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bring, offer, add.
III.
Give the verb in the following sentences in the Present Continuous:
1. He (to read) newspapers. 2. I (to work) hard at my English. 3. She (to sit) at
the window and (to look) at the sea. 4. I (to prepare) my homework. 5. They all (to
work) at the laboratory. 6. I (to write) letters to my cousins. 7. I (to have) breakfast
with my family. 8. We (not to go) to the Institute. 9. He (to come) home. 10. Mr.
Smith (not to give) a lesson.
IV. a) Answer the question What are you. doing? imagining that you are:
1. at an English lesson; 2. at a lecture; 3. in the corridor; 4. in the street; 5. in
the garden: 6. in the Metro; 7. in the forest; 8. in the dining-room; 9. in the water;
10. in the kitchen; 11. in the bathroom.
b) Answer the same question about your fellow-student.
V. Look at the pictures on page 157: a) Ask your fellow-students questions, use the
Present Continuous Tense, b) Describe the pictures.
VI. Give the following sentences in indirect speech, make the necessary changes:
1. My father says: "Why don't you read English newspapers?" 2. Maggy says:
"Why are you looking at me in that way?" 3. My teacher says: "You've got a
number of mistakes in your translation." 4. She says: "What are you going to be
when you leave the Institute?" 5. I say: "I'm sure I am going to be a teacher." 6. He
says: "Italy is in the South of Europe." 7. My cousin says: "When are you coming
to see us?" 8. She says: "I like the poem. I am going to learn it by heart." 9.
Mother says:
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"Don't be late for dinner," 10. Our teacher says: "You must work more
systematically." 11. They say: "Don't stay here any longer, It is getting dark." 12.
The girl says: "We have a lot of English books at home." 13. The child says:
"What are you doing?"
14.
The mother says: "Why are you crying? Come up to me."
15.
The boys say: "We want to help you, father." 16. Mr. Smith says:
"Have dinner with us." 17. The mother says: "Eat up your porridge, children." 18.
The teacher says: "Find the Thames on the map, Mike." 19. They say: "Don't
make so much noise, John. The baby is asleep."
TEXT 1 MEALS
The Smiths are in their dining-room. There are five of them: Mr. Smith, the
head of the family, Mrs. Smith, his wife, and their children: John, Ann and Kitty.
They are having breakfast. Mrs. Smith is putting some cornflakes on the boy's
plate. The elder daughter is passing the sugar to her father,
Mrs. S m i t h : Will you have sugar on your cornflakes, John? John: Oh, no,
Mum, thank you. I'd like some more milk instead.
Mr. S m i t h : Why aren't you eating anything, Kitty? You are so slow. Look,
Ann is already finishing her cornflakes.
K i t t y : I don't like cornflakes. I'm just thirsty. Give me some tea and cakes,
Mum,
Mrs. S m i t h : Now, be a good girl, Kitty. Have some more cornflakes. We're
going to have bacon and eggs, and then you'll get your tea with toast and
marmalade.
Mr. S m i t h : Could you give me a little more cornflakes, dear?
Mrs. S m i t h : Just a moment. (Mrs. Smith passes him his plate.) What
about bacon and eggs? Will you have some?
Mr. S m i t h : Sure. And then a nice strong cup of tea. I'm afraid I must leave
in a quarter of an hour or so.
The father is already having his cup of tea while the children are still talking
over their cornflakes.
TEXT 2
IN THE CANTEEN
A n n: I think, it's high time to have a bite. I am hungry.
В о b: So am I, I see you are ready to go down to the canteen, I am just
finishing this article. Will you wait a minute, please.
A n n : Yes, hufry up, then.
В о b : I wonder if there is anything to your taste on the menu.
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A n n : Oh, yes, all kinds of things. Let's have some soup, Clear soup,
perhaps?
B o b : I don't think I'll have any soup today. I'd like some salad to begin
with.
A n n : Will you have mixed salad, chops and mashed potatoes?
