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I. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. It is night. 2. It is difficult to change the plan. 3. The method is good. It is effective. 4. It is possible to understand the text. 5. It is a difficult situation. 6. It is my book. It is very interesting. 7. What time is it? It’s half past ten. 8. It’s time to go home. 9. It was my birthday yesterday. 10. It’s three miles from our house to the city centre. 11. How far is it from London to Bristol? 12. Does it snow very often? 13. It rains a lot in autumn. 14. It’s nice to see you again. 15. It’s a nice day today. 16. It is easy to discuss this question. 17. It is necessary to boil water for our experiment. 18. It was important to solve this problem. It occupied all his thoughts for hours. 19. It is said that the lecture on physics was very interesting today. The professor illustrated it with many experiments. 20. It is dangerous to walk along the road. 21. It’s not our fault. You can’t blame us. 22. Physics is a science. It treats the properties of matter and energy. 23. It is quite impossible to name a scientific problem Lomonosov didn’t turn his attention to. 24. It was desirable to compare the results. 25. It is said that these substances have similar properties. 26. It is well known that one form of energy can be converted into another one.

II. Put in it is (it’s) or is it, it or there.

1. What time …? 2. … rains a lot in winter. 3. We must go. … is very late. 4. … was a strong wind yesterday. 5. … true that Bill can fly a helicopter? 6. … was a nice day yesterday. 7. “What day … today?” 8. I was afraid because … was very dark. 9. … possible to phone you at your office? 10. “Do you want to walk to the City Hall?” “I don’t know. How far …?”. 11. … was a storm last night. Did you hear it? 12. … a long way from here to the nearest shop. 13. … very important to know a foreign language. 14. …is much snow in Arkhangelsk in winter. 15. “… so nice to see you again”. 16. … has been raining for two days. 17. “… quite a nice house but I’d rather …was a bit bigger”. 18. … was a very long journey. I was so tired after … ! 19. … a nice morning. How about going for a walk? 20. … seems that Earth is the only planet which can support life. 21. … difficult to contact Sarah because she is not on the phone.

III. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

a) Pay attention to the expression “It takes (took) …”

1. It took him some months to solve this problem. 2. It took radio signals a little more than 11 minutes to cover the distance from the Earth to Mars and back. 3. It will take scientists much time to find effective methods of utilizing solar energy. 4. It takes Jupiter about 12 years to revolve round the Sun. 5. It took him much time to write the report.

b) Pay attention to the expression “It is(was) … who (that)…”

  1. It is with the help of the radio that we receive most of the information from the satellites.

  2. It was in 1869 that Mendeleev published his Periodic table.

  3. It was the Russian scientist Lodygin who invented the electric lamp.

  4. It was Yury Gagarin who started the era of cosmic flights.

  5. It is the gravitation that makes the satellites move round the Earth.

  6. It was Lomonosov who stated that heat phenomena were due to molecular motion.

  7. It is the thermometer that measures the temperature of a substance.

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