Possessive case of the nouns.

Exercise 1. Use nouns in the possessive case instead of the prepositional phrases:

1. the title of the book ___________________________________________

2. the economy of the country _____________________________________

3. the decision of the government __________________________________

4. the work of the next week ______________________________________

5. the holiday of three weeks ______________________________________

6. the wedding of Tom and Jane ___________________________________

7. the works of K. Marx __________________________________________

8. the toys of my children ________________________________________

9. the bedroom of my sisters ______________________________________

10. the house of my brother- in-law ________________________________

11. the hobby of my wife _________________________________________

12. the car of the Millers _________________________________________

13. the photo of her boyfriend _____________________________________

14. the newspaper of last Saturday _________________________________

15. the umbrella of Professor Jones _________________________________.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences using nouns in the possessive case:

1. My aunt is my ____________ sister. 2. My cousin Jane is my _____________ daughter. 3. My mother has a sister, her son is my _____________ nephew. 4. My_____________ father is my father-in-law. 5. My father has a brother, his daughter is my ______________ niece. 6. My _____________ parents are my grandparents. 7. My ______________ children are my grandchildren.

Exercise 3. Translate into English using nouns in the possessive case:

1. Это в двух часах езды от нашего дома. ________________________________________ 2. Где сего­дняшняя газета? ____________________________________________________ 3. В Москве есть несколько детских театров. _____________________________________ 4. Это дом Картеров? _________________________________________________________ 5. Мы пошли в соседский сад за яблоками. _______________________________________ 6. Спальня мальчиков наверху. ________________________________________________ 7. Он друг моего брата. _______________________________________________________ 8. Это детская игра. ___________________________________________________________ 9. Семья миссис Росс живет на юге Англии. _______________________________________

Articles

Exercise 1. Use articles where necessary:

1. ... London is ... capital of ... Great Britain , ... full name of which is ... United Kingdom of ... Great Britain and ... Northern Ireland. 2. ... Volga is ... fabulous river. 3. They used to spend their summer holidays on ... Black Sea coast in ... Crimea. 4. Many European adventurers crossed ... Atlantic Ocean in ... search of ... riches on ... American continent prior to ... Columbus. 5. ... Gorki Street was renamed into ... Tverskaya Street. 6. ... Red Square and ... Kremlin are ... heart of ... capital. 7. ... London was founded in ... 1st century ВС by ... Julius Caesar. 8. ... St. Petersburg was founded on ... banks of ... Neva by Peter ... Great. 9. ... Johnsons are our next-door neighbours. 10. ... Canada is situated in ... northern part of... North America. 11. Beyond lay... Smoky Mountains. 12. We left for ... East on the following morning. 13. We came to ... Ohio River after that. 14. They passed many coal mines on ... way. 15. We crossed ... historic Delaware River at... Trenton. 16. He arrived in ... New York on ... very rainy day. 17. The Mannings went through ... Blue Ridge Mountains on their trip. 18. She spent several hours at... Bronx Zoo on ... Monday. 19. They took ... wonderful boat ride around ... Manhattan on ... last day of their visit. 20. ... Dr. Rebecca Richards is our dentist. 21. ... Lions donated ... money for ... new park. 22. You could buy ... Picasso for £300 in those days. 23. I'm reading ... Agatha Christie at ... moment. 24. ... Lady Diana's wedding dress was very beautiful. 25. ... Sir Michael has made it very clear. 26. ... Ryan gave ... Sunday Tribune to his father.

Exercise 2. Use articles where necessary:

A.

1. ... room 25 is on ... 3d floor. 2. ... lecture begins at ... 9 o'clock in ... morning. 3. ... 5 o'clock tea is ... tradition in England. 4. Open ... textbook on ... page 20 and look at ... picture at ... top of... page. 5. ... February is ... shortest month of ... year. 6. He read ... story from ... beginning to ... end. 7. ... new year begins on ... 1st of ... January. 8. She is in ... 10th year at ... school and her brother is ... 3d year student at ... university. 9. ... number 10, Downing Street is ... residence of... British Prime Minister.

B.

1. ... fish is more useful than ... meat. 2. Don't drink ... milk, it is very cold. 3. ... water in ... river is quite warm this summer. 4. Can you bake ... bread? 5. ... bread isn't enough for ... three of us. 6.I take ... coffee with ... sugar. 7. ... English like to drink ... tea with ... milk. 8. ... man can't live without ... air. 9. There was ... smell of ... spring in ... air. 10. You married her not for ... love but for ... money.

