LESSON 2

Оборот there is/there are. Предлоги места. Притяжательная форма личных местоимений. Притяжательный падеж существительн˝ых. Специальные вопросы (повторение). Вопросительные местои˝мения why, where, when, who, which, what, how, how many, how much, whom, whose. Количественные и порядковые числительные. Хронологичес˝кие даты. Обозначение времени.

Text 1

Read the text, translate it, answer the questions given below and retell it.

My flat

We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences: central heating, gas, electricity, hot and cold water, a lift and a chute. There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat. The living room is large and comfortable. In the middle of the room we have a square-table with six chairs round it. To the right of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano and a stool before it. Between the two large windows there is a little table with a colour TV set on it. Near the TV set there are two cosy armchairs. A small round table, a divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. This small table is for newspapers and magazines.

The bedroom is small and not very light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds with a bedside-table between them. An alarm-clock and a small lamp with a pink lamp-shade are on the table. In the left-hand corner there is a dressing table with a big mirror. In this room we have a built-in wardrobe with coat-hangers. There is a thick carpet on the floor and plain lightbrown curtains on the window.

The third room is my study. It is not large but very cosy. There is not much furniture in it, only the most necessary. It has a writing table and an armchair before it. In the right-hand corner there is a book case full of books, magazines and newspapers. A small table with a radio is in the left-hand corner. Near it there is a sofa with some cushions. I like the English proverb: “My home is my castle” because my flat is, indeed, my castle.

1.Have you a house or a flat? 2. How many rooms are there in your flat?

3.Has your flat all modern conveniences? What are they? 4. What is there in the middle of the room? 6. What is there near the TV set? 7. How many windows are there in the bedroom? 8. What is there on the bedside table?

9.What colour curtains are there on the window? 10. What room is very cosy? 11. Is there much furniture in the study? 12. What is there in the righthand corner of the study? 13. What is there in the left-hand corner?

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TEXT 2

Read the text. Answer the questions given below and retell the text.

My Room

We live in a three-room flat.

The room I like best in our flat is mine. I use my room as a study and a bedroom. It is very nice and cosy.

There isn’t much furniture in it, only the most necessary pieces. The built-in furniture doesn’t take much space in the room.

On the left there is my bed and desk. The desk has a lot of drawers where I keep my text-books, notes, pens, pencils and other necessary things. On the right there is a sofa and a built-in wardrobe. In the right corner there is a comfortable arm-chair. Beside it stands a nice lamp. I like to turn on the lamp, sit in the arm-chair and read an interesting book.

There are some shelves with books in my room. You can see Russian and English books there.

There is a big thick carpet on the floor.

There are some posters with my favourite singers on the wall.

I like my room very much. When my friends come to visit me, I invite them into my room.

My room is a nice place for both rest and work.

Do you like your room?

Is your room small?

Is there much furniture in it?

What is there in the right corner?

Do you have any bookshelves?

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Read the text. Insert articles where necessary. Tell your group-mates about the Browns.

The Browns’ House

The Browns have __ very nice house. The house is rather big. It is called “The Pines”. The house is about ten miles from __ London. There is __ sitting-room, __ dining-room, __ study, __ kitchen and __ hall on __ ground floor. __ sitting-room is quite a large room. There is one window in it. To __ right of the window there is __ soft red sofa. Above __ sofa on __ wall there are some pictures. Near the sofa there is __ small table with newspapers and magazines. To the left of the window there is __ nice fire-place. In front of __ fire-place there are two comfortable arm-chairs. In __ middle of the room there is a Persian carpet on the floor.

The dining-room is a small room with __ dark oak dining table, six chairs and a sideboard.

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Upstairs there are four bedrooms, __ bathroom and __ lavatory. There are many conveniences in the house: electricity, hot and cold running water, bath and telephone.

The furniture in the Browns’ house is modern and comfortable. The rooms are light and cosy.

There is a fruit garden behind the house with beds of roses and other flowers in it. There is a smooth lawn in front of __ house. Near __ house there is a brick garage for the Browns’ cars.

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

Small, lamp, carpet, pictures, wall, desk, ceiling, window, animals, room, bookcase, books, vases, posters

My room is rather …. There is one … in my room. The … is by the window. There is a … on the desk. There is another lamp on the…. I have one chair in my.. . My bed is by the… . There are some … on the wall above the bed. There is a … next to the bed and I have a lot of … in it. There are some souvenirs, little … and glass … on the book-case.

On the floor there is a … . There are a lot of … on the walls and on the door. I like my room and my friends like my room, too.

Exercise 3. Insert the verb “to be” in the required form and make 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.

My house … quite big. There … two floors in my house. Downstairs there … a sitting-room, a dining-room and a kitchen. The sitting-room … big. There … also a small toilet downstairs. Upstairs there … three bedrooms and a big bathroom. My room …on the left and my sister’s room … next to my room. My parent’s bedroom … next to the bathroom.

There … a small garden around the house. In front of the house there … flowers and behind the house there … a small vegetable garden.

My house … nice and clean but my mother has much work to keep it clean.

Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions “in”, “on”, “in front of”, “behind”, “to the left”.

