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III.Use the appropriate prepositions in the blanks in these sentences:
1.My fatherisusually busy.Heworks… earlymorning … late… night.
2.We have many friends … Moscow.
3.Our English class usually begins … 9 o’clock … the morning.
4.Take the magazines … the shelf and put them … my bag.
5.Peter is a student. He goes … college.
6.Please, step aside … the blackboard.
7.Mr. Grey’s desk is … the corner.
8.There is a lawn … our house and a small garden … it.
9.The students are … the lecture … room 15.
10.Take my things … the car.
11.– Is the book … the shelf?
– No, it is … the bookcase.
12.There is a big lamp … my table.
13.When I am free, I go … the cinema or … the theatre.
14.The article was translated … Russian … English … our teacher.
15.We eat sh … a fork.
IV. Insert the necessary prepositions:
1.I must tell you … myself.
2.I am … the third form … a grammar school … Manchester.
3.… Monday I don’t have time to eat my breakfast.
4.I nd my books … my sister’s shelf.
5.We play … football.
6.I don’t wait … a bus … the morning.
7.I am never late … studies.
8.I enter … the class-room when the teacher begins to call … the register.
9.Who sits next … you?
10.I am not very good … Maths.
11.I want to talk … you.
12.It is time … break.
13.What have we got … lunch today?
14.We usually have breakfast … 8 o’clock … the morning.
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15.There is a good programme … television tonight.
16.The last lesson … Saturday is a history lesson.
17.Today we have two lectures … Psychology.
18.I go … a walk practically every day.
19.I don’t come … home … the Institute late.
20.I came … a small town … England.
21.He is not … home now.
22.They arrived … Paris late … night.
23.I shall be waiting for you … the bus stop … 6 sharp.
24.It was Sunday yesterday and we didn’t go … school. Our parents didn’t go … work.
25.I seem to know this woman … the picture.
V. Fill in the blanks with necessary prepositions:
Here is a picture … an English class. The students … group 4 are having an English class. The teacher is standing … the blackboard. He is writing English words … the blackboard. The students are sitting … their desks. They are looking … the blackboard. They are listening … the teacher and repeating the words … him … chorus. One … the students is writing something … his note-book. Another student is looking up the words … the dictionary. Nick, who is sitting next … me, is reading silently a text taken … the book.
VI. Use the appropriate prepositions in the blanks:
1.London was a new world … me.
2.… the day I arrived it was ne.
3.We went … a walk … Kensington Gardens.
4.The trees burst … leaf.
5.People…lightclotheswerewalking…pathsandalso…thegrass.
6.It was time … me to come back.
7.I turned … one path, then ran … the left.
8.They were laughing … the speakers.
9.I got … the park gate.
10.… despair I crossed the street and hurried … the direction … the
station.
11.As I wanted to buy a present for my girl I went … a gift shop.
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12.… all the English lms I saw … last year I particularly enjoyed “Lady Hamilton”.
13.A brilliant idea came … my mind.
14.One … vases fell … and broke … pieces.
15.… Helen’s room there is a large beautiful carpet … the oor.
16.Making for the door I suddenly heard a noise coming … the kitchen.
17.…thetimewearrived…theBrownstheirhousewasfull…guests.
18.… these words hebegan to unwrap the parcel which he was holding … his hands.
19.“Willyouwrap it…me?,”saidthewomanturning…thesalesgirl.
20.She lives right … the centre … Moscow.
21.How far … the Institute do you live?
22.There is nothing left … the plate.
23.We went … the forest … the village.
24.My father always comes … work … 6 o’clock.
25.Let me have a look … this picture.
26.How do you get … the University … your place?
27.She sat … the chair … the window.
VII. Choose the right variant:
1. The space ______ the two houses was occupied by a parking lot.
a) among; |
b) between. |
2._____ a yellow mackintosh, he had pink gloves and a red scarf on
–a queer gure!
a) Beside; b) Besides.
3._____ taking up music as a major hobby he decided to study painting.
a) instead; b) instead of.
4. ______ the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel
by plane. |
|
a) despite of; |
b) despite. |
5. We could not get of the car ______ the door stuck. |
|
a) because; |
b) because of. |
6.Weasked John to speak about his experiences _____ the Antarctic.
a) of; b) in.
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7. According to the time-table the classes are to start _____ Monday. a) on; b) at.
8. We have decided to do one exercise a day _____ now on till the end of the term.
a) in; |
b) from. |
9. One ______ the rst to come to the of ce was Jack.
a) in; b) of.
10. There was a famous writer and several movie stars ______ the people whom I met at the party at Bridgestone.
a) among; b) between.
VIII. Choose the right variant:
1. Jake looked _____ the window and noticed a thief climbing up the wall.
a) on; b) through.
2. Mary eventually grew ______ a pretty young woman.
a) on; b) into.