B o b : Why, yes of course. What do you say to a bottle of beer?
A n n : No beer, thanks. I prefer a glass of soda-water or just a cup of tea.
B o b : All right. Tea then. Will you pass me the mustard, please?
A n n : Here you are. As for me, I never take mustard or pepper.
B o b ; You don't say sol
A n n : Look! The waitress is already bringing our tea.
B o b : We want neither ham nor sausage, do we?
A n n : No, ham as well as sausage is out of the question. I'd like some fruit,
apples or oranges.
B o b : Yes, but I'm afraid you forget about the meeting of our English club.
We must leave at once to be in time for the beginning of the discussion.
A n n : Right you are. Let's pay for the dinner and be off.
VOCABULARY NOTES
meal n завтрак, обед или ужин; to have a meal есть, поесть, е. д. We
usually have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.
breakfast n завтрак; to have breakfast (dinner, supper) (no article!)
завтракать, обедать, ужинать, е. д. Dinner is ready. Have dinner with us.
cornflakes пшеничные (кукурузные) хлопья
Mum = Mummy мама; Cf. Dad – Daddy
I'd (should) like (to do smth.) Мне бы хотелось ...
more, another, still correspond to the Russian «еще». The pronouns more
and another are used with nouns. More is used both with counta-bles in the plural
and uncountables: more books, more sugar; another is used only with countables
in the singular: another book, another student. Cf. more tea, but another cup of
tea. Still is used with verbs. It is often translated into Russian as «все еще», е. д.
It is still raining. He is still at home.
slow adj медленный, e. g. You are very slow. Slowly adv медленно, e. g. You
speak very slowly.
to be going to собираться
toast л гренок; ломтик хлеба, подрумяненный на огне What
about ...? Как насчет ...?
leave (for) (left, left) W 1. уезжать, уходить, e. gr. He is leaving Moscow for
St.Petersburg. He is leaving for St.Petersburg. He is leaving in half an hour. Ant.
stay vi оставаться, e. g The children stay at home as it is raining. 2. забывать,
оставлять, е. g Don't leave your exercise-book at home, Cf. Don't forget my
address. Don't forget to open the window.
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It is high time (to do smth.) Давно пора ...
to have a bite перекусить
hungry adj голодный; as a hungry dog, a hungry child: to be hungry хотеть
есть, е. д. I am hungry. I am going to the canteen, hunger л голод
I am hungry. So am I. И я тоже. The word combination So am (do, can...) I is
used as a reply to an affirmative sentence. Neither am (do, can...) I is used after
negative sentences, e. g. I am reading. So am I. I prefer a cup of tea. So do I. I can
do it. So can I. I am not writing. Neither am I. I don't like this salad. Neither does
my sister. He can't translate this sentence. Neither can I. The subject is at the end
of the phrase and is stressed: 'So do XI.
wait vi ждать; to wait for (smb., smth.), e. g. We are waiting for a taxi,
waiter (waitress) n официант (официантка); Syn. to expect
hurry vi спешить, e. g. We are hurrying to the laboratory. Hurry up! Скорее!
Живее! е. д. Hurry up, it's already 8 o'clock.
taste n вкус, e. g. You must know her taste if you want, to buy her a present,
to one's taste по вкусу. Proverb: Tastes differ. ( = о вкусах не спорят.) taste
vt 1. пробовать, e. g. Will you taste my porridge? 2. иметь вкус, е. д. The pie
tastes very sweet, tasty adj вкусный
to begin with для начала, начнем с того, что ...
What do you say to ... Что вы скажете насчет ...
You don't say so! Что вы говорите?! Неужели?!
neither ... nor ни ... ни; In sentences with neither ... nor the verb is used in
the affirmative form and agrees with the second noun in number and person, e.
g. Neither Ivanov nor Petrov knows the answer to my question. We have
neither bread nor meat in the house. Please go and buy some. ! It is out of the
question. Об этом не может быть и речи. Это ; (совершенно) исключается,
е. д. Going to the forest now is out of the question, it's too dark.
discussion n дискуссия, обсуждение; discuss vt, e. g They are discussing a
book by Mark Twain.
