Exercise 1. Translate into English.

Меня зовут Алиса. У меня есть сестра Энн и два брата, Майк и Джек. У всех у нас светлые волосы и голубые глаза. У нас все в семье стройные; единственный толстяк – это Майк. Энн очень симпатичная девочка и у нее много друзей. У меня только один: его имя Стив. Он замечательный. Я немного (a bit) похожа на отца. У меня его длинный нос и достаточно большие глаза, но фигура у меня мамина.

У нас есть два дяди и тетя. У них трое маленьких детей. Я люблю свою племянницу и племянников.

Exercise 2. Translate into English.

1. Вы хорошо провели время на каникулах? 2. Я очень устал и мне жарко. Я лучше приму душ и вздремну. 3. Ты был прав. Они не интересуются современными танцами. 4. Она опоздает. Мы можем завтракать без нее. 5. Твой научный руководитель (scientific adviser) очень доволен твоей работой. 6. Боюсь, ты не прокатишься на лошади сегодня. Уже поздно и она очень устала. 7. Я поболтала с ним по телефону. Он чувствует себя хорошо. 8. Ты был рад увидеть ее на вечеринке? 9. Я не женат и живу с родителями. У нас большая семья. 10. Майкл сейчас на работе. Вечером я переговорю с ним. 11. Тебе повезло. Она сейчас дома и вы можете поговорить. 12. Ты голодна или хочешь пить? – И то, и другое. 13. Ты ошибался, когда сказал, что ее не было дома. 14. Взгляни на эту картину. Нам повезло видеть ее в оригинале. 15. У нас проблема. Декан болен и нам придется ждать до понедельника. 16. Ты бы лучше сказал ему правду. 17. Мне починили машину. 18. У меня есть новая компьютерная игра.

PROGRESS TEST

MODULE I

Choose the right form

1. A tree ….. a plant.

A are

B is

C am

2. ….. trying to open the window

A I’s

B I’m

C I’re

3. “You” ….. the word people use when they are talking or writing to another person.

A are

B am

C is

4. How ….. you today?

A are

B am

C is

5. They ….. hungry.

A wasn’t

B were not

C isn’t

6. They ….. ….. leaving soon.

A shall be

B will be

C will are

7. ….. thinking of what you’ve just said.

A I’s

B I

C I’m

8. They say it ….. raining all day tomorrow.

A is

B shall be

C will be

9. We ….. playing golf at 2 o’clock yesterday.

A were

B are

C shall be

10. Butter ….. made from milk.

A are

B is

C were

11. ….. the news today.

A Is he expecting

B He is expecting

C Expecting is he

12. Many accidents ….. caused by careless driving.

A won’t

B is

C are

13. When ….. America discovered.

A is

B was

C will be

14. Can you wait for me? I ….. very long.

A will be

B am not

C won’t be

15. You ….. stupid. (ты ведешь себя глупо)

A will be

B are being

C are

16. ….. quiet! (восклицание)

A Do be

B will be

C Be you

17. There ….. light in your room.

A aren’t

B isn’t

C won’t

18. He ….. being examined now.

A is

B will be

C will

19. There ….. an interesting film on TV last night.

A will be

B won’t be

C was

20. ….. watching a new film now?

A Are your parents

B Your parents are

C Will your parents

21. Some families ….. a pet.

A have

B has

C are having

22. How many friends have you got? – …..

A I has got few friends.

B I’ve got friends.

C I have few friends.

23. Each family ….. its own flat.

A have

B has

C are having

24. ….. lunch at 10 o’clock?

A Do you have

B Have you got

C Have you

25. Peter ….. a baby brother.

A doesn’t have

B don’t have

C have not got

26. ….. a nice new car?