C.

1. ... primitive man was ... slave to ... nature. 2. I want you to tell ... truth. 3. Can I see ... picture, ... one he gave you ... minute ago. 4. It cost her... hundred and... fifty pounds. 5. ... lecture lasts ... hour and ... half. 6. We called them once, then ... second and ... third time and thought we had dialed ... wrong number. 7. There are ... few points I'd like to clear up. 8. ... number of ... 1st year students has significantly increased this year. 9. He decided to spend ... few pounds he had on ... books. 10. There's ... little juice in the bottle, you can drink it. 11. "Well, is ... wrong side ... left side or is... wrong side ... right side? Because I got out on ... right side, so how can it be wrong?" asked Michael. 12. ... hour passed, ... second hour passed. 13. Mr. Kelada was chatty. He discussed ... plays, ... pictures, ... politics.

D.

1. What... fine day! 2. What is ... date today? 3. What ... day is it today? 4. What ... beautiful weather we are having today! 5. What ... warm welcome they showed. 6. Look, what ... lovely present I've received. 7. What's ... news?

Exercise 3. Use articles where necessary:

Do you know that

1. ... London stands on ... Thames;

2. ... population of ... Britain is ... 57 million;

3. ... Romans came to ... Britain in ... first century ВС;

4. ... Labour Party is in ... power in ... UK now;

5. ... Queen Elizabeth ... Second became ... British monarch on ... 6 February, 1952;

6. ... Queen Mother is one of ... most popular members of ... Royal family;

7. ... English is not ... only language spoken in ... Great Britain;

8. ... national flag of ... UK is ... Union Jack;

9. ... Caledonia, ... Cambria and ... Hibernia were ... Roman names for ... Scotland, Wales and Ireland respectively;

10. ... English eat ... dinner at ... 6 or 7 o'clock in ... evening.

Exercise 4. Read the texts. Use articles where necessary:

A.

Nobody in ... village would go near ... crossroads after ... midnight. Everybody said ... place was haunted. ... people said there was ... white figure of ... horrible one-eyed woman with ... big black cat. One night Tom and Nick were in ... village pub having ... drink. They were talking about ... ghost at ... crossroads. Tom said he didn't believe in ... ghosts and could go to ... crossroads after... midnight by himself.

So ... two men agreed to meet at ... midnight at ... crossroads. Tom wanted to play ... trick on Nick. He came to ... place earlier. He covered his face with... flour, sat down on ... big stone and waited.

It was ... very dark night. As ... village clock struck twelve, Tom saw Nick coming down ... road. When Nick came near ... stone and saw ... white figure of Tom, he ran off down ... road screaming, "I've seen ... ghost!"

... next day Tom went down to ... Nick's house. Nick was in ... kitchen. He had locked all... doors and ... windows. He had ... shotgun on ... table. He had not slept ... whole night.

When Tom asked him what ... matter was, Nick said he had seen ... ghost. Tom laughed and said that ... figure on ... stone was he. Now Nick decided to play ... trick on Tom. He said that he had recognized Tom but there was ... one-eyed woman with ... big black cat right behind ... stone. Tom went white. (After Chris Culchaw. "The Ghost at the Crossroads ")

B.

Chaplin entertained me. He was by ... profession ... mining engineer and perhaps it was characteristic of him that he had settled in ... place where his professional ... attainments were of no possible ... value. It was however generally reported that he was ... extremely clever mining engineer. He was ... small man, neither fat nor thin, with ... black hair, scanty on the crown, turning grey, and ... small, untidy moustache; his face partly from ... sun and partly from ... liquor, was very red. He was but ... figurehead, for ... hotel, though so grandly named but ... frame building of two stories, was managed by his wife, ... tall, gaunt Australian of five-and-forty, with ... imposing presence and ... determined air, ... little man, excitable and often tipsy, was terrified of her and... stranger soon heard of ... domestic quarrels in which she used her fist and her foot in order to keep him in ... subjection. (After S. Maugham. "The Pool")

"THERE + ТО BE"

Exercise 1. Agree with the following statements using "there is/are":

Models: You’ve got three members in your family. — Yes, there are three members in my family.

You can see a boy in the picture. — Yes, there is a boy in the picture.

