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Questions

1. Which is correct: a, b, or c?

1.What’s the man’s name?

a)It’s name’s Pat. b) His name’s Pat. c)Her name’s Pat.

2.Are you English?

a)Yes, he is. b) Yes, they are. c) Yes, I am.

3.What nationality are they?

a)They Americans. b) He’s American. c) They’re Americans.

4.What does she do?

a)She’s an artist. b) She’s in London. c) She’s English.

5.Do you like Brett?

a)Yes’ he does. b) Yes, I like her very much. c) Yes, I do, I like him very

much.

6.What do you do in your spare time?

a)Yes, I do. b) I like reading. c) I like doing it.

7.How old is she?

a)She has four. b) It’s her birthday. c) She is four years old.

8.He’s a manager.

a)What does he do? b) How do you do? c) What is he doing?

9.They’re 70 pence a kilo.

a)How much are those apples? b) How is this apple? c) How much is it?

2.Brett’s bicycle was stolen. He’s reporting it to the police. Complete the policeman’s questions by putting in a question word or phrase.

	Policeman			Brett
1 …’s your name			Brett Colins.
2 … do you live?			46 Elm Road, Granby.
3 And … is the bicycle?			It’s mine. I own it.
	… owns it?
4	… was it stolen?		This morning.
5	… did you leave it?		Outside the town hall.
6	… was this?		About eleven o’clock. When I
			came back at half past eleven,
			it wasn’t there.
7	… of bicycle is it?		It’s a racing bike, a Silverman
			Special.
8	… is it?		Blue.
9	… is it?		It’s two years old.
10 …did it cost?			Oh, about $100.

3. Complete these riddles using who, what, or which. You may first need to find the correct answer in the box below.

1.… goes up but never comes down?

2.… is paid money for taking something away from you?

3.… can go through a closed door?

4.… of these words is longer: ‘laughs’ or ‘smiles’?

5.… has fingers but no arms?

6.… sheep eat more grass, black ones or white ones?

7.… invented the first pen?

8.… has more tails, one cat or no cat?

9.… is the difference between an African elephant and an Indian elephant?

10.… king of England wore the biggest shoes?

A hairdresser. About 3,000 miles. A pair of gloves.

The one with the biggest feet. Your age.

The Incas. (ink-ers!) A noise.

No cat. (No cat has more then one tail.) White ones. There are more of them. ‘Smiles’ because there’s a ‘mile’ between the first and last letters.

4.Author Brenda Bagg has written a story called ‘Heartache’. It’s about a Lord who loves a film star who loves a pop singer and so on. The diagram shows who loves who. Brenda is showing the story to the film director Max Finkel. Give Max’s questions and Brenda’s answers.

Example

Mike Perry

Who does Mike Perry love? ~ Princess Flora.

Mike Perry

And who loves Mike Perry? ~ Jackie Logan and Sophie Salinsky.

Princess		Lord		Tennis champion
Flora		Midwinter		Peter Kane

		Model			Pop singer			Film star
		Jackie Logan			Mike Perry			Sophie Salinsky
1			Princess Flora			5		Lord Widwinter
2		Princess Flora				6		Sophie Salinsky
3		Peter Kane				7	Sophie Salinsky
4		Lord Midwinter				8 Jackie Logan
5. Use the correct question word.
Helen			Good morning, Dad.
Dad			Good morning, my love. (a)____are you today?
Helen			Fine, thanks.

Dad	I didn’t hear you come home last night. (b)______time did
	you get in?
Helen	About 11.00.
Dad	( c )______did you go?
Helen	Just round to Berth’s house.
Dad	There is a letter for you on the table.
Helen	Oh! (d)_____is it from?
Dad	I don’t know. Open it and see.
Helen	Oh!
Dad	(e)_____’s the matter?
Helen	Nothing. It’s from Luis in Spain.
Dad	That’s interesting.
Helen	He says he’s coming to England soon.
Dad	(f)______?
Helen	Because he’s going to learn English.
Dad	(g)______?
Helen	Here in London.
Dad	(h)______ school is he going to?
Helen	He doesn’t know yet.
Dad	(i)_____is he coming?
Helen	Next week.
Dad	You must invite him round. (j)_____don’t you write back
	and invite him to Sunday lunch?
Helen	It’s a great idea! Thanks, Dad.

