Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

nephew's name? 4. What is her sister's name? 5.1s "Benny" a boy's or a girl's

name? 6. What's your school-mate's (girl-friend's, boy-friend's) name? 7.

What's Betty's full name?

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M o d e l 2: Has your brother a large family? — Yes, (he has). No, (he

hasn't).

1. Has Betty Smith a large family? 2. Have you a large family? 3. Has your

cousin a brother (father, mother, friend, wife, parents, grandfather)? 4. Has

Benny got a hedgehog? 5. Has Benny got a rabbit? 6. Have you got a dog in

the house? 7. Has Benny friends? 8. Has Benny books (toys, pens, pencils)?

IX. Change the given groups of words as in the model.

M o d e l : the room of my sister — my sister's room

the friends of my sisters — my sisters' friends.

1. the brother of my mother; 2. the friend of my sister; 3. the husband of

his daughter; 4. the house of my parents; 5. the table of my father; 6. the work

of my mother; 7. the notebook of this student; 8. the books of these students;

9. the sister of my friend;

10.

the friend of our cousin; 11. the photo of my grandfather;

12. the room of Pete; 13. the son of her brother; 14. the daughter

of Ann; 15. the sister of my mother.

X. a) Form questions to which the following statements are the answers, b) Each

sentence states a certain fact. Find some more details about it by asking questions.

Work in pairs, Use conversational phrases of Lessons 5 and 6 wherever possible.

1. We are students of the English Faculty. 2. Her brother-in-law is a doctor.

3. Betty Smith is a writer. 4. Mo sister-in-law is a house-wife. 5. His family is

not large. 6. ТЙеу have only one child. 7. She has a daughter. 8. Their child's

name is Benny. 9. Her name is Helen. 10. His nephew is four. 11. He is in the

park. 12. She is an English student. 13. Betty is the sister of Helen. 14. She

has some books on the table. 15. Benny has no brothers. 16. Their

grandmother is an elderly person. 17. Doctor Sandford is a middle-aged

person.

XL a) Change the following sentences into interrogative and negative, b) Ask one

another questions on the following sentences and answer them in the negative. Mind

the distribution of sentence-stress in the replies.

M o d e l : They have many English books.

Have they many English books? No, they haven't. They have a lot of

xRussian books | and very few x English books.

1. She has some English books. 2. He has a lot of mistakes in his test. 3.1

have a lot of notebooks in my bag. 4. The boy has three red pencils. 5. Kitty

has two cousins. 6. Dr. Sandford has a son. 7.1 have relatives in Moscow. 8.

They have two rooms. 9.1 have some newspapers on the desk. 10. We have

very many friends.

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XII.

Fill in suitable words:

1. His aunt's son is his ... . 2. Your father's father is your ... . 3. My sister's

son is my ... . 4. My sister's, daughter is my ... . 5. My mother's brother is

my ... . 6. Your mother's sister is your ... . 7. Your uncle's daughter is your ... .

8. Your mother's mother is your . . . . 9. Your brother's wife is your ... . 10.

Your sister's husband is your....

XIII.

Fill in am, is, are:

1. I ... an English student. 2. His name ... George Brown. 3. Mr. and Mrs.

Brown ... his father and mother. 4. My brother's name ... Benny, and my

sisters' names ... Betty and Rose. 5. We ... members of one family. 6. ... Helen

married? 7. ... they mar

ried? 8. Mr. Sandford ... Betty's brother-in-law. 9. How old ... you? — I...

eighteen. 10. What... you all? —We ... all students.

11.... your girl-friends students? 12. ... Betty's school-mates kind and jolly?

13. His companions ... well-bred. 14. ... Benny eager to have a dog? 15. She ...

a naughty child. 16.1... eager to have a girl-friend. 17.1... two years younger

than my cousin. 18. He ... as young as his boy-friend. 19. My niece ... eighteen

months old.

XIV. Fill in prepositions:

1. Betty's sister is married ... Doctor Sandford. 2. Is Benny. . home? — No,

he is still... the park ... his mother. 3. Look ... the picture (blackboard). 4. Put

the notebook ... the drawer. 5. He is not... the room. 6. Come ... the room. 7.

Go ... , the room. 8. He has some friends ... Moscow. 9. Don't put the

pencils ... the box. 10. Take the newspaper... the table. 11. The letter is ... the

book.

12.

Go ... Room Four. 13. Come ... the blackboard. 14. Take the

books and notebooks..............your bags! 15. She has a pen ... her

hand. 16. Go ... the Institute. 17. Are you fond ... cats? 18. Have you got a

dog^the house? 19. Open your books ... page 25. 20. Thousands ... students

study our University. 21. Children begin school... the age... seven.

XV.

Fill in some, any, no, none, not any, one or the indefinite article a:

1. Have you got ... relations? — No, I haven't . . . . 2. Has she got ...

nephews or nieces? — She has ... . 3. She has ... sister, she has only ... brother.