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TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Meals
breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper; first course, second course, dessert; for the
first (second) course
a plate, a glass, a cup, a saucer, a tea-pot, a kettle, a fork, a spoon, a knife
bread, meat, fish, butter, eggs, cheese, sugar, sausage, bacon, herring
potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, peas salt, mustard,
pepper
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water, milk, tea, coffee, cocoa, beer, wine, fruit-juice, honey soup (clear soup,
cabbage soup, pea soup), porridge, macaroni, salad (mixed salad), mashed
potatoes, fried potatoes, chops, cutlets, beefsteak, chicken, goose
pudding, cake, sweets, pie, ice-cream, jam, jelly, stewed fruit apples, pears,
plums, oranges, tangerines, grapes, bananas, berries, cherries, peaches, nuts
to have (to eat, to drink), to dine, to cook, to fry, to boil, to taste, to prefer
to lay the table, to sit down to table, to be (to sit) at table, to clear the table (to
take away the dirty dishes); Help yourself to (smth., some food); Have some
more; No more, thank you!
PHONETIC NOTES
1. T h e i n t o n a t i o n o f a p a r e n t h e s i s depends on its position
in a sentence. A parenthesis at the beginning of a sentence is usually stressed. It
often forms a separate sense-group.
e.g. I'm aVfraid, I must 'leave in a tquarter of an 'hour or xso. ;
xNow I V be a 'good xgirl, Kitty.
As for ,me | I V never take 'mustard or xpepper.
A parenthesis in the middle or at the end of a sentence is usually unstressed or
half-stressed and it continues the melody of the preceding sense-group.
e. g. Y d like some xsalad to begin with. t" ~* ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Compound nouns are usually pronounced with the stress on the first element
only: a "dining-room, a "blackboard, but "ice-'cream, cas'sette-re.corder.
EXERCISES
I. Transcribe the following words and explain the reading rules:
a) porridge, salt, already, thirsty, bacon, marmalade, father, meals, dining-
room, dinner, passing, butter, sweets, spoon, husband, afraid, Smith, moment,
about, leave, talking, another;
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b) thin, think, bite, hungry, just, article, canteen, please, kind, chop, glass,
mustard, pepper, pass, use, sausage, apple, right, discussion, off, mashed.
II. Copy out of the texts the words: a) with the digraphs ее, ea; b) with the third type
of syllable (vowel + г); c) with the first type of syllable (open syllable).
III. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes.
Concentrate your attention on sounds, b) Let your fellow-student read the sentences
aloud for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be done to get the
sounds right;
M 1. The cook took a good look at the cookery book.
2. It's good he could go on foot.
3. A good beginning makes a good ending.
[w] 1. Everywhere we saw the white snow.
2. William was not very willing to wait.
3. Didn't this waiter work in Washington last winter?
4. No sweet without some sweat.
5. Where there is a will there is a way.
[w3:] Her work grows worse and worse, w – v] William always wears a
very warm woollen vest in winter; Victor, however, will never wear woollen
underwear, even in the Wild West.
IV.
Before you start working at the texts practise the sounds in
the following words and word combinations:
A. 1. [ зи] no more, so slow, with toast, just a moment;
[rj] having breakfast, putting some cornflakes. 2, a) Alveolars replaced by
dentals: atj;he picture, irJheir dining-room, andjtheir children, justj;hirsty.
b) Loss of plosion: tea andwcake, aboutwbacon and eggs.
b) Lateral plosion: don'tjike, mustjeave, I'djike.