6.Use the appropriate question word in the following sentences.

1.…are you going to? - To Moscow.

2.…is the house made of? – It is made of brick.

3.…did he arrive? – At ten o’clock.

4.…of the pencils is longer? – The red one.

5.…told you to go there immediately? – The teacher did.

6.…bag was left in the corridor? – It was Peter’s.

7.…has he paid for his new suit? – Not much, I suppose.

7.Use the correct question ‘tag’ for the following sentences.

1.	Nick wanted to write a letter,…				a) wasn’t he?
2.	Pete was absent yesterday,…				b) isn’t there
3.	There is a new film on television,…				c) won’t he?
4.	They grow wheat, fruit,…				d) is there?
5.	You want to buy some stamps,…				e) hasn’t he?
6.	Your friends have already seen this film,…				f) did they?
					g) don’t you?
					h) haven’t they?
						i) didn’t he?
8. Match a line in A with a line in B and a line in C.
	A		B			C
	It’s chilly today,		haven’t you?			No. How do you do?

	You don’t like this food,	is it?	Yes, they live next door to
	me.
	You know the Browns,	have you?	Yes. A Renault.
	This exercise isn’t	do you?	Yes. There was a frost last
	difficult,	don’t you?	night.
	You’ve got the car,	isn’t it?	Well, I find it a bit too salty.
	You haven’t met Henry,		No. It’s quite easy.
9. Connect two remarks, paying attention to the grammar forms.
1.	How old is your brother?		a) At ten.
2.	What’s the time?		b) By ten.
3.	When will you come?		c) He is ten.
4.	How many books are there on the shelf?		d) On the tenth.
5.	On which floor does he live?		e) There are ten.
6.	When does his train arrive?		f) They are ten.
7.	How old are these boys?		g) It is ten.
			h) Since ten.

SEQUENCE OF TENSES /Direct and Indirect speech/

1.Translate the following sentences.

1.They all told him that the election campaign had begun a fortnight before.

2.She told me I might come any day.

3.The students told the teacher that they had learned that rule long before they joined the group.

4.She assured her fellow-students she would never neglect her social duties again.

5.The porter reminded us that the trams stopped running by I a. m.

6.He said he had never thought of such a possibility.

7.He answered that he could not afford buying such an expensive ticket at the time.

8.I often hear him say that he loves research work.

9.We told them that we never did it in that way.

2.Put into indirect speech.

What did the guest say?

1.The guest said: "I want to talk to your husband."

2.The guest said: "I admire your husband's music."

3.The guest said: " My name is William Smith."

4.The guest said: "I am a musician too."

5.The guest said: " I have something to tell your husband."

What did the guest ask Mrs. Brown?

6.The guest asked: "What is Mr. Brown busy with?"

7.The guest asked: "What time does your husband usually come home?"

8.The guest asked: "Do you expect him soon?"

9.The guest asked: "Can I wait for him there?"

10.The guest asked: "Does your husband work much?"

PASSIVE VOICE

1. Read, translate, and learn this poem by heart

Solomon Grundy

was born on a Monday

finished school on a Tuesday got married on a Wednesday fell ill one Thursday

got worse on Friday died on Saturday

was buried on Sunday

That was the end of Solomon Grundy.

2.Translate into Russian.

1.Another building of our Institute is still being built.

2.Don't come into the room, it is being cleaned.

3.Hurry up, you are being waited for

4.Special mention must be made of the architecture of this ancient town.

5.Whom must the work be done by?

