Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

1. They receive the Times. 2. Benny knocks at the door of his father's study

every morning. 3. They want to see this film. 4. There are a few mistakes in your

composition. 5. Benny often shows Mr. White his toys. 6. She remembers

everything. 7. She

1 Most of the examples of this exercise have been borrowed from "Living English

Structure" by W. Stannard Allen, London, 1955.

must sign that paper. 8. The boy has a lot of friends to play with. 9. He can

speak English well. 10. Our lessons begin at 8.30. 11. He likes to read

newspapers after breakfast. 12. My cousin lives in St.Petersburg.

62.

Put disjunctive questions to the following statements:

1. It gets dark very early in winter. 2. We can have a good time together. 3.

Victory Day is the greatest holiday in our country. 4. It doesn't take you long to

get to the University. 5. They have a lot of relatives in Moscow. 6. There isn't any

chalk at the blackboard. 7. You don't remember the new woroo. 8. She hasn't got

any mistakes in her translation. 9. Benny and John are his nephews. 10. Some of

our students live in the hostel. 11. She spends a lot of time in the laboratory.

63.

Use the proper article:

1. He read ... leading article slowly moving his lips over ... words. 2. ...

thought of Nessie faded from his mind. 3. I was ... interpreter during ... war. 4.

We were shocked by. . scene that followed. 5. And then ... lady came in, ... tall

young lady. 6. We were met by ... handsome young man. ... man was ... guide.

7. ... street was empty. But suddenly she noticed ... old woman on ... opposite

side of... street. 8. Long ago this park was ... large private garden. 9. She changed

... wrapper in which she did the housework for ... black satin blotise and ... skirt.

10. ... marble clock on ... mantelpiece softly chimed twelve. 11. He had ... wild

desire to run away. 12.1 want you to explain ... incident we had this morning. 13.

What ... nice cheerful fellow he is! 14. ... young woman of about 30 with ...

pleasant face rose to greet them when they entered ... room.

64.

Change the following a) into the negative, b) into the interrogative:

1. You remember her address. 2. He comes home at 7 o'clock. 3. Directors

sign a lot of papers. 4. They receive several newspapers. 5. He has breakfast at 8

o'clock. 6. Benny likes fruit. 7. She lives near the metro station. 8. The girl plays

the piano very well. 9. Men shave every day. 10. He spends all his money on

books. 11. The last train leaves at midnight. 12. They speak English at the

lessons. 13. My parents want to buy new furniture. 14. The girls help their

mother. 15, On Sundays they have

dinner at home. 16. The dog usually barks at night. 17. Some girls enjoy

dances. 18. Mary looks well. 19. He knows the right answer. 20. John loves

Helen. 21. She cuts her hair every month. 22. The old woman feels very cold.

65.

Make up sentences using the following words:

1. at once, can, all, we, questions, your, answer. 2. autumn, prefer, I, in,

holiday, to have, a. 3. comes, late, my, often, elder, home, brother. 4. is, lawn,

there, a, house, our, in front of, 5. telegram, her, to, a, send, he, must. 6. advice,

always, she, very, good, gives, me. 7. they, mistakes, a lot of, make, spelling. 8.

pronunciation, has, she, got, not, mistakes, any, in. 9. every, day, first-year, must,

students, work, laboratory, at, the. 10. our, great, is, a, in, country, holiday, May,

of, ninth, the.

66.

Translate into English using appropriate pronouns:

1. Это мои перчатки, а где твои? 2. Это мой или твой карандаш? 3. Это

твой карандаш. Мой зеленый. 4. Возьми эту лампу и поставь на мой стол. 5.

Это твои тетради? 6. Яне могу взять этот зонтик, он не мой. 7. Кто из вас

Нелли? — Это я. 8. Вот книжки! Которая твоя? 9. Какого цвета твое новое

платье? 10. Кто знает ответ? Я!1

—

I\OHHнас не знают, но мы хорошо их

знаем. 12. Это очень странные факты. 13. Мне нравятся твои туфли, но мои

лучше. 14. Что с ним? Он болен? 15. Какие книги вы любите? 16. Кто там?

— Это я.

67.

Change the following general questions into disjunctive ones:

1. Is Doctor Sandford still at the hospital? 2. Does your grandmother live in

the country? 3. Have you many English books at home? 4. Are there any new

words in this text? 5. Do you usually have dinner with your family? 6, Do you

want to see this new film? 7. Can your cousin play the piano? 8. Does he not

study German? 9. Is there a study in your flat? 10. Must we sign this paper at

once? 11. Do little children sleep twice a day? 12. Are his parents not in Moscow

now? 13. Do all the members of your family read the Times? 14. Do you not

remember all the new words?

68.

Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with nouns

denoting parts of the day:

1. Late in ... afternoon they went back to London. 2. It was such ... cold and

windy night that we had to look for shelter.

3. ...morning was breaking when we started. 4. It happened on ... very day of

his arrival. 5. It was ... evening when we parted at last. 6. It has been ...

wonderful evening for me. 7. It is pleasant to go to the country on ... warm

summer day. 8. ... night was so wet that no one was about. 9. ... morning was

perfect. 10. It is ... early morning. 11. ... night was silent. 12. I thought it was ...

morning. 13. It was ... late night when he arrived. 14. ... evening was still and

warm. 15. It all happened early in ... morning. 16. What ... exciting day it has

been! 17. It is ... last day that we are together. 18. We arrived there late at ...

night. ... next morning we were to begin our work. 19. It was ... day to tempt one

out-of-doors — cool and bright.

60. Put the words in bold type into the Singular and make other changes if necessary:

1. They know the town well and can show you the way to the theatre. 2. My