B.1. [ai] it's high time to have a bite, so am I, I'd like
some;
[rj] finishing this article, is there anything, is already
bringing our tea, for the beginning of the discussion; [av]a bottle of beer, a
glass of water, a cup of tea, all
kinds of things. 2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: in thewcanteen,
orJ;he menu, aboutjiie meeting, i^Jhere anything; b) Loss of plosion: a
minutewplease, soupwperhaps,
soupwtoday, saladwto, mashedwpotatoes, must-
ardwplease.
V. a) Listen to the recording of the text «Meals». Mark the stresses and tunes, b)
Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully until yon can say
it in exactly the same way.
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VI. a) Listen to the recording of the dialogue "In the Canteen**. Mark the stresses
and tunes, b) Practise the dialogue for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully
until you can say it in exactly the same way. c) Memorize the dialogne and dramatize it.
VII. a) Read the following sentences, pay attention to the intonation
of the word please in them:
1Л Please "bring me that ^newspaper. 2. V Please pro'nounce the "sentence
once vmore! 3. V Please "tell me your vname. 4. V Please "take same xsalad for me.
V 5. Please "show me the ^Caucasus on the map! 6. V Will you 'please "come 7up
to me? 7. V Will you "please "pass me the ,book? 8. V Will you "please "turn "on
the ca"ssette-re,corder? 9. YWill you "please "say it a,gain? 10. -» Stand xup,
please! 11. -* Stop ^talking, please! 12. -> Step a;side, please! 13. -> Help yourself
to some ,pie, please.
b) Address one another with some reqnest using the word please at the beginning, in
the middle and at the end of the phrase and respond to it.
VIII. a) Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the intonation
of direct address:
1. Ann, will you please fetch some milk from the kitchen? 2. Shall I put some
more sugar on your cornflakes, John? 3. No more, Mum. 4. Why aren't you eating
anything, Kitty? 5. Give me a little more cornflakes, dear.
b) Address one another using the name of your fellow-student at the beginning, in the
middle and at the end of the phrase. Work in pairs.
IX. Read the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes and picture them on
the staves:
I. You are wrong, I am afraid. 2. As for me, I prefer bananas to tangerines. 3.
Well, she says, it's time to have a bite. 4. As far as I know, Japanese is more
difficult than Spanish. 5. Tastes differ, he says. 6. To tell you the truth, 1 don't like
this beefsteak. 7. Besides, I'd like to be in time for the beginning of the party.
X. a) Read the following compound nouns. Don't stress the second element:
a dining-room, a looking-glass, a blackboard, a fountain-pen, a bathroom, a
bedroom, a reading-hall, a smoking-car, a dressmaker.
b) Give your own examples of compound nouns and compound adjectives. Keep in
mind the distribution of word stress in them.
XI.
Answer the following questions:
A. 1. What do you see in the picture? 2. Who is in the dining-room? 3, What
are they doing in the room? 4. What is Mrs. Smith doing? 5. What is the elder
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daughter passing to her father? 6. Does John like sugar on his cornflakes? 7. What
does he prefer on his cornflakes? 8. Who is already finishing his cornflakes? 9.
Who doesn't like cornflakes? 10. What does Kitty, the little girl, want? 11. What
does Mr. Smith ask his wife to give him? 12. What does Mrs. Smith ask her elder
daughter to do? 13. What are the children doing while their father is having his
tea?
B. 1. Where do the two friends go? 2. What do they take for dinner? 3. Why do
they go to the canteen? 4. Do they always take soup for dinner? 5. Where do the
friends hurry? 6. Why naust they leave at orrce?
С. 1. What time do you have breakfast? 2. What do you have for breakfast?
3. Will you describe your breakfast? 4. Where do you usually have dinner? 5.
Why do you have dinner at home? 6. What do you usually have for the first
course (for the second course, for dessert)? 7. What time do you usually have
dinner? 8. Who cooks meals in your family? 9. Can you cook? 10. What time do
you have dinner on Sunday? 11. Will you describe your Sunday dinner? 12. Do
you have supper late? 13. Why don't you have supper late? 14. Do you like
vegetables? 15. What vegetables do you like? 16. What soup do you like best?
