Exercise 23. Write sentences in plural.
1. This is a famous man.
2. That is a National standard.
3. This man is a teacher.
4. That is not a laboratory class.
5. This is not a mouse.
6. It is a practical work.
7. It is a good child.
8. Is that a man or a woman?
9. That isn’t a goose.
10. That is our rector.
11. Brush your teeth.
12. An Englishman is a man who
lives in England.
13. This child is a sheep of
knowledge.
14. This is the best student of the
group.
15. This magazine is edited by
our post-school educator.
16. It’s a very easy question to
answer.
17. There was a lady, a
gentleman, a student and a
psychologist in the room.
18. In the farmyard we could see
an ox, a sheep, a cow and a goose.
19. His daughter has a good head
on her shoulders.
20. He is a real bright spark in the
group.
Exercise 24. Fill in the gaps with a sutable article where nescessary.
1. … Adriatic Sea is an arm of … Mediterranean Sea. 2. … Swiss Alps
are a good place to go if you like … skiing. 3. … Chicago River flows south
towards … Gulf of … Mexico. 4. … Panama Canal connects … Atlantic and
… Pacific Oceans. 5. … Volga flows from … Valdai Hills to … Caspian Sea.
6. We get tea mostly from … China and … India. 7. … Alaska is the biggest
state in … USA. 8. Where are … British Isles situated? 9. The student showed
… Europe, … Asia, … Africa, … North and … South America but he forgot
about … Netherlands. 10. … National Gallary faces … Trafalgar Square. 11.
... Uman State Pedagogical University is situated in … Sadova Street. 12.
What is on at … Odeon? 13. What is … British Museum famous for? 14.
…Asia Minor is a great peninsula in … Western Asia. 15. If you want to visit
a city within … Arctic Circle go to … Murmansk, which is on … Barents Sea.
16. The heart of … New York is … island of Manhattan. 17. … Cairo is the
capital of … Egypt. 18. I have never been to ….British Museum. 19. …Milan
is in … north of …Italy. 20. – Where are you staying? – At …Hilton. 21. …
Sofiyivka park is … best place to visit in … Uman.
Exercise 25. Form comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
short
young
popular
interesting
famous
tall
bad
small
comfortable
polite
good
little
difficult
warm
narrow
changeable
dirty
serious
progressive
many
Exercise 26. Write the numerals in words.
5 1,205,354
11 48,326,005
18 3,000,100
29 3,000
36 28,300,000
84 15,050
112 1,234,567
Exercise 27. Form ordinal numerals.
1 127
2 548
3 1,869
14 100
45 17,890
26 235,000.
Exercise 28. Fill in the gaps with some, a few, few, little, a little, a lot of,
much, many.
1. There are … interesting events happening all year round at the
University. 2. There are … books to read. 3. He made … mistakes in his
speech. 4. Not … people know about it. 5. He didn’t make ... mistakes in his
test. 6. I’ve got … free time now. I can listen to you. 7. Thanks awfully for the
books you sent me yesterday. – Don’t mention it, it was not … bother.
8. Please don’t use … metaphors in your composition. 9. … their answers
were excellent. 10. …. of these students don’t like to look up words in the
dictionary. 11. Does your sister work … during the semester? 12. I know
very … about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 13. The pupils of
our class ask … questions at the lesson. They want to know everything.
14. My mother knows German … and she can help you with the translation
of the text.
Exercise 29. Complete the sentences with pronouns.
1. Where is my pencil? ... is on your table. 2. — Who told them the
news? — Not ... . 3. — Who's that? — ... is my friend. He studies here. 4. My
friend Robert is as intelligent as ... . 5. I have this book, but I really don't need
... . 6. Let's you and ... do this project together. 7. You are not right here. Try
to correct ... mistake. 8. This problem is a very important. We discuss ... every
day. 9. The professor asked him some questions but he couldn’t answer ... .
10. We shall discuss your report soon. ... is very interesting. 11. There are a
lot of mistakes in your composition. You must pay attention to ... . 12. Does
your sister speak English? Yes she does. She began to study ... 5 years ago.
13. They began to translate this text 2 hours ago. ... is very difficult. 14. John
is not at the University. I saw ... in the library. 15. Ann works at school. ... is
a teacher of Mathematics. 16. The teacher explained the rule but the pupils
didn’t understand ... . 17. George is busy on Weekdays. ... will be working at
his course-paper.
Exercise 30. Complete the table with forms of Past Indefenite and Participle
II.
to try
to stay
to type
to offer
to prefer
to plan
to help
to study
to visit
to refer
Exercise 31. Complete the table with forms of Participle I.
to run to open
to hold to begin
to come to die
to write to understand
to eat to attend
to sit to participate
Exercise 32. Fill in the table with forms of Past Indefenite, Participle II and
Participle I.
to come
to live
to arrive
to leave
to study
to do
to sleep
to buy
to cut
to copy
to dream
to learn
to fall
to think
to know
to be
Exercise 33. Open the brackets, using proper tense form.