6.It was so dark in the room that nothing could be seen.

7.This competition may be held in June.

8.The statue has just been finished.

9.Many people have been invited to take part in the performance.

10.Two English novels have been translated into Russian by his friend.

3.Express the following in Russian, paying special attention to the words in bold type.

1.The lecturer was listened to with great interest.

2.Bergman's new play is much talked about.

3.This picture is seldom looked at.

4.The journal must be looked through and the new information made use of.

5.The boy was looked for everywhere but could be found nowhere.

6.Why wasn't he sent for immediately?

7.I am sure this film will soon be spoken about.

8.She looks very funny. No wonder she is often laughed at.

9.The sick man was looked after all the time

10.Children must always be taken care of.

11.You will be waited for in the hall.

12.This text-book is asked for every day.

4.Change the following sentences into the passive voice using the italicized words as the grammatical subject. Use a by-phrase where indicated.

1.Mary used this typewriter only a few times. (by)

2.They will give us an answer tomorrow.

3.The secretary always brings Mr. Palmer a cup of coffee. (by)

4.She has sent you a telegram.

5.The students are rehearsing a new play.

6.Will he paint the house in the summer?

7.They didn’t offer him any job.

8.They hadn’t opened the museum by August.

9.We are expecting him any minute.

10.These people will take care of everything. (by)

11.They were building a house near the river.

12.When I came, they had already arrived at a decision.

SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

1. Connect the sentences by suitable clause maker.

1. This is a new watch.		a) where
	My uncle bought it for me.	b) because
2. Smith Hall is a village.		c) and … either
	Jack lives there.	d) whose
3.	Jack was working in the garden.	e) but
	His roommate was working in the garden.	f) while
4.	Jack didn’t know much about it.	g) when
	His roommate didn’t know much about it.	h) which
5.	Jack and his roommate didn’t know	i) why
	grammar.	j) and …too
	The other boys did.

6.Sunday is a weekend day. Bill doesn’t have classes.

7.Jack and Jane were walking home. It began to rain.

8.Smith didn’t attend class on Saturday. Professor asked him why.

9.I have a friend from Moscow. His father is a famous musician.

10.Joe borrowed his sister’s suitcase.

He had no suitcase of his own.

2. Connect two parts of a sentence, paying attention to the grammar

forms.
1.	Although I had an umbrella …	a)	when it rains
2.	I usually stayed indoors…	b)	it has rained every day
3.	Since you arrived here…	c) if it rains
4.	I shall stay indoors…	d) but it rained all the time
5.	While we were talking…	e) it began to rain
6.	She usually stays indoors…	f) I didn’t go out in the rain
		g) when it rained

3.Supply the verb tenses in these sentences.

1.When Antony got to school, he found that he (leave) his books at home.

2.The bus (leave) when we got to the bus stop, so we had to walk.

3.When Tom got to school, the lesson (start) already.

4.When Pedro began to learn English, he never (speak) to an Englishman.

5.When I got to the airport, I (learn) that the plane I (expect) to travel by (not yet arrive) from Manchester.

6.When Susan arrived in London, she soon (remember) her English she

(learn) at school.

7.I (go) to see him as soon as I (know) he was in hospital.

8.When he (get) to the station he (remember) he (forget) to switch the tap off.

9.The exhibition (close) by the time when we (get) there.

5.Translate the following.

Dreams by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

6.Read the poem and see whether you can give a Russian poetic translation of it.

Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;

If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim,

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son.

PARTICIPLES /GERUND

1. Complete the newspaper story about an earthquake in a city called Kitamo. Put in either an –ing form or an –ed form. Use these verbs: break, burn, cry, damage, fall, frighten, injure, smoke. (You have to use one of the verbs twice.)

