- •Contents
- •Введение
- •Модульная структура учебного пособия «basic english grammar course»
- •Module I
- •The verbs «to be», «to have»
- •The verb ‘to be’
- •Present Past Future
- •The functions of the verb ‘to be’
- •Exercises Exercise 1. Fill in ’m, ’s, ’re, ’m not, isn’t or aren’t, as in the example.
- •The verb ‘to have’ Present Past Future
- •The functions of the verb ‘to have’
- •Exercises
- •Tasks for self-control module I
- •Revision module I
- •Progress test module I
- •Module II
- •Impersonal sentences
- •Exercises
- •Impersonal sentences
- •Exercises
- •Tasks for self-control module II
- •Revision module II
- •Progress test module II
- •Module III
- •Imperatives. Types of questions
- •Imperative sentences
- •Exercises
- •Types of questions
- •Exercises
- •Tasks for selfcontrol module III
- •Revision module III
- •Progress test module III
- •Module IV the nouns the noun. Plural of nouns
- •Exercises
- •The possessive case of the noun
- •Exercises
- •Tasks for self-control module IV
- •Revision module IV
- •Progress test module IV
- •Module V the quantifiers the numerals
- •Cardinals
- •Ordinals
- •2. The cardinals
- •3. The ordinals
- •Exercises
- •Much, many, little, a little, few, a few
- •Exercises
- •Tasks for self-control module V Task 1. Insert few, little, a few, a little.
- •Task 2. Read and literally translate. Insert articles where necessary.
- •Revision module V
- •Progress test module V
- •Module VI the pronouns types of the pronouns
- •Possessive pronouns
- •Interrogative pronouns
- •Indefinite pronouns
- •Negative pronouns
- •Exercises
- •Exercise 2. Use the appropriate form of the possessive pronoun.
- •Exercise 5. Point out the reflexive pronouns and define their function.
- •Exercise 6. Supply some or any.
- •Exercise 7. Supply somebody or anybody, someone or anyone.
- •Exercise 8. Supply something or anything.
- •Tasks for self-control module VI Task 1. Point out the pronouns in the following sentences and define the class each belongs to.
- •Task 2. Point out conjunctive, relative, and interrogative pronouns.
- •Revision module VI
- •Progress test module VI
- •Module VII the adjectives and adverbs the adjectives. Degrees of comparison
- •3. Polysyllable adjectives.
- •IV. Spelling rules
- •Note 3: There is a group of so called limit adjectives which already have a very strong meaning:
- •Exercises
- •The adverbs
- •Farther - farthest
- •3. Adverbs or adjectives?
- •Exercises
- •Task for self-control Task 1. State the morphological composition of the following adjectives.
- •Task 2. Give the comparative and superlative degrees.
- •Task 3. Use the adjective in the comparative or superlative degree.
- •Task 4. Point out all the substantivised adjectives and state whether they are wholly or partially substantivised.
- •Task 5. State the morphological composition of the following adverbs.
- •Revision
- •Progress test module VII
- •Rating scale
- •Bibliography
Tasks for self-control module VI Task 1. Point out the pronouns in the following sentences and define the class each belongs to.
1. There’s nothing for any of us to do. (Snow) 2. Both these people were resolved to treat Mr Polly very well, and to help his exceptional incompetence in every possible way. (Wells) 3. Tom presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an open window in a pleasant rearward apartment, which was bed-room, breakfast-room, dining-room, and library combined. (Twain) 4. Such were the reflections of Felix before the brass tablet. (Galsworthy) 5. It was the sort of solemn warning that a sanguine man gives to others, because he ought to give it to himself. (Snow) 6. Elizabeth and George talked and found each other delightful. (Aldington) 7. What we need is a higher and purer political morality. (Dreiser) 8. She hesitated a moment, and then sat down beside me, and laid her hand on mine. (Dickens) 9. The uniform had been cut for a stouter person than myself, but one, fortunately, of approximately the same height. (Clark) 10. «I didn’t know anything about it», cried Charlie indignantly. «I came to see you about something else». (Priestley) 11. What about this coal strike? Will it ruin the country as the papers say? Isn’t it a foolish thing on both sides? (Galsworthy) 12. She sat in a state of irresponsible exaltation, watching him, with that strange passive cruelty which is natural and proper in her sex and age. (Wells) 13. None of us except Collingwood knew what the Prime Minister thought of Roger or his policy. (Snow) 14. There were some aviators in the compartment who did not think much of me. (Hemingway) 15. Then a guarded voice said, «Who goes there?» (Twain) 16. Husbands and wives never listen when they talk to each other, only when the other is talking to somebody else. (Fowler) 17. Let me tell you something. (Priestley) 18. There was at least one person in the world who knew that he was alive and attached some importance to the fact. (Saroyan) 19. What are you talking about? (Snow) 20. I can only say what I think. (Hemingway) 21. He seemed to get prouder and prouder over each item of his own deficiency. (Leacock) 22. We said good-bye to one another and arranged to meet in the autumn. (Maugham) 23. What was it in this girl that reminded turn of that one with whom he had lived but two years, and mourned fifteen? (Galsworthy)
Task 2. Point out conjunctive, relative, and interrogative pronouns.
