Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Соберите предложение.

A	your / what / is / name? is / Denis / a / student. old / how / is / brother / your? France / are / from / and / Brian / Bob? 5. at / sisters / the / my / are / students / university.
B	study, at the Law Institute, we. Sevastopol State University, are, students, of, they. as a judge, my friend, works. speaks, our teacher, usually, English, at the lesson. teaches, her mother, at school, Physics.

Exercise 2. Составьте вопрос к выделенным словам, затем образуйте отрицательную форму каждого предложения.

1. My sister does not speak English.

2. He will finish his work next week.

3. The students of our group usually ask the professor a lot of questions.

4. My friend wants to become a lawyer.

5. They are from France.

Exercise 3. Замените словосочетание с предлогом на словосочетание с притяжательным падежом.

Example: The mother of the children - the children’s mother.

The textbook of the students, the name of my group-mate, the office of the newspaper, the computer of this engineer, the husband of my sister, the department of our Institute, the medal of this dog, the rivers of my country, the system of this computer.

Exercise 4. Переведите словосочетания:

• that judge's cases; my brother's favourite sport; that man's name; university's computer centre; those children's parents; the court's decisions; people's rights and duties; two months' programme; scientists' work; court's room; my friend's family.

• vegetable soup; telephone box; computer disks; bus station; law faculties; fingerprint system; crime problems; crime prevention measures; Public Health Department; court practice; anniversary meeting; police officers; detective story; application form; emergency exit door; production manager; horror movie; airline safety inspector; street lights.

Exercise 5. Вспомните правило образования степеней сравнения прилагательных и наречий.

Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степень следующих прилагательных:

Serious, young, bad, long, easy, basic, possible, clever, large, rich, cheap, necessary, reliable, common, good, frequent, successful, many, far, quiet, small, wide, difficult, experienced, complicated, high, important, warm, popular, bright.

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод выделенных слов:

1. Some ideas are less practical than others.

2. Our flat is smaller and cheaper than yours.

3. My new office is quieter than the old one.

4. They stayed in the worst hotel on the island.

5. Alan is the youngest student in our group.

Переведите на английский язык:

более сложные дела; менее опытный адвокат; самый трудный предмет; отвечать хуже, чем обычно; самое высокое здание; наименее важный вопрос; теплее, чем обычно; самый отдаленный город; менее популярный студент; ярче, чем вчера; успешнее.

Exercise 6. Open the brackets (раскройте скобки) and put the verb (поставьте глагол) into the Present Simple or Future Simple. Underline (подчеркните) time expressions.

2. I (to read) books every evening.

3. He (to help) his mother every day.

4. We usually (to go) to the university on Saturdays.

5. She (to visit) her grandmother tomorrow.

6. My mother (to like) summer very much.

7. He (to watch) TV daily.

8. Next time we (to spend) holidays in Britain.

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

11. Where is Jack’s bike? – We _____ (not know).

12. I think Mr. Smith plays tennis. - Oh, no. Mr. Smith_____(not play)tennis.

13. Is this your magazine? - That’s not my magazine. I_____ (not read) magazines for girls.

14. Is this your comics? - No, I _______(not usually read) comics.

15. Is this Sally’s guitar? - No, she_____(not play) the guitar.

16. Where will you go next time? - I _____(go) abroad. Maybe to Italy.

17. Will he come to see us? – No, he ______ (not come)

Exercise 8. Practice.

What do you do first in the day? What do you do next?

1)Number the activities in the correct order for you:

□have lunch □have a shower □go to work □have breakfast

□ study (start work)□go home □get dressed □have dinner □watch television □get up □read a book □go to bed □leave home

2) Number the activities in the correct order for your friend/sister/brother

8. My sister/friend gets up at seven o’clock.

9. She ______

10. Then she______

11. She ______tea and toast for breakfast.

12. She _____her flat at half past eight.

13. She _____to work by bus.

14. She works in a bookshop. She ____ work at nine o’clock.

15. At one o’clock she _____lunch in a small cafe.

16. She leaves work at half past five and ____ home.

17. First she _____dinner.

18. Then she _____ television.

19. She _____ to bed at eleven o’clock.

3) Adam ____(1. be) a young man from Bristol. He ____(2. live) in a new big house near the city centre. He ____(3. be) a student at the university. He __(4. study)History and Literature. Every day he ____ (5. go) to the university by bus. He ____ (6. have) many friends and they always____(7. go) to the park on Sundays. In the evenings they sometimes___ (8. go) to the disco or to the cinema. Adam ____(9. not like) going to the theatre. When he _______(10.come) home, he usually _____(11. have) small supper. After supper he___ (12. listen) to the music or ___(13. watch) TV. Before going to bed he ____ (14. read) a book.

Exercise 9. Look at the table (таблица) and make up sentences.

For example: Susan often cleans the room on Sundays.

	to clean the room on Sundays	to be late for the lessons	to drink tea for breakfast	to play tennis in the morning	to watch TV in the evening	your point
James	always	never	tomorrow	sometimes	often
Susan	often	sometimes	never	tomorrow	next Friday
Ted and Bill	next month	today	sometimes	often	always
Kim and Sid	sometimes	usually	always	tomorrow	next day off
You or Your friend

Exercise 10. Choose the text and read it. Then make exercise 10.

Text A

My name is Alexander. My family and I live in Yalta. My father is a doctor. He works in a town hospital. He cures sick people. He has got a lot of patients every day. My father’s job is very difficult but he likes it. My mother works as an accountant in a bank. She keeps financial accounts. She works five days a week from 8 till 5. My elder brother is a businessman. He runs his own business. He sells computer software. I’m a first-year student of Sevastopol State University. I study at the Law Institute. I want to know everything about the rules, law and regulation. After I graduate I want to be a programmer.

Text B

My name is Julia. I am from Feodosia. I’m a student now and I study and live in Sevastopol. My family live in Feodosia. I have got a father, a mother and younger sister. My father is a driver. He works at a milk factory. He drives a van. He delivers milk products to shops. My mother is a teacher at a primary school. Her job is difficult but she likes it. My sister is 12 years old. She is a pupil of the 6^th form. She does well at school. I’m a student of Sevastopol State University. I study at the newest specialty of this university. I want to become a lawyer. I like to work with people, help them and give an advice.

Exercise 11. Answer the following questions. Выполняйте задания строго по тексту А или В (по предыдущему упражнению)

• Who tells about his/her family? What is his/her name?

• Where is she/he from?

• Does he/she have sisters/brothers?

• What is her mother/his father?

• What university does she/he study at?

Exercise 12. Answer the following questions.

8. What is your name? Where are you from?

9. Have you got a family? Is your family big?

10. What is your father? Where does he work? Does he like his job?

11. What does your mother do? Where does she work?

12. Have you got any sisters or brothers? What do they do?

13. Are you a student? What university do you study at? What specialty do you study at?

14. What do you want to do after you graduate?