There was an earthquake in the Kitamo region at ten o’clock yesterday morning. It lasted about a minute. Many buildings collapsed. … people ran into the streets. Many were injured by … bricks and stones. After the earthquake, buildings in many parts of the city caught fire. The heat was so great

that firemen could not get near many of the … buildings. Hundreds of people have died. The hospital is still standing, but there aren’t enough beds for all the … people. Things look very bed in Kitamo now. There are hundreds of badly … houses, and those that caught fire are now just … ruins. The streets are covered with … glass, and … trees block the way. Everywhere there is the sound of … children.

2.Choose the right adjective.

1.I was disappointing/disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.

2.We were all horrifying/horrified when we heard about the disaster.

3.It’s sometimes embarrassing/embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

4.Are you interesting/interested in football?

5.It was a really terrifying/terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking/shocked.

6.I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really amazing/amazed when I was offered it.

7.I enjoyed the football match. It was quite exciting/excited.

8.The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really disgusting/disgusted.

9.Do you easily get embarrassing/embarrassed?

3.Read and translate the poem paying attention to the Gerund.

On Sunday afternoon in the middle of July

I like sitting in the sun just looking at the sky.

I like listening to the birds singing in the trees - in July.

I hate going to work when the sun shines,

Or standing in the rain.

I hate queuing at a bus stop,

Or trying to read a paper on a train.

On cold December mornings.

I like walking through the snow.

I like watching all the people as off to work they go.

I love dozing in a chair, without a care

-in December.

On rainy April days I just like staying at home.

I like reading a book or simply being alone.

I love thinking of you, and all the things that you do

-in April.

But most of all, I like loving you.

You’re a Sunday afternoon, a December morning too.

You’re an April day, sunshine in June.

You’re you.

4. Read the text and translate it in writing. Define each ‘–ing’ form:

Here is a little story of a man who, having lost one job got another by showing that a rope may have three ends. After trying several places the man got tired of walking and sat down to rest for a while. The day being very hot, we must not be surprised at the man being tired and sitting down to rest under a tree. As he was sitting he thought of taking further steps. He remembered having worked on a ship for some years.

So he came to the owner of a ship and asked him if there was any possibility of getting a job. The question being not very unusual, the owner was not surprised at hearing it. But he thought for a while before giving his answer. After examining the man from head to foot the owner said: “You see, I am looking for a man with brains. If you can find three ends to that rope, I’ll give you the job.” Saying those words, the owner picked up a piece of rope lying at his feet and handed it to the man.

The man understood that his getting a job depended on his giving the right answer quickly. Without thinking long, he held one end of the rope before the owner saying: “That’s one end, sir. ” Then, taking up the other end, he remarked: “ That’s the second end, sir.” Then, throwing the rope overboard, the man said: “That is one more end to your rope, sir.”

Having received this answer, the owner couldn’t help praising the man for having found the answer so quickly. Then he said: “You are the man I have long been looking for.”

Having been given a good job the man used to say that for many people finding a job is like finding the third end to a rope.

5.Translate the sentences.

1.Walking home she didn't hurry.

2.While reading books I learn a lot.

3.Knowing the way Kate walked quickly.

4.Not knowing the address he couldn't find the house.

5.Being busy she couldn't speak to him

6.He stood at the window thinking about his childhood.

7.I saw her smiling face in the window.

8.In the window I saw her face smiling at us.

9.She said these words, smiling at me.

10.Smiling happily she hurried to the door.

11.When walking home he didn't hurry.

6.Translate into Russian, noting the use of Participle II.

Two young boys Nick and Tom invited by their grandmother to spend their holidays in the country came to the railway station. They bought two tickets with the money sent to them by their grandmother. When they got on the train they heard the signal given by the station-master and the train started. Suddenly Nick saw the ticket left on the bench of the train. Nick put the found ticket into his pocket, but did not say anything to his brother. When the ticket-collector came, Tom could not find his ticket anywhere. Nick told his brother to get quickly under the bench. The ticket collector came near and Nick asked by the man to show his ticket took out both tickets. The ticket-collector seeing two tickets shown by one person asked Nick: "Whose ticket is the other one?" Nick enjoying his joke said: "It's my brother's. He likes to sit under the bench.

