Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

2.3— Няня дома? — Она отправилась в магазин за покупками.

24.— Какой красивый магазин! — Да, это Валентино.

4. Read, translate and comment on the forms and functions of the infinitives.

1.

To sleep in such a place, he felt, would be madness.

2.

Dick climbed to the top of a tall oak to look around on the snow-covered forest.

3.

They began to run straight like deer and they were fast enough to be on time.

4.

— Go on, my boy, I'm here to listen to you. — Well, I want to take my words back, sir. I'm sorry to have called you names.

5.

Everybody resents him because he has so much money to throw around.

6.

To exclude all possibility of mistakes it's necessary to do researches in this field as-well.

7.

I knew little about the man I was to defend and was reluctant to take up the case.

8.

Gold and love affairs are hard to hide.

9.

There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.

10. I took the opportunity to speak to Pandora.

11. This joke made our guide smile for the first time.

12. I failed to see Caroline leave the house.

13. It was an extremely stupid thing to do, wasn't it?

14. To listen to Elton John is sheer delight.

15. People go to safari to watch wild animals in their natural habitat.

16. I went to the bathroom to cool down.

17. Need I say more? I'd better stop now not to cause any more trouble, to put it mildly.

18. To win the contest, Paul needed luck.

19. This table is very convenient to work at.

20. It is a great pleasure to accept you in my house.

21. The man is hard to deal with.

22. I have so many problems to consider.

23. He went to the Middle East to die of yellow fever.

5. Use the bare infinitive where necessary.

1.

Father is willing ... let us ... be independent.

2.

David is known ... have taken part in the campaign.

3.

I won't have you ... say it behind my back.

4.

Ever since Simon came here he has been made ... look like a fool.

5.

Why not... buy something new and smashing?

6.

Mother made everybody ... do some work about the house.

7.

She is always seen ... walk with her grandchildren.

8.

We suppose her ... be in her late fifties.

9.

I've never seen anyone ... enjoy food so much.

10. I would sooner let myself... be cut in a thousand pieces than ... betray my friends.

11. The team was announced ... have won the Cup.

12. Let's ... have a day off, shall we?

13. You'd better not... say anything. I'd rather ... be left alone.

14. The Lovedays can't afford ... buy this house.

15. I was made ... scrub the pans and pots.

16. Don't let's ... go home yet.

17. He is known ... be an expert on ecology.

18. There is nothing ... do but... risk it.

19. We have ... go now. We can't... wait any more.

20. She felt her shoes ... pinch.

6.Translate into English.

1. Завтра будет очень насыщенный день. У Вас несколько клиентов, которых нужно принять и два собрания, которые нужно

посетить.

2.Совершенно нет времени, чтобы расслабиться. А столько еще нужно сделать!

3.С Дженис очень трудно связаться. Она, кажется, висит на телефоне весь вечер.

4.Мне придется проверить в своем дневнике. У меня могут быть телефонные звонки, которые нужно сделать.

5.Познать себя — это знать свои достоинства и недостатки.

6.Книги заставили меня совершенно по-новому взглянуть на мир.

7.Секрет заключается в том, чтобы узнать, как использовать разные цвета, чтобы произвести наилучший эффект.

1. Мы советуем Вам не терять ни единого дня для того, чтобы добиться наилучших результатов.

2. Эта паста достаточно сильна, чтобы удалить самые разные пятна.

3. Чтобы исключить любую возможность ошибки, необходимо провести тщательное расследование.

4. — Нужно ли говорить что-либо еще? — Нет, тебе лучше помолчать, чтобы не усугубить положение.

5. Адриан воспользовался возможностью, чтобы поговорить с отцом.

6. Его заставили позволить детям отправиться на пикник.

7. Он построил для себя дом, но жить в нем ему не пришлось.

8. Ему трудно доверять. Он — последний человек, к кому можно обратиться за помощью.

7.1. Explain the difference between the following pairs of words.

1. glass — a glass

10. language — a language

2. paper — a paper

11. tin — a tin

3. wood — a wood

12. study — a study

4. iron — an iron

13. light —alight

5. string — a string

14. air — an air

6. coffee — a coffee

15. duck — a duck

7. cloth — a cloth

16. gold — a gold

8. rubber — a rubber

17. play — a play

9. lamb — a lamb

18. thought — a thought

II. Make up exclamatory sentences according to the model:

Good advice. — What good advice! Good idea. — What a good idea!