17. What kind of salad do you like? 18. What kind of fruit do you buy in summer
(in winter) in your city? 19. How do you lay the table?
XII.
Write the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:
A. 1. They are having breakfast. 2. Mrs. Smith is putting some cornflakes on
the boy's plate. 3. Ann is finishing her cornflakes. 4. Mrs. Smith is passing a plate
to her husband. 5. The children are talking over their cornflakes. 6. We are having
an English lesson. 7. The girl is coming into the room.
B. 1.1 am finishing this article. 2.1 prefer a glass of soda-water. 3. The waitress
is already bringing in our tea. 4. The boy is writing a letter to his parents. 5. My
cousin is leaving tomorrow.
XIII.
a) Let the members of the class ask and answer questions as in the model.
Give a short answer using contracted forms and add a' sentence of your own in the
Present Continuous.
M o d e l : Is your teacher writing a letter?
–
No, he isn't. He's speaking English.
b) Respond to the negative sentence of your fellow-stndent as in the model. Use
contracted forms in speech. Work in pairs.
M o d e l : The pupils aren't playing football.
–
No, they aren't. They're reading a newspaper.
XIV.
a) Write all the possible questions to which the following sentences are the
answers, b) Each sentence describes a certain situation in a concise way. Some points of
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the situation are already known to you. Find out some more details about the situation by
asking questions. Work in pairs. Use conversational phrases:
A. 1. The elder daughter is passing the salt to her father. 2.1 am thirsty now. 3.
The father is having his cup of tea. 4.1 must'
leave in a quarter of an hour. 5. The children are working in the garden. 6. The
students are reading the text. 7. The girl is going to write a letter.
В. 1. I'm ready to go down to the canteen. 2.1 am finishing this article. 3.1
prefer a glass of soda-water. 4. The waitress is already bringing in our tea. 5. You
forget about the meeting of our club. We must leave at once to be in time for the
beginning of the discussion.
XV.
Read and write in words:
a) 4, 14, 44, 9, 19, 90, 12, 38, 157, 673, 821, 1239. 1955, 2018, 3687, 271,
299, 945, 9212, 322;
b) 23/1 1964; 7/XI 1945, 22/VI 1941; 5/XH 1982.
XVI.
Choose the right word:
to leave – to stay
1. He ... home in summer. 2. He ... at home in summer. 3. We ... in Moscow,
while our father is in the North. 4. He is ... the Urals very soon. 5. They never ...
town for the vacation. 6. When will you ...? 7.1 don't think I'll ... at the Ivanovs'
more than a fortnight. 8.1 can't... here any longer, the lectures begin at 9 o'clock, I
must ... at once. 9. Our cousin is ... for Volgograd, he is going to ... and work there.
10. Why are you ...? We are going to have a meeting. 11. He is ... with us for
another week, isn't he? – No, he is ... tomorrow morning, I am afraid. 12. When
they. . I shall... quite alone in the room.
to come – to go
1. He usually ... home in time. 2. Our father ... to his office at a quarter to 9, as
a rule. 3. The dean ... to the University at a quarter to 9. 4. If they ... to the Crimea
in August I shall miss them. 5. Look, daddy is already ... home. 6. Where are
you ...? I am... to the University. Our studies begin at 9 o'clock.
still – more – another
1. It is already October but it is ... rather warm. 2. Give me ... pencil, this one
is too small. 3. Give me ... glass of water, I am ... thirsty. 4. Give me some ...
water, please. 5. We need ... time for the translation, I am afraid. 6. "I don't want to
get up," says little Kitty, "it is ... very early." 7. Will you give me some ... milk?
8. He asks for ... apple. 9. Let me have some ... pudding, it is very tasty. 10.
Help yourself to some ... pie. 11. Help yourself to ... piece of pie. 12.1 can't eat the
porridge, it is ... very hot. 13. It is ... early, you needn't hurry. 14. I should like to
have some ... salad. 15. Nick is not at home. He is ... at the Institute. 16. It is ...
