Enjoy the English grammar. Методическое пособие по грамматике английского языка для студентов неязыковых направлений педагогических вузов
.pdf9.… is yellow. (the colour/wall)
10.I need … . (the help/my friend)
V. Translate the sentences into English using the Possessive Case of the English nouns:
1.Дайте мне работы учеников, пожалуйста.
2.Чьи это письма? – Это письма моих друзей.
3.Мэри взяла книги своего брата.
4.Это офис нашего директора.
5.Чья это книга? – Это книга Петра.
6.Это семья моего друга. Отец моего друга учитель. Мать моего друга врач.
DIFFERENT TYPES
OF INTERROGATIVE QUESTIONS
I. Put general questions to the following sentences:
1.There is a picture on the wall.
2.The lecture begins at nine o’clock.
3.They will go to the University on Monday.
4.Our teacher knows several foreign languages.
5.He has already bought a ticket.
6.They visited many countries.
7.They are working in the kitchen.
8.Dinner is the largest meal during the day.
9.He likes milk.
10.I heard about this lm from my friend.
II. Give short answers in the af rmative or negative:
1.Are you a university student?
2.Is that young man a rst-year student?
3.Are there many students in your group?
4.Is your mother a housewife?
5.Do you have any brothers or sisters?
6.Does your friend work in the eld of physics?
7.Were there many students present at the party?
8.Do you have breakfast at 8 o’clock?
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9.Are there a lot of animals in the farm?
10.Were they your next-door neighbours?
11.Do these students know the subject well?
12.Have they got many friends in London?
13.Will you make a report about it?
14.Is agriculture the main occupation in this area?
15.Are you doing your homework now?
16.Do you have grandparents?
17.Were there many owers in your garden in summer?
18.Have you ever been to London?
19.Are you fond of music?
20.Will he be in his nal year at school?
21.Do you read English books?
22.Will there be a concert after the meeting?
III. Make up alternative questions to the parts of the sentences in brackets and answer them:
Model: He usually watches TV in the evening (in the morning). Does he usually watch TV in the evening or in the morning?
1.The lm is interesting (dull).
2.We are free tomorrow (the day after tomorrow).
3.Harry lives in London (Liverpool).
4.His father leaves home early (late).
5.You have many friends in Moscow (few).
6.Our students have lunch after classes (before classes).
7.You have many English books at home (a few).
8.There is much ink in your pen (little).
IV. Make up disjunctive questions according to the model andanswer them:
Model: His friend lives in Moscow, doesn’t he?
You don’t come home early, do you?
1.They have a new car.
2.Mary is at home now.
3.Sometimes you work at the library after classes.
4.The students usually leave the Institute late.
5.It takes you long to get home.
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6.He has a family of his own.
7.Your friend is about twenty years old.
8.Those girls are sisters.
9.Alice is ill today.
10.You are busy now.
11.You don’t have dinner at home on weekdays.
12.It is not cold today.
13.These young men are not clerks.
14.English is not dif cult.
15.They have no TV-set.
16.We shall not have any English class tomorrow.
17.You don’t go to bed until midnight.
18.The Browns’ family doesn’t watch TV every evening.
V. Complete the following disjunctive questions and answer them:
1.You are a student of Moscow University, …?
2.She is a rst-year student, …?
3.We shall have three exams in winter, …?
4.Our Institute has a good library, …?
5.Moscow University was founded by M.V. Lomonosov, …?
6.Higher education in our country is free, …?
7.Sunday is our day off, …?
8.It will be Saturday tomorrow, …?
9.The entrance exams were dif cult, …?
10.We shall be teachers, …?
VI. Make disjunctive questions out of the following statements:
1.There are 3 faculties in our Institute.
2.There will be a seminar in Economy tomorrow.
3.There is a new time-table for this term.
4.There is no time left.
5.Students spend most of the time in the library.
6.There was somebody in the room.
7.There were no unknown words in the article.
8.You nished school last year.
9.Moscow State University was named after its founder.
10.She must work hard to show good results at the exams.
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11.She is a hard-working student.
12.He never misses classes.
13.She didn’t enter the Institute last year.
14.There are ample opportunitiesfor our institute graduates to nd a job.
15.Everybody attended the lecture.
VII. Make up questions out of the following words:
1.built/was/when/this house?
2.is/cheese/how/made?
3.the computer/invented/when/was?
4.today/working/Susan/why/isn’t?
5.what time/coming/your friends/are?
6.was/why/the concert/cancelled?
7.your mother/was/where/born?
8.to the party/didn’t/you/why/come?
9.did/the accident/happen/how?