The Brights’ House

The Brights have a house … the London suburbs. There are two floors … it: the ground floor and the first floor. … the ground floor there is a sitting room, a kitchen, a library and a hall. … the first floor there are bedrooms and

abathroom.

…the house they have a small garden with many flowers. … the house there is a large garden with a lawn and some fruit trees.

…of the house there is a garage. There are some cars there.

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ORAL PRACTICE

Reading the time

A. Look at the clock. What time is it? It is I (one) o’clock.

past	to
5 (minutes) past 1 (1.05)	5 (minutes) to 2 (1.55)
10 (minutes) past.l (1.10)	10 (minutes) to 2 (1.50)
a quarter past 1 (1.15)	a quarter to 2 (1.45)
20 (minutes) past 1 (1.20)	20 (minutes) to 2 (1.40)
25 (minutes) past 1 (1.25)	25 (minutes) to 2 (1.35)
half past one (1.30)

-What time is it by your watch, Jane?

-By my watch it is twelve minutes to four.

-And what time is it by your watch, John?

-By my watch it is eighteen minutes to four.

-The right time is a quarter to four.

-So Jane’s watch is three minutes fast and John’s watch is three minutes slow.

There are 24 hours in a day. There are 60 minutes in an hour. There are 60 seconds in a minute.

There are seven days in a week. They are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The day before today is yesterday; the day after today is tomorrow.

There are twelve months in a year. The names of the months are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the four seasons. In England, the first day of spring is the 21st of March. The first day of summer is the 21st of June. Autumn is the third season. The first day of winter is December 21st.

What date is it today?

Today is the third of November, nineteen eighty-nine. It is November the third, nineteen eighty-nine.

What day is it today? It is Thursday.

Answer the following questions:

1. Which is the first day of the week? 2. How many days are there in a week?

3. Which day is not on the timetable? 4. Which day is between Tuesday and Thursday? 5. Is Sunday the first day of the week or the last? 6. How many months are there in a year? 7. What month is it now? 8. What date is it today? 9. What season is it now?

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10. Which season is between autumn and spring? 11. Is August in autumn or summer? 12. What is the first month of the year? 13. Is summer a hot season? 14. What are the four seasons? 15. How many hours are there in a day? 16. How many minutes are there in an hour?

Read:

A.1.45 p.m.; 5.28 p.m.; 4.15 p.m.; 8.30 p. m. (p.m. – Lat. post meridiem

–“after noon” после полудня); 12.10 a. m.; 3.30 a. m.; 6.15 а.m.; 9.50 a.m. (a.m. – Lat. ante meridiem – “before noon” до полудня).

Â.01.12.1958; 5.10.1831; 25.02.1758; 13.04.1685; 20.09.1586; 02.08.1405.

Exercise 3. Put these sentences into the question form:

1. In summer the days are long and hot. 2. In winter the days are short and cold. 3. There are sixty minutes in an hour. 4. Today is the third day of the week. 5. My watch is five minutes slow. 6. This clock is three minutes fast. 7. This is the second lesson. 8. It is half past four now.

Exercise 4. Correct the sentences.

1. Tuesday is the last day of the week. 2. There are six days in a week. 3. March is the fourth month of the year. 4. It is very cold in July. 5. December is the first month of the year. 6. It is 2.15 a. m. now.

Exercise 5. Read the time:

6.40; 7.35; 8.45; 9.50; 10.55; 2.15; 2.45; 4.05; 4.55; 3.10; 3.50.

What time, in figures, is:

1. half past nine; 2. twenty-five to six; 3. a quarter to eleven; 4. a quarter past eight; 5. twenty past two; 6. five to three.

Exercise 6. Translate the following into English.

1. Который час? 2. Который час по вашим часам? – Половина шесто˝го. 3. В сутках – 24 часа. 4. В феврале — 28 дней, а в мае – 31. 5. Мои

часы спешат на 5 минут, а твои отстают на 7. 6. В неделе семь дней˝: понедельник, вторник, среда, четверг, пятница, суббота, воск˝ресенье. 7. В году двенадцать месяцев: январь, февраль, март, апрель, май,˝ июнь, июль, август, сентябрь, октябрь, ноябрь, декабрь.

Exercise 7. Practise the following according to the model.

Model: The newspaper is on the table. – There is a newspaper on the table.

1. The book is on the desk. 2. The pencils are in the box. 3. The picture is on the wall. 4. The matches are in the box. 5. The chair is near the wall. 6. The pen is under the book. 7. A piece of chalk is on the table.

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Exercise 8. Translate the following into English.

1.Чья это ручка? – Это моя ручка. 2. Чья это книга? – Это ваша кни˝га.

3.Чей это стол? – Это стол моего брата. 4. Чья это сумка? – Это су˝мка моей мамы. 5. Чей это контракт? – Это его контракт. 6. Это стул твоего˝ брата? – Нет, это мой стул. 7. Чьи это часы? – Это мои часы. – А где мои час˝ы? – Они на столе.

Exercise 9. Fill in the blanks with possessive pronouns.

