Сочетания английских гласных и согласных

ph [f] telephone, phrase, photo, physician

wh [w] when, which, what, why, who

gh не читаются после ударной гласной light, fight, high, though, weight

- tion [ʃn] education, function, sensation, perception, explanation

[ʃn] после согласных - commission, session, version,

- sion

[ȝn] после гласных – occasion, revision, invasion, decision, confusion

- ture [ʧ] future, picture, nature, fracture, structure, signature, mixture, lecture

[ʃә] после согласных - assure, pressure, insure

- sure

[ȝә] после гласных – measure, leisure, pleasure,

qu [kw] square, quite, question, quarter, quantity, quality, technique, sequence

Упражнение 25. Прочтите следующие слова, соблюдая правила чтения.

Exclusion, champion, solution, fracture, weigh, pressure, yellowish, high, pleasure, infection, illusion, chemically, fortune, tension, eighty, quality, insurance, version, phenomenon, lecturer, mixture, session, conclusion, through, quantity, occasion, physiology, invasion, machine, ancient, species, vision, delight.

Упражнение 26. Прочтите следующий тексm, соблюдая правила чтения.

On how many occasions you have told me that television was an intrusion into privacy of the house. It is a destruction of the pleasure of conversation. Now people no longer know how to make use of their leisure.

GRAMMAR

Упражнение 27. Поставьте перед существительными артикль а или an:

1 …… apple 2 ….. book 3 …… satellite 4 …… egg 5 …. orange

6 ….. boy 7 …. Hamburger 8 ….. institute 9 ….. house 10 …. holiday

Упражнение 28. Заполните пропуски артиклями там, где необходимо.

1. On … Saturday my … friends and I play … golf if we have some … time. 2. What … colour is your … hat? 3. There are some … flowers in our … room. 4. I have two … brothers and … sister. 5. That is … man whose … computer was stolen last week. 6. My … brother often plays … piano in ... evening. 7. I do not know what … music you enjoy listening to. 8. He has no … coffee in his … cup. 9. I go to … Institute in … morning. 10. I have ... comfortable armchair in my … room. 11. When my … grandfather was … young man he studied … physics. 12. Oleg has … lot of … interesting books at … home. 13. What … foreign languages does your … professor speak? 14. I like to go to … theatre but I am very busy. 15. I have … books, … exercise books and … pens in my … bag. 16. … students of our … group play … football on … Sundays. 17. Let’s go to … shop. I must buy … bread and … milk. 18. Whose … pen is this? 19. It was … hot day. … sun was shining in … blue sky. 20. … young man and … girl met in … classroom. … young man saw that … girl was pretty and wanted to know her … name.

Упражнение 29. Заполните пропуски артиклями “a” или “the”, где необходимо.

1. We enjoyed our holiday. … hotel was very nice. 2. ‘Can I ask … question?’ ‘Of course. What do you want to ask?’ 3. You look very tired. You need … holiday. 4. ‘Where is … Tom?’ ‘He is in … bathroom.’ 5. Jane is … interesting person. You must meet … her. 6. Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to … city centre? 7. ‘Shall we go for … meal this evening?’ ‘ Yes, that’s … good idea.’ 8. Elena is … student. She wants to be … journalist. She lives with … two brothers in … flat near … college where she is studying. … flat is small but she likes it. 9. It’s … nice morning. Let’s go for … walk. 10. Peter and Mary have got two children, … boy and … girl. … boy is seven … years old and his … sister is three. Petr works, but Mary hasn’t got … job at the moment.

Упражнение 30. Поставьте пропущенные артикли там, где необходимо.

1. Don’t forget to turn off light when you go out. _________________________________________

2. Enjoy your holiday and don’t forget to send me postcard. ________________________________

3. What is name of this village? _______________________________________________________

4. Canada is big country. ____________________________________________________________

5. I like this room but I don’t like colour of walls. _________________________________________

6. I’m not OK. I have got headache. ____________________________________________________

7. We live in old house near station. ___________________________________________________

8. What is name of professor who delivered lecture yesterday?_____________________________

9. Our apartment is on second floor. ___________________________________________________

10.What time is lunch?______________________________________________________________

11.My sister got married last month.___________________________________________________

12.We live in same street.___________________________________________________________

13.They live in country about five miles from nearest village._______________________________

14.Paris is interesting city. ___________________________________________________________

Упражнение 31. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Everyone in our country knows Lomonosov, … founder of … first Russian university. 2. Nekrasov, … famous Russian poet, described … of … Russian peasants. 3. I don’t want to miss … concert which will take place at … Philharmonic on ... 15^th of … April. 4. He graduated from … university of … London six years ago. Now he is … scientist. Though he is … young scientist, his name is well known. 5. My aunt is … teacher of … physics. 6. Yesterday I read … book by Dickens, … famous English writer. 7. I am sorry, I do not know … way to … nearest cafй. 8. Who is … author of this book? 9. … quarter of … hour was left before … beginning of … concert. We entered … hall and saw … group of … pupils of our school. We joined … them.