10.work/this machine/why/doesn’t?
VIII. Put up questions to the underlined parts of the following sentences:
1.Tom has two children.
2.My brother gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning.
3.They sometimes go to the cinema or to the theatre.
4.Harry gets to London by train because he lives in the suburbs.
5.Her friend is a worker. He is 20 years old.
6.On coming home my father usually has dinner.
7.His of ce is near the Metro station.
8.These are French newspapers.
9.Professors and lecturers give lectures to students.
10.There is little ink in the pen.
11.Most of the universities provide hostels for their students.
12.It takes her 15 minutes to have breakfast.
13.All our universities admit men and women.
14.They spend three years at a teachers’ training college.
15.There are ten students in that class.
IX.Putupquestionstotheunderlinedpartsofthefollowingsentences:
1. Helen met her friend on the way to the Institute yesterday.
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2.She is looking at the picture.
3.Many students are going to the canteen for lunch.
4.They have just had lunch at home.
5.Lucy is taking her examination now.
6.Soon there will be many young trees in this park.
7.Next Sunday I shall write a letter to my friend.
8.We shall have dinner at home at about 6.
9.They are speaking about their work.
10.You haven’t seen her since you nished school.
11.The students of our group have learned this poem by heart.
12.The lecture had begun by the time I entered the room.
13.He is answering the teacher’s question.
14.Some of them will go to Brighton one of these days.
15.John has gone to the station to see Ann off.
X. Translate into English:
1.Когда начинается ваш рабочий день?
2.Вы живёте далеко от места вашей работы?
3.Вы обычно заняты с 9 утра до 5 вечера, не так ли?
4.Вы обедаете в кафе или дома?
5.Какие книги вы читаете на уроках английского языка?
6.В какое время вы завтракаете?
7.Ваш друг изучает английский или французский язык?
8.У вас есть братья или сёстры?
9.Вы знаете этого человека, не правда ли?
10.Как вам нравится этот фильм?
11.Где вы учитесь?
12.Куда вы обычно ходите вечером?
13.Сколько бумаги вам нужно?
14.Кто живёт недалеко отсюда? – Я.
15.Какие предметы вы изучаете в институте?
16.У них большая семья, не так ли?
17.Что любит ваша сестра?
18.Анна и Елена сестры, не так ли?
19.Что вам нужно?
20.Ваш брат дома сейчас, не правда ли?
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THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
I. Make up a sentence from the words below:
1.Victor, is, the, waiter, the, restaurant, at, best.
2.was, your, where, born, mother?
3.watched, a, blackboard, we, teacher, the, writing, sentence, on.
4.serves, the, different, dishes, restaurant.
5.go, library, tomorrow, I, not, the, do, to.
6.cheese, made, is, how?
7.raining, now, is, still, it?
8.in, her, often, spends, Sochi, vacation, my, sister.
9.you, been, ever, there, have?
10.Russia, largest, the, in, world, country, is, the.
11.the, centre, the, city, is, restaurant, of, in, the.
12.boy, want, bed, evening, to, a, not, in, little, does, go, to, the.
13.advice, always, she, very, good, me, gives.
14.didn’t, to, you, party, come, the, why?
15.is, lawn, house, there, a, in, our, of, front.
II. Make up sentences using the following words:
1.week, Mr., brings, magazines, and, every, Mary, Barnett, new, books.
2.tall, with, General, man, white, was, a, hair, Henderson.
3.slow, way, a, Nancy, glovers, her, in, on, was, putting.
4.give, paper, a, of, me, piece, pencil, and, a.
5.good, English, some, have, I, books.
6.coffee, the, I, morning, in, like.
7.them, can, I, bring, Institute, you, the, to, to.
8.a, January, it, night, cold, was.
9.at, can, all, once, questions, we, answer, your.
10.show, can, I, something, you, interesting.
11.autumn, prefer, I, in, holiday, a, have, to.
12.the, cancelled, concert, why, was?
13.when, built, was, house, this?
14.long, can, stay, not, we, here.
15.time, coming, friends, what, your, are?
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III. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
1.It is snowing now.
2.It’s far from here.
3.It is ten o’clock in the morning already.
4.It was nice to meet your friend.
5.It’s too late. It’s time to go home.
6.Isn’t it interesting?
7.It is cold today.
8.It is only nine o’clock in the evening. It’s early to go home.
9.Is it necessary to nish our work today?
10.It rains cats and dogs.
IV. Point out the main and the secondary parts of the sentence and name them:
1.Will you do me another favour?
2.James was sitting by the re.
3.He slowly opened the door; the room was empty.
4.He spoke loudly and distinctly.