1. I am a student. ... name is .... 2. ... name is Helen, ... name is Nick. 4. We are doctors. ... friends are doctors too. 5. Jane, put ... exercise-book on my table. 6. My friend is a teacher. ... name is Jack.

Exercise 10. Translate the following into English.

1. Кто вы (по профессии)? 2. Как вас зовут? – Меня зовут Виктор. 3. Мы – студенты. 4. Где ваша ручка? – Она на столе. 5. Это ваша или е˝е тетрадь? – Это ее тетрадь. 6. Кто эта девушка? – Это Мария. 7. Чья˝ это книга? – Это моя книга. 8. Я не студент. Я – преподаватель. 9. Где˝ Петр?

– Он отсутствует сегодня. Он болен.

Exercise 11. à) Translate the following into Russian. â) Put the sentences into the Past Simple Tense and the Future Simple Tense.

1. There are some newspapers on the desk. 2. There is a tree in front of my house. 3. There is nobody in the room. 4. There are no pencils there. 5. Are there any pictures in the room? 6. There is a telegram on the table. 7. There are two sofas in the room. 8. There is a girl in the picture. 9. There are no children in their family. 10. There are many high buildings in our town.

Exercise 12. Translate the following into English.

1. На нашей улице будут высокие деревья. 2. В этом доме будет м˝ного квартир. 3. В нашем городе два музея. 4. Около нашего дома был к˝инотеатр. 6. В парке было много детей сегодня. 7. В комнате два стола. 8. На˝ столе портфель. 9. В нашем саду было много фруктовых деревьев. 10. В в˝ашем городе много школ? 11. В гостиной будет круглый стол, шесть ст˝ульев, сервант, столик с телевизором и два кресла. 12. Есть в прихоже˝й вешалка для одежды и столик для телефона? 13. В спальне нет платяного˝ шкафа и ночного столика. 14. В доме будут все современные удобства.

Exercise 13. Mind the possessive case:

Mary’s boy; Peter’s car; a doctor’s office; a teacher’s pen; Boris’s life; Dickens’s novels; children’s toys; engineers’ plans; people’s lives; students’ hostel; the Belovs’ house; women’s magazines; sheep’s wool; deer’s horns; lawyers’ duties; actresses’ lives; an actress’s life; the roof of the house; the end of the story; the cover of the book; the back of the chair; Ilf and Petrov’s

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novels; my son and my daughter’s room (совместное владение); my son’s and my daughter’s rooms (раздельное владение); Boris is a friend of my father’s (один из друзей); the chemist’s shop; the dentist’s office; England’s traditions; Moscow’s streets; the moon’s surface; the sun’s rays.

Exercise 14. Choose the correct answer.

1.This is my … car and this is my … house.

a)parents’ ; brothers

b)parents’ ; brother’s

c)parent’s ; brothers

d)parent’s ; brother’s

2.He knows … but he doesn’t tell us.

a)the this book name

b)the book name

c)the name of this book

d)the book’s name

3.This … name is Bob.

a)man’s

b)men’s

c)mans

d)men

4.Do you know … name?

a)the actresses name

b)the actress’s name

c)the name of the actress

d)the actress’

5.Do you read …?

a)women’s magazines

b)women magazines

c)women’ magazines

d)the magazines of the women

6.Do you like …?

a)the windows of the house

b)the house windows

c)the house’s windows

d)the windows of the house’s

Exercise 15. Can you find question words?

WO W W W E H W

W	H	H	H	H	W	W	H
A	S	E	Y	O	A	I	I
R	S	N	R	E	S	T	C
E	H	O	W	E	N	E	H

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Exercise 16. Start the sentences with question words.

1.… kind of music do you like? 2. … often do you have English lessons?

3.… were you yesterday evening? Were you at home? 4. … Is that girl? Is she your sister? 5. … trainers do you prefer – Nike or Reebok? 6. … car is that? Is it your mother’s? 7. …are you so quiet? Is anything wrong? 8. … do you usually go to the Institute?

Exercise 17. Start these questions with “where, what, who, why”. Then match the questions with the answers.

…is your name? I’m from London.

…is Susie? Paul.

…are you from? I’m a student.

…is your job? I’m ill.

…are you in bed? She’s my girlfriend.

ADDITIONAL READING

Short Stories

1.A farmer comes to a town for the first time. He stops at a hotel and asks the clerk about the hours for meals.

“Breakfast is from 7 to 12 o’clock, lunch is from 12 to 3, dinner is from 5 to 7 and supper is from 7 to 9”, answers the clerk.

“Oh, my goodness”, cries the farmer. “ You eat here the whole day, don’t you? But I want to see the town. I don’t want to stay at your hotel. I want to go to another one”.

2.“How do you like your new teacher?” a father asks his little son. “Not very much”, answers the boy.

“Why not?” “You see, at first she says that three and three makes six and

then she says that two and four makes six”.

Police Description

Here is the description of a man whom the police wish to interview in connection with the morning’s bank robbery.

The man is in his early thirties. He is slightly built. He has blue eyes and dark hair. He is well dressed, wears a gold ring. Police think that he is carrying the gun used in the robbery. Police warned the public not to approach him but to notify the police immediately.

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