- •Unit III
- •Grammar The Present Indefinite Tense
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Write the 3. Person singular of the following verbs.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the form of the Present Indefinite Tense. Then make them negative and interrogative. Some of the verbs can be used several times:
- •3. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form, the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate these sentences.
- •4. Read and translate. Put questions to the words in bold.
- •5. Read and translate. Match a line in a with a line in b to make sentences.
- •6. A) Read and translate. Fill in the gaps with the verbs given below:
- •7. Translate into Russian.
- •Конструкция there is / are
- •Grammar exercises
- •8. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the construction there is / are.
- •9. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t / are there?
- •10. Put in there or it.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •The Indefinite Pronouns: some, any, every, no and their derivatives
- •Grammar exercises
- •12. Read, translate and explain the usage of the Indefinite Pronouns.
- •13. Choose the write variant: somebody / everybody / anything / somewhere / anybody, etc. Translate into Russian.
- •14. Translate into English.
- •Propositions of movement, place, time
- •Grammar exercises
- •15. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions in, on, at or to.
- •16. Put in the right preposition if necessary.
- •17. Read and translate. Pay attention to the usage of the prepositions.
- •18. Find in exercise 16 the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •19. Read the text about geysers once more. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •20. Translate into English.
- •Pre-text exercises
- •21. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •22. Translate the following derivative words:
- •24. Translate into Russian the following phrases:
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •27. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •28. Choose among the words the one that corresponds to the text above to complete the sentences:
- •29. Translate the following sentences into English using a dictionary:
- •30. Find in the text the situations in which the following word combinations are used:
- •36. Listen to the conversation again. What synonymic words or expressions are used in the dialogue instead of those given in italics:
- •37. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
- •38. Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •39. Listen to the dialogue “Shopping”.
- •40. Decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
Grammar exercises
15. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions in, on, at or to.
Janet was born … Rochester … December 22nd … 3 o'clock … the morning. Rochester is the state of New York … the United States. Now, she goes … classes … the university. She usually arrives … the morning …8 o'clock. … weekends, she likes driving … her friend's house … Canada. Her friend lives … Toronto. She usually arrives … 9 … the evening and leaves … Sunday morning. Saturday, they often meet friends … the cinema. … summer, … July for example, they often go … the countryside.
16. Put in the right preposition if necessary.
1. Don’t forget to put a stamp … the postcard before you post it. 2. What time are you going … home? 3. The girls are … the bus stop. 4. Would you like to live … another country? 5. Water freezes … 0 degrees Celsius. 6 In Britain it’s expensive to travel … train.7. Do you usually walk … work? – No, I go …bicycle. 8. The train leaves … five minutes. 9. Can you play tennis … next Sunday? 10. I work … an international company. 11. My office is quite … the centre of the city.
17. Read and translate. Pay attention to the usage of the prepositions.
1. There are many combinations of different rhythms in nature. In this wonderful world there are rhythms that men can see, like those of sea waves. There are unseen (невидимые) rhythms that we cannot see, but which we can measure by scientific instruments. There are different rhythms in trees from the straight pine-tree to the curve of a palm. In each leaf there is rhythm.
There are rhythms in verses even without music. Rhythm is a part of poetry.
2. Geysers are hot springs, found in currently or recently volcanic regions, that intermittently jet steam and superheated water into the air. It consists of a tube leading down to the heat source. Ground water that accumulates in the pipe starts to bubble when critical temperature is reached, heating the upper layers which extend and jet out of the orifice. This reduces the pressure enough for substantial steam formation, with subsequent eruption. The process then recommences (возобновляется).
Yellowstone national park is the oldest and largest national park in the US. The park has 10 000 hot springs and 200 geysers. ‘Old faithful’ is the most famous of these. Every 33-93 minutes it embraces hot water and steam to a height of more than 50 meters.
18. Find in exercise 16 the words or phrases which mean the same as:
в природе; с помощью научных инструментов; даже без музыки; состоит из трубы; бьют струей из отверстия; понижает давление; с последующим выбросом; наиболее известный из них; на высоту.
19. Read the text about geysers once more. Answer the following questions to the text.
1. What are geysers? 2. Where do hot springs jet steam and superheated water? 3. Does a tube of a hot spring lead up or down to the heat source? 4. Where does ground water accumulate? When does it start to bubble? 5. Where do the upper layers jet out? 6. Why does the process recommence? 7. How often does ‘Old faithful’ embrace hot water and steam and to what height?