1. You've got a book in front of you.________________________________________________

2. She's got many foreign books in her library. ________________________________________

3. They've got many pets at home. _________________________________________________

4. She's got three mistakes in her test. _______________________________________________

5. You've got no laboratory on the first floor. _________________________________________

6. You can see a farm near the forest. _______________________________________________

7. You can see a lot of interesting pictures in this book. _________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

8. You can see a TV set in the hall. _________________________________________________

9. You can see a large family in this picture. __________________________________________

10. You can see many difficult words in this text. _____________________________________

11. You can see many countries on this map. _________________________________________

12. You can see two sentences on the blackboard.______________________________________

Exercise 2. Use the verb "to be" in the correct form:

A.

1. There ... a pen and two pencils on the desk. 2. There ... two pencils and a pen on the desk. 3. There ... a lot of snow in the streets. 4. There ... much bread on the table. 5. There ... twelve chairs and a table in the room. 6. There ... a table and twelve chairs in the room. 7. ... there much water in the jug? 8. ... there much or little money in the purse? 9. ... there any chalk on the blackboard? 10. How many pages ... there in the book? 11. ... there much food in the fridge?

B.

1. There ... news from them. 2. There ... a lot of vegetables in the market. 3. There ... so little hair on his head that he looked much older. 4. There ... some money for you to spend. 5. The room seemed empty. There ... hardly any furniture. 6. There ... a lot of children's summer clothes in our shop. 7. In the newspapers there ... a lot of information about computers. 8. There ... good as well as useless advice. 9. There ... little I can do to help you. 10. There ... no means of achieving your aim.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences:

1. In this country there _________________________________________________________. 2. In Asia there ________________________________________________________________.

3. In our library there ___________________________________________________________.

4. In the street there _____________________________________________________________.

5. In the sun there_______________________________________________________________.

6. In the University there_________________________________________________________.

7. In the room there _____________________________________________________________.

8. Under I he window there_______________________________________________________.

9. On the table there ____________________________________________________________.

10. On the wall there ____________________________________________________________.

11. In the picture there___________________________________________________________.

12. In the exercise there__________________________________________________________.

13. On the page there____________________________________________________________.

14. In the kitchen there __________________________________________________________.

15. In the fridge there ___________________________________________________________.

16. On the left there ____________________________________________________________.

Exercise 4. Make questions according to the model:

A.

Model: There is a teacher in the classroom. - Is there a teacher in the classroom?

1. There are many photos in this album.______________________________________________

2. There is a lot of fruit in the basket. _______________________________________________

3. There is some clean paper on the desk. ____________________________________________

4. There is a magazine in your bag. _________________________________________________

5. There are no people in the hall. __________________________________________________

6. There is a key in his pocket. ____________________________________________________

7. There is a lot of noise I here. ____________________________________________________

8. There is nobody at home. _______________________________________________________

9. There are two sandwiches in her bag. _____________________________________________

10. There is something in your hand. ________________________________________________

11. There are many students in the lab. ______________________________________________

B.

Model: There are four (five) rooms in her flat. – Are there four or five rooms in her flat?

1. There is much (little) cheese on the plate.

2. There is much (little) milk in the jug.

3. There are many (few) pieces of rake on the plate.

4. There are many (few) forks on the table.

5. There are forks (spoons) on the table.

6. There is a cup (a glass) on the table.

7. There is a woman (a man) in the room.

8. There is a garden (a lawn) in front of the house.

Exercise 5. Translate into English:

1. В этом журнале есть несколько интересных рассказов. ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

2. Много веков тому назад вокруг Сити была стена. _________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

3. Прогноз погоды сообщает, что завтра будет гроза. ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

4. Сколько гостей будет на обеде? ________________________________________________

5. Времени осталось немного. ___________________________________________________

6. В этой группе мало студентов._________________________________________________ 7. Весной здесь почти не бывает дождей.__________________________________________

8. В холодильнике есть масло, молоко, сыр, но нет мяса. _____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

9. Если в магазине есть рыба, купи, пожалуйста. ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

10. На этой стороне улицы есть кинотеатр. ________________________________________ 11. В семье много детей, и поэтому всегда много работы по дому._____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

12. В комнате были стол, два стула и диван, больше ничего не было. __________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

13. На этом перекрестке нет светофора. ___________________________________________ 14. Сколько экзаменов будет зимой?______________________________________________ 15. Сегодня по телевидению им ничего интересного.________________________________ 16. Спорить не о чем. ___________________________________________________________ 17. После собрания был концерт?_________________________________________________ 18. Кажется, нет надежды.______________________________________________________ 19. В ее лице было что-то знакомое._______________________________________________

20. Нет ничего лучше чашки крепкого кофе рано утром.______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________