Exercises

Exercise 1.

Point out subjects and predicates in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

Snow melts in spring.

2.

Everyone is ready to work with him.

3.

One needn’t go abroad to enjoy life.

4.

The last lesson was very difficult for the students.

5.

The Andersons will travel to South America by air.

6.

He was late for the dinner.

7.

The men were very tired after all of the hard work.

8.

It has been snowing for ages!

9.

Tom’s friend finished all of the work for him.

10.

He began to study the data very carefully.

Exercise 2.

Point out objects. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

They pick mushrooms in September.

2.

Ann bought a BMW.

3.

One can see him in the pub at ten o’clock sharp.

4.

The students studied the irregular verbs.

5.

Ms Peters wrote those letters.

6.

We’re going to look for winter coats at that department store.

7.

He addressed the letter to the A.B.C. Company.

8.

I’m looking for my briefcase and my books.

9.

The students knew the answers to the questions.

10.

The president sent his reply to our secretary.

Exercise 3.

Point out attributes and adverbial modifiers. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

I am going to open the parcel delivered.

2.

Alice went to the movies last night.

3.

They will be there for two weeks.

4.

Mr. Burke bought his new car last Saturday.

5.

Dorothy bought the pink dress.

6.

Mother put the cups and saucers in the cupboard.

7.

That modern chair is very expensive.

8.

That student has a very poor attitude towards his studies.

9.

The tunnel to Brooklyn is near the Battery Park.

10.

Mr. Kaufman’s car is in the alley behind our house.

Exercise 4.

Put questions to the words in bold type.

1.

Bill’s birthday is on the twelfth of August.

2.

There are twenty-one floors in that building.

3.

John is coughing because he has a bad cold.

4.

That is Professor Moore’s briefcase.

5.

That customer wants four packages of cigarettes.

6.

Mr. Wilsongave the annual report to Mr. Johnson.

7.

Those two dictionaries belong to Mr. Kramer.

8.

Bill lives in London.

9.

Mrs. Andersonbought a winter coat for her trip.

10.

They need very little help in order to finish the job.

Exercise 5.

Define the types of the sentences. Translate them into Russian.

1.

What fine weather!

2.

Charles Dickens was born at Landport, Portsmouth.

3.

Come to the blackboard!

4.

Haven’t you seen him yet?

5.

Do come to see me tomorrow.

6.

You are not tired, are you?

7.

How wonderful!

8.

He could not help smiling.

9.

Do you live in town or in the country?

10.

It often rains in autumn.

Exercise 6.

In most cases the words and the expressions within the brackets are not in the correct order. Put the words in the brackets in the right order.

1.

That museum has ____ (ancient/Egyptian/valuable) vases.

2.

Donald bought a ____ (green/little/jeweiry) box for his wife.

3.

Mr. Smith sold ____ (to Bill Benson/his old car/last week).

4.

George said it was ____ (yesterday/in the city/quite cold).

5.

The Taylors were ____ (in Bogota/last year/for two months).

6.

You can see ____ (good programs/at night/on television).

7.

That employee gets ____ (to the office/every morning/late).

8.

It is difficult ____ (to speak/correctly/for me/English).

9.

What ____ (will/say/your friends) about this changr in plans?

10.

Where ____ (have/gone/all of the students) since last week?

Exercise 7.

Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1.

There is much water in the pond.

2.

There was such a sledge in the camp with ten dogs hitched to it.

3.

I haven’t transletd the text – Neither have I.

4.

She finished her work yesterday. – So did he.

5.

Here is the magazine you asked for.

6.

There goes the secretary; he will answer your questions.

7.

Had we waited to carry the canoe, time would have been lost.

8.

Had I not been ill I should have come by all means.

9.

No sooner had this letter arrived than his mind was at work planning a meeting.

10.

Not only the position of the earth changing but the earth itself is undergoing changes.