Вариант V

1. Перепишите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова с окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа имени существительного;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного (см. образец выполнения № 1).

1. In the UK the Queen reigns, but does not rule.

2. Mountains in Britain are not very high.

3. Most of London^’s places of interest are in the West End.

4. The Institute trains specialists for industry and agriculture.

5. The Institute provides with hostel those who came from distant part of the country.

6. What is the biggest hydropower plant on Siberia’s rivers?

2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным (см. Образец выполнения № 2).

1. Students are given their degree at a special graduation ceremony.

2. At boarding school children live at school during the school terms.

3. Windsor Castle is a favorite Royal Family home.

4. There are many concert halls and theatres in our city.

5. My sister's friend is the third year student and the editor of the university student paper.

6. He works at the foreign languages lab regularly.

3. Перепишите и переведите предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения прилагательных (см. образец выполнения № 3).

1. Who is your most favorite English writer?

2. The more you read special literature, the more you know the subject.

3. Your translation is better than mine.

4. Mount Everest is the world’s highest peak.

5. This method of work is the most efficient.

6. Do you know that the Volga is eleven times as long as the Thames?

4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений (см. образец выполнения № 4).

1. Yesterday I bought some new magazines.

2. Nobody could understand the film without translation.

3. Is there anybody there?

4. Some centuries ago people did not know anything about electricity.

5. They met nobody at the station.

6. In two years he will become an engineer.

5. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Определите в них видовременные формы глагола и укажите их инфинитив (см. образец выполнения № 5).

1. It was mild last winter.

2. The UK is a highly developed industrial country.

3. There will be a test at the next lesson.

4. In four years my brother will become an engineer.

5. She seldom cooks in the evening.

6. Last year my friend headed the research work at the Institute.

6. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Подчеркните в них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог (см. образец выполнения № 6).

1. Astronomers have measured the exact length of the day.

2. I^’m sure the problem will be solved.

3. He had already left when I came there.

4. I was waiting for you the whole evening.

5. Science and engineering have made great progress during the last thirty years.

6. We were invited to the exhibition of new goods last week.

7. The farmers have gathered good harvests this summer.

8. In the War of Independence the USA freed herself and became independent.

9. They are raising all sorts of food products there.

10. The students have been given a difficult task.