Exercises

1. Переведите на русский язык предложения с атрибутивными словосочетаниями.

1. The steam engine appeared in 1763. 2. Several improved steam road carriages followed it. 3. The 218-mile Saint Lawrence Canal joins the Atlantic with the Great Lakes. 4. People try to explore the ocean bed. 5. New metro lines are being built in Moscow in different parts of the city. 6. The first Berlin porcelain factory was founded in 1752. 7. Civil rights sit-inners sent a telegram demanding negotiations on the economic crisis. 8. The Labour Party conference finished today with great battle on the Government’s wage restraint policy still unresolved. 9. Transport engineering and other trade union delegation carried their objections to the vote.

2. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present Perfect, Past Perfect или Future Perfect

1. The woman says that she (buy) a new camera. 2. He says that before he leaves he (see) every show in town. 3. Mother (tell) John what you said. 4. I (be) in this country two years by next January. 5. By the time you arrive, I (finish) reading your book. 6. Peter wanted to know what (happen) to his friend. 7. Mary (write) me a letter at last. 8. We felt that we (see) the girl somewhere before.

3. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на местоимения one (ones), that (those)

1. The story is less interesting than that I read last month. 2. Mike doesn’t like this film. Let’s watch another one. 3. This task is more difficult than that one. 4. One of the students is absent today. 5. One mustn’t talk at the lessons. 6. There is only one way to do it. 7. My children like to read English books as well as Russian ones. 8. Those present at the meeting were the teachers from our school. 9. The students of the first group study worse than those of the second one. 10. These pictures are more beautiful than those ones.

4. Сделайте предложения вопросительными, обращая внимание на эквиваленты модального глагола.

1. I am to stay here all the time. 2. He has got to leave us now. 3. They will be able to phone us twice a week 4. You are to report at once. 5. We’ll have to hurry to catch the five thirty train. 6. The jubilee is to be celebrated some time this summer. 7. He had to leave us as the interval was over. 8. Cyclists had to stay at our youth hostels. 9. The girls have to do some shopping. 10. I am to meet mother at the station at six sharp. 11. You have you got to do all the work. 12. I had to walk to the office. 13. You are to stay in bed until you are allowed to get up. 14. He has been able to swim since childhood. 15. She will be сapable of doing this kind of task. 16. The boy will be able to return the book by Friday. 17. They have been able to pass the examination. 18. The old man had to be kept from painting pictures.

5. Сделайте предложения эмфатическими, употребив усилительную конструкцию It is … that.

1. After he had read the book he gave it to me. 2. After mother has returned from Moscow I shall tell her the news. 3. The Russian scientist Lodygin invented the electric lamp. 4. On the first of September the new school year begins. 5. The gravitation makes the satellites move round the Earth. 6. In 1869 Mendeleyev published his Periodic Table. 7. It was the Soviet Union that liberated the peoples of Europe from fascism during World War II. 8. In April the equipment was brought to the laboratory. 9. It was yesterday when we discussed the plan of work at the office. 10. Yuri Gagarin, a citizen of Russia, started the era of cosmic flights. 11. In the year 1863 30,000 Londoners used the new and strange way of travel – the Underground. 12. On April 26, 1755 the opening of Moscow University took place. 14. Mme. Marie Składowska-Curie, the leading woman-scientist, the greatest woman of her generation, had become the first person to receive a Nobel Prize twice.

6. Определите место главного предложения и придаточного обстоятельственного предложения условия в следующих сложноподчинённых предложениях. Укажите способ связи между главным и придаточным предложениями, подчеркните союзное слово. Устно переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. We can go camping with you provided we bring our own equipment. 2. Jane won’t go there unless Mark is invited. 3. We can deliver the machine in May provided we receive your order within the next ten days. 4. If the eggs become too war, the chicks will not hatch. 5. We won’t finish our work in time unless we work hard. 6. If I am free tomorrow I shall visit you. 7. You won’t master English unless you work hard. 8. If we start off now, we’ll reach the railway station in time. 9. If he feels well tomorrow he will help us. 10. If you start now, we’ll finish by dinner time.

7. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в форме герундия.

1. I shall appreciate (receive) an invitation from you. 2. Nick insisted on (help) her with the report. 3. Mrs. Brown stopped (go) to her French classes. 4. They are thinking of (buy) a computer. 5. Do you mind (wait) a few minutes in the hall? 6. My little brother enjoys (listen) to the radio. 7. You shouldn’t risk (go) out if you have a cold. 8. This job is not worth (take). 9. Sue will enjoy (play) with Mrs. Green’s children. 9. He talked without (stop). 10. They have finished (repair) our office at last. 11. Have you finished (cry)? 12. My (hand write) is very careless. 13. It looks like (snow). 14. He felt irritation at (be disturbed).

8. Вставьте суффиксы –s, –’s, –s’ вместо точек, где необходимо. Объясните их значение.

1. The notion of “good manner…” differs from country to country. 2. At 7.00 p.m. the Queen arrives at St. James… Palace, shakes hand… and talks to no fewer than 70 people. 3. We say “Excuse me” to attract somebody… attention when we don’t know the person… name. 4. It is difficult to realize that in Shakespeare… time only a few million people spoke English. 5. There are race law… in Britain that racial tension is a punishable offence. 6. We should communicate more and learn more about each other… culture. 7. It is considered bad manner… to smoke in someone… house without asking a permission. 8. Do you know many Beatle… song…? 9. Night… candle… are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top. 10. The Pyramid… stand at the edge of the desert, an hour distance from the city. 11. A friend of hers had shown her his review of Browning… poem… . 12. Jon lighted his father… and Fleur… cigarette… .