Grammar exercises

Exercises 4. Укажите способы присоединения придаточных дополнительных предложений к главному:

1 It was reported in 1939 that the first TV set was shown at the World Fair in New York. 2 The students wanted to know whether colour television sets were produced at that plant. 3 After the war when the mass production of TV sets began people realized they wanted to have a TV set at home. 4 Experiments proved that electricity could travel instantly over a long piece of wire. 5 Can you tell ms whether satellites are used for telephone communication? 6 It became clear television had a great influence on people's life. 7 Russian newspapers informed that about 2,000 satellites had been launched into the orbit. 8 We did not know whether the development of television had continued during the war. 9 We know he works at the problem of space communication. 10 We learnt from that text that B. Franklin had published his work about electricity in 1752. 11 Scientists wanted to find out if electricity could be used for a long ­distance communication. 12 Do you know if the "Moscow-Washington" international bridge will be shown on television today?

Exercises 5. Выполните задание:

а) Назовите подлежащее придаточного определительного предложе­ния и переведите предложения.

1 Morse invented a code that used dots and dashes for letters of the alphabet. 2 Al. Bell found an assistant who was a specialist in electrical engineering. 3 They wanted to build a machine which people could use to talk over long distances. 4 A television screen and camera that will be used with usual telephone are very small. 5 People who come to the Aircraft Fair in Paris see new designs of aircraft from different countries. 6 Bell did not know German which most writers of scientific and technical papers used at the time. 7 The decimal system that was developed by French scientists was introduced in Russia by D.I. Mendeleev.

б) Найдите бессоюзные определительные придаточные предложе­ния, переведите их.

1 The building our students live in is not far from the institute. 2 Bell was making his experiment in a room next to the room Watson worked in. 3 For a long time Bell couldn't get the results he was looking for. 4 The discovery of Newton's mistake we shall read about was made by a young physicist. 5 When Rontgen made his discovery the room he was experimenting in was dark. 6 The plant this material is produced at is in the Urals. 7 The problem this article deals with is connected with the subject we study. 8 It is difficult to imagine the world we live in without radio, television and telephone.

Exercises 6. Переведите предложения. Определите типы придаточных предложений.

1 The fax that arrived in the morning is in your file.

2 There’s a garage which opens at eight in this street.

3 We inform you that we decided to accept your proposal.

4 Since we have gone over the budget, we cannot buy any computers.

5 He brought the necessary materials so that we could discuss the problem immediately.

6 The experiment, which took a year, is definitely a success.

7 We are seaching for a place where we can have a new office.

8 Electric cars are being developed because conventional fuel will soon become unavailable.

9 As roads were improved, motor vehicles became more reliable.

10 We must catch the train which leaves at exactly ten.

11 These function are carried out by a complex transport system that has developed slowly over several centuries.

12 Before the car is put into mass production it must be subjected to laboratory and road tests.

13 The engine is the source of power that makes the wheels rotate and the car move.

14 The data indicate that safety belts reduce the risk of serious injuries.

15 After we settle the price problem we’ll sign the contract.

Exercises 7. Заполните пропуски словами: who, that, which, when, where, whose, whom.

1 This is a letter from a company … sells trucks.

2 My business partner, … is in London now, is coming back tomorrow.

3 All the information … you need is in this report.

4 … the piston moves dawn the inlet valve opens to intake a charge of fuel into the cylinder.

5 I wonter … automobile specialists should know.

6 I know … the production of the car comprises five phases designing, working out the technology, laboratory tests, road tests and mass production.

7 I am looking for the person … papers are lying on my desk.

8 Everybody knew … the project would require a great effort.

9 We’ll discuss these problems … we meet next time.

10 He came to the States … he wanted to start his company.

11 We agreed … the goods would be packed in wooden boxes.

12 He asked … he could exchange dollars for the local arrency.

13 They complain … the equipment is giving a poor performance.

14 He asked … of them could explain it.

Exercises 8. Переведите сложноподчиненные предложения, обращая внимания на бессоюзное подчинение.

1 Have you answered all the faxes we received this morning?

2 Let me show you the models you’re interested in?

3 Here’s the document you’re looking for.

4 He’s going to speak about the experiments they’ve made recently.

5 The car they’ve designed is being tested in the laboratory.

6 Gearbox is the mechanism we use to change the speed of the car.

7 The new vehicle we are speaking about has been built by the General Engineering Division.

8 The director sail he had sent the letter the day before.

9 They’re the most hospitable people I’ve ever met.

10 He realized he was no longer fit to do such hard work.

11 He said would do his best to solve the problem as soon as possible.

12 They wrote they would send another fax after they spoke to the representative of the sellers.

13 They told us they would let us know their decision as soon as their finance director came back from his holiday.

14 He said the purpose of his visit was to talk about cultural exchanges for the next few years.

15 They wrote they required ten more machines.