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A: Why? 'So it is!

B: 'Happy birthday!

A: Oh, thank you! 'Thank you all!

Rise-Fall

(See Unit2)

Read the following dialogues. Focus on RiseFall.

1. 'Take my pen. ||

You are kind. ||

2. 'Go there now. ||

It’s too early. ||

A.: 'Where are my glasses?

В.: They’re 'somewhere over there. 'Look on the table.

A.: They are not on the table

В.: Well, look under the table

A.: They are 'not under the table

В.: 'Are they in your book | or in your chair? A.: No, | they are not! They are 'not here.

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В.: 'Then they’re 'somewhere 'out in thegarden.

A.: No. They are 'somewhere in this room.

В.: 'In your pocket! 'That’s where they are.

A.: 'No, they aren’t. Oh! Here they are.

В.: Where? 'On your nose! Well!

Ex. 1. Transcribe the following words:

lodgings, row, blouse, tyrant, lecture, toilet-table, chalk, lamb, aggression, worthy, bookworm, division, world, found, pillow, whip, judging, lawn, during, allow, punish, gather, hungry, longing, longer, Englishman, thinking, bank-note.

Ex. 2. Prepare rapid reading of the following sentences:

1.'George is a student.

He is a good student.

He is a very good student. 'Jack is 'not a good student.

He is 'not a very good student.

2. This is a story. It is a short story.

It is a very short story. That’s 'not a short story. It’s a long story.

Ex. 3. Read the following words:

thirsty, sport, tyre, dare, hate, list, mice, tram, star, sphere, turning, fury, next, fever, serve, fire, myrtle, sky, myth, clock, wore, note, bush, dusty, tube

Ex. 4. Ask special questions about the italicized words; begin your questions with the interrogative words given in brackets. Mind the falling melody:

1. I have many friends in Moscow (where). 2. He has three daughters (how many). 3. Nick is with his grandmother at present (who ...with). 4. Bill is at home (who, where). 5. It is my notebook (whose). 6. He is absent because he is ill (why). 7. These are English text-books (what).

Ex. 5

a). Write cardinal and ordinal numerals from 1 to 20 according to the pattern. Learn their spelling and pronunciation:

Pattern: one – the first

b) Pronounce the following numbers”:

17, 13-й, 5, 15-й, 1-й, 3-й, 12, 12-й, 20-й, 2-й, 3, 10-й.

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Ex. 6. Write the ordinal numerals of the following cardinals. Learn their spelling and pronunciation:

30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 1000, 1000000

Ex. 7. Change the following word combinations and sentences into the plural:

Ex. 8. Write and pronounce the following ordinal numerals; give their translation:

24-й, 14-й, 40-й, 9-й, 90-й, 58-й, 100-й, 175-й, 261-й, 1000-й

Ex. 9. Construct alternative questions using the words given in brackets. Give answers to them. Mind the melody and stress, emphasize the italicized words:

1. Is it your book? (his book) 2. Is this man his brother? (his cousin) 3. Have you two sons? (three sons) 4. Is it Tuesday today? (Wednesday) 5. Is the pencil on the table? (under the table) 6. Are Nina and Funny in front of us? (behind us)

Ex. 10. Compose a special, a general, an alternative and a tail question of your own. Write their transcription and tonogrammes.

Revision Grammar Exercises

Ex. 1. Give the plural of the following nouns:

kettle, birth, bath, telephone, deed, built-in-wardrobe, tree, butterfly, match, shoe, bus, glove, pie, fox, ski, taxi, bush, toe, life, photo, piano, handkerchief, roof, chief, woman, potato, goose, knife, study, tomato, thief, leaf, foot, child, mouse, deer, fish, sheep, man, calf, hero, shelf, brush, baby, fire-place, hoof, radio, mother-in-law, storey, passer-by, ox, eye, advice, knowledge, step-mother, parent-in-law

Ex. 2.Give the plural of:

a) toe, city, hero, piano, calf, cliff, proof, stitch, bath, Negro, belief, life, shelf, berry, valley,

roof;

b)foot, boot, ox, man, German, woman, mouth, mouse, child, ship, goose, noose, deer, cheese, sheep, Chinese;

c)crisis, phenomenon, datum, nucleus, basis, apparatus, corps, criterion, series, analysis, formula;

d)room-mate, fellow-worker, court-martial, boy-messenger, man-of-war, onlooker, passerby, sister-in-law, merry-go-round, mother-in-law.