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snowing, 17. The students need ... practice in these words. 18. She is going to buy
some ... milk. 19. Try to get ... books on English literature. 20. May I have ...
ticket to the Bolshoi Theatre? 21. Will you please give me some... porridge? 22.
They are ...talking.
XVII.
Fill in prepositions if necessary:
1 ,
A. 1. Pass ... me the salt, please. 2. Pass,the salt ... me. 3. Give the bread ... me.
4. Show this text ... the teacher.
5. Show. . the teacher this book. 6. He is going to come л. half an
hour. 7. Look г. the boy. How dirty he is! 8. I see a new wall-
newspaper *? the corridor. 9. The children are playing ... the gar-
den. 10. Are you going т.. home? – No, I am going S9. the li-
brary. 11. They have breakfast... 8 o'clock v. the morning. 12.1
dine 3 o'clock the afternoon. 1^3. What do you see this
picture? 14. Excuse me, may I go .h? 15. Please, come We
are just beginning our lesson. 16. The bell is ringing, the students
are coming**:.; the room. The teacher is entering ... the room.
17.
The bell is ringing and the students are leaving ;.. the room.
18.
He is leaving rv. St.Petersburg, you know.
B. 1. Will you wait ... me,'I'll come ... a minute. 2. Are you ready ?.'.4he
answer? 3. Have some fruit ../pleasure. 4. Help yourself..: some fruit, please. 5.1
prefer an apple ... ice-cream.
6. The children are ready. . breakfast. They are waiting ... their
father. 7. Let's have some herring to begin .... 8. What do you
say ... an ice-cream? 9. As(.. me I prefer a piece of cake ...
sweets. 10. A waitress is coming ... our table. What shall we
order? 11. The pudding is ... your taste, I hope. 12. Going to the
river is.....the question, it's too cold to bathe today. 13. Father
usually comes ... home time. 14. We must pay the waitress the dinner. 15. I'm
fond.., vegetables and meat.
XVIII.
a) Chance the following sentences into interrogative and negative.
M o d e l : I have breakfast at 9.
– Do you have breakfast at 9?
– I don't have breakfast at 9.
b) Ask one another questions on the following sentences and answer them in the
negative. Mind the distribution of sentence-stress in the reply.
M o d e l : I have breakfast at 9.
– Do you have breakfast at 7?
– No, I xdon*t have breakfast so ,early. I have it only
atx9.
1. They have supper at 8. 2. We usually have dinner at home. 3. Father has
lunch at his office. 4. My cousin's family has dinner at 5 o'clock, as a rule. 5. He
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has dinner in the canteen. 6. I always have breakfast at home. 7. They usually have
lunch together. 8. My brother has lunch at the plant. 9.1 often have dinner at my
aunt's.
XIX.
Replace the part of the model in bold type by the following:
M o d e l : I am leaving for London.
a) Kiev, Novosibirsk, Sochi, Tbilisi, Bratsk, Vladivostok, Tula;
b) the Urals, the Caucasus, the Crimea, Ukraine, the country.
XX.
Respond to the following sentences. Express your wish in the response as in the
model.
M o d e l : I like fruit. I should like some fruit now.
1. I like cucumbers. 2. I like chops and mashed potatoes.
3. I like sausage. 4. I like jam. 5. I like sugar. 6. I like bacon and eggs. 7. I like
marmalade. 8. I like coffee. 9. I like icecream. 10.1 like chicken. 11.1 like
bananas.
XXI.
Respond to the following sentences.
M o d e l 1: Begin reading.
– Shall I begin reading?
1. Speak English. 2. Open the window. 3. Read the exercise.
4. Do it at once. 5. Repeat this poem. 6. Learn it by heart. 7. Clear the table. 8.
Answer my question. 9. Lay the table. 10. Make tea for us.