1. terrible weather

7.

clever people

terrible climate

clever person

2. beautiful language

8.

difficult job

beautiful suitcase

difficult work

3. elegant clothes

9.

fresh bread

elegant dress

fresh loaf

4. heavy rainfall

10. delicious food

heavy shower

delicious meal

5. healthy cow

11. horrrible song

healthy cattle

horrible music

6. awful rubbish

12. tough beef

awful mess

tough steak

8.Give the plural of the following nouns if possible.

1. a lottery

11.

petrol

21.

a species

2. a fisherman

12.

a chef

22.

a carp

3. a fish

13.

information

23.

a tooth

4. a series

14.

a foot

24.

a cuckoo

5. a Japanese

15.

weather

25.

a taxi

6. progress

16.

a tomato

26.

a menu

7. a person

17.

a means

27.

toast

8. a woman

18.

a photo

28.

a mongoose

9. advice

19.

a leaf

29.

a disco

10. a mouse

20.

an ox

30.

a Swiss

a class-mate

a forget-me-not

a grown-up

a man-of-war

a hanger-on

a man-servant

a boy-friend

a merry-go-round

an office-block

a mother-in-law

a cupful

a passer-by

a court-martial

a woman-driver

a school-inspector

9. Complete the table. Note that some of these words of foreign origin have regular plurals.

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

1.

cacti

13.

memoranda

2. analysis

14. stadium

3.

stimuli

15. museum

4.

strata

16.

addenda

5. datum

17.

radii

6. curriculum

18. drama

7. basis

19. genius

8. fungus

20.

appendices

9.

genera

21. axis

10. index

22.

media

11.

crises

23. album

12.

criteria

24.

phenomena

10. Comment on the use of uncountable nouns in bold type.

1. Informationrules the world.

2. Newspapers and television don't always provide accurate and reliable information.

3. We hope the informationwill remain secret.

4. If adviceis needed, ask one of our staff.

5. Did you follow the adviceI gave you ?

6. Jackie needsa piece of practical advice.

7. Good advicecan be given, good namecannot be given.

8. We are all hoping for good news.

9. The good newsis that he did get an Oscar.

10. They wore boots and galoshes in wet weather.

11. He hopes there's big moneyin this new business.

12. This machine doesn't give change. Please have the right moneyready.

13. Bad moneyalways comes back.

14. The weatherproved to be as good as the weatherman had predicted.

15. We all look forward to warmer weather.

16. To recover completely, he must come back to work,but it shouldn't be hard work.

17. Loveis an ideal thing; marriageis a real thing, but it is a lottery.

18. Never marry formoney, but marry wheremoney is.

11. Choose the first or the second word in the following sentences.

2. Play/a play and no work will make you lazy.

3. History/a history repeats itself.

4. Grammar/a grammar is taught deeply in this school.

5. My father has French grammar/an old French grammar.

6. Faith/a faith helps people to live.

7. Nature/a nature should be protected against pollution.

8. He was a man who lived for pleasure/a pleasure.

9. He has nature/a nature like his grandfather's.

10. It was pleasure/a pleasure to talk to you.

11. Can you do me favour/a favour?

12. Get down to business/a business, all of you!

13. Charity/a charity begins at home.

14. You should study law/a law at university.

15. Language/a language is unique to humans.

16. To succeed in life you need will/a will.

17. In her youth she was beauty/a beauty.

18. We are looking for people with experience/an experience.

19. I need study/a study where I can work quietly.

20. They are looking fdr work/a work at the moment.

21. Speech/a speech is a manifestation of language.

12. Translate into English.

1. Что такое новости и как их собирают?

2. — Какие последние новости? — Они очень интересные.

3. Есть одна новость, которую хотелось бы обсудить.

4. Осторожнее! Такая фатальная новость может убить старика.

5. Репортер просматривает новости, которые сумел получить.

6. Плохие новости быстро распространяются.

7. Большая часть сведений поступает через прессу.