The population of Scotland is about five and half million but most of it is concentrated in the Central Lowlands. All the towns of considerable size are situated in it. The largest of them are Glasgow and Edinburgh. Glasgow, in fact, is Scotland's biggest city and the centre of shipbuilding but it is not the capital .This is one of the reasons why there is so much rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh, only an hour's train journey to the east.

The Lowlands are the cradle of the Scottish nation. It was the people of the Lowlands and their great leaders, who in the 13th and the 14th centuries won the struggle for Scotland's independence against the attempts of England's kings to make Scotland a province of England.

The Highlands are among the oldest mountains in the world. They reach their highest point at Ben Nevis. Many of the deep valleys between the hills are filled with lakes.

7. Ответьте на вопрос: What are the largest towns of Scotland?

Вариант 4

1. Вставьте глагол to be в нужной форме. Переведите предложения.

1.They ... great friends.

2.Their city ... very old.

3.My friend ... in England last year.

4.She ... ... at the University at 9.

5.There ... three rooms in our flat.

6.We ... at the exhibition yesterday.

7.... you a student?

8.I ... busy today.

2.Вставьте глагол to have в нужной форме. Переведите предложения.

1.We ... three umbrellas at home.

2.My sister ... a large family.

3.I ... a lot of work to do today.

4.He ... very few friends in this town two years ago.

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5.She ... ... a nice dress tomorrow.

6.These students ... an English lesson today.

7.They ... no telephone in their flat.

8.Last autumn they ... a lot of work in their garden.

3.Определите, чем является "s":

а) окончанием множественного числа существительно-

го;

б) показателем притяжательного падежа существительного;

в) показателем 3 лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite. Смотрите образец выполнения № 1.

1.There are English textbooks on the shelf.

2.Petrov's father is a worker at the plant.

3.The train arrives at 7 sharp.

4.I send letters to my friends every month.

5.Is your friend's mother old?

4.Определите время глагола. Переведите предложения. Смотрите образец выполнения № 2.

1.Yesterday we played football.

2.They have just moved to a new flat.

3.Hurry up! We are waiting for you.

4.What were you doing between 8 and 9 last Sunday?

5.I have been studying English for five years.

6.Phone me when you get back.

7.If it rains, we will not go for a swim.

8.By 2 o'clock they had finished their experiment.

9.When I came home my sister was sleeping.

10.He lives not far from the University.

5.Переведите предложения.

1.Children must not play with matches.

2.You can use this phone.

3.The earlier you come, the better.

4.Your room is as large as mine.

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