M о d e 1 2: I don't see what's wrong here.
– Shall I show you?
1.1 don't know this expression. 2.1 can't see what is written on the blackboard.
3.1 can't swim. 4.1 can't hear you. 5.1 don't remember this word. 6. I don't know
Moscow well. 7. I can't find the newspaper. 8.1 don't know where my ball-pen is.
XXII.
Make rejoinders to the following statements:
M o d e l : I go to the Institute by bus.
– So do I.
I can't translate this sentence.
– Neither can my friend.
1. My sister speaks English. 2. The students of Group 102 are working at the
laboratory now. 3. My mother is a doctor. 4. Her father is a teacher. 5.1 prefer
apples to bananas. 6.1 don't take mustard. 7. He lives in Klin. 8. He doesn't live
with his parents. 9.1 don't know this old man. 10.1 can't come at four. 11. Father
likes to work in the garden. 12. He doesn't work much. 13. My little sister can't
swim. 14. We have breakfast at half past eight.
15.
Comrade Petrov is leaving for Kiev tomorrow morning.
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16.
My aunt is leaving for the Urals. 17. My nephew is a naughty child.
18. Those young men are not very well-bred. 19. My school-mate's father is a
journalist.
XXIII. a) Change the direct speech in Text 1 into indirect.
M o d e l : Mr. Smith: "Will you please give me a little more cornflakes, dear?"
Mr. Smith asks his wife to give him a little more cornflakes.
b) Retell the text in indirect speech (make use of the picture on page 159). c) Describe
the breakfast as if you were the mother (the-father, Kitty, Ann).
XXIV.
a) Use the following pairs of words in sentences:
M o d e l : He prefers fruit to ice-cream.
soda-water – beer; cheese – sausage; meat – fish; English – French;
coffee – cocoa: milk – water; tomatoes – cucumbers; mashed potatoes —
macaroni; porridge – bacon and eggs; clear soup – cabbage soup; apples —
plums; oranges – tangerines
b) Give your own examples according to the given model.
XXV.
Respond to the following statements. Express your denial of the both. Work
in pairs.
M o d e l : 1 like both apples and pears. I like neither apples nor pears.
1. They have both a son and a daughter. 2. She can do both sing and dance. 3.1
use both pepper and mustard. 4. He speaks both English and French. 5. I like both
football and hockey.
6. She knows both my cousin and brother. 7.1 am going to buy both cabbage
and potatoes. 8. I am going to have both coffee and cake. 9. My cousin likes both
autumn and winter. 10. We aeed both cucumbers and tomatoes. 11. She knows
both physics and mathematics. 12. We see both the child and his mother.
13.
You've got both grammar and pronunciation mistakes.
14.
Both my school-mates and my fellow-students are to come to my
birthday party.
XXVI. Compose 10 sentences according to the following model:
M o d e l : My mother speaks neither German nor Italian, but she reads
English.
XXVII.
Complete the following sentences:
r АЛЛ should like ... . 2. Let me ... , 3, Be a good girl and ... . 4. Why don't you
...? 5. Will you give me ...? 6.1 am afraid ... . 7.1 don't think he.... 8. What about...?
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ВЛ. I think, it's high time to ... . 2. Well, I see you are ready ... . 3. Would you
like ...? 4. What do you say to ...? 5. Will you pass me...? 6. As for me... .
7.Letus....
XXVIII.
Translate the following sentences into English:
A. 1. Они обедают. 2. Когда вы обычно обедаете? 3. Что у нас сегодня на
ужин? 4. Вы сейчас обедаете? Тогда я позвоню вам через четверть часа.
Хорошо? 5. Снимай пальто и входи. Мы как раз обедаем, 6. В котором часу
обычно обедает ваша семья? 7. Нина дома? – Да. Она обедает. 8. На что ты
смотришь? – Я смотрю на тот новый дом. Красивое здание. Ты видишь его?
