2. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 2, 4.

3. Напишите предложения в вопросительной, а затем в отрицательной форме и переведите их на русский язык:

1. He is our cousin.

2. There are some flowers on the window.

3. My sister has got two children.

4. There were rugs on the floor.

5. Her son’s name is Tom.

4. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола to be, to have.

1. This boy … my brother. 2. … this their office? 3. There … a lot of toys under the table. 4. There … two chairs and a table in his study. 5. When do you usually … dinner. 6. She … a lot of work to do last week.

4. Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами по смыслу, где это необходимо.

1. How did you get … there? 2. Don’t go … that room, please. 3. Go … the blackboard, please. 4. When does your son come … home? 5. He is going … write … me … a week. 6. When do you usually get … the office? 7. They often give … me books to read. 8. Mary, give these books … Jack, please. 9. They returned … home in the evening. 10. I lived near my office last year. I always walked … there.

4. Заполните пропуски прилагательными в соответствующей степени сравнения:

1. Is it (dark) in our room than in theirs? 2. February is (short) month of the year. 3. That book is difficult for you. Take this one. It’s (easy). 4. Are you (young) than your sister? 5. This is (interesting) film I have ever seen. 6. It was (good) day of my life. 7. What is (short) way to Westminster Abbey?

7. . Заполните пропуски в предложениях, используя модальные глаголы can, must, may, should, have to и их эквиваленты. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. You … not smoke in the dining- room. 2. Little children … go to bed early. 3. Mary … to make a very important decision. 4. … you come to my place tomorrow. 5. If you are ill, you … consult a doctor. 6. They … learn the new words regularly. 7. I don’t know exactly if we … come at 6 o’clock.

8. Children … to play in the garden tomorrow. 9. You … open the window, it’s hot here. 10. … you speak English five years ago?

Вариант 4

Прочитайте текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. What were Whitman’s occupations early in his life?

2. When did he publish his “Leaves of Grass”?

3. Why was his book criticized?

4. Was that book a failure or success?

1. Walt Whitman is considered to be the one of the greatest Ameri­can poets. He was born in 1819. Early in his life he worked as a printer, a teacher, a newspaper editor and a carpenter. By 1814 he had become a full-time journalist, editing successfully several papers and writing prose and verse for various journals.

2. In 1855 he published a volume of 12 poems called "Leaves of Grass". The poet continued to enlarge and revise his book through a number of editions until his death. His poems "Leaves of Grass" were unconventional in both content and technique. His book was innovative in its use of rhythmical free verse. The book was criticized because of Whitman's exaltation of the body and sexual love, and also because of the unusual verse form. The volume was prefaced by a statement of his theories of poetry. It included the poem later known as "Song of Myself.” In this poem the author proclaimed himself as a symbolic repre­sentative of common people.

3. Although the book was a commercial failure, critics recognized a bold new voice in poetry. Emerson was one of the few intellectuals to praise Whitman's work, writing him a famous congratulating letter. In time the book proved to be the most influential volume of poems in American literary history.

4. During the Civil War Whitman worked as a nurse. He also published war poetry in "Drum-Taps" and other collections of poems. In 1873 he had a stroke and lived in a semi-invalid state.

5. In his works Walt Whitman celebrated the freedom of the man. He praised democracy and brotherhood of men. Walt Whitman inspired later poets to the experimentation in verse.