A Do they have got

B They have got

C Have they got

27. She ….. blue eyes.

A is not having

B hasn’t

C haven’t

28. She ….. her laundry done.

A has

B is having

C has got

29. We ….. much to do yesterday.

A have got

B have

C had

30. We ….. a party tonight.

A have got

B are having

C had

31. Have you got a garage? – Yes, ….. .

A I have

B I have got

C I’ve got

32. I’m afraid he ….. a bath now.

A has got

B is having

C hasn’t got

33. Alligators ….. long jaws and sharp teeth.

A have

B has

C are having

34. ….. a bath every day?

A Have he

B Does he have

C Has he got

35. He ….. his room papered.

A have

B was

C has

36. ….. the party last week?

A Have you enjoyed

B Have you got enjoyed

C Did you enjoy

37. You are hungry. ….. to go to the canteen.

A You have got

B You had better

C You would rather

38. ….. your tooth filled yesterday?

A Did you have

B Has you had

C Have you got

39. ….. to go to school yesterday?

A Did you have

B Have you had

C Have you got

40. They ….. cut the bread yet.

A did not

B have not got

C have not

Define the function of the verb

MODULE II

THE CONSTRUCTION “THERE + TO BE”.

IMPERSONAL SENTENCES

THE CONSTRUCTION “THERE + TO BE”

1. In sentences, which say that something exists or does not exist somewhere, we usually use ‘there’ as a kind of introductory subject and put the real subject after the verb:

There is ice on the lake. There is a lot of noise in the street.

There is a long historical tradition in this process.

2. ‘There are’ is used with plural subjects:

I don’t know how many people there are in the waiting room.

Mind! If there are somesubjects in the sentence the choice of the form of the verb ‘to be’ depends on the number of the first one:

There is a table, six chairs, a TV set and a bookcase in the room.

There are six chairs, a table, a TV set and a bookcase in the room.

3. ‘There’ can be used with all tenses of the verb ‘to be’:

Once upon a time there were three wicked brothers.

There has never been anybody like you.

There will be snow in the mountains.

4. ‘There’ can be used with modal verbs + be and with some other verbs (seem, appear, happen), verbs which refer to states or arrivals:

There must be somebody at home – ring again.

There seem to be some problems.

Could you be quiet? There happens to be a lecture.

In a small town in Germany there once lived a poor shoemaker.

There remains nothing more to be done.

Suddenly there entered a strange figure dressed all in black.

There followed an uncomfortable silence.

5. Note also the structure: there is certain/sure/likely/bound to be.

There is sure to be trouble when she gets his letter.

Do you think there’s likely to be snow?

6. Infinitives (there to be) and –ing forms (there being) are also used.

I don’t want there to be any more trouble.

What’s the chance of there being an election this year?

7. Introductory “there” is often used with ‘gerunds’ and ‘infinitives’ in the negative form:

There was no stopping him. — Его было невозможно остановить.

There was never any telling when he would turn up. — Никак нельзя было предугадать, когда он появится.

8. Set expressionswith‘sense’, ‘point’, ‘use’ and ‘need’ have some modal meaning and speak about ‘possibility/impossibility’, ‘willingness/unwillingness’ to perform the action expressed by the gerund.

There is no sense in making him angry.-He нужно/Нет смысла сердить его.

Is there any point in talking about it again? — Нужно ли опять об этом говорить?

Do you think there is any use trying to explain? — Вы считаете, что нужно попытаться как-то это объяснить?

There is по need to hurry — we’ve got plenty of time. — Нет необходимости торопиться, у нас много времени.

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Agree with the following statements using «there is/are».

Models: You’ve got three members in your family. — Yes, there are three members in my family.

You can see a boy in the picture. — Yes, there is a boy in the picture.

1. You’ve got a book in front of you. 2. She’s got many foreign books in her library. 3. They’ve got many pets at home. 4. She’s got three mistakes in her test. 5. You’ve got no laboratory on the first floor. 6. You can see a farm near the forest. 7. You can see a lot of interesting pictures in this book. 8. You can see a TV set in the hall. 9. You can see a large family in this picture. 10. You can see many difficult words in this text. 11. You can see many countries on this map. 12. You can see two sentences on the blackboard.

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