Exercise 2. Read and translate the following words.

 

Many, every, another, no, all, such, those, this, least, little, much, each, other, less, some, that, these, any, more, few, some, the, most, those, no, every, these, most, some, more, few, any, that, less, each, little, this, some, other, much, least, those, all, another, many, such, no, every, some, that, other, any.

 

Exercise 3. Read and translate the pronouns.

 

Me, its, them, he, us, you, her, we, his, their, it, she, my, her, your, our, they, me, it – its – it, their, his, my, us, them, him, our, it, me, its, your.

 

Exercise 4. Read and translate the following groups of words.

 

It was, he had, they will be, I was, we were, it will be, there is, it has, there was, they were, she had, there will be, they will be, they will have, I did, we do, they have, he has, I will be, there were, they were.

 

Exercise 5. Read and translate the following words.

 

Twelfth, another, that, eleven, any, some, such, few, more, us, it, there was, were, having, those, no, other, most, each, its, had, there will be, was, doing, there are, them, another, does, us, done, being, less, much, did, few, doing, such, each, its, our, their.

 

 

Negative and interrogative forms of the verbs to be, to have

and there to be construction

Exercise 6. Make the following sentences negative or interrogative, as in the model.

Model A: – I am seventeen. (–)

– I’m not seventeen.

– She is my daughter. (?)

– Is she your daughter?

Model B: – I have a brother. (–)

– I haven’t a brother. (or: I have no brother.)

– He has a car. (?)

– Has he a car?

Model C: – There is a pen on the table. (–)

– There isn’t a pen on the table. (or: There is no pen on the table.)

– There are some students in the class. (?)

– Are there any students in the class?

1. They are married. (–)

2. She is from Spain. (?)

3. I am a driver. (–)

4. There are some mistakes in your test. (?)

5. He has some friends. (–)

6. They are from the USA. (–)

7. It is near the chair. (?)

8. They are programmers. (–)

9. I have a personal computer. (?)

10. I am a student. (?)

11. He is a pilot. (–)

12. We are from Italy. (?)

13. There is some money in my pocket (-)

14. There is a marker on the desk. (?)

15. Her name is Julia. (–)

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs to be or to have.

 

1. Peter … a sister.

2. Her name … Ann.

3. They … students of the university.

4. Last year they … schoolchildren.

5. In five years they … engineers.

6. I … at home.

7. … you at home two hours ago? No, I … not. I … at the university.

8. … you a brother? Yes, I ….

9. How old … you? I … 17.

10. How old … your mother? She … 45.

11. … there a picture on the wall? No, there … no picture on the wall.

12. … there chairs there? Yes, there ….

13. Yesterday there … many students in the library.

14. Will you … lessons tomorrow?

 

Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with the possessive pronouns corresponding to the Russian pronoun свой.

1. He wants to read … translation to you.

2. She helps … sister.

3. They begin … work at nine o’clock.

4. We like … university.

5. In the morning my sisters take … books and go to school.

6. I work with … friend.

7. You must get … books from … bag and put them on the table.

8. He makes … experiment every day.

9. They make … experiment every day.

 

Exercise 9. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronouns.

 

1. …state helps … to get higher education.

2. Will you show … … new hostel?

3. Do … friends help … in … work?

4. I saw … yesterday.

5. … lessons begin at 9 o’clock.

6. My friend came to see … last night.

7. An old man asked … to help ….

8. My friends invited … to … party.

9. The student couldn’t answer … questions.

10. I can’t do this work without … help.

 

Exercise 10. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

 

1. У него нет уроков.

2. В лаборатории много современных приборов.

3. Их нет дома.

4. В нашей группе 20 студентов.

5. В нашем городе нет университетов.

6. В вашем городе есть институт?

7. Мы обычно бываем дома вечером.

8. У нас нет свободного времени.

9. Вчера его не было дома.

10. У них будет 4 экзамена в этом семестре.

11. В 5 часов вечера мы будем в библиотеке.

12. Там будет интересная лекция.

 

LESSON 2

can (could), may (might)	могу, умею (для всех лиц и чисел) (мог, умел) могу (можно), может быть	though (although)	хотя
be able to, must, need	мочь, быть способным, должен нужно	because	потому что
that	тот, что, который	as	как, когда, так как
what	что, какой	for	для, в течение, так как
who	кто, который	since	с, так как
which	который	before	до; перед тем, как
while	в то время как (когда)	after	после; после того, как
when	когда	where	Где
whether	ли	why	почему, зачем
if	если	how	Как
whereas	в то время как, когда	how many (much)	сколько