1. She was heartily sick of London fog and cold and soot and messy open fires which fill the room with dust but don’t warm it. (Aldington) 2. «Who is that girl with yellow hair and dark eyes», he asked. (Galsworthy) 3. You see, Hushabye, you are what women consider a good-looking man. (Shaw) 4. Who could tell what his son’s circumstances really were? (Galsworthy) 5. You don’t want to do anything that you’ll be sorry for. (Dreiser) 6. A man is mostly what you want to see in him. (Heym) 7. What do you expect me to believe? (Snow) 8. She rises with an air of one who waits and is almost at the end of her patience. (Shaw) 9. It was evident, indeed, that she wished me to drop the subject, which I did accordingly. (Ch. Bronte) 10. Several times their eyes accidentally met, and then there poured into hers such a flood of feeling as she had never experienced. (Dreiser) 11. Would she go with them or stay here and write to William. Which, which should it be? (Mansfield) 12. He mentioned things in the play which she most approved of, things which swayed her deeply. (Dreiser) 13. I do so wonder what Jolyon’s boy is like. (Galsworthy) 14. What hurt him most was the fact that he was being pursued as a thief. (Dreiser)
Task 3. Translate into English.
1. Почему некоторые студенты делают намного больше ошибок, чем другие? 2. Заходите как-нибудь на следующей неделе, и мы обсудим еще несколько таких вопросов. 3. Методы обучения родному языку несколько отличаются от методов обучения другим языкам. 4. Если захочешь застать их дома, приходи в любой день после 6. 5. Кто-нибудь из ваших студентов уже сдал экзамен? 6. В это время всегда кто-нибудь дома, если только не случится что-то непредвиденное. 7. Все участники конференции получили отдельные приглашения. 8. Это были самые счастливые мои годы. Я хорошо помню каждый свой день. 9. У меня, к сожалению, нет такой книги, но есть много других. 10. Не могли бы вы мне дать какие-нибудь книги на эту тему? – К сожалению, у нас нет никаких книг на эту тему. 11. В комнате пахнет дымом. Здесь кто-то курил? 12. После меня пришло еще несколько гостей, каждый из них принес цветы. 13. На пляже было многом народу: одни купались, другие загорали. 14. Несколько человек ушли, остальные решили остаться. 15. Он был слишком осторожен, чтобы с кем-либо об этом говорить. 16. Какой из этих двух словарей лучше? – Каждый хорош по-своему, один не хуже другого.
Task 4. Translate into English.
1. Так мы провели полчаса, расписывая друг другу наши болезни. Я изложил Джорджу и Уильяму Гаррису, как я себя чувствую, просыпаясь по утрам, а Уильям Гаррис рассказал нам, как он себя чувствует, ложась спать, а Джордж, стоя на коврике перед камином, с редкой выразительностью и подлинным актерским мастерством представил нам, как он себя чувствует ночью. (J.K. Jerome)
2. Он сам - мой шурин - вернулся поездом. Он объяснил, что Северо-Западная железная дорога достаточно полезна для его здоровья. (J.K. Jerome)
3. Другой мой знакомый отправился в недельную прогулку вдоль побережья. Перед отплытием к нему подошел стюард и спросил, будет ли он расплачиваться за каждый обед отдельно или сразу оплатит стол за все дни. (J.K. Jerome)
4. «Неужели никто во всем доме не знает, где мой пиджак? Честное слово, в жизни не встречал такого сборища ротозеев! Вас тут шестеро - и вы не можете найти пиджак, который я снял всего пять минут назад! Ну и ну!» Тут он встает со стула, замечает, что сидел на пиджаке, и провозглашает: «Ладно, хватит вам суетиться! Я сам его нашел. Нечего было и связываться с вами, я с тем же успехом мог бы поручить поиски нашему коту». (J.K. Jerome)