Ex. 3. State the number of the following nouns and give the corresponding singular or plural if any:

memoranda, antenna, means, scissors, school-inspector, pence, Frenchman, Roman, sanatoria, strata, vertebra, automata, fish, photo, axes, physics, mechanics, cloth, commander-in- chief, works, forget-me-not, swine, halves, staff, sleeves, grief, mice, species, governor-general, contents, sledges, business, knowledge, feet, corps, phenomena, clothes, bases, head-quarters

Ex. 4. Change into the plural:

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1. The sheep is eating grass. 2. There is a potato on the plate. 3. The postman is always very busy. 4. The roof of this house is bad. 5. This is a lovely city. 6. The worker’s family is at home. 7. My sister has long hair. 8. This man’s wife is a doctor. 9. Who is this woman? 10. This piano is of the latest model. 11. That is Ann’s photo. 12. This woman’s husband is a good sportsman.

13. I have a bad tooth. 14. This baby’s toy is here.15. He is our chief. 16. The deer is a beautiful animal. 17. His son-in-law is sitting here. 18. The key is on the shelf. 19. Her brother-in-law is an engineer.

Ex. 5. Change the number of the noun in bold type where possible and make all other necessary changes in the following sentences:

1. The boy drove many sheep in the direction of the village. 2. During the festival I made friends with many foreign delegates. Among them were a Swiss, a Negro, a German, a Frenchman and others. 3. I was presented with a dozen handkerchiefs. 4. The boy must have had two teeth pulled out 5. The hunter got a prize for killing the wolf that had caused much damage to the village flock. 6. The child was bitterly crying over the broken toy. 7. He showed me a photo of his country house. 9. She gave the dog a fish. 10. This tea is of a fine flavour.

Ex. 6. Translate into English:

1. OH дал мне много хороших советов. 2. Я доволен вашими успехами. 3. Какие новости? 4. У нас мало сведений. 5. Математика составляет основу многих других наук. 6. Его одежда была мокрая, так как он попал под дождь. 7. Этот товар прибыл из Москвы. 8. Эти деньги не мои. 9. Ваших знаний недостаточно, чтобы провести эту работу. 10. Какая дождливая погода! 11. Эти новости уже всем известны. 12. Мои часы отстают, их нужно отдать в починку. 13. Рыбаки были довольны: они поймали много рыбы. 14. Содержание вашего сочинения не соответствует теме. 15. Мальчик вырос и брюки стали ему коротки. 16. В коробке было шесть пар чулок. 17. Её красивые густые волосы всегда привлекают внимание.

Ex. 7. Fill in the blanks with have (got):

1.He ... a family. 2. They ... a flat in Lenin Street 3. Your wife ... a lot of relatives in Kiev.

4.Lily ... a lot of friends at the University. 5. They ... two children. 6. My niece ... an interesting English book. 7. His friend ... these German magazines. 8. Her husband ... plenty of books by foreign writers. 9. His wife ... an elder brother 10. We ... her address.

Ex. 8. Add question-tags to the following sentences:

1. Your parents are not old at all. 2. Tom has (got) a wife and two children. 3. They have (got) no nephews or nieces. 4. He has (got) no family. 5. You are nearly twenty years old. 6. She is not married yet. 7. He is five years her senior. 8. They have (got) a comfortable flat in Lenin Street 9. His cousin has not got that magazine. 10. I am two years your junior. 11. Your brother is a builder. 12. He is clever. 13. It isn’t ready. 14. Her hair is not brown. 15. It is a pity. 16. I am very punctual. 17. I am not very busy. 18. We are not ready. 19. They are sorry for her. 20. I am right.

Eх. 9. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs to be or to have:

A Letter from England

Dear Ann,

Thank you for your kind letter. I ... very pleased ... a letter from you, and your husband ... well. Today I ... free and ... time to write letters to my friends and relatives.

My brother’s children, three nice boys ... at school now and it ... quiet in the house.

The news from home ... that I ... now a “grand-aunt”, as my niece ... a baby now, a little daughter. Her name ... Elizabeth, Liz for short. She ... a little darling and they ... all very charmed with her. We ... glad ... a baby in the family. My niece’s husband ... not in London. He ... a nice

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house not far from Edinburgh and my sister’s family ... there with him. I ... some little presents for my “grand-niece”.

How ... your children? Where ... your son now? ... he still abroad? He ... married , ... he? ...

you any grandchildren?

