Grammar exercises

Grammar: 1. Articles. Word order. Questions. Negation

2. Present, Past, Future Simple (Indefinite) Tenses

3. Noun (singular and plural)

4. Possessive case

5. Prepositions

Ex.1. Fill in the blanks using the verb to be (am, is, are):

1. I … a militiaman.

2. … she his wife?

3. He … eighteen years old.

4. You … not twenty-three years old.

5. They … from Ukraine.

6. It … his fault.

7. We … attorneys.

8. They … criminals.

9. … you from Kyiv?

10. He … not a born criminal.

11. How old … you?

12. Where … your car?

13. What … she?

14. She … a lawyer in a company.

15. What … you? I … a judge at the city court.

16. What … their hobbies? Foreign languages … their hobby.

Ex.2. Give short and full answers:

Are you Bohdan? -Yes, I am. Yes, I am Bohdan.

-No, I am not. No, I am not Bohdan.

1. Are you a militiaman? 2. Is he private? 3. Is he a lawyer? 4. Is his group big? 5. Are you a cadet? 6. Are you a full-time cadet? 7. Are they correspondence students? 8. Is it necessary to learn to drive a car, to use a weapon and special methods of self-defenсe at the University? 9. Are you from Lviv?

Ex.3. Give short and full answers:

Do you have an English book?

-Yes, I do. - Yes, I have an English book.

-No, I do not. - No, I don’t have an English book.

1. Do you have a flat? 2. Does he have a defender (захисник)? 3. Does he have an English dictionary? 4. Does the piano have a beautiful sound? 5. Do they have a rest on Sunday? 6. Does this man have the rewards (нагороди)? 7. Do you have an assignment? 8. Do they have firearms?

Ex.4. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:

1. He works at the Criminal Investigation Department. 2. My father serves in militia. 3. You study at the Pedagogical University. 4. He gets up early. 5. We get to the office at nine o’clock.

Ex.5. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. Translate the sentences:

1. The University (train, trains) specialists for all branches of law enforcement activities.

2. The scientists of the University (work, works) at more than 100 scientific and research programs.

3. They usually (gets up, get up) at seven o’clock.

4. He usually (catches, catch) an early train up to town.

5. She generally (stay, stays) at home in the evening.

6. A good beginning (makes, make) a good ending.

7. Four eyes (sees, see) more than two.

8. As a rule he (get, gets) to his office at nine o’clock.

Ex.6. Insert articles “a” or “the” where necessary:

1. I am … first year cadet of … Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs.

2. Our family has … good flat not far from … University.

3. My brother is … student of … Kyiv University.

4. All … cadets of our group like to learn … English.

5. His father is … manager of … big TV company.

6. … February is … shortest month of the year.

7. Our lessons begin at … nine o’clock in … morning.

8. … policeman is interviewing … witness now.

9. Sometimes he has … dinner at … home.

10. I am … Ukrainian.

11. I am from … Ukraine.

Ex.7. Give the plural of the following nouns and translate them:

a law, an inspector, a witness, a crime, a man, a state, a box, a policewoman, a foot, a shelf, a country, a boy, a policeman, a hobby, a rank, a company, a reward

Ex.8. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative. Translate them:

There is a computer in our English lab.

Is there a computer in our English lab?

There is no computer in our English lab.

1. There is a park in front of our University.

2. There are some cadets in the classroom.

3. There are many books in our library.

4. There is a book on Criminal Law on this bookshelf.

5. There is a cup of coffee on the table.

6. There is a very large house in this street.

7. There was one computer class in our University two years ago.

8. There were some special subjects in our curriculum last term.

Ex.9. Make up the sentences:

1. hobby, languages, my, foreign, is, to study.

2. University, at, Police, the, am, I, a lecturer.

3. sergeant, is, rank, senior, his.

4. Criminal, he, at, Department, the, works, Investigation.

5. National, study, at, University, the, of, Affairs, we, Internal, Kyiv

Ex.10. Answer the questions. Put the words in brackets into Possessive Case. Translate the sentences:

Whose copy-book is on the desk? (Kate)

Kate’s copy-book is on the desk.

1. Whose identity card is it? (the lawyer).

2. Whose address is on the card? (our commander).

3. Whose note-books are on the table? (captain Mynko).

4. Whose driving licence did the officer check? (the drunk driver).

5. Whose job is very interesting? (my friend).

6. Whose telephone number is 474 28 35? (our teacher).

Ex.11. Form the Past Simple of the following regular and irregular verbs. Translate them:

to ask – asked – питати – запитав

to write – wrote – писати – написав

to drive, to begin, to buy, to book, to rest, to order, to get, to go, to leave, to come, to take, to carry, to regret, to repair, to choose, to fight, to understand, to shoot, to break, to interview

Ex.12. Put questions to the italicized words:

He translated this text yesterday.

1. Who translated this text yesterday?

2. What did he do yesterday?

3. When did he translate this text?

1. At the seminar we discussed the theme “Justice and the Law in Ukraine”.

2. Our University invited the scientists of the National Academy of Sciences to take part in the seminar.

3. They started their studies at 10 o’clock yesterday.

Ex.13. Make up eight sentences from each table:

I		enter the University go to England visit Poltava ring you up study Civil Law send a letter come back	tomorrow
You	shall		next week
He			next year
She	will		next month
It			on Saturday
We	won’t		in the morning
You			in the evening
They			in a year

Will Shall

I you he she it we you they

leave for Kyiv go to the University study Criminal Law watch TV get the rank of major of militia become a highly-qualified specialist go to the shooting-range

next week? next year? tomorrow? on Sunday? in the evening?

What

will shall

I you he she it we you they

study next year? do tomorrow? discuss at the lesson? buy next month? draw at the Special Tactics lesson? listen to in the evening?

Ex.14. Give full and short affirmative and negative answers:

Will you see him tomorrow?

Yes, I will. I’ll see him tomorrow.

No, I won’t.

I won’t see him tomorrow.

1. Will he take examinations to the National University of Internal Affairs?

2. Will you study this rule in the evening?

3. Will they have an English lesson tomorrow?

4. Will he be at home on Friday?

5. Will he work in Militia next year?

Ex.15. Translate into Ukrainian:

1. As soon as he comes home, he will begin to do his homework.

2. If they get driving licences they will buy a car.

3. We will go out after I finish my work.

4. When their mother comes home, they will have dinner.

5. If my suitcase is heavy I will ask a porter to carry it.

Ex.16. Fill in the missing prepositions:

about, after, at, into, of, on, to