- •1. Contrast the use of the indefinite and definite articles:
- •2. Insert either a/an or the:
- •3. Use the proper article:
- •4. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the of-phrases:
- •5. Use the proper article where necessary:
- •6. Translate the words in brackets:
- •A bad customer
- •Thank you, I feel much better
- •8. Complete the sentences and the extract from a history book using the definite article with the following
- •9. Answer these questions about yourself and your favourite things:
- •10. Uncountable material nouns:
- •11. Abstract nouns:
- •12. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •13. Complete the following speech by inserting “the” where necessary:
- •14. Complete the exclamations with a or an only where necessary:
- •15. Fill in the blanks:
- •16. Fill in the blanks:
- •17. Fill in the blanks:
- •18. (Morning, day, afternoon, evening, night):
- •19. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with nouns denoting parts of the day:
- •20. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those
- •Indicating parts of the day:
- •21. (Days, months):
- •22. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of seasons:
- •23. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attantion to those denoting
- •24. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of meals:
- •25. Supply a/an where necessary. Note where you can use a/an or zero (-):
- •26. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those denoting
- •27. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •28. (Bed, prison, school, college):
- •29. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •30. Use the proper article:
- •31. Fill in the blanks:
- •32. Fill in the blanks:
- •33. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •34. Supply "the" or "-':
- •35. Insert articles where necessary:
- •36. Set expressions:
- •37. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the article in adverbial phrases of manner:
- •38. Translate into English:
- •39. Translate into English:
- •40. Translate into English:
- •41. Translate into English:
- •42. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of the articles:
- •43. Translate into English:
- •44. Dictation-translation:
- •45. Translate into English:
- •46. Translate the following into English. Mind the use of the article with: news, advice, information, money, work,
- •47. Translate into English:
- •48. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of proper nouns:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •3. Answer the questions using the Simple Present:
- •4. Answer the questions using the Present Indefinite:
- •5. Read quickly in the Singular:
- •6. Write the following sentences in the 3rd person singular:
- •7. Change the following a) into the negative, b) into the interrogative:
- •8. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •9. Use the required tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
- •12. Correct the sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •13. Correct these sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •14. Put the verb into the correct form:
- •15. Translate the sentences into English:
- •16. Translate the sentences into English:
- •17. Translate the sentences into English:
- •18. Translate the sentences into English:
- •19. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •20. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •21. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:
- •3. Complete these sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the past simple form:
- •4. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite:
- •5. Read the following sentences a) in the interrogative, b) in the negative:
- •6. Make up questions and give answers:
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Past Indefinite:
- •9. Make sentences with a similar meaning by using used to:
- •10. In this exercise you have to complete the sentence with used to:
- •11. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry's life-style. Denis stopped doing
- •12. Paraphrase these sentences to show the actions or states that have now ended:
- •13. Translate:
- •14. Translate:
- •15. Translate:
- •16. Translate:
- •17. Translate:
- •18. Translate:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Refer these statements to the future using the given adverbial modifiers of time and making necessary changes:
- •3. Translate what is given in brackets using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •4. Complete the following sentences using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •5. Add the missing information:
- •6. Paraphrase these sentences to use an adverbial clause of time or condition:
- •7. Complete these sentences by putting in the right tenses:
- •8. Complete the following using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •9. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future indefinite or the Present Indefinite:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present and the Simple Future:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Future Indefinite:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Translate into English:
- •14. Translate into English:
- •15. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Use the Present Continuous instead of the infinitive in brackets:
- •3. Put each verb into the present progressive tense form:
- •4. Complete the sentences by using the words in brackets. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •5. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •6. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •7. Use the verbs given in brackets in the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous tenses:
- •8. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:
- •10. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •11. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous where necessary:
- •12. Open the brackets:
- •13. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •14. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •15. Translate the following into English. Pay attention to the use of the Present Continuous to express an action
- •In the near future:
- •16. Translate into English:
- •17. Translate into English:
- •18. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Answer the questions using when and the verb of the subordinate clause in the Past Continuous Tense:
- •3. One evening there was some gun shooting in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make
- •4. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm rang. Use the words in brackets to make
- •5. Write a compound sentence made of two simple sentences, saying that two actions were going on at the same
- •6. Ask questions to the following statements. Begin with a given interrogative word (words):
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Open the brackets:
- •9. Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets. Use the Simple Past or the Past Progressive:
- •10. Put the verb into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Simple Past:
- •11. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •12. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •13. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •14. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •15. Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Past Simple:
- •16. Express the same idea using the past progressive tense forms to denote a frequently repeated habitual action
- •In the past:
- •17. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous:
- •18. Translate:
- •19. Translate into English, using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense:
- •20. Translate into English:
- •21. Translate into English:
- •22. Translate into English:
- •23. Translate into English: Бешкетник
- •24. Translate into English:
- •25. Translate into English:
- •26. Translate into English:
- •27. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the ways of expressing speaker’s emotions by using the Present,
- •28. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Continuous Tense:
- •2. Say what other people will be doing at a given moment in the future:
- •3. Answer the questions in the Future Continuous Tense, using the given suggestions:
- •4. You misheard your partner who's talking about his plans. Using a given interrogative word (words), ask
- •5. Use the Future Continuous where possible:
- •6. Open the brackets using the Future Indefinite or Future Continuous:
- •7. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present, the Simple Future and the Future Progressive:
- •8. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future Indefinite and the Future Continuous:
- •9. Open the brackets. Use the Future Indefinite if the action is permanent, repeated or it is a one-time action. Use
- •10. Translate into English using the Future Continuous Tense:
- •11. Translate into English:
- •12. Translate the sentences into English:
- •13. Translate the sentences into English:
9. Answer these questions about yourself and your favourite things:
1. What is your favourite musical instrument? 2. Can you play the piano? 3. Do you like when someone plays the violin? 4. What is your favourite transport? 5. Which bird do you like most? 6. What is your favourite tree? 7. Which tree would you like to grow for your bonsai? 8. What is your favourite flower? 9. Which animal do you like most? 10. Which dog do you like to have as a pet?