1. Alan was not at home at seven o'clock. He _____________________ (work).
2. They _______ (to be) at home. They _______ (to watch) a new film now.
3. While he ______________________ (to search) the Internet, somebody
___________ (come) and _____________ (to take) away his money. 4. What
_______ you __________ (do) at eight o'clock last night? 5. _________ you
_______ (be) in Italy in 2000? What ________ you _______ (do) there? 6. It
________________ (to pour) when I __________ (to decide) to go to a
bookshop. 7. When the telephone ___________ (to ring), she _____________
(to work). 8. Max constantly __________________ (to play) computer games.
9. When the professor ____________ (to address) Eliza, she ______________
(to talk) with her friend and ________________ (not to hear) him. 10. Andy
_____________ (drop) his keys when he ________________ (get) on the bus.
11. From nine to ten o'clock the children _____________________ (to play)
volleyball. 12. She _________________ (feel) that something strange
___________ (happen).
Exercise 34. Open the brackets paying attention to Active and Passive Voice.
1. If you work really hard, your examinations _____________________
(to pass) next month. 2. Usually people ___________________ (to start)
school at the age of 6 or 7. 3. These ridiculous rules _________________ (to
do away) soon. 4. Great progress __________________ (to make) for the last
two hundred years. 5. She __________________ (to take) into the classroom
where other boys and girls _________________ (to sit). 6. Their teacher
______________ (to call) Mr. Edward Smirk and he never _________________
(to raise) his voice. He seldom ________________ (to see) to smile. 7. Pocket
calculators usually _______________ (not to allow) at this college.
8. Tomorrow a young scientist will be disappointed as he _______________
(to forget) to make the new timetable today. 9. He was 13 when he
_____________ (to send) to Eton College. 10. Look! My group mates already
________________ (to test) their mental power. 11. By the time the bell rang,
fussy schoolchildren ________________ (to sit) at their desks. 12. On Sunday
the boy __________________ (to speak) to his parents and they
______________ (to impress) by their son’s marks at school. 13. They
______________ (to give) us the lecture which ______________ (to prepare)
before the lesson.
Exercise 35. Open the brackets paying attention to the forms of predicate.
1. Western culture ________(to have) spread to nearly every part of the
world. 2. Today the division into early childhood, elementary, secondary
and higher education ________ (to be) used. 3. Police (to prevent) juvenile
delinquency. 4. Every developing nation ________ (to have) established
teacher training school. 5. The majority of teachers ________ (to try) to
combine teaching principles at the lesson. 6. Nobody ________ (to know)
everything. 7. In Egypt arithmetic ________ (to be) learnt by coping business
accounts. 8. A woman with a child, who ________ (to be) crying, ________
(to have) just crossed the school yard. 9. Everything in Western education
________ (to be) based on ancient Greek model. 10. Athenian boys, who
________ (to be) at about age of 6, started their education. 11. English and
Ukrainian ________ (to be) humanities but mathematics ________ (to be) an
exact science. 12. Physics ________ (to concern) with the properties of matter
and energy and the relationships between them. 13. News about our college
sport team ________ (to spread) fast. 15. Chess __________ (to be) often
played by my schoolmates to the make brains sharp. 16. At appropriate stage
of developing he ________ (to learn) vocabulary with amazing speed. 17. His
knowledge of mathematics _________ (to be) rather profound. 18. The
furniture of our specialized rooms (to be) modern and it (to be) pleasant to
spend time here. 19. Dark spectacles ________ (to be) given to us to look at
solar eclipse (сонячне затемнення) because such phenomena rarely
________ (to occur). 20. There ________ (to be) a pair of scissors on the back
desk. 21. “Scissors and stone” ________ (to be) a child game. 22. Forty metres
________ (to be) the length of our school track. 23. Forty three minus twenty
one _________ (to be) twenty two.
Exercise 36. Match the English verb and its translation.
1.
conclude вносити ясність, з'ясовувати
accomplish упорядковувати
complete закінчувати, завершувати
adjust визначати; встановлювати
arrange приводити до ладу
perform визначати
satisfy виконувати (зобов'язання)
define установлювати; влаштовувати
determine виконувати, здійснювати
establish завершувати; доводити до кінця
clarify закінчувати (ся)
2.
apply for уникати, ухилятися
refer to спостерігати; стежити
estimate оцінювати; визначати кількість
evaluate досліджувати; вивчати
investigate звертатися (за довідкою, дозволом )
observe оцінювати
avoid посилатися на когось, на щось
3.
coincide зростати; збільшувати(ся)
compare with зменшувати, знижувати
correspond with не звертати уваги
emphasize визнавати, приймати
focus on включати
include надавати особливого значення
accept зосереджувати (увагу тощо)
neglect листуватися
reduce порівнювати; зіставляти
increase збігатися