Упражнение 32. Поставьте следующие существительные во множественное число и прочитайте их.

A name, a year, hair, an eye, a friend, a sense, a passion, food, a man, a person, a day, a mother, a town, an office, a subject, a hat, a beach, a barbecue, a disco, a teacher, a family, a culture, a sheep, a farm, a parent, a language, a science, a world.

Упражнение 33. Напишите следующие существительные во множественном числе и прочитайте их.

Face, foot, dress, fly, watch, clock, woman, country, bus, bush, party, ray, thief, company, leaf, wolf, glass, key, tooth, fox, child, half, life, city, roof, month, opportunity, mouse, journey, shelf, man.

Упражнение 34. Напишите существительные, выделенные жирным шрифтом, во множественном числе, сделав, где необходимо, соответствующие изменения в предложении.

1. Put the box on the shelf. 2. I have hurt my foot and hand. 3. This is an English dictionary. 4. Where is the knife? 5. The last leaf fell from the tree. 6. This story is very long. 7. He left the key on the table. 8. I like this new play. 9. The roof of the house was covered with snow. 10. The wife of the patient came to the ward. 11. A copy of the experiment report was sent to the professor.

Упражнение 35. Напишите существительные, выделенные жирным шрифтом, в единственном числе, сделав, где необходимо, соответствующие изменения в предложении.

1. Women and children came to the new clinic. 2. The keys to the doors were lost. 3. The wolves were shot. 4. The mice were caught. 5. The factories produce furniture for hospitals. 6. We will send copies of these documents to the institute. 7. The champions got the prizes. 8. The students went to the classes.

Упражнение 36. Некоторые из следующих предложений правильные, но большинство из них содержат ошибки. Найдите предложения с ошибками и исправьте их.

1. I’m going to buy some flowers. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. I need a new jeans. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. It’s a lovely park with a lot of tree. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. There was a woman in the laboratory with two mens. ………………………………………………………………..

5. Sheep eat grass. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. David is married and has three childs. ………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Most of my friend are student. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. Do you know many persons in this town? ........................................................................................

9. I like your trouser. Where did you get it? ……………………………………………………………………………………..

10. The town centre is usually full of tourist. ……………………………………………………………………………………

11. I don’t like mice. I am afraid of them. …………………………………………………………………………………………

12 This scissor is very sharp. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Упражнение 37. Задайте общие вопросы, используя слова в скобках и is, are, was, were,

will be.

1. (yesterday /at home /your mother?)…………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. (well /today/ your parents?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. (interesting / your job?)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. (the shops/ to-morrow /open?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. (interested in sports/ you / at school?)…………………………………………………………………………………………

6. (near here / the post office?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. (at school/ last Friday/ your children?)………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. (that woman/ your sister/ in the picture?)…………………………………………………………………………………….

Упражнение 38. Завершите специальные вопросы, используя вопросительные слова What../Where../ Who…/ How и формы глагола to be. Для правильного выбора вопросительного слова обратите внимание на ответы.

1. …………………………………………………………your parents? They’re very well.

2. ……………………………………………………….. the bus stop? At the end of the street.

3. ……………………………………………………….. your children? Five, six and ten.

4. …………………………………………….. your favourite sport? Skiing.

5. …………………………………. the man in this photograph? That’s my father.

6. ……………………………………………………………… you from? France.

Упражнение 39. Напишите вопросы, прочитав сначала ответы.

1. (name?)……………………………………………………………………… Paul.

2. (married or single?)……………………………………………………. I’m married.

3. (American?)……………………………………………………………….. I’m Russian.

4. (how old?)………………………………………………………………….. I’m 30.

5. (a doctor?)…………………………………………………………………. No, I’m a student.

6. (from?)………………………………………………………………………. She is from Vologda.

7. (her name?)……………………………………………………………….. Anna.

8. (how old?)………………………………………………………………….. She is 20.

Warming up

Put these words in the correct group.

boyfriend, father, friend, daughter, professor, student, wife, brother,

mother, husband, sister, son, colleague, boss, girlfriend

Male	Female	Male or Female

Упр. 40. Put the words in the correct order

1. Sonia ? your girlfriend is 6. Hans brother ? Is your

2. Are you Roberto’s ? father 7. Are Victoria and your sister ? friends

3. Are Manuela’s husband you ? 8. Maria boss your Is?

4. colleagues ? Carlos and Gustav Are 9. Are they ? Peter’s parents

5. Robert’s ? Is Mandy wife 10. ? professor his Lidia is