2. Put the following sentences in plural and write them down.

Pay attention to the changes of the verb:

1. This is my stocking. 2. He has a new suit. 3. This metal is very hard. 4. That ship is a Russian one. 5. I heard her voice. 6. His dog does not like bread. 7. The plate was on the table. 8. This town is very large. 9. I was talking to her at the tram stop yesterday. 10. Is that girl your sister? 11. I shall give you my book. 12. This story will be a good one. 13. Is this a good match? 14. The boy put his book on the desk. 15. She took off her hat. 16. That house is new. 17. The pupil put his book into the bag. 18. Is this student coming with us, too? 19. The woman didn't say anything. 20. Does she speak English?

3. Use the Possessive Case of the Nouns:

Example: 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 handbags of these women. 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.

4. Translate into English:

1. Это семья моего друга. Отец моего друга – инженер. Мать моего друга – учитель. 2. Она взяла книгу своего брата. 3. Дайте мне тетради ваших учеников. 4. Вы видели книгу нашего учителя? 5. Вчера дети моего брата ходили в кино. 6. Он показал мне письмо своей сестры. 7. Чья это сумка? — Это сумка Петра. 8. Чьи словари? — Это словари студентов. 9. Принесите игрушки детей.

5. Open the brackets using the right form of adjectives:

1. Winter is (cold) season of the year. 2. Moscow is (large) than St.Petersburg. 3. Which is (long) day of the year? 4. The Alps are (high) mountains in Europe. 5. Even (long) day has an end. 6. It is one of (important) questions of our conference. 7. Your English is (good) now. 8. Who knows him (well) than you? 9. We have (little) interest in this work than you. 10. Health is (good) than wealth. 11. Your son worked (well) of all. 12. Today you worked (slowly) than usually.

6. Translate the sentences:

1. This book is not so interesting as that one. 2. The Baltic Sea is not so warm as the Black Sea. 3. The more you read, the more you know. 4. My brother is not as tall as you are. 5. The earlier you get up, the more you can do. 6. Today the wind is as strong as it was yesterday. 7. Your room is as light as mine is. 8. John knows Russian as well as English. 9. Mary is not so lazy as her brother. 10. The longer the night is, the shorter the day. 11. The less people think, the more they talk.

7. Build the sentences from the words:

a) Is, best, she, friend, my.

b) Learn, different, students, our, subjects.

c) The, is, Russia, the, in, country, largest, world.

d) In, the, we, city, live, a, flat, in, of, center, the.

e) Reading, is, my, of, best, son's, fond, friend.

8. Put the questions to the following sentences:

1. общие

2. специальные

3. разделительные

1. There is a book on the table. 2. He must work hard today. 3. We are leaving for Moscow next week. 4. We were reading the whole evening. 5. They don't go to work on Sunday. 6. It is not cold today. 7. Ann has already begun to read a new book. 8. We learn English at school. 9. They will show you how to get there, 10. They finished the translation before the end of the lesson. 11. I didn't feel well that evening. 12. It wasn’t difficult to do this task.

9. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the use of

Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect Tenses in Active Voice:

1. My friend studies at the department of Computer Science. 2. I study at the same department. 3. We do research. Ivanov also does his research. 4. We discussed various problems at the seminar. 5. They did many operations on the computer. 6. Yesterday we went to the Institute library. 7. I answered all the questions at the exam in mathematics. 8. We shall solve this algebraic problem. 9. They will do their work in time. 10. I’II compare my results with yours. 11. When you came he was calculating his problem. 12. She was discussing some questions with her teacher. 13. I’II be waiting for you at 6 o’clock. 14. He has given a short answer to my question. 15. I have just come from Moscow. 16. They have already gone home. 17. They had written the program for the computer by June.

10. Fill in the blanks with the following verbs in the Present Indefinite active:

To express; to compute; to receive; to perform; to store; to calculate; to put out; to take in; to do; to display.

1. A computer … or … 2. Modern automatic digital computers … more 100 mln. additions, subtractions, multiplications or divisions in each second. 3. A computer … information or data, … a sequence of reasonable operations on information and … answers. 4. The hardware in side the computer … arithmetical or logical relations such as adding or subtracting, comparing or selecting. 5. When computers … results, they … them.

11. Give the proper tense of the verbs given in brackets:

1. An ordinary business adding machine (to be) a very simple example of a computer. 2. When a computer (to do) reasonable operations, it (to compute) or (to calculate). 3. When I (to come) into the room my friend (to compile) a program. 4. A computer (to store) in formation which it (to receive). 5. … (to come) to the laboratory, I … (to show) you how to calculate by using a computer. 6. The computer just (to perform) its calculations.