1. Напишите следующие предложения во множественном числе:

• This is a manager.
• This is a black desk.
• That is a beautiful woman.
• Where is the secretary?
• «Is this letter on the desk?» – «No, it is on the floor».
• «Whose file is this?» – «This is our file».
• That is his office.
• Whose offer is this?
• This is a nice green carpet.
• «Where is the contract from GML?» – «It is on your desk».

 

 

• These are managers.
• These are black desks.
• Those are beautiful women.
• Where are the secretaries?
• «Are those letters on the desks?» – «No, they are on the floors».
• «Whose files are these?» – «These are our files».
• Those are his offices.
• Whose offers are these?
• These are nice green carpets.
• «Where are the contracts from GML?» – «They are on your desks».

 

2. Поставьте артикль a, the или ничего (-) в каждый пробел:

• — Paris is the capital of — France.
• The Ganges is a river which runs through — India.
• She went to — France by — plane.
• I always get to — college on — foot.
• She stayed out in the sun too long.
• We always eat — dinner at seven o’clock.
• Is there a post office near here?
• What an interesting book!
• Who is the tallest boy in your class?
• He never eats — meat, but likes — fish.

3. Переделайте предложения так, чтобы подчеркнутые существительные были в притяжательном падеже:

• These are these sellers’ offers.
• That is my manager’s telex.
• Those are Mr. Green and Mr. Smith’s letters.
• It’s our secretary’s telephone.
• That is our director’s file cabinet.
• This is our customers’ enquiry.
• That is my friend’s business plan.
• Those are our economists’ documents.
• This is our company manager’s cable.

4. 4. Заполните пропуски предлогами:
   • There are too many people in the bus. I want to go by taxi.
   • It is too hot to be in the sun at noon.
   • Don’t go — there!
   • Go to the mirror and have a look at yourself.
   • Put that book — here.
   • Whose copy-books are on the table?
   • Put on the spoons of those white cups.
   • Bob, go to the table and sit down, please.
   • Ben, open your  book  at  page six.
   • I haven’t heard about him for ages. He went to Canada two years ago, but I don’t know if he is in Canada now or somewhere else.

5. Замените выделенные слова личными местоимениями в объектном падеже:

• Give the secretary this green pen, it
• Send the offer to GML. it
• Give me and my friend this letter, please. us
• Answer the manager’s questions, it
• We don’t know this man and his wife. them
• Read these offers and letters to your General Director. them
• Put that brown pencil on my desk, please. it
• I meet our secretary in the office every day. her
• Our work helps me and my friend to speak German well. us
• Our manager is discussing business matters with the manager of GML now. him

6. Выберите правильный вариант:

• I couldn’t see ___ in the dark.

A somebody      B anything      C something

• I’d like ___ mineral water. I’m terribly thirsty.

A some     B a     C any

• There were ___ people at the party that I didn’t know.

A a     B any     C some

• Would you like ___ cream?

A any     B some     C a

• There was … special in it.

A anything     B anybody     C something

• I don’t want ___ help! I’ll do everything by myself.

A some     B any     C an

• Put ___ cheese in the omelets. It’s very tasty.

A any     B some     C a

• We didn’t find ___ food in the kitchen.

A some     B any     C an

• Have you seen Jim ___ ?

A somewhere     B anywhere     C anything

• I’d like ___ turkey sandwich.

A any     B some     C  a

• ___ parked in my parking place. Where shell I put my car now/

A somebody    B anybody   C anything

7. Поставьте have got, has got, haven’t got или hasn’t got:

• Our secretary has got a car. She gets to the office by bus.
• Every day our engineers work with many documents. Today I have got two telegrams and two faxes on my desk.
• One of our managers is always late for his English lessons. He has got a lot of problems in his office.
• Petrov wants to know languages well but he hasn’t got time.
• «Where is my business plan?» – «I don’t know. I hasn’t got it».
• «Have you got a computer?» – «No, I have not».
• «Have you got a big office?» – «Yes, my office is large».
• Our director has got much time. He is very busy.
• I have got many books at home. I don’t like reading.
• Our manager has got many offers from different firms in his file.

8. Составьте предложения, поставив слова в нужном порядке:

• Does our manager always arrive early?
• We often send letters and faxes to different firms.
• Kate never finishes her work early.
• My boss seldom meets customers at his office.
• Margaret usually works hard.
• Does our secretary learn foreign languages?
• There are not many English books in our library.

9. Поставьте по одному общему вопросу к каждому предложению, используя вспомогательные глаголы do или does:

• Does Mr. Petrov live in Moscow?
• Does my sister’s friend work at an office?
• Does this secretary always do her work well?
• Do these engineers often send letters to our firm?
• Do we always type letters on the computer?
• Does our manager seldom discuss business matters on the phone?
• Does my family usually watch TV in the evening?
• Does his friend often come to his office to help him?
• Does she like to drink coffee with milk?
• Do different foreign delegations arrive in Moscow every day?

