Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

playing! 9. What... dark eyes your daughter has! 10. What...

silly mistake you have made! 11. What ... fine weather!

12. What ... good advice! 13. What... pretty girl! 14. What ...

talented writer he is! 15. What... lovely child your boy is!

28.

Write the plural of the following nouns:

a country, a wolf, a tomato, a brush, a baby, a watch, a sheep, a postman, a

day, a shelf, a sister-in-law, a text, a roof, a cassette-recorder, a page, a

handkerchief.

29.

Write 10 affirmative and 10 negative imperative sentences using the verbs

given below:

to take, to give, to bring, to tell, to speak, to answer, to go, to read, to write, to

come, to repeat, to begin, to forget, to switch on, to show, to look, to listen, to

wait, to put on, to take off.

30.

Use the infinitive as attribute (take the infinitives from the following list):

to remember, to learn, to answer, to eat, to come, to worry about, to say, to

speak to, to do, to read, to apologize.

M о d §1: Benny hasn't any friends to play with.

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1. This is a rule.... 2. There is nothing..., 3. These are the letters ... . 4. You are

just the man ... . 5. This is a poem ... .

6. Have you got anything ... ? 7. He is always the first ... .

8.1 have nothing .... 9. Is there anything ... ? 10. This is the first

thing... 11. It is just the moment....

31.

Form the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives:

old, bad, cold, yellow, loud, clean, large, cosy, comfortable, green, modern,

long, red, dark, good, small, interesting, difficult, important, easy.

32. A. Change the following sentences as shown on the model.

M o d e l s : 1. Tom is asclever asJim.

2. Tom is not asclever asJim. Tom is not so

clever asJim.

1. The Thames is as long as you say. 2. She is as proud as her sister. 3. My

pen is as good as yours. 4. This armchair is as comfortable as that one in Father's

study. 5. The film is as interesting as the play. 6. My bag is as heavy as hers. 7. A

tram is as quick as a bus. 8. She is as beautiful as her mother. 9. The furniture in

her bedroom is as modern as in the sitting-room. 10. My dressing-table is as

small as yours.

B. Change the negative sentences you have written in the following way.

M o d e l s : 1. Tom is not (as, so)clever asJim, 2. Jim

is cleverer thanTom.

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33.

Make up questions to which the words in bold type are answers:

1. They have got a car of their own. 2. He has a nice, gentle face. 3. We have

a lot of relatives inMoscow. 4. You have got three mistakes in your test. 5. Mr.

Smith has a son and a daughter. 6. My friend has a large family.

34.

Replace the o/-phrases by the noun in the Possessive Case:

1. The wife of Doctor Sandford. 2. The elder sister of Helen.

3. The friend of my brother-in-law. 4. The best suit of my hus-

band. 5. The novels of Dickens. 6. The hat of my sister-in-law.

7. The answers of the students. 8. The tools of the workers.

9. The dress of the girl. 10. The dresses of the girls.

35.

Replace the o/-phrases by the noun in the Possessive Case:

1. The face of the woman is attractive. 2. The faces of these women are

attractive. 3. The coat of my father-in-law is grey.

4. The coats of the passers-by are wet. 5. The voice of the man is

too loud. 6. The voices of the men sound harsh. 7. The toys of

the child are on the floor. 8. The toys of the children are on the

floor.

36. Replace no by not ... any.

Note. No = not ... any and both are grammatically correct, but in colloquial speech

not... any ismore common than no.

M o d e l s : The poor boy has no shoes to wear.

The poor boy hasn't any shoes to wear. There are no apples

on the plate. There aren't any apples on the plate. She gives him

no money. She doesn't give him any money.

1. She has got no English books. 2. I have got no friends here. 3. She has no

more money. 4, I have got no cousins.

5. They have got no children. 6. There are no boys or gir's in

the house. 7. He has got no toys to play with. 8.1 see no books

on the table. 9. I want no more, thank you.

37. Translate into English using not . . any:

1. У доктора Смита нет детей. 2. У Бенни нет братьев и сестер. 3. У него нет в этом

городе родственников. 4. У меня нет английских книг. 5. Не давайте вашему мальчику

больше конфет (sweets).

6. У доски нет мела. 7. У меня нет времени разговаривать с тобой.

8. У нас сегодня нет уроков. 9. У нас в контрольной ошибок нет.

10.

Не задавайте мне вопросов.

38. Fill in the blanks with the expressions a lot o f r plenty o f , a great

deal of

Note. In spoken English much and many are usually replaced by these expressions in

simple affirmative sentences. Remember that a great deal o f can be used to replace much

only.

M o d e l s : We have a lot of (plenty of) apples this year.

We have a lot of (plenty of, a great deal of) time.

1. They've got ... cassette-recorders in the laboratory. 2. Doctor Sandford's

wife has ... flowers in her garden. 3. She has ... trouble with her boy Benny. 4.

The doctor has ... patients. 5. A housewife has ... work to do. 6. He has got ...

English books in his library. 7. We have got ... spare time today. 8. Their family

is large. They havev.. children. 9. I spend ... money on books. 10. She buys ...

milk for her grandchildren.

11.

I have ... questions to ask. 12. He knows ... interesting

stories.

39.

Make up 8 sentences following the models given below.

Note, Much and many are used in questions and negative sentences, also in affirmative

sentences when preceded by very, too, so.

M ode l s: 1. Have you got many (a lot of) lessons today?

Yes, we have a lot of lessons today. No, we haven't got many

lessons today. She has too many mistakes in her test.

2. Have you got much work today? Yes, I have a lot of work

today. No, I haven't much work today. She eats so much bread.

It isn't good.

40.

Change the following sentences into disjunctive andgeneral questions:

1. There is a tea-pot on the table. 2. There are some flowers

in the vase. 3. There aren't any English books on the shelf. 4.

There is nobody in the garden. 5. There is a lot of milk in the

jug. 6. There aren't any mistakes in your test. 7. There isn't any

chalk at the board.8. There are some pictures on the walls of

the room.9. There is some coffee in the cup. 10. There are six

continents in the world. 11. There are a lot of flowers in the

garden. 12. There is nothing in the box. 13. There aren't any

new words in the text. 14. There is a lot of snow in the forest.

41.

Fill In theblanks with some, any, not any, much, many, not much, not

many, very little, a little, very few, a few.

1. Are there ... college-graduates among your friends? —

Yes, there are.... 2. Are there... students in the next classroom?

— No, there aren't.... 3.1 haven't got time, I must hurry. 4.1

have... time and can help you. 5. There are ... cups on the table,

but there aren't glasses. 6. I have very ... time and can't stay

any longer. 7. We know very... about it. 8.1 have... questions to

ask. 9. Verypeople know Doctor Sandford. 10. There are... girls

in the family, are there? 11. There's very... chalk at the

blackboard, go and fetch.... 12. There are ... students in the

hall, are there? 13. There isn't... tea in the tea-pot. 14. There

isn't... paper in the box, I need more. 15. There aren't... pencils

in the box, don't take.... 16. It's a secret. Very... people know

about it. 17. Please add... more tea in my cup.

42.

Use the proper article.

Note. Pay attention to the use of the article with the noun predicative, the noun object

and the noun subject (in sentences with the introductory there).

1. Have you ... grandfather? 2. There is ... garden behind ... house. 3. My

brother-in-law is ... writer and his wife is ... doctor. 4. These are ... difficult

sentences. 5. I have ... father, ... mother and ... little sister. 6. What's ... matter

with you? 7. We are ... students of ... English faculty. 8. There came ... knock

at ... door. 9. Benny is already in ... bed. 10. Once there lived ... captain brave.