Much ,many, (a) littlе, (a) few

много	much time
many books

 

8.1. Fill in muchor many.

 

1. Please don’t put … pepper on the meat. 2. There were … plates on the table . 3. I never eat … bread with soup. 4. Why did you eat so … ice-cream? 5. She wrote us … letters from the country. 6. … of these students don’t like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. … in this work was too difficult for me. 8. … of their answers were excellent. 9. … of their conversation was about the institute. 10. There are … new pictures in this room. 11. … of these plays are quite new. 12. Thanks awfully for the books you sent me yesterday. – Don’t mention it, it wasn’t … bother. 13 … of her advice was useful. 15. He had … pairs of socks.

 

 

8.2. Translate into English.

 

Много тетрадей, много молока, много воды, много дней, много газет, много мела, много снега, много лет, много картин, много музыки, много мальчиков, много девочек, много чая, много лимонов, много мяса, много комнат, много учителей, много работы, много воздуха, много птиц, много машин

 

 

мало	little time
few books

8.3. Fill in little or few.

 

1. I have … time, so I can’t go with you. 2. He has … English books. 3. There is … ink in my pen. Have you got any ink? 4. There are … bears in the zoo. 5. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very … clothes. 6. There is too … soup in my plate. Give me some more, please. 7. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very … mushrooms. 8. There was too … light in the room, and I could not read. There are very … people who don’t know that the earth is round.

 

8.4. Translate into English.

 

Мало домов, мало чая, мало чашек, мало яблок, мало окон, мало бумаги, мало кофе, мало статей, мало радости, мало супу, мало деревьев, мало травы, мало детей, мало игрушек, мало света, мало парт, мало колбасы, мало сока, мало книг, мало цветов, мало соли, мало друзей, мало дворцов.

 

8.5 Fill in much, many,few,little where necessary.

 

1. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends … time preparing for his lessons. 2. I know very … about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 3. The pupils of our class ask … questions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 4. You do not make … mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? - Oh, yes, I do, I work very… . 5. Does your sister read …? – Yes, she does. And your brother? – Oh, he doesn’t. He has so … books, but he reads very… . 6. Have you … work to do today? - No, not very… . 7. Walk quicker, please. We have very … time. 8. I am sorry to say, I have read very … books by Walter Scott.

 

Плохо Хорошо	I have little time I have a little time	У меня мало времени У меня есть немного времени
Плохо Хорошо	I have few books I have a few books.	У меня мало книг У меня есть несколько книг

 

 

8.6. Fill in little, a little, few, a few where necessary.

1. I have … money, so we can go to the cinema. 2. I have … money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 3. This girl works very …, that’s why she knows nothing. 4. Mother gave us … apples, and we were glad. 5. The hall was almost empty: there were … people in it. 6. I can’t buy this expensive hat today: I have too … money. 7. She left and returned in … minutes.

8. I think you can spare me … time now. 8. I think you can spare me … time now. 9. I’m sorry I have seem … plays by this author. 10. He did not like it at the camp: he had very… friends there.

 

8.7. Translate into English.

 

Немного денег, мало денег, несколько стульев, мало стульев, несколько песен, мало песен, немного веселья, мало веселья, мало мальчиков, немного воды, несколько человек, мало воды, мало воздуха, мало столов, несколько минут, несколько кошек, мало травы, немного удачи, несколько дней, мало работы.

 

8.8 Much, many, (a) little, (a) few where necessary.

 

1. She gave him … water to wash his hands and face. 2. I’d like to say … words about my journey. 3. Let’s stay here … longer: it is such a nice place. 4. There was … water in the river, and they decided to cross it. 5. Have you got … ink in your pen? 6. At the conference we met … people who we knew well. 7. There are very … old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down. 8. There are … things here which I cannot understand. 9. If you have … spare time, look thorough this book. You will find … stories there which are rather interesting. 10. When we walked … father down the road, we met another group of students.

There is / There are

9.1. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

 

1. There’s a blackboard in our class-room. 2. There are some English books on the table. 3. There are many mistakes in your dictation. 4. There is a new grammar rule in the text. 5. There is a telegram on the table.