3. You can’t go out _____ your umbrella, it is raining heavily. a) in; b) without.
4. They did a lot of harm _____ the farmers.
a) from; |
b) to. |
5. Miss Johnson will look ______ the children while we are away.
a) after; |
b) across. |
6. The spacecraft is ying ______ the Universe.
a) across; |
b) with. |
7. All of us paid attention ______ this interesting fact.
a) to; |
b) in. |
8. I think main reason ______ the boy’s shyness is his parents’ indifference, they should give more encouragement to him.
a) by; |
b) for. |
9. On receiving the letter, they decided to set ______ at once as there was absolutely no time to waste.
a) out; |
b) in. |
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10. His wife deserted him, but he was able to bring ______ eleven
children without anybody’s help. |
|
a) up; |
b) during. |
IX. Translate into English:
а) название улицы, студенты нашего факультета, на столе, кусок мела, чашка кофе, резать ножом, есть ложкой, о моей семье, о его работе,с утрадо вечера,во время моих каникул, спонедельника до субботы, в это время, в 9.30, с пяти до семи, через десять минут, в 1945, в течение многих лет, зимой и летом, в мае, утром и вечером, в четверг, в декабре, осенью, через год, в течение двух часов, днём, черезпять дней,ночью,вовремя урока,послезанятий,первого мая, перед обедом, после завтрака, в прошлом году, на этой неделе, в будущем месяце.
b) 1. Поставьте цветы на стол.
2.Бумагу положите в ящик.
3.Не ходите сегодня на реку.
4.Возьмите газеты со стола и положите их на полку под книги.
5.Пожалуйста, не входите в кабинет. Врач занят сейчас.
6.Говорите по-английски на занятиях по английскому языку.
7.Не стойте у двери. Входите.
8.Не сидите у окна.
9.Отойдите от доски.
10.Возьмите мои конспекты у неё.
11.Карту повесьте между окнами.
12.Я вижу картину над его столом.
13.Мой сын приходит с работы в 6 часов.
14.Дети сейчас в саду? – Да.
15.Вы знаете название этого фильма? – Нет.
16.Столучителя находится передклассом; позадистола –класс- ная доска.
17.Дайте мне чашку чая и кусок пирога.
18.Расскажите мне о своей семье.
19.Мы едим суп ложкой, а мясо и рыбу вилкой.
X. Right or Wrong?
1. The name of the street is Arbat.
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2.Don’t come from the class, please. The doctor is busy now.
3.Take newspapers at the table.
4.Come in an hour.
5.Give to me a cup of tea.
6.Don’t sit on the window.
7.At Monday we are free.
8.In summer we usually have a rest.
9.Tell me about your family
10.The garden is in the middle of the house.
THE PLURAL OF THE NOUNS
I. Give the plural of the following nouns:
Toe, city, chief, Negro, belief, shelf, lm, tie, foot, goose, boot, plan, ox, fox, German, pencil, woman, mouth, mouse, child, deer, sheep, cheese, ship, crisis, phenomenon, datum, lady, nucleus, formula, letter, tooth, knife, car, room-mate, man-of-war, face, boy-messenger, fel- low-worker, passer-by, sister-in-law.
II. Put the nouns in brackets in the correct number:
a)more than one (day); twenty one (day); one and a half (mile); one (mile) and ahalf; three (foot); ve(foot) six; a (pair) of shoes; two (pair) of shoes; to walk in (pair);
b)1. The man took ve ( sh) out of the bag and gave each dog ( sh). 2. I wondered at the variety of ( sh) in the aquarium.
3. Our (family) are all good chess-players.
4.Our (family) are next door neighbours.
5.The (people) of all the ve continents were represented at the Moscow World Youth Festival.
6.The Russian (people) are very hospitable.
7.You must eat more (fruit).
8.Eve has a good (friend) at school.
9.There are (match) in the box.
10.The (map) is on the shelf.
III. Choose the right form of the noun:
1. His hair/hairs is fair.
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2.He’s going to buy some new troser/trosers.
3.They gave us some advice/advices.
4.He’s got much information/informations about our travel.
5.They are not going to buy new furniture/furnitures.
6.I’m going to buy new sunglass/sunglasses.
IV. Choose the right form of the verb:
1.Where does/do your family live?
2.The trousers you bought for me doesn’t/don’t t me.
3.The police want/wants to catch two criminals.
4.Physics was/were my favourite subject at school.
5.May I take your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t sharp enough.
6.The news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we expected.
7.Gymnastics is/are my favourite sport.
8.Five days isn’t/aren’t long enough for a good holiday.
9.I can’t nd my glasses. Maybe you know where it is/they are?
10.The people in that city is/are very friendly.
V. Put the nouns in these sentences in the plural form. Make the appropriate changes where it is necessary:
1.This man works at our of ce.