9. Здравствуй, Сергеев! Куда ты идешь? – Я иду в университет, хочу еще раз
прослушать в лаборатории 12-й урок. 10. Что ты делаешь, Боб? – Я пишу
письмо, разве ты не видишь? 11. Ты идешь в библиотеку? – Нет, я иду в
кабинет английского языка (the English study-room). 12. Почему вы курите
здесь? В комнате спит ребенок. 13. Почему вы говорите по-русски? Ведь вы
на уроке английского языка, не -так ли? 14. Не спеши! Лекция начнется
только через полчаса. 15 Вы слышите меня, друзья? 16. Вы слушаете,
Петров? 17. Вы хорошо слышите? 18. Почему вы не отвечаете на мой
вопрос? Вы 'Можете ответить на мой вопрос? 19. Не кричи так громко, твоя
сестренка спит. 20. Почему ты плачешь, малыш (my little kiddy, ту ; little
one)? – Я не плачу. 21 . Что делают студенты? – Они отвечает на вопросы
преподавателя. (Они слушают текст № 12.) 22. О Чем ты думаешь? Пора
готовить уроки. (Пора вставать. Пора идти гв школу. Пора ложиться спать.)
23. Почему ты ставишь так мало
тарелодс на стол? Сегодня нас пятеро. Дедушка приезжает, ты знаешь?
24. Садись за стол, мама несет суп. 25. Прочитать вам эту пословицу? 26.
Обед приготовить к четырем часам? 27. Написать это слово на доске? 28.
Посолить суп (to salt)? 29. Принести мел? 30. Стереть с доски? 31. Купить
овощи? 32. Вы обедаете дома? 33. Он не обедает дома, он обычно обедает в
столовой. 34. Когда вы завтракаете? 35. Почему вы так поздно завтракаете?
36. Он всегда ужинает дома? 37. Почему он не обедает дома? 38. Мне бы
хотелось еще чашку чая (молока, воды, кофе). 39. Мне бы хотелось еще
молока (каши, варенья, хлеба, рыбы). 40. Он еще дома (в лаборатории, в
больнице). 41. Мне хочется пить. Давай возьмем бутылку газированной
воды,
В. 1. Пора обедать (завтракать, ужинать). 2. Давно пора знать этот
материал. 3. Давай возьмем на первое бульон. 4. Кого ты ждешь? – Я жду
свою подругу, мы вместе идем в театр. (Я жду нашего преподавателя, он в
деканате.) 5. Столовая внизу или наверху? 6. Пойдите вниз в библиотеку и
возьмите эту книгу, пожалуйста. 7. Я предпочитаю фрукты мороженому
(перец – горчице, холод – жаре). 8. Что ты скажешь насчет чашки чая
(бутылки газированном воды)? 9. Об этом фильме не может быть и речи, он
не для детей. 10. Передайте, пожалуйста, соль. – Пожалуйста. – Спасибо.
– Пожалуйста (не стоит). 11. Где мел? Дайте мне кусок мела. —
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Пожалуйста. – Спасибо. – Не стоит. 12. Я ничего не могу найти по вкусу
сегодня. – Неужели? Сегодня столько вкусных вещей. Смотри, салат из
помидоров и огурцов, ветчина, колбаса. 13. Уже 6 часов. – Да что вы
говорите?! Пора идти домой. 14. Кого ты здесь ждешь? Уже 8.15. Пошли! —
Минуточку. Нина идет с нами. Я жду ее. – Я боюсь, мы опоздаем. Уже пора
быть в институте. – Ты права. Смотри, она уже идет. Побежали. Мы не
должны опаздывать. – Поторопись, Нина!
XXIX. Fill in prepositions if necessary and retell the text:
Tom and Nick are going ... the canteen to have dinner. It is only half ... one but
there are many people ... the canteen already. Some ... them are reading
newspapers, others are eating their dinner. The friends always enjoy ... their meals