10. Uncountable material nouns:
1. ... coal is one of ... most important natural resources in our country. 2. ... most common kind of ... fuel used by man is ... wood. 3. Put ... wood on ... fire. 4. ... silver is not so heavy as ... gold. 5. ... Oil is known to be lighter than ... water. 6. Please cut ... grass in the garden. 7. ... Water which we drink in our town is filtered at waterworks. 8. I don't like ... milk. 9. Pour ... milk into the cup, please. 10. We make ... butter and ... cheese from ... milk. 11. Pass me ... sugar, please. 12. She doesn't like ... sugar. 13. Where is ... sugar? 14. This district is rich in ... coal. 15. Is your shirt made of ... silk or ... cotton? 16. This is ... bronze, not ... copper. 17. I like ... tea. She likes ... coffee. 18. I always drink ... boiled water. 19. Bring me ... hot water, please. 20. There is ... snow on the ground. 21. There is ... hot and ... cold water and ... gas in my flat.
11. Abstract nouns:
1. It is ... heavy work. 2. You must face … life seriously. 3. He likes ... silence of this room. 4. They often sit for hours in ... silence. 5. ... love is necessary for us. 6. ... love which he gave her was full of ... beauty. 7. Alice knew nothing of ... literature except some American writers of the 19th century. 8. This man lives in ... poverty. 9. ... poverty of his room struck us very much. 10. She has ... hard life. 11. In his novels the author describes ... life of ... youth in his country. 12. ... air was full of ... warmth and ... freshness. 13. I like ... music. 14. ... music which she heard yesterday was beautiful. 15. Last week I learnt ... interesting news. 16. ... news which he told me were of ... great interest for our family. 17. I had little hope for ... better life. 18. I spent ... good time by my Aunt's. 19. ... time spent together gave us both ... great deal of ... joy. 20. I can see ... beauty and ... peace of their home. 21. What ... delightful weather we are having! 22. Suddenly ... idea came to her. 23. He hated ... idea of going there. 24. Standing on the terrace I could hear ... murmur of ... sea below me. 25. I'll come in ... hour. 26. ... hour spent with him made much good for me. 27. ... light moves quickest of all. 28. It is ... time to start. 29. She didn't like ... changes in ... life. 30. He looked at her with ... amazement.
12. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
that do not admit of the indefinite afiicle:
1. Every one hates to have to go out ... rainy weather. 2. ... work gave him ... increasing pleasure. 3. ... weather was so warm that we decided to go swimming. 4. What ... fine weather we're having today! 5. It would be ... fun for George to be ... Governor and for her to be ... Governor’s wife. 6. I turned the radio on and listened to ... nine o'clock news. 7. In ... warm weather I spent most of the afternoon reading out in ... garden. 8. I did not enjoy my holiday because ... weather was very cold. 9. What's ... news? 10. "Congratulations. That was ... very smart work altogether”, he said. 11. Have you heard ... news? 12. We have been having ... frosty weather for ... week. 13. I lent him five pounds last week. Do you think he will pay ... money back? 14. "James is not coming tonight." Oh, that is ... bad news. 15. You ought to stay at home in ... cold weather. 16. I know ... work I've done is ... good work, the best of my life. 17. He began to think of ... fun he had planned for this day. 18. ... weather is changing for the worse. 19. Your friend is ... great fun. 20. I'm not the man to give you ... advice. 21. That's ... best news I've heard yet. 22. We hid his watch for ... fun. 23. ... news from home is bad. 24. I’m going to cut ... grass in ... garden. It’s ... hard work, but it has to be done. 25. Oh, this is not ... friendly advice. 26. I was trying not to think about ... work I was set to do. 27. I just want to ask you for ... advice. 28. ... advice he had got from most of his friends was to turn down ... offer. 29. I didn’t work there long I fell ill and had to give up the job. That’s ... hard luck. 30. ... information they received allowed them to prepare ... new defence position. 31. What ... good luck that I found you in!