Please write to me as often as possible. I ... always glad to hear from you. Remember me to your people at home.

Love from

Jane

Ex. 10. Write in words a) ordinal numerals, b) cardinal numerals.

1, 11, 2, 12, 20, 3, 13, 30, 4, 14, 40, 5, 15, 50, 6, 16, 60, 7, 17, 70, 8, 18, 80, 9, 19, 90 Ex. 11. Read the following numerals:

1000; 568; 101; 1000; 4268; 6005; 1204; 782; 9044; 378 Ex. 12. Read the following dates:

a)1905; 1917; 1826; 1941; 1965; 1717; 1684; 1900; 1612

b)5.1-1946; 8.III-1950; 22.IX-1948; 11.X-1956; l.V-1917; 23.11-1941; 24.IV-1924; 15.VI1815; 9.VIII-1905;25.XI-1900;21.XII-1979

Ex. 13. Use the following patterns in sentences of your own:

The text is on the third page. This text is on page 3.

Ex. 14. Use the pronoun in brackets in the proper form:

1. Let ... translate these articles into Russian. (we) 2. Let ... take the books to the library today. (she) 3. Let ... stay at home. He is quite ill. (he) 4. Let ... introduce myself. My name is Helen. (I) 5. Let ... do this exercise in class. (they) 6. Let ... have a meeting after the classes. (we) 7. Let ... translate this sentence. It is quiteeasy. (I) 8. Let ... learn the poem by heart. (she) 9. Let

... read the story once more. (they) 10. Let ... do it himself. (he) Ex. 15. Replace the words in italics by personal pronouns:

1. John, give the book to Henry. 2. Tell the students the answer. 3. My sister and I have got a room of our own. 4. Alec and Mary are engineers by profession. 5. Jane, buy a magazine for Granny. 6. Kate, read the story to Mary please. 7. Tom has got no nephews or nieces. 8. His wife is not in Leningrad now. 9. Peter, bring flowers for your mother. 10. Send the letter to your parents.

English magazines and give me .... 6. Look at the cat, ... coat is so thick. 7. Isn’t that...

Ex. 17. Re-fashion the following statements according to the given pattern:

Pattern: He is my friend.

He is a friend of mine

1. Kate is his distant relative. 2. Her uncle is in the Far East now. 3. Let me introduce my cousin to you. 4. Their great friend is a doctor. 5. Our grandson is a first-year student at the

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SUPPLEMENT

Grammar Material

Personal and Impersonal Sentences

Depending on the character of the subject sentences are classified into personal and impersonal.

A personal sentence contains a subject which denotes a certain person or thing or some abstract notion:

1.A strong wind blew from the sea.

2.Tо dothis work is necessary.

3.Peggoty and I were sitting one night by the parlour fire alone.

An impersonal sentence is a sentence in whicha predicate does not refer to any person or

thing.

In English the pronoun “it” is used as a subject in impersonal sentences, but this “it” is practically meaningless, it does not indicate any person or thing and is purely grammatical formal subject. In the sentence “It is raining” we do not associate the process of raining with any actual agent, we think of it as a spontaneous process. Verbs like “to rain”, “to snow”, for instance, had originally no subject. But in the course of time the pronoun “it” was introduced as the subject to make these sentences comply into the usual type of sentence in English.

The corresponding impersonal Russian constructions have no subject whatsoever: It is early. – Рано.

It was very warm. – Было очень тепло.

It is far to the railway station. – До станции далеко. The impersonal “it” is used in sentences denoting: a) natural phenomena:

It was autumn. It often snows in winter. It is raining now. It was getting dark and snowing when we left the house.

Sometimes an impersonal construction is used side by side with the construction “there is”: It was raining heavily. – There was a heavyrain.

b) time:

It is rather late. It was about 7 o’clock of a cold winter afternoon.

c) distance:

It is a long way to the sea.

d) state of things in general:

It is all over with the man. It was very painful, wasn’t it?

Note. In sentences denoting state of things in general we often find the plurals: “things”, “matters” and occasionally “affairs” which are no more definite than the impersonal “it”: Things went on smoothly. How stand matters between you and your brother?

The Imperative Mood

1. In the imperative mood the speaker urges the person addressed to fulfil an action. This may be expressed in the form of a command, request, warning, etc.

The imperative mood has only one simple form for the second person singular and plural, and it is the simple form of the verb:

e.g. Hurry!

Leave the door open. Mind the whitewash!

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