5.A lot of students were present.
6.I will do it for you with pleasure.
7.We sent them a telegram yesterday.
8.We didn’t nd anybody there.
9.The boy’s mother was a young woman.
10.Half an hour has passed.
11.My elder sister has two sons.
12.Nelly is going to the concert tonight.
13.The children ran to the river.
14.It is raining.
15.An academic year is divided into two terms.
16.Students take examinations twice a year.
17.Many students go in for sports.
18.He is one of the best students.
19.Roses are beautiful owers.
20.I have my duties about the house.
V. Translate into English:
1. Он хороший друг.
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2.Времени у нас мало, уже половина второго.
3.Запишите для меня свой адрес.
4.Мне холодно.
5.Передай эту книгу ему.
6.Я могу вам рассказать интересную историю.
7.Объясни это ему.
8.Есть кто-нибудь в соседней комнате?
9.Я написал вчера родителям письмо.
10.Ясно.
11.Он хорошо говорит по-английски.
12.Ты можешь дать мне свой учебник?
13.Закройте книги и слушайте меня.
14.Твой брат студент, и ему 19 лет, не так ли? – Да, он студент, но ему 18 лет, а не 19.
15.Это хорошо.
16.Учитель говорил громким голосом.
17.Это очень легко.
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD
I. Put the verb in the negative form of the imperative mood:
Model: Take this map!
Don’t take this map!
1. Look at him. 2. Take off your coat. 3. Smoke in this room. 4. Close your books.5.Open thewindow.6.Go to thelibrarynow.7.Readherletter. 8. Leave the room, please. 9. Let us watch this lm. 10. Let him do it.
II. Put the verb in the imperative mood according to the model:
Model: Tell him to close the door. > Close the door, please.
Tell him not to close the door. > Please don’t close the door.
1.Tell him to tell you the time (to send a letter, to come to classes on time, to be at home at this time, to say it again, to read the text again).
2.Tell him not to come here tomorrow (to leave now, to be late, to take those books, to go to the park now, to do this job).
III. Change the sentences according to the model:
Model: Shall we see this lm? > Let us see this lm.
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Shall we go to the cinema after classes? (go to the snack-bar, have a break, take a bus, put the car there, see the doctor now, take a short rest, wait a little, give them a telephone call)
IV. Make up imperative sentences:
Ask your friend:
1.to nd lesson 11;
2.to speak louder;
3.to go to the library;
4.to go to the blackboard;
5.to repeat the sentence twice;
6.to listen to the new text;
7.to write exercise 3 at home;
8.to look at the blackboard;
9.to show you the way to the theatre;
10.to put down the new words.
V. Make up negative imperative sentences:
Tell your friend:
1.not to leave the room;
2.not to close the window;
3.not to read the text;
4.not to make such a noise;
5.not to take the chalk;
6.not to smoke in the room;
7.not to open the door;
8.not to write this exercise;
9.not to talk so loudly;
10.not to be late next time.
VI. Open the brackets:
1.Let’s (to go) home.
2.(not to be) so lazy! Please, (to do) this work now!
3.It’s cold outside. Let’s (to put on) our coats.
4.Let them (to do) this themselves.
5.(to pass) me the salt, please!
6.Let me (to ask) you a question.
7.Dear guests, let’s (to have) supper now.
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VII. Translate into English:
1.Откройте, пожалуйста, ваши книги.
2.Будьте готовы.
3.Приходите сюда в 7 часов.
4.Будьте дома в это время.
5.Не берите мои книги.
6.Не опаздывайте на занятия.
7.Не читайте эту книгу. Она очень скучная.
8.Давайте навестим вашего друга сегодня.
9.Давайте читать и переводить.
10.Пусть студенты подождут немного.
11.Накройте этот стол для обеда.
12.Говорите по-английски, пожалуйста.
13.Не открывайте это окно, пожалуйста.
14.Дайте мне меню, пожалуйста.
15.Пусть они помогут нам.
16.Давайте пойдем в ресторан сегодня.
17.Не курите здесь.
18.Позвольте мне познакомить вас с моим другом.
19.Пусть они приходят вечером.
20.Дорогие гости, не опаздывайте к обеду.
PRONOUNS
I.Demonstrative pronouns:
I. Put the demonstrative pronouns in Plural:
1. This is an apple.
2. That is a knife.
3. This is a letter.
4. That is my friend.
5. This man is not a student.
6. That is not a desk.
7. Is this newspaper fresh? – Yes, it is.
8. Is that box empty? – No, it isn’t.
9. Does this gentleman come to see you very often? 10. Does that fellow know you?
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