8. Выберите правильный вариант:

MODEL: The news is /are important. – The news is important.

1. The police believe the man is/are a thief. 2. The people is/are here. 3. This advice is/are ridiculous. 4. The news isn't/aren't very good. 5. Has/have the police got enough evidence? 6. Has/have the men got good jobs? 7. Her hair is/are long. 8. He has/have much knowledge in physics. 9. Is/are his trousers new? 10. His wages isn't/aren't very high. 11. The cattle is/are on the farm. 12. The articles was/were short. 13. The cups is/are full. 14. Is/are the woman on a diet?

9. Переведите следующие сочетания на русский язык:

A bus stop. Home work. A rest home. A picture gallery. A river port. Friendship University. Soviet science. Our Institute building. Oil export. Export oil. Mass production. Production achievements. City traffic. Research methods. A ten per cent wage increase. The twentieth century music. The North Pole expedition. Russian delegates' speeches. Peace policy. A three room apartment. Office telephone number. The Moon Exploration Committee. Space research laboratories. A two centimeter thick rope. Oil industry workers. Iron ore deposits. Cosmic ray studies. Wide scale electrification. Current and voltage measurements. Velocity automatic governor. Atomic power generation. Speed change.

10. Переведите сочетания слов, обращая внимание на перевод существительных в функции определения:

difference — atmospheric pressure difference

length — the wave-length, the light wave-length

phenomenon — nature phenomenon

laboratory — physics laboratory, institute physics laboratory

measurements — pressure measurements, gas pressure measurements

11. Замените согласно образцам:

MODEL: The construction of analogue computers – Analogue computers construction

Public schools which are supported by the state – The state supported public schools

1. The transport of Moscow. 2. The speed of operation. 3. The construction of this machine. 4. The apartment which has two rooms. 5. The world's largest deposits of iron ore. 6. Calculating machines of the 17th century. 7. The level of the Moskva River. 8. The temperature of the body. 9. Recent developments in electronics. 10. Investigations in science and technology. 11. The oil demand which is continually increasing. 12. The Lenin library which has two million volumes.

12. Перепишите предложения, используя притяжательный падеж:

MODEL: The poems of Lermontov. (Lermontov's poems).

1. The toy of their children. 2. The questions of my son. 3. The wife of my brother. 4. The table of our teacher. 5. The life of animals. 6. The voice of this girl. 7. The new tool of the workers. 8. The letter of Peter. 9. The car of my parents. 10. The room of my friend. 11. The book by this writer is interesting. 12. The flat of my sister is large. 13. The children of my brother are at home. 14. The room of the boys is large. 15. The handbags of these women.

13. Напишите предложения, выбрав из данных в скобках выражений правильных форму – притяжательный падеж –'s (-s') или of ...:

MODEL: One can see the village from (the top/the mountain) – One can see the village from the top of the mountain.

(The plan/these engineers) is quite original. – These engineers' plan is original.

1. I like (the bag/this woman). But it's very expensive. 2. There is something wrong with (the hands/the clock). 3. This is (the business/my father). He doesn't want me to interfere. 4. (The mayor/the town) meets reporters once a month. 5. (The house/our friends; is in the suburbs. 6. (The idea/the article) seems interesting to me. Do you want to discuss it? 7. (The aim/those men) is to get promotion. And they do their best to achieve it. 8. These are (the problems/Steve and James). Let them decide their problems themselves. 9. (The country house/the Blacks) is not very large. 10. He says (the cause/the fire) is carelessness. 11. The Bank of England is in (the centre/London) 12. That is (the book/Bess). She needs it herself. 13. (the computer/Fred Clark) is of the latest model. 14. Why do you want to put the table in (the middle/the room). 15. (The bicycle/those children) is very old. Still they enjoy riding it. 16. I am tired of (the initiatives/these people). Why don't they just do their work? 17. (The teacher/those students) has deep knowledge of the subject. 18. I don’t think (the answer/this student) is above average. 19. This is (The tape/the cousin/Tom). I've got to return it. 20. Whose toys are these? – These are (the toys/the daughters/Mrs. Black).