 

 

9.2. Put in isorare.

 

1. There … a large table in my room. 2. … there three windows in your classroom? 3. There … table and four chairs in my sister’s room. 4. There … very many children in the park. 5. … there text-books and two exercise-books on the table?

 

9.3. Answer the questions using there is / there area in the answers.

 

1. What is there on the table? 2. How many books are there on the table? 3. Are there many tables in your classroom? 4. How many tables are there in your classroom? 5. How many theatres are there in your home town? 6. Is there a museum in the centre of the city? 7. How many cinemas are there in the centre of Omsk?

 

9.4. Translate into Russian.

 

1. В нашем городе много школ и пять институтов. 2. На нашем столе много журналов? – Нет, только два. 3. Сколько комнат в твоей новой квартире? – Три: гостиная, кабинет и спальня. 4. В квартире есть мебель? – Да, есть стол, диван, два кресла, несколько стульев и книжный шкаф. 5. В холодильнике есть что-нибудь? – Ничего нет. 6. В комнате никого нет, но кто-то есть на кухне. 7. В доме есть телефон? – Да, есть, он на стене. 8. В комнате деда много интересных вещей. 9. Сколько у нас хлеба? – Много. 10. В вазе цветы, а воды нет.

 

 

 

 

9.5. Insert muchormany and the verb to be in the correct form.

 

1. How … rooms … there in your flat? 2. How … balconies … there in her aunt’s flat? 3. How … furniture … there in your sister’s room? 4. How … conveniences … there in your house? 5. How … juice … there in the fridge? 6. How … dirt … there in your flat? 7. How … armchairs … there in the sitting room? 8. How … milk … there left?

 

9.6. Put in there is/isn’t;there are/aren’t;Is there…?;

Are there…?

Pattern: Novosibirsk isn’t an old city. There aren’t any old buildings.

1. Look! … a photograph of your brother in the newspaper! 2. Excuse me, … a bank near here? – Yes, at the end of the street. 3. … fine people in my family: my parents, my two sisters me. 4. How many students … in the class? – Twenty. 5. Can we take a photograph? – No, … a film in the camera. 6. … a bus from the city centre to the airport? – Yes, every 20 minutes. 7. … any problems? – No, everything is OK.

 

There is	It is
There’s a book on the table	I like this book. It’s interesting (it = this book)

 

 

9.7. Put in There is / Is there …? It’s / Is it …?

 

Pattern: There’s a train at 10.30. Is it a fast train?

 

1. I’m not going to buy this shirt. … very expensive. 2. What’s wrong? … something in my eye. 3. … a red car outside the house. … yours? 4. … anything on television tonight? – Yes, … a film at 8.15. 5. What’s that building? - … a school. 6. … a restaurant in this hotel? – No, I’m afraid not. 7. … always much snow in this country in winter. 8. … too much sugar in the tea. … too sweet, much too sweet. 9. … sunny but … a strong wind; 10. … a dark street, and in that dark street … a dark gloom house.

 

The Present Simple

 

10.1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

 

1. The children play the piano very well. 2. We drink coffee together. 3. I read books and listen to music every day. 4. He leaves home at 9 a.m. every day. 5. She has a bath in the evening. 6. You do the same thing every day. 7. Our secretary types a great number of letters on Saturday. 8. The plane leaves at 4 p.m. We must be at the airport by 2 p.m.! 9. The school opens in January. 10. The sun rises in the East.

 

10.2. Change these sentences according to the model.

 

Pattern: He opens the window in the morning (always).

He always opens the window in the morning.

1. He listens to the radio in the evening (rarely). 2. Тhey have tea in the morning (often). 3. Peter has coffee in the morning (usually). 4. She watches TV in the afternoon (never). 5. My friend and I play chess on Saturday (often). 6. He takes an exam in English twice a year (usually). 7. Mary stays there till late in the evening (constantly). 8. My mother leaves the house at half past eight (always).

 

10.3. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the word (s) in brackets.

 

Pattern: Tom plays tennis (How often?)

How often does Tom play tennis?

1. Ann watches TV (How often?). 2. It is his problem, not mine (Whose?). 3. Steve’s friends come to our place regularly (How often?). 4. I write to my parents (Who...to? How often?). 5. He has dinner in the evening (What time / usually?). 6. People often do stupid things (Why? Who?). 7. Lidia comes to see her friends in Omsk every summer (When? Who?). 8. Steve studies Russian (Why?).