10. Поставьте вопросы к подчеркнутым словам:

• What is very large?
• Where have we got offices?
• Whom does Mr. Petrov meet every day?
• Who usually comes to the office at 9 in the morning. When do the customers usually come to the office?
• How often do we stay in the office all day?
• Who is always very busy?
• What does our secretary usually make in the morning?
• What do I seldom send to his firm?
• Who prepares different documents for the talks. What do we prepare for the talks?
• How does my friend speak German?

11. Заполните пропуски словами a lot of, much, many, (a) few, (a) little:

• My friend does not know French well but he studies much now.
• I have not got much time now.
• My daughter reads many books in English, because she wants to know English better.
• We don’t have many customers. We only have few.
• He has got only few friends. He does not go out much.
• Our secretary never drinks much coffee during office hours.
• There is little sugar in my coffee. Give me some more, please.
• Would you like some tea? Yes, a little.
• There are many good students in my group. They know English well.
• Our company has little money, we can’t buy this equipment.

12. Заполните пропуски, используя вспомогательные глаголы am/is/are или do/ don’t/ does/doesn’t:

• Excuse me, do you speak English?
• Where is your manager? – I don’t know.
• Why are you still typing the letter? It’s time to finish it.
• «What does your secretary usually begin her day with?» – «She always does something». «What is she doing now?» – «She is reading a report».
• Mary is a good basketball player but she doesn’t play very often.
• «Where does you come from?» – «the USA».
• What’s funny? Why are you laughing?
• Our engineers are discussing prices now. They are having talks.
• It is snowing and it is very cold.
• We don’t speak English much. We usually write and read.

13. Заполните пропуски, используя местоимения some, any, no:

• They haven’t got any visitors today.
• Will you give me some catalogues to look through in the evening?
• I want to wash my hair. Is there any shampoo?
• It’s hot in this office. I’m going out for some fresh air.
• I can do this job alone. I don’t need any help.
• I see no telexes on my desk. Where are they?
• Some people are hardworking, some are lazy.
• «Are there any foreign newspapers on your table?» – «No, there are some foreign newspapers».
• I would like to buy some mineral water. Let’s go to the supermarket.
• This business letter is very short. You must add some details about new equipment.

14. Дайте следующие предложения в отрицательной и вопросительной форме:

• There isn’t a telephone in my room.
• There aren’t offers and letters on my desk.
• There isn’t a computer on our secretary’s desk.
• There aren’t many books and business journals in our library.
• There aren’t a lot of newspapers and magazines on the sofa.

 

• Is this a telephone in my room?
• Are there offers and letters on my desk?
• Is there a computer on our secretary’s desk?
• Are there many books and business journals in our library?
• Are there a lot of newspapers and magazines on the sofa?

 

 

15. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple или Present Continuous:

• I am flying (fly) to Moscow Tomorrow.
• The Browns live (live) in Perth.
• John is painting (paint) the garage at the moment.
• The earth goes (go) around the sun.
• Ann likes (like) her new school.
• I remember (remember) the birthdays of my friend.
• Ellen hates (hate) dogs.
• I am writing (write) a letter to Michael right now.

16. Выберите правильный вариант ответа:

• Ann can’t meet us on Saturday. She’ll work/she’s working.
• Do you think Mary will phone/is phoning us tonight?
• They’ll go/they’re going away tomorrow working. Their train is at 8.40.
• What will you do/are you doing tomorrow evening? — I’m watching a Football match.
• She will have/she is having lunch with Doug this afternoon.
• They will move/they are moving to a new flat on March 12.
• Why are you wearing those old clothes? — Because I’ll paint/I am painting the Kitchen today.

17. Сделайте предложения отрицательными:

• I didn’t know the answer.
• He didn’t leave his passport at home.
• They weren’t at home.
• It didn’t rain all weekend.
• I didn’t get up at eight.
• My girlfriend didn’t give me a wonderful present.
• He wasn’t in Rome last week.
• We didn’t have a lot of time.
• I didn’t go to a disco last night.
• She didn’t come back from Turkey two days ago.

 

19. Прочитайте, переведите и ответьте на вопросы.

Great Britain

 

The full name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and a great number of small islands. Their total area is over 314 000 sq. km. The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. Northern Ireland occupies one third of the island of Ireland. It borders on the Irish Republic in the south. The island of Great Britain consists of three main parts: England (the southern and middle part of the island), Wales (a mountainous peninsula in the West) and Scotland (the northern part of the island).

