Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

tall, high; short, low):

1. She said she did not like the idea of... the children all by themselves. 2.

When Tom ... the old man's words he trembled with fear. 3. He said he had spent

his childhood far away in ... mountains. 4. When the teacher made sure that all his

pupils were... to him he began explaining the new material. 5. Peter the First was

an unusually ... man. 6. The girl said that she would never ... a moment in the

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house where nobody liked her. 7. He was so ... that his wife was ... than he. 8. Pay

attention to that ...building.

X. Replace the part of the model in bold type by the following.M о d e 1: It is high

time for everybody to swim ashore.

for him to leave, for them to go out of town, for everybody to begin the work,

for John to return.

XI.

Form5 sentences on the model using the following adjectives.

M o d e l : The girl was tall enoughto reach the apples, quick, well, clever,

energetic, polite, nice, distinct.

XII. Write5 sentences of your own on each of the models and add

some more sentences for a situation.

M o d e l : a) It was sucha wonderful holiday. We bathed a lot.

b) She dislikes suchselfish young men. They get on her nerves.

c) Don't go out in suchbad weather. You may catch cold.

XIII. Write exclamatory sentences on the models using the given adjectives.

M o d e l 1: a) How quick the boy is! He has already run away!

b) How quick the young people are! They are already on the other bank!

M o d e l 2: a) What a quick boy he is! He has already come

back!

b) What quick young people they are! They are already on their way home!

strong, weak, interesting, beautiful, lovely, tall, high, jolly.

XIV.

Form adjectives of negative meaning with the help of the prefix ил- from the

following adjectives. Translate the derived adjectives into Russian:

tidy, pleasant, selfish, able, grateful, limited, necessary, married, original.

XV.

Form adjectives of negative meaning with the help of the suffix -less from the

following nouns. Translate the adjectives into Russian:

home, speech, care, wood, water, thought, sleep, rest, hair, tooth.

XVI. a) Translate the following sentences into Russian:

1. Would you rather have a piece of bread or a cake? 2. I would rather go to the

cinema than stay at home. 3. We had better leave the house at 5 *so as not to be

late. 4. Would you like to go to the theatre? — No, thank you, I would rather stay

at home. 5. You had better eat your breakfast or you'll be hungry before lunch-

time. 6. If we don't run, we shall miss the bus, so we had better run. 7. Would your

brother like to come? — I think he'd rather not. 8. The boys would rather play

football.

9. I would rather have hot weather than cold weather.

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10.

Which would you rather have: tea or coffee?

Ы Make up sentences using the following tables.

M o d e l : You'd better (You had better) do it yourself.

We'd He'd She'd I'd

They'd You'd better

try again.

say nothing, go at once, wait for her.

tell him the answer.

М о d е 1: I'd rather (I would rather) do it myself.

stay at home.

take the book.

go on an excursion.

take a taxi.

have tea than coffee.

I'd

We'd

He'd

She'd

They'd

You'd

XVII. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Сколько времени им нужно, чтобы прочитать эти журналы? — На это

не потребуется и получаса. Сколько времени вам будет нужно, чтобы

закончить эту работу? — Около полутора часов. 2. Друзья собирались

поехать за город в конце недели. 3. Я очень устала после экскурсии и не

смогу приехать к вам сегодня. 4. Им всем хотелось провести праздник

весело. 5. Детям нельзя смотреть телевизор каждый день. 6. Эта женщина

выглядит молодо. Она всегда так хорошо выглядит? 7. Он никогда не думал,

что сможет осуществить свою мечту. Старик сознавал, как серьезно было его

положение. 8. Легко затеять ссору, но нелегко помириться. 9. Ваш ребенок

знает гораздо больше, чем вы думаете. 10. Они долго сидели на берегу реки.

На берегу озера никого не было. На побережье Черного моря сейчас тепло.

11. К ним присоединились 12-летняя Мэри и Дикки, веселый пятилетний

мальчуган. 12. Трудно оставаться дома в такую погоду. 13. Он готов был

(собирался) выйти из дома, когда начался дождь. 14. Мне хотелось бы быть

сейчас на свежем воздухе. 15. Эту проблему нетрудно разрешить. 16. Вот та

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самая тетрадь, которая мне нужна. Вот тот самый человек, которого я мечтал

встретить. 17. В вагоне очень душно. Давай выйдем на платформу на

следующей остановке.

XVIII.

a) Retell Text 1 in the words of the author, Ben Smith, June,

Penny, one of the spectators at the theatre, b) Think of another way for

the Smiths to spend their week-end. c) Sum up the content of the text in

a few sentences.

XIX. Fill in the blanks with a great {good) deal [ o f ) ; a great many,

a great number o f ; plenty o f :

1. It was a very gay party. We laughed .... 2. The boys saw. . people on the

beach. 3. There were ... most beautiful flowers in the mountains. 4. There are ...

small boats at the bank. 5. In winter ... skiers practise their skill on the

VorobyevHills. 6. Both of the girls spend ... time on reading books in the original.

7 . They used to quarrel.... but they made up their quarrels easi

ly. 8. In the morning we settled ... questions and got everything arranged for

the journey. 9. After her illness she had to study ... to catch up with the group.

10. ... fashionable dresses were displayed in the shop-windows. 11. One can see ...

fruit and vegetables at the market in autumn. 12. ... multistoreyed buildings have

lately appeared in the suburbs of Moscow. 13. ... trains run from Moscow to St.

Petersburg every day. 14. The mother and the daughter spent ... money at a ready-

made clothes department. 15. You can't buy ... expensive things with the money

you have been given.

XX.

Fill in articles wherever necessary. Retell the stories:

1. ... young lady entered ... crowded bus with ... pair of ... skates for ... figure

skating over her arm. ... gentleman stood up to give her his seat. "Thank you very

much, sir," ... lady said, "but I've been skating all ... afternoon and I'm tired of

sitting down." 2. ... young man and his girl-friend once decided to see ... football

match. It was very difficult to get ... tickets and they had to wait outside for ...

long time. ... young people got there only thirty minutes after ... beginning of ...

first half. "What's the score?" Peter asked ... fan sitting next to him. "Nothing to

nothing." ... fan replied. "You see," said ... girl with ... smile, "we haven't missed

anything."

XXI.

Make up dialogues:

a) between Ben and June; b) June and Penny; c) Ben and Penny; d) Ben and

June, looking out of the windows of a taxi; e) Ben and his neighbour after the visit

to the theatre; f) two friends who have come to Moscow for their vacation; g) two

friends going on a visit.

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XXII.

Describe situations using the following words and word combi-

nations:

a) a t the seaside: the beach, waves, to be fond of looking at the bright sky,

to lie in the sun, to swim, to dive, to go boating, children, sea-gulls, to be glad to;

b) on Sunday, to go on an excursion, it took to go by bus, crowded, to get off,

the wonderfully fresh country air, the tall pines and birch trees, to enjoy the beauty

of the landscape, to look forward to;

a) a t the skating-rink: the frosty air, to go skating, to be fond of, figure

skating, to enjoy music, a great many, to be tired after;

c) a t the evening party: to gather, to celebrate, gay, smiling, to sing, to

recite poems, to dance, to enjoy oneself, to be pleased with.

XXIII.

Respond to the following sentences. Work in pairs: