Special Difficulties

1. Translate into Russian the following sentences. Pay special attention to the use of the word “last”

1. At last he made a decision.

2. Yesterday the lecture lasted till 6 o’clock.

3. He answered all the questions except the last one.

4. Steve graduated from the University last year.

5. How long does the lesson last?

6. When the approval was granted at last, he wasn’t even glad.

7. We were at the tourist camp last summer.

8. The discussion began at 10 a.m. and lasted till the evening.

2. Insert the proper words in the required form

1. offer, suggest

Note: offer smth. - предлагать, давать что-л.; offer to do smth. - предлагать,

вызываться сделать что-л.

suggest smth. - предлагать, подавать идею; suggest that smb. should do smth.;

suggest doing smth.

1. The plan which you ... is very interesting.

2. The woman ... us a cup of tea.

3. The job he was ... didn’t interest him much.

4. The dean ... discussing it at once.

5. He ... to do the translation.

6. She ... that we should play tennis before dinner.

7. I ... we take lunch first and then go to the cinema

8. Philip ... to take me for a drive in his new car.

b) join, enter

Note: join - присоединяться к; соединять, вступать в партию

enter - входить в; поступать в институт

1. She ... the office at 9 o’clock.

2. Let me ... you in five minutes.

3. The island and the town are ... by the bridge.

4. I’ve ... the University this year.

5. May I ... you?

6. We’d happy if you ... us on Sunday.

7. He would have gone to college if he hadn’t ... the army.

8. He ... the office and found a number of business letters on his desk.

9. Many school-leavers try to ... the universities every year.

3. Make up your sentences using the following tables

a)

His week-end			the weather of course.
It			your behavior.
Everything	depend(s)	on	their decision.
He doesn’t want to			his father .
Much			what happens in the next few weeks.

b)

All of us				this interesting fact.
They	didn’t	pay		our warning.
He	must	pays	attention to	trifles.
You	may not	paid		my words.
Nobody				her.
				self-education.

c)

She					son.
Helen	is			her	daughter.
We	are	proud	of	their	husband.
The parents				our	ancient city.
Londoners					University.

4. Turn the following sentences from the Active into the Passive Voice

1. In 1964 the Radioengineering Institute admitted the students for the first time.

2. Two departments teach the foreign languages.

3. They have offered the graduates a very interesting job.

4. Local education authorities award grants to the best students.

5. The University has admitted over 30 graduates to the post-graduate course this

year.

6. The students give special attention to research work.

7. Within the period of 30 years the University has trained over 35 thousand engineers.

8. The University provides a good engineering education.

9. 14 research groups carry out the scientific investigations in different areas.

10. In 1995 this University enrolled 1500 students in the full-time departments.