There are no high mountains in Great Britain. In the north the Cheviots separate England from Scotland, the Pennines stretch down North England along its middle, the Cambrian mountains occupy the greater part of Wales and the Highlands of Scotland are the tallest of the British mountains. There is very little flat country except in the region known as East Anglia. Most of the rivers flow into the North Sea. The Thames is. the deepest and the longest of the British rivers. Some of the British greatest ports are situated in the estuaries of the Thames, Mersey, Trent, T Clyde and Bristol Avon. Great Britain is not very rich in mineral resources, it has some deposits of coal and iron ore and vast deposits of oil and gas that were discovered in the North Sea.

The warm currents of the Atlantic Ocean influence the climate of Great Britain. Winters are not severely cold and. summers are rarely hot. The population of the United Kingdom is over 58 million people. The main nationalities are: English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish. In Great Britain there are a lot of immigrants from former British Asian and African colonies. Great Britain is a highly industrialized country. New industries have been developed in the last three decades. The main industrial centres are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow and Bristol. The capital of the country is London. The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy.

Великобритания

 

Полное название страны — Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. Великобритания расположена на Британских островах. Британские острова состоят из двух больших островов, Великобритании и Ирландии и большого количества небольших островов. Их общая площадь составляет более 314 000 кв. км. Британские острова отделены от европейского континента Северным морем и проливом Ла-Манш. Западное побережье Великобритании омывается Атлантическим океаном и Ирландским морем. Северная Ирландия занимает треть острова Ирландии. На юге она граничит с Ирландской Республикой. Остров Великобритании состоит из трех основных частей: Англии (южная и средняя часть острова), Уэльса (горный полуостров на западе) и Шотландии (северная часть острова).

В Великобритании нет высоких гор. На севере Чевиоты отделяют Англию от Шотландии, Пеннины простираются вниз по Северной Англии по центру, Кембрийские горы занимают большую часть Уэльса, а нагорье Шотландии — самая высокая из британских гор. В стране мало равнин, за исключением региона, известного как Восточная Англия. Большинство рек впадает в Северное море. Темза -самая глубокая и самая длинная из британских рек. Некоторые из крупнейших британских портов расположены в устьях рек Темза, Мерси, Трента, Т Клайд и Бристоль Эйвон. Великобритания не очень богата полезными ископаемыми, здесь есть залежи угля и железной руды и огромные залежи нефти и газа, обнаруженные в Северном море.

Теплые потоки Атлантического океана оказывают влияние на климат Великобритании. Зимы не сильно холодные, а лето редко бывает жарким. Население Соединенного Королевства составляет более 58 миллионов человек. Основные национальности: англичане, валлийцы, шотландцы и ирландцы. В Великобритании очень много иммигрантов из бывших британских азиатских и африканских колоний. Великобритания — высокоиндустриальная страна. За последние три десятилетия были разработаны новые отрасли промышленности. Основными промышленными центрами являются Лондон, Бирмингем, Манчестер, Лидс, Ливерпуль, Глазго и Бристоль. Столица страны — Лондон. Соединенное Королевство является парламентской монархией.

Questions:

1. Where is the United Kingdom situated? The United Kingdom is situated on the British Isles.
   2. What islands do the British Isles consist of? The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and a great number of small islands.
   3. What ocean and seas are the British Isles washed by? The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.
   4. How many parts does the Island of Great Britain consist of and what are they called? The island of Great Britain consists of three main parts: England (the southern and middle part of the island), Wales (a mountainous peninsula in the West) and Scotland (the northern part of the island).
   5. What country does Northern Ireland border on? It borders on the Irish Republic in the south.
   6. Are there any high mountains in Great Britain? There are no high mountains in Great Britain. I
   7. What sea do most of the rivers flow into? Most of the rivers flow into the North Sea.
   8. What mineral resources is Great Britain rich in? Great Britain is not very rich in mineral resources, it has some deposits of coal and iron ore and vast deposits of oil and gas that were discovered in the North Sea.
   9. What is the climate like in Great Britain? Winters are not severely cold and. summers are rarely hot.
   10. What is the population of Great Britain? The population of the United Kingdom is over 58 million people.
   11. What city is the capital of the U. K.? The capital of the country is London.
   12. What kind of state is Great Britain? The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy.

Vocabulary:

isle — остров
island — остров
to separate — разделять
European — европейский
the English Channel — Ла-Манш
to be washed by — омываться
to border on — граничить с…
to consist of — состоять из…
mountainous peninsula — гористый полуостров
to stretch — простираться
estuary — устье реки
deposits — залежи
iron ore — железная руда
to discover — обнаруживать
current — течение
severely- чрезвычайно
decade — десятилетие
monarchy — монархия