Контрольно-тренировочные упражнения 1 семестра

1. Напишите следующие существительные во множественном числе. Укажите, в каких случаях суффикс множественного числа произносится как [s], [z], [iz]:

Образец: map–maps [s] atom–atoms[z] cage–cages [iz].

student – students[s], party – parties [iz], chair – chairs [z], ring – rings [z], glass – glasses [iz], face – faces [iz], leaf – leaves [z], fat – fats [s], time – times [z], way – ways [z], university – universities [iz], language – languages [iz], wing – wings [z], salt – salts [s], energy – energies [iz], design – designs [z], book – books [s], problem – problems [z], dictionary – dictionaries [iz], class – classes [iz], change – changes [iz], subject – subjects [s], speech, rule – rules [z].

2. Замените существительные с предлогом of существительными в притяжательном падеже:

a meeting of students – students’ meeting.

the flat of my mother-in-law – my mother-in-law’s flat.

the rays of the sun – the sun’s rays.

a distance of two miles – two miles’ distance.

the joys of life – life’s joys.

the house of his parents – his parents’ house.

the theatres of Moscow – Moscow’s theatres.

the children of my sister Mary – my sister Mary’s children.

the rights of the women – women’s rights.

the name of my friend – my friend’s name.

3. Переведите следующие словосочетания на английский язык, употребляя притяжательный падеж:

Письмо моего друга – my friend’s letter.

Рассказы этого писателя – this writer’s stories.

Библиотека института – institute’s library.

Дочь моей младшей сестры – my younger sister’s daughter.

Младшая дочь моей сестры – my sister’s younger daughter.

Стены этого старого дома – this old house’s walls.

Старые стены этого дома – this house’s old walls.

4. Образуйте степени сравнения следующих прилагательных и наречий с помощью суффиксов -er, -est:

short – shorter – the shortest, cold – colder – the coldest, wide – wider – the widest, early – earlier – the earliest, big – bigger – the biggest, near – nearer – the nearest, late – later – the latest, fast – faster – the fastest, small – smaller – the smallest, old – older – the oldest, nice – nicer – the nicest, young – younger – the youngest, large – larger – the largest, kind – kinder – the kindest, long – longer – the longest, quick – quicker – the quickest, easy – easier – easiest.

5. Заполните пропуски притяжательными местоимениями, соответствующими личным местоимениям, данным в скобках:

(Не) His composition is very interesting.

(We) Our son goes to school.

(You) Your sister is young.

(They) Their knowledge of the subject is very poor.

(He) His name is John.

(I) My family lives in Kiev.

(She) Her friends often visit her.

6. Употребите нужную форму личных местоимений:

I often see them (they, them) in the bus.

She lives near us (we, us)

(We, us) We always walk to school together.

He teaches us (we, us) English.

She sits near me (I, me) during the lesson.

I always speak to him (he, him) in English.

What is the matter with him (he, him) today?

He explains the lesson to us (we, us) each morning.

There are some letters here for you and me (I, me).

I know her (she, her) and her sister very well.