4. They have got ... cousins in Minsk. 5. Have you got ... brothers? — No, I

haven't ... . 6. I have ... good friends. 7. Have you got ... interesting books? —

Yes, I have. 8. Have you got ... friends in St.Petersburg? 9. He has ... English

books in the bookcase. 10. Have you got ... pencils in your bag? — Yes, I have

... . 11. Has she ... girls in the family? — No, she has ... . 12. Have we got ...

chalk on the blackboard?

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13.

She has ... mistakes in her test.

XVI.

Form nouns from the following verbs by adding the suffix -ел

wrife, work, teach, read, paint, sing, examine, dance, listen:

XVII.

Write in words the following cardinal numerals:3,

9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 33, 44, 60, 99, 100.

XVIII. Write in words the following ordinal numerals:

1st, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 19th, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th, 20th

XIX. Write in words.

M o d e l : 13 +45 = 58

(Thirteen plus forty-five is fifty-eight).

5 0 — 3 1 = 19

(Fifty minus thirty-one is nineteen).

15 x 2 = 30

(Fifteen multiplied by two is thirty).

30 : 2 = 1 5

(Thirty divided by two is fifteen).

46 + 18 =64

4 + 40 = 44

30 : 5 = 6

10: 5 = 2

15 - 8 = 7

10 + 8 = 18

5 x 5 =25

6 x8 = 48

80 - 30 = 50

79 - 50 = 29

9 x 9 = 81

6 x 6 = 36

9 + 11 = 20

99 + 1 = 100

1 0 : 2 = 5

2 7 : 3 = 9 '

XX.

Use the following verbs in commands and requests:

take, open, go, come, put, write, read, look, close, speak, prepare.

XXI.

Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Его друзья — студенты факультета английского языка. Они будущие учителя.

2. Элен — жена мистера Сэндфорда. 3. Сколько лет вашей племяннице? 4. Сколько

братьев у Джеймса? — Только один. 5. Он женат, и у него большая семья. 6. Ваша

старшая сестра замужем? — Да, ее муж — преподаватель английского языка.

7. У него есть племянник? — Нет, но у него есть племянница.

8. Достаньте ваши книги из портфелей. 9. Откройте (ваши) книги на двадцать

седьмой странице. 10, Вы должны прочесть шестой урок еще раз. 11. Прочтите и

переведите третье предложение. 12. Сделайте упражнение одиннадцатое на

странице 37. 13. Принесите мел из комнаты № 14. 14. Она непослушная девочка.

15. Моя школьная подруга очень любит животных. 16. Мне очень хочется иметь

собаку в доме, но мои родители против этого. 17. У моей невестки нет покоя в доме

из-за кошек и собак. 18. Большинство подруг ее дочери — студентки. 19. Его дети

хорошо воспитаны. 20. Нелли — добрая и славная девочка. 21. Мы товарищи по

школе и одноклассники (class-mates). 22. Он живет на Лесной улице 9, квартира

15. 23. У вас есть телефон? — Да, номер моего телефона 217-18-36. 24. Он не такой

молодой, как вы думаете, ему уже 30 лет. 25. Моей племяннице столько же лет,

сколько вашему внуку. 26. Сколько лет вашему сыну? — Ему десять лет. Он старше

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вашей дочери на три года. 27. Моя двоюродная сестра моложе меня

на два с половиной года. 28. Дочери моего брата всего полтора года. 29.

Наташа самая молодая из моих друзей. 30. Я живу со своими родителями

на Песчаной улице, дом 10. 31. Прибавьте десять к десяти. 32. Умножьте

пять на семь. 33. Если ты разделишь тридцать на шесть, то получится

пять.

XXII. Think of stimulating phrases for your fellow-student to agree or disagree

with you.

XXIII. Make up a small talk about (a) Mr. Sandford's family; (b) your own

family. Try to use conversational phrases suggested for dialogues.

ADDITIONAL PHONETIC EXERCISES

' 1. Read the exercises several times before the mirror.

2. Record your reading and listen to it, detect your errors.

3. listen to your fellow-student reading the exercises. Detect jhis errors in sounds

and intonation and tell him what he must do to get rid of them:

fetf

tfest

'cfeestfa ecfe cfeoin

kaetf

tfaet

cfeASt

baecfe point

lastf

tfart

cfet)b

lacfe in'cfeoi

*

-> fetf бэ xbaeg -> кэ:1 xcfeon

э -> drai xtri:

-> kastf бэ xdDg-> famd xcfeD:cfe

э -> Ьгзикп xtDi

-* ri:tf бэ храк -> ti:tf xcfeein

э -* fr3uzn хгзиг

LABORATORY WORK

I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative and

negative.

II. Transcribe the text. Mark the stresses and tunes.

III.

Answer the questions according to the models.

IV. Change the given groups of words as in the model.