7.Use the right form of the Gerund instead of the infinitives in the brackets. Then retell the story.

A Good Lesson.

One day Turner's dog broke a leg. The artist loved his dog so much that he decided to send for the best doctor in London instead of (to send) for a veterinary. When the doctor arrived, Turner said to him: "Excuse me for (to send) for you. I know of your (to be) a great doctor but I beg you to help my dog. It is so important for me." The doctor was angry but didn't show it. The next day the doctor asked Turner to come to his house. When Turner arrived the doctor said: "Mr. Turner, I'm glad at your (to come). I am sorry for (to ask) you to come. But my door needs (to paint). I know of your (to be) a great painter but I beg you to do it. It's so important for me."

8. Read and translate the story, noting the Gerund. Then retell it. Othello with White Hands.

Salvini was very famous in his day for playing tragic roles remarkably well. So, no wonder that theatre-goers didn't want to miss the opportunity of seeing Salvini on the stage when he was touring in different towns in Italy. Once it happened so that Salvini as Othello appeared in the first act without having put the make-up on his hands. On seeing Othello with white hands the audience began to whisper and make remarks. This spoilt the impression of Salvini's acting which was excellent as usual. In the interval between the scenes the famous actor couldn't be found anywhere.

In the next scene on Salvini's appearing again with the white hands the audience began to hiss. They couldn't forgive even this actor for his having shown himself so careless the second time. Salvini paid no attention to the audience being

so noisy. And suddenly when hissing became especially loud Othello astonished everybody by taking off the white gloves and throwing them demonstratively before the senators.

The story goes that on having found himself with white hands Salvini remembered of having a pair of white gloves at the hotel where he was staying. During the interval he rushed there. The interval was so short that nobody guessed of the gloves having been brought specially for the scene.

INFINITIVE

1.Translate the following proverbs and sayings.

1.To know everything is to know nothing.

2.It’s never too late to learn.

3.When guns speak, it’s too late to argue.

4.It is enough to make a cat laugh.

5.It’s never too late to love.

6.It’s never too late to mend.

2.Read and translate the story noting the complex object. Then retell it.

The Myth Pygmalion.

We know Greek philosophers to call art an 'imitation of nature', but their own mythology tells a different story. The story of Pygmalion is the most famous of the myths that believe art to have the power of creation rather than the power of portraying. Here is the myth of Pygmalion.

In ancient Greece there lived a sculptor, Pygmalion by name. People knew him to be a great sculptor. Once he made a statue of a young woman. The statue was so beautiful that Pygmalion fell in love with it. He wanted the statue to become alive and asked the gods to help him. For a long time he waited, expecting the statue to talk but it was silent. Then Pygmalion decided to go to Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. He expected her to help him. "On, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, only you can help me. I know you to be very kind. Give me a wife as beautiful as my statue or make my statue talk." On returning home Pygmalion ran up to his statue, looked at it, and suddenly he noticed it move and then heard it speak. Soon the statue turned into a beautiful woman, and Pygmalion married her.

This myth inspired a number of artists (including such different ones as Boucher and Daumier) and writers as well.

3.Compare the sentences and translate them.

1.We saw him enter. He was seen to enter.

2.We know Richter to work 10 hours a day. He is known to work 10 hours a day.

3.They considered Tchaikovsky a talented conductor. Tchaikovsky was considered (to be) a talented conductor.

4.I supposed her to live in Moscow. She was supposed to live in Moscow.

5.Nobody expected the picture to be exhibited. The picture was not expected to be exhibited.

6.The director believed to know about the rehearsal.

7.The cameraman supposes these shots to be spoiled. These shots are supposed to be spoiled.

4.Here is a poem for you to enjoy.