Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Соберите предложение.

Exercise 2. Составьте вопрос к выделенным словам, затем образуйте отрицательную форму каждого предложения.

1. My sister does not speak English.

2.He will finish his work next week.

3.The students of our group usually ask the professor a lot of questions.

4. My friend wants to become a lawyer.

5. They are from France.

Exercise 3. Замените словосочетание с предлогом на словосочетание с притяжательным падежом.

Example: The mother of the children - the children’s mother.

The textbook of the students, the name of my group-mate, the office of the newspaper, the computer of this engineer, the husband of my sister, the department of our Institute, the medal of this dog, the rivers of my country, the system of this computer.

Exercise 4. Переведите словосочетания:

· that judge's cases; my brother's favourite sport; that man's name; university's computer centre; those children's parents; the court's decisions; people's rights and duties; two months' programme; scientists' work; court's room; my friend's family.

· vegetable soup; telephone box; computer disks; bus station; law faculties; fingerprint system; crime problems; crime prevention measures; Public Health Department; court practice; anniversary meeting; police officers; detective story; application form; emergency exit door; production manager; horror movie; airline safety inspector; street lights.

Exercise 5. Вспомните правило образования степеней сравнения прилагательных и наречий.

Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степень следующих прилагательных:

Serious, young, bad, long, easy, basic, possible, clever, large, rich, cheap, necessary, reliable, common, good, frequent, successful, many, far, quiet, small, wide, difficult, experienced, complicated, high, important, warm, popular, bright.

Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод выделенных слов:

1. Some ideas are less practical than others.

2. Our flat is smaller and cheaper than yours.

3. My new office is quieter than the old one.

4. They stayed in the worst hotel on the island.

5. Alan is the youngest student in our group.

Переведите на английский язык:

более сложные дела; менее опытный адвокат; самый трудный предмет; отвечать хуже, чем обычно; самое высокое здание; наименее важный вопрос; теплее, чем обычно; самый отдаленный город; менее популярный студент; ярче, чем вчера; успешнее.

Exercise 6. Open the brackets (раскройте скобки) and put the verb (поставьте глагол) into the Present Simple or Future Simple. Underline (подчеркните) time expressions.

1) I (to read) books every evening.

2) He (to help) his mother every day.

3) We usually (to go) to the university on Saturdays.

4) She (to visit) her grandmother tomorrow.

5) My mother (to like) summer very much.

6) He (to watch) TV daily.

7) Next time we (to spend) holidays in Britain.

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. Where is Jack’s bike? – We _____ (not know).

2. I think Mr. Smith plays tennis. - Oh, no. Mr. Smith_____(not play)tennis.

3. Is this your magazine? - That’s not my magazine. I_____ (not read) magazines for girls.

4. Is this your comics? - No, I _______(not usually read) comics.

5. Is this Sally’s guitar? - No, she_____(not play) the guitar.

6. Where will you go next time? - I _____(go) abroad. Maybe to Italy.

7. Will he come to see us? – No, he ______ (not come)