 

10.4. Ask all types of questions to the sentences.

 

1. Carol lives in a very nice cottage with her family. 2. We seldom see each other these days. I don’t know why. 3. It takes him hours to get there. 4. Lots of people enter this University every year. 5. The milkman brings us milk very early. 6. Phil enjoys sports, but he doesn’t enjoy music at all.

 

10.5. Use the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

 

1. The swimming bath (to open) at 9 a.m. and (to close) at 6.30 p.m. every day. 2. My little sister (to go) to school every day. 3. The sun (to rise) in the East. 4. Bad students never (to work) hard. 5. It often (to snow) in winter. 6. He (to wake up) at 7 a.m. and (to have) breakfast at 7.30 a.m. 7. Mother always (to cook) in the morning. 8. I (to see) what you mean. 9. She (to say), she (to hear) nothing, my friend (to go) there nearly every week. 10. There (to be) a girl downstairs who (to want) to see you. 11. What time the banks (to close) in Britain? 12. They often (to interfere with) your work. Why you (to allow) them to make such a noise? Why you (not to tell) them to be quiet? 13. He (not to approve of) your behaviour. 14. Who (to come) here most often?

10.6. Make up sentences using the following words.

 

1) at once, can, all, we, questions, your, answer. 2) autumn, prefer, I, in, holiday, to have, a. 3) comes, late, my, often, elder, brother.4) is, lawn, there, a, house, our, in front of. 5) telegram, her, to, a, send, he, must. 6) advice, always, she, very, good, gives, me. 7) they, mistakes, many make, spelling. 8) every, day, first- year, must, students, work, laboratory, the, at. 9) tea, they, five, o’clock, have, at. 10) home, we, speak, sometimes, at, English. 11) she, the morning, there, seldom, goes, in. 12) never, they, Sundays, go, on, to school. 13) you, on Saturday, to, go, the office, ever, do?

 

10.7. Translate into English.

 

1. Его родители живут в Москве, и он навещает их каждый месяц. 2. В это время он всегда занимается, и родственники стараются не мешать ему. 3. Я не знаю, почему он всегда опаздывает. Наверное, он живет далеко от универмага. 4. Лари редко гуляет с собакой (to walk smb’s dog) у него очень мало свободного времени. 5. Почему Марджи так редко бывает на занятиях? – Она часто болеет. 6. Разве вы не хотите пойти с нами на дискотеку? 7. Мой брат ходит в школу каждый день, а мы учимся 5 дней в неделю. 8. Почему вы никогда не приходите на занятия вовремя? 9. Кто знает перевод этого слова? 10. Что означает это выражение? 11. Стив покупает много книг и словарей. 12. Питер не курит, не так ли? 13. Открываете ли вы окна каждый вечер? 14. Дилан редко болеет.

The Past Simple

11.1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

 

1. I arrived home late last night. 2. They translated this text at the previous lesson. 3. Our lessons began at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. 4. He spoke at the meeting about it. 5. Yesterday we tried to fix our car. 6. I sent her a letter the other day. 7. We finished our work early. 8. She bought this television last Sunday. 9. My sister enjoyed the party a lot. 10. The director was at our office yesterday.

11.2. Ask all types of questions to the sentences.

 

1. She left her book at home because she was in a hurry. 2. He obtained divorce last year. 3. The police asked him a lot of questions and let him go only in the morning. 4. There was nobody in the house when we came back. 5. They booked 2 seats at the Opera. 6. Eric came home very early yesterday.

 

11.3. Ask questions to the underlined part of the sentences.

 

1. They came to visit his friend yesterday. 2. He went to the concert two days ago. 3. He had breakfast at 8.30. 4. She didn’t tell him the truth. 5. He wanted to learn the whole story. 6. Robert took his driving test last week. 7. Jane asked her mother to buy her a pullover. 8. Last year Mary worked as an au pair in Newlingham.

 

11.4. Use the Past Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

 

1. I (not to go) to work yesterday because I (not to be) very well. 2. Tom (not to shave) yesterday because he (not to have) time. 3. She (not to be) interested in the book because she (not to understand) it. 4. Where you (to go) last Christmas? 5. We (to look) at her for a moment with surprise.

