграмова

Елена Павловна Чарекова

Практика английского языка

Сборник упражнений по устной речи

ЛП № 000373 от 30.12.1999 г.

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Отпечатано с готовых диапозитивов в ФГУП ИПК«Лениздат»

(типография им. Володарского) Министерства РФ по делам печати,

телерадиовещания и средств массовых коммуникаций.

Part I. Grammar exercises unit 1. Sentences with "there is (are)"

Exercise I. Give short answers to the following questions.

A. Pattern: Is there any water in your cup?

Yes, there is. (No, there isn't.)

1. Is there any ink in your pen? 2. Is there any milk in the bottle? 3. Is there any bread on the plate? 4. Is there any cheese on the table? 5. Is there any wine in your glass? 6. Is there any water in the jug?

B. Pattern: Are there any books on the table?

Yes, there are. (No, there aren't.)

1. Are there any pencils on the table? 2. Are there any apples on the apple-tree? 3. Are there any children on the river? 4. Are there any flowers in your garden? 5. Are there any pine-trees in the forest? 6. Are there any plates on the shelf?

C. 1. Is there any tea in your cup? 2. Are there any slugs in your garden? 3. Is there any paper in this box? 4. Are there any frogs in the pond? 5. Is there any butter on the plate? 6. Are there any flowers in the vase?

Exercise 2. Ask questions according to the pattern.

Pattern: There is a pencil in my bag.

What is there in your bag?

A. 1. There is a table in the corner of the room. 2. There is a big flowerpot on the table. 3. There is a picture on the wall. 4. There is a window in the front wall. 5. There is a jug on the shelf. 6. There is a chair by the window.

B. 1. There are some flowers in the vase. 2. There are some boats on the river. 3. There are some trees in my garden. 4. There are some books on the shelves. 5. There are some cats in this house. 6. There are some glasses on the table.

Exercise 3. Ask questions according to the pattern.

Pattern: There is a little girl in the room.

Who is there in the room?

1. There is a boy in the yard. 2. There are two women in the street. 3. There is my aunt in the sitting-room. 4. There are some students in the corridor. 5. There are some teachers in the hall. 6. There is a pretty girl by the window. 7. There are my parents in the next room. 8. There is a little boy on the sofa. 9. There is an old man on the corner of the street. 10. There is a young girl in the garden. 11. There are some people in the car. 12. There are some school-boys on the playing ground.

Exercise 4. Ask questions according to the pattern.

Pattern: There is a black cat on the sofa.

What kind of cat is there on the sofa?

1. There is a red flower in the vase. 2. There is a blue vase on the table. 3. There is a white dog on the carpet. 4. There is an English book on the table. 5. There is an old apple-tree in the garden. 6. There are some red apples on the plate. 7. There are some beautiful flowers in the vase. 8. There is some hot milk in the cup. 9. There is some cold water in the glass. 10. There is a big stain on his shirt. 11. There are some little mice on the floor. 12. There is a white flower in her hand.

Exercise 5. Ask questions according to the pattern.

Pattern: There are two pencils in the box.

How many pencils are there in the box?

1. There are four glasses on the table. 2. There are five pencils on the desk. 3. There are three cats on the sofa. 4. There are two dogs in the garden. 5. There are six chairs in the room. 6. There are ten people in the hall. 7. There are several boys on the ice. 8. There are three girls on the platform. 9. There are two kittens on the carpet. 10. There are four men in the car. 11. There are seven apples on the dish. 12. There are many children in the yard.

Exercise 6. Extend the statements according to the patterns. Make use of the nouns in the margin.

A. Pattern: There is a cat in the room. | dog

There is a cat in the room, there is no dog there.

1. There is a cup on the table.	glass
2. There is a jug on the shelf.	bottle
3. There is a plate on the table,	saucer
4. There is a pencil on the book.	pen
5. There is some butter on the plate.	cheese
6. There is some tea in the pot.	coffee
7. There is some milk in the bottle.	water
8. There is some sugar on the table.	salt

B. Pattern: There are some books on the table. | notebooks

There are some books on the table, there are no notebooks there.

1 . There are some pencils in the box.	Pens
2. There are two chairs in the room.	arm-chairs
3. There are some flowers on the table.	apples
4. There are some boys in the yard.	Girls
5. There are two cats in the garden.	Dogs
6. There are three glasses on the table.	Cups
7. There are several spoons in the box.	forks
8. There are two knives on the plate.	spoons

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with suitable noun-phrases: a big dog, some little plates, some fresh milk, some cheese, a new ballpoint pen, some children, a little mouse, a blue vase, two pictures, some English books, a white cat, ten red Apples, some pretty girls, a red rose.

1. There is ... in the yard. 2. There are ... on the table. 3. There is ... on the shelf. 4. There is ... in the bottle. 5. There are ... in the park. 6. There is ... on the floor. 7. There is ... on the bed. 8. There are ... on the wall. 9. There is ... on the plate. 10. There are ... on the dish. 11. There is ... in my pocket. 12. There are ... on the dancing-floor. 13. There are ... on the shelf. 14. There is ... in the garden.

Exercise 8. Transform the following sentences according to the pattern.

Pattern: I have an English book in my bag.

There is an English book in my bag.

1. She has many books in her study. 2. I have beautiful flowers in my garden. 3. He has some mistakes in his dictation. 4.I have two kittens in the kitchen. 5. She has much water in her garden. 6. We have some meat in the kitchen. 7. She has a very good arm-chair in her room. 8. They have a new TV set in their cottage. 9. He has an old computer in his office. 10. They have a little garden around their country house. 11.I have a new gas-stove in my flat. 12. She has a blue vase on the table.

Exercise 9. Add question tags to the following statements and then let your fellow students answer these questions.

Pattern: There is a bright lamp on his table.

There is a bright lamp on his table, isn't there?

Yes, there is. (No, there isn't.)

1. There is a cake on the plate. 2. There is a cat on the carpet. 3. There are some children in the garden. 4. There are some people in the street. 5. There is a flower in the glass. 6. There are some apples on the table. 7. There is snow in the street. 8. There are some cups on the shelf. 9. There is a mouse on the floor. 10. There is a cat under the bed. 11. There are some girls by the window. 12. There is milk in the bottle.