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Grammar Exercises
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Exercise 1.Give short answers. Pay attention to the verb to be 8.2.
Model: Are you from Perm? → Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
1. Are you a student of Technical University? 2. Is your girl-friend seventeen? 3. Is your boy-friend a student of Philology? 4. Are your parents from Perm? 5. Are they teachers? 6. Is a lawyer a well-paid job? 7. Is this book a dictionary? 8. Is your pet clever? 9. Are your group-mates good friends? 10. Are you good at English?
11. Were you at home yesterday evening? 12. Was your friend in the library the day before yesterday? 13. Were your group-mates in the University on Sunday? 14. Were they late for classes on Monday? 15. Was the weather fine last week? 16. Was the home task in English difficult?
17. Will you be at the University tomorrow? 18. Will you be a student in five years? 19. Will the lesson be over at 6 oclock? 20. Will the English language be popular in the future?
*Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the necessary form of the verb to be.
| am, is, are (Present) was, were (Past) will be (Future) |
1. I in the library yesterday. 2. Where... they from? 3. We in the south of Perm region last year. 4. My friends... in the north of Russia now. 5.... this kind of transport good? 6. Ann a good teacher in the future. 7. It... the way to my house. 8. They real friends in the past. 9. There a traffic jam yesterday. 10. It warm next week. 11. your sister a student too? 12. Kate here in two days. 13. Ann good at English. 14. My brother and I... at home.
**Exercise 3. Find one mistake in each sentence.
1. Is the days lovely? 2. Yes, my children arent in the bar. 3. The cinema is in Writhen Square? 4. I is not in the bank. 5. The taxi arent near the theatre. 6. Where the hotel? 7. What is your names? 8. The town arent in the north of France. 9. I am not a student, I a doctor. 10. Where will he from?
* Exercise 4. Choose the necessary pronoun. 5.
| 1. house is in Spain. A their B them C us | 6. I want to tell the story. A them B its C me |
| 2. Tell about this country. A our B us C she | 7. She enjoyed very much. A hers B myself C herself |
| 3. Can I take a glass? Yes, help... A you B them C yourself | 8. street is in the north. A me B it C our |
| 4. They are children. A hers B its C his | 9. have a nice bar. A they B our C her |
| 5. Take the book. Give to Jane. A her B them C it | 10. John is a friend of . A us B mine C my |
Exercise 5. Use the objective form of the pronoun. 5.1.
1. Will you give (I) your pen, please! 2. Dont tell (we) this story again. 3. Ill be glad to show (you) around my house. 4. What a pretty little girl! Look at (she)! 5. Can you explain (he) the problem? 6. If you need a dictionary, take (it)! 7. Read the new words and classify (they) into 2 groups: verbs and nouns.
*Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with necessary possessive pronouns. 5.3.
1. This is my elder sister, name is Julia. 2. Ted is 17, dream is to become an economist. 3. Is it Marys cell phone? Yes, its 4. The Browns are my neighbours, house is across the street from . 5. Bob, what is pets name? Rex. 6. Whose exercise-book is it? Is it , Ann? 7. We are going to the concert. These are tickets. 8. Dont take these seats, they are .
Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with the necessary form of the verb to have (have, has, had, will have, havent, hasnt). 8.2.
1. They dinner together every Sunday. 2. We much free time tomorrow morning. 3. He got a brother, he got two younger sisters. 4. We little work to do yesterday evening. 5. she got a credit card? Yes, she . 6. Did you a rest yesterday? Yes, I a good rest. 7. you got a pet at home? No, I.... 8. She a nice dress on. 9. Im sure he a good mark in History next term.
*Exercise 8. Fill in the articles (a, an, the) where necessary. 1.5.
1. This is camera. 2. This is David. 3. Id like to change money. 4. Martin is from Italy. 5. This is cinema. cinema is new. 6. Id like to buy orange. 7. I am student. My brothers are farmers. 8. I want to buy this stamp. 9. This is my Smartphone. 10. Smiths live in London. 11. These are students of our group. 12. man entered the room. 13. She has aunt and two uncles. 14. Would you like cup of tea? Yes, I usually drink tea in the morning.
Exercise 9. Read the nouns and classify them into 3 groups: a) with the sound [s] in the plural; b) with the sound [(I)z]; c) exceptions. 1.1.
Rooms, hands, hats, children, fish, boys, books, foxes, horses, brushes, mouths, boxes, potatoes, roofs, steps, computers, leaves, bananas, houses, feet, watches, minutes, dollars, guides, telephones, eyes, squares, names, nurses, women, jobs, mice, cameras, men, shelves, teeth, news.
*Exercise 10. Write the nouns in the plural form. 1.1.
A farmer, a country, a city, a day, a disc, a leaf, an address, a lemon, an apple, a child, a man, a house, a mouse, a tooth, a photo, hair, a potato, a box, a hobby, an exercise-book, a piano, a son-in-law, a wife, a gallery, a toy, a roof, a foot, money.
Exercise 11. Use correctly:
a) this or these: prize, credit-tests, lecture, town, shoes, hair, students, men, news, houses.
b) that or those: photo, children, shelves, library, apples, bags, building, women, brothers-in-law.
**Exercise 12. Write the sentences in the plural form.
1) I am a student.
2) He is French.
3) This is a book.
4) That is a man.
5) This woman has a large family.
Exercise 13. Translate into Russian. 1.3.
1. Jack Londons novels, John Lennons songs, Chekhovs short stories, Lomonosovs works, my sisters names, my sisters children, this childs mother, my friends sister, these students books, the teachers bag.
*Exercise 14. Form the Possessive Case of the nouns.
1) jeans, Peter 2) boy-friend, Bess 3) best test, Denis 4) TV-set, my mother-in-law 5) children, Mike and Mary 6) best red dress, Helen
7) faces, children.