2.Put this knife on that table.
3.The student put his book on the desk.
4.What is your name?
5.I’ll give you my book. This story is very interesting.
6.A man, a woman, a boy and a girl are in the room.
7.A new house is in our street.
8.Is that girl your sister?
VI. Translate the expressions into English:
Прекрасные фильмы, мои книги, новые автомашины, зелёные парки, старые газеты, чёрные карандаши, стальные ножи, маленькие дети, мужчины и женщины, преподаватели и студенты, пять кроватей, девять страниц, семь человек, десять столов, шесть дней, два текста, много книг, мало газет, много воды, мало хлеба.
VII. Fill in the blanks with much/many/ a lot of:
1. Mrs. Pray has … pupils in her group.
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2.There are … boys in our group.
3.There is … chalk at the blackboard.
4.There are … colleges within English universities.
5.We have … classes next week.
6.I have … newspapers in my bag.
7.He knows … languages.
8.He gets … letters every day.
VIII. Use little/a little/few/a few in the blanks:
1.There is … smoke in the room.
2.There is … gas in the balloon.
3.I see … clouds in the sky.
4.There are … beautiful streets in our town.
5.Give me … sheets of paper.
6.I want to drink … water.
7.For dessert I usually take … apples.
8.I have … trouble with my spelling.
9.She needs … new dresses.
10.Only … pupils know how to do it.
11.My brother has … German books.
IX. Choose among many, much, few, a few, little, a little to ll in the blanks:
1.Are there…studentsin this groupwho canspeak English uently?
2.I understood … of what you said. Will you repeat it?
3.There are … people in the streets today because it is Sunday.
4.He has written his translation … better this time, there are only … mistakes.
5.We do not have … time left.
6.How … classes do you have today?
7.It takes me … time and effort to read the book in the original.
8.Therewere…unknown words in thetext,itwas easyto translateit.
9.How … money has your mother given you?
10.… people have so … patience.
11.It was too … for her, she burst into tears.
12.We know very … about it.
13.There isn’t … paper in the box, I need more.
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14.It’s a secret. Very … people know about it.
15.Please add … more tea in my cup.
X. Translate into English the words in brackets:
1.There is (много) paper on the desk.
2.There are (мало) students in the classroom.
3.There is (немного) milk in the jug.
4.There are (нет) newspapers on the shelf.
5.Give me (немного) water, please.
6.May I take (несколько) sheets of paper?
7.I have not (много) money. I cannot buy this coat.
8.There are not (много) sentences in this text.
9.Put (немного) salt into your soup.
10.Can you give him (несколько) coloured pencils?
XI. Find the wrong sentences and correct them:
1.Mathematics are very dif cult.
2.My tooths are white.
3.Our football team are winners.
4.There are many monkies in the tree.
5.How many womans are there in your company?
6.Not many citys is clean and safe.
7.Are my shirts washed yet?
8.There is many problem in this exercise.
THE POSSESSIVE CASE
I. Replace the of-phrases by the nouns in the possessive case:
1.The wife of your teacher;
2.The order of the commander-in-chief;
3.The novel of Dickens;
4.The ball of the boys;
5.The life of a bachelor;
6.The address of a lady;
7.The theatres of Moscow;
8.A distance of two miles;
9.The rays of the sun;
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10.The population of England;
11.The mother of May and Ann;
12.The children of my sister Irene;
13.The sister of my mother;
14.The books of these students;
15.The photo of my grandfather;
16.The hat of my sister-in-law;
17.The faces of these women;
18.The novels of Dickens;
19.The answers of the students;
20.The best suit of my husband.
II. Insert s, ’s or s’ where it is necessary:
1.This is a new addition of Esenin … poem … .
2.We spent a week … holiday at the Norton … .
3.That man was Vera … and Nelly … old teacher of music.
4.Those were Nick … and Kate … parents.
5.Many a time did he rewrite some of his novel … chapter … before submitting it to the reader … judgement … .
6.The book is neither John … nor Mary … .
7.Tchaikovsky … house in Klin is now a museum.
III.TranslateintoRussianthenounsusingtheminthePossessiveCase:
Квартирамоегодруга,комнатаих матери,имяегосестры,машина директора, книги студентов, стол преподавателя, дети этой женщины, кабинет врача, пальто того человека, имя её брата, платья Энн, велосипед того парня, моих детей зовут, ручка двери, крыша дома, группа учащихся, чашка кофе.
IV. Use the words in brackets using -‘s, or preposition of:
1.What is …? (the name/this man)
2.… is near the market. (the house/my parents)
3.When is …? (birthday/Mike)
4.Look at the number at … . (the bottom/the page)
5.What is …? (this man/the profession)
6.Do you like …? (the taste/this ice-cream)
7.For me summer is … . (the best time/the year)
8.… is very good. (the work/Mary)
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