- •Unit III
- •Grammar The Present Indefinite Tense
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Write the 3. Person singular of the following verbs.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the form of the Present Indefinite Tense. Then make them negative and interrogative. Some of the verbs can be used several times:
- •3. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form, the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate these sentences.
- •4. Read and translate. Put questions to the words in bold.
- •5. Read and translate. Match a line in a with a line in b to make sentences.
- •6. A) Read and translate. Fill in the gaps with the verbs given below:
- •7. Translate into Russian.
- •Конструкция there is / are
- •Grammar exercises
- •8. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the construction there is / are.
- •9. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t / are there?
- •10. Put in there or it.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •The Indefinite Pronouns: some, any, every, no and their derivatives
- •Grammar exercises
- •12. Read, translate and explain the usage of the Indefinite Pronouns.
- •13. Choose the write variant: somebody / everybody / anything / somewhere / anybody, etc. Translate into Russian.
- •14. Translate into English.
- •Propositions of movement, place, time
- •Grammar exercises
- •15. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions in, on, at or to.
- •16. Put in the right preposition if necessary.
- •17. Read and translate. Pay attention to the usage of the prepositions.
- •18. Find in exercise 16 the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •19. Read the text about geysers once more. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •20. Translate into English.
- •Pre-text exercises
- •21. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •22. Translate the following derivative words:
- •24. Translate into Russian the following phrases:
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •27. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •28. Choose among the words the one that corresponds to the text above to complete the sentences:
- •29. Translate the following sentences into English using a dictionary:
- •30. Find in the text the situations in which the following word combinations are used:
- •36. Listen to the conversation again. What synonymic words or expressions are used in the dialogue instead of those given in italics:
- •37. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
- •38. Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •39. Listen to the dialogue “Shopping”.
- •40. Decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
36. Listen to the conversation again. What synonymic words or expressions are used in the dialogue instead of those given in italics:
1. At the end of the ramp, turn to the left on to Park Street.
2. At the next junction, turn left and you’ll be in the centre of Stamford.
3. Left at the end of the slip road?
4. Follow the motorway south for about ten miles.
5. Can you tell me the way to Stamford?
37. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
to do some shopping; grocery store; purchase; ATM (Automated Teller Machine); department store; to take out money with a credit card; to exchange rubles into dollars; dollar bills; rate; to lend; to borrow from somebody; post-office; clothes store; stuff.
38. Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
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1. we’re almost out of sugar |
a) заглянуть (по дороге) в табачную лавку |
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2. half a pound will do |
b) на чёрный день |
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3. for a rainy day |
c) осталось немного (недостаточно) кофе |
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4. it doesn’t look so bad |
d) у нас почти кончился сахар |
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5. to drop in at the tobacco store |
e) так, чтобы не забыть |
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6. there’s not much coffee left |
f) мне нечего надеть |
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7. so as not to forget |
g) он не выглядит так уж плохо |
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8. I have nothing to wear |
h) полфунта будет достаточно |
39. Listen to the dialogue “Shopping”.
40. Decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
1. Lena is going to the supermarket.
2. Sergey asks Lena to buy him only cigarettes.
3. Sergey says that Russian cigarettes are better than American cigarettes.
4. Olga agrees to do some shopping with Lena.
5. Olga and Lena want to buy some clothes.
6. Lena has enough money to buy everything she wants.
7. Dmitry always saves money for a rainy day.