Dialogue

- Good morning, Mr Gordon.

- Good morning.

- Please sit down.

- Thank you.

- Now, one or two questions...

- Yes, of course.

- How old are you, Mr Gordon?

- Twenty- nine.

- And you're Scottish, aren't you?

- Yes, that's right.

- Are you married?

- Yes, I am.

- What is your wife's name?

- Mary.

- And your wife's age, Mr Gordon?

- Pardon?

- How old is Mrs Gordon?

- Oh, she is twenty-seven.

- And is she Scottish, too?

- No, she is Canadian.

- Canadian, yes. Have you got any children?

- Yes, two. A boy and a girl.

- And what are their names?

- Sam and Alice.

- And their ages?

- Seven and five.

- I see. Now one more question, Mr Gordon. What is your job?

- I'm a university teacher.

UNIT II. My friend and I

Speaking: Speaking about smb’s friend

Text: My friend and I

Grammar: Способы выражения принадлежности

Grammar

Способы выражения принадлежности

Притяжательные местоимения

Exercise 1. Write down the appropriate forms of possesive pronouns

Exercise 2. Choose the write variant

Притяжательный падеж существительных

Exercise 3. Ask and answer the questions looking at the pictures

Exercise 4. Answer the questions looking at the family tree

Text

My friend and I

Text. My friend and I

Look at this man. He is my friend. My friend's name is Peter. Peter is not old, he is young. He is only 25 (years old). Peter is mar­ried. He has a wife. His wife's name is Marry. She is 25, too. Peter and his wife are of the same age. My friend is a judge at a people's court. Marry is a teacher of English at the University. My friend's fam­ily is not large. They are three in the family. Peter and Marry have a son, Nick by name. He is only 3.

I am not a judge. I am 20. And I'm a student. I study at the Mos­cow Law Institute. I am not from Moscow, I was born in Kiev.

My friends and I are in Peter's new flat now. It is not far from the centre of Moscow. It is a two-room flat. My friends are always glad to see me at their place.

Answer the questions using the information from the text:

1. Is your friend Nick?

2. What is your friend's name?

3. Is your friend 19? (25?)

4. How old is your friend?

5. Is he married?

6. Who is his wife?

7. Are Peter and Marry of the same age?

8. What is your friend? (your friend's wife?)

9. Is your friend's family large?

10. Have Peter and Marry got any children?

11. How many children have Peter and Marry got?

Answer the questions about yourself. (Work together)

1. What is your first name? What is your surname?

2. How old are you?

3. When is your birthday?

4. What are you?

5. Is your family large? How many people are there in your family?

6. What are you fond of?

1. Are you a judge?

8. Have you got a sister?

9. Are you 30?

10. Is your family large?

11. Are you and your friend of the same age?

12. Are you always glad to meet your friends?

13. Is your friend's wife a student?

14. Have you got English books at home?

15. Has your brother got a family?

Write about you and your friend.

UNIT III. My office

Speaking: Speaking about smb’s office, getting information about hotels

Text: Arranging accomodation

Grammar: Оборот “there is” (there are). Предлоги места: in, on, at, under, near.

Grammar

Оборот “there is” (there are) в Present, Past, Future Simple

Предложения с вводным there сообщают о наличии или существовании лица или предмета в каком-либо определенном месте.

Вводное there в предложении является формальным подлежащим, которое вводит сказуемое.

После оборота there is (are, was, were, will be) исчисляемые сущ. в ед. числе употребляются с неопределенным артиклем. Во мн. числе сущ. употребляются без артикля.

В случае наличия в предложении более одного подлежащего сказуемое согласуется с первым из них.

There is a newspaper and some journals on the table.

There are some journals and newspapers on the table.

При переводе на русский язык данных предложений обычно начинают с обстоятельства (места или времени).

There is a lamp on the table. – На столе есть лампа (имеется, находится).

Сказуемым в предложении такого типа может быть не только to be, но и to exist (существовать), to live (жить), to come (приходить), to lie (лежать).

There appeared many new parties in the country. – В стране появилось много новых партий.

