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The Noun 4

The Article 6

The Adjective 9

The Adverb 13

The Numeral 16

The Pronoun 17

The Verb 27

The Sequence of Tenses 48

The Voice 51

Modal Verbs 53

The Mood 70

The Verbals 83

The Preposition 114

The Conjunction 119

The Sentence 120

Emphatic Structures 123

Inversion 123

Appendix 8 Phrasal Verbs 126

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The Noun Number

13 What rainy weather! 14 In her childhood her hair was quite fair;now it has darkened 15 I can tell you about very interesting phenomenawhich were observed by our scientists

7 Money is kept in a wallet or a purse 8 When we sleep, our clotheslie usually on the chair near the bed 9 Which of these sheep will besent to the exhibition? 10 The fishermen were glad: they caught muchfish 11 My fellow travellers were gay and interesting people

12 Take these scissors, they are sharp 13 A boy has grown and histrousers have become short for him 14 There were six pair of stockings

in the box 15 His clothes are quite new

Exercise XII (p 25)

1 Fruit and vegetables are wholesome for health 2 A youngspecialist always followed his friends’ advice 3 Your brother makesgood progress in studies 4 I can tell you very interesting news

5 Buy two pair of gloves and two dozen of woollen socks for children

6 What are your wages? 7 There are deer in this forest

8 I don’t know how these data are important 9 This is very difficultbut interesting work 10 Your watch keeps bad time 11 I couldn’tenter the garden because the gates were closed 12 The goods havejust arrived 13 The contents of his letter were quite unexpected

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14 Who does this money belong to? 15 What colour is her hair?

16 This money is yours, isn’t it?

12 He is still at your mother’s

Exercise VIII (p 29)

1 The tourists’ camp was situated at the bank of the river 2 Theywent to the children’s Footwear Department 3 Whose proposal doyou support – the headmaster’s or the chief engineer’s? 4 What isyour friend’s sister name? 5 He didn’t have a bicycle of his own, hetook his neighbour’s bicycle 6 Her eyes were as beautiful as hermother’s 7 My brother and I bought the shoes at the same time Minehave already worn out, and my brother’s are quite new 8 In thesanatorium after dinner it is necessary to rest for an hour 9 Opinionsdiffered Some suggested seeing the New Year in at the Petrovs’ andthe others at the Nikitins’ 10 On the way home we bought a largebunch of roses – my mother’s favourite flowers 11 The population ofLondon is more than eight million people 12 The portrait ofRembrandt’s wife is one of the masterpieces of the painter

9 Today we are going to our grandfather’s and grandmother’s

10 There were four doors at the landing I didn’t know which of themwas my friends’ door 11 What is your opinion about today’s travel?

12 Some days ago I met my mother’s old friend 13 Yesterday I gave

my watch to the watchmaker’s 14 I had a five minute’s talk with theteacher of literature 15 I remember this Mary’s smile very much

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16 The doctor’s eyes met his eyes 17 I don’t like this new Mary’sfriend.

Exercise X (p 30)

1 I spent a week at my mother’s friend who lives in New York 2 Intoday’s newspaper there is a long article of my teacher 3 There weresome minutes’ walk to his work 4 He will never forget his grandmother’skindness 5 The master of the house doesn’t live in it, but sometimes

he comes here 6 The tone of his voice was very kind 7 He went tothe chemist’s to buy some medicine 8 These are not my friends.These are my mother’s and father’s friends 9 I am not at home now

I am at Helen’s 10 Whom did you meet at my parents’? 11 He is still athis mother’s 12 I met them when they were returning from his friends’

13 Whose composition do you like more: Nick’s or Helen’s? 14 She isone of my father’s cousins 15 This is one of my mother’s favouritebooks 16 Little Tom was smiling His smile was like his father’s smile

17 I have no camera of my own This is my grandfather’s camera

18 Philip was one of old John’s schoolmates

The Article

Exercise I (p 