6. Eric (to switch on) TV and (to sit down) on the sofa. 7. She (not to smile) when she (to see) him. 8. Why you (not to take) her with you? – She (to have) a headache. 9. You (to go) any where yesterday? 10. What kind of work you (to do) last week?

 

11.5. Translate into English.

 

1. Когда они уехали? – Не знаю, меня не было дома. 2. Он вернулся позавчера, верно? 3. Она положила книги на стол, выключила свет и вышла из комнаты. 4. Её семья в прошлом году переехала в Лондон. 5. Почему ты вчера не подходил к телефону, когда я звонил тебе? Тебя не было дома? 6. Когда Дэнни уехал в Лондон? – Позавчера. Я проводил его. Он не хотел уезжать и выглядел очень расстроенным. 7. Письмо пришло вчера, верно? Кто принес его? Почему вы не ожидали его сразу. 8. Как ты провел вчерашний вечер? – Как обычно. 9. Почему вы так с ним разговаривали? – Простите, я плохо себя чувствовал. Я не помню, что говорил. 10. Это был незабываемый вечер. 11.Он ведь показал вам свою новую картинку? – Да. 12. Куда вы ходили вчера после занятий? – В универмаг. Я хотела, чтобы Анна пошла со мной, но её не было дома.

 

 

The Future Simple

 

12.1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

 

1. I will arrive tomorrow. 2. He will go to Stockholm next spring. 3. It will rain tomorrow. 4. She will be home at 8 p.m. 5. Someone will take care of the child. 6. They will return in a month or so. 7. Liz will take part in that concert. 8. It will be cold tomorrow morning. 9. Steve will arrive to Omsk next summer. 10. They will meet their friends in a year.

 

12.2. Answer the following questions.

 

1. Will you be very busy when preparing for exams? 2. Which of your lecturers do you think will examine you? 3. How long will your exams last? 4. When will you be free? 5. Will you have any holidays after your exams?

 

12.3. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets.

 

1. She will go to school next year (When? Who?). 2. He will see his friend at the cinema (Who? Where?). 3. It will snow tonight (When?). 4. Their group will go to London next month (When? Who? Where?). 5. Those happy days will never come back (Why?). 6. Ron will help her to pass her exam, I’m sure (Who? What?). 7. Tomorrow she’ll have breakfast earlier than usual (When? Why?). 8. Tomorrow our in-laws will visit us. (Who? When?)

 

12.4. Use the Future Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in

brackets.

 

1. I (to be) very busy at the beginning of June. We (to have) our exams.

2. He (to come) to see me in a year’s time. 3. He (to have) dinner in 10 minutes. 4. This day (to come) sooner or later. 5. It (to be) slippery tomorrow, I’m afraid. 6. He (to behave) as usual, I’m afraid. You know how such people are. 7. Who (to join) me? Perhaps I (to drive) to the town this weekend. 8. No one (to believe) you, I hope. And I also hope you (to stop) imagining things and talking nonsense. 9. I (not to go) to that party, my dear. Your sister’s usual questions (to bore) me to death again. 10. You (to help) me or not? 11. How long you (to be away)? I (to miss) you. 12. I don’t think he (to make) a really good travel agent.

 

12.5. Write some predictions about the future. Use the verbs in the

box.

 

live travel work sleep study eat read have

 

In the year 2050 people will live on the moon but they won’t …

 

12.6. Translate into English.

 

1. Я думаю, что он придет на этот вечер. 2. Не приходите завтра в два часа, он будет занят. 3. Эта зима будет очень холодной. 4. Кто пойдет завтра с нами в театр? 5. Вы напишете мне, не правда ли? 6. Вы отправите это письмо сегодня? 7. Когда ты начнешь читать эту книгу? – Сегодня, и я верну её на следующей неделе. 8. Я думаю, что мы еще увидимся до отъезда. 9. Боюсь, он заблудится. 10. Надеюсь, он не будет так себя вести. 11. Ты покажешь мне квартиру? 12. Мы вымоем посуду позже. 13. Не торопите меня. Я все расскажу с самого начала. 14. Ты расскажешь обо всех своих приключениях?