Present Indefinite	Past Indefinite	Future Indefinite
There is a letter in the bag. There are letters in the bag	There was a letter in the bag. There were letters in the bag	There will be a letter in the bag. There will be letters in the bag
Is there a letter in the bag? Are there letters in the bag?	Was there a letter in the bag? Were there letters in the bag?	Will there be a letter in the bag? Will there be letters in the bag?
There isn’t a letter in the bag. There are no letters in the bag	There was not (wasn’t) a letter in the bag. There were no letters in the bag	There will not ( won’t)be a letter in the bag. There will be no letters in the bag

Proverbs and phrases:

There is no doubt about it.

There is no smoke without fire.

Where there is a will there is a way. Там где есть воля там есть выход.

There are limits to human endurance. Есть предел человеческой выносливости( терпения)

Exercise 1. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.There is a garden near the house. 2. There are many newspapers on the desk.

There is some chalk(мел) in the box. 4. Is there anybody in the corridor? 5. There are no mistakes in your test. 6. There was a concert at the University last Sunday. 7. Will there be a concert next Sunday? 8. There won’t be many exams in winter. 9. There is much information.

Exercise 2. Make the sentences interrogative.

Model: There is a picture on the wall.

Is there a picture on the wall?

1. There is a lift in the house. 2. There are a lot of bookshelves.( книжные полки) 3. There is some bread on the plate. 4. There are a few cups on the table. 5. There is much furniture in the hall. 6. There was a nice picture on the wall.7. There were many seminars last week.8. There will be a lot of people at the conference.

Exercise 3. Agree or disagree with the following statements

1. There are thirty days in December.

2. There is a sofa in the classroom.

3. There are seven flats in your flat.

4. There is a zoo in your street.

5. There are only boys in your group.

6. There is a desert between Egypt and Greece.

7. There is a president in the UK.

8. There is a lift in our university.

9. There is a ring in your nose.

Exercise 4. Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B

A

• They have much old furniture

in their new flat.

• There are few computers in the

office.

• There are four employees in

the accounts department.

• We have a fridge( холодильник) in our office.

• There are five markers on her

desk.

• Are there any English books

in your library?

• There is a telephone on my

desk.

• Is there a fax machine in your

office?

• How much cheese is there in

the fridge?

B

• Сколько сыра в холодильни­ке?

• В вашей библиотеке есть анг­лийские книги?

• У него на столе книги.

• В офисе мало компьютеров,

• На ее столе пять маркеров.

• У них много старой мебели в новой квартире.

• У нас есть холодильник в офисе.

• В вашем офисе есть факс?

• В бухгалтерии четыре сотруд­ника.

• У меня есть компьютер на столе

• На моем столе телефон.

• I have a computer on my desk.

• He has some books on the desk.

Exercise 5. Answer the following questions.

1.How many days are there in January? 2. How many minutes are there in a hour? 3. How many rooms are there in your flat? 4. How many students are there in your group? 5. How much money is there in the box? 6.How much water is therein the kettle( чайник)? 7. What is there on the table? 8. In whose room are there two windows? 9. Will there be many people in the park on Sunday?

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences into English.

1. В нашем городе много школ и институтов. 2. На столе много журналов и газет? – Нет, на столе мало журналов и газет. 3. В нашей группе было 14 студентов в прошлом году. 4. В Москве много вокзалов? 5. Десять лет назад недалеко от нашего дома не было школы. 6. Есть кто-нибудь в комнате? – никого там нет.7. Вы можете идти домой. Сегодня не будет занятий. 8. Скоро рядом с нашим домом будет новый торговый центр.

2. Перевод. 1. There are many schools and institutes in our city. 2. Are there many (a lot of) magazines and newspapers on the table? There are few magazines and newspapers at the table. 3. There were 14 students in our group last year. 4. There are many stations in Moscow? 5. Ten years ago there wasn't a school not far from our House. 6. Is there someone in the room? There isn't. 7. You can go home. There will be no classes today. 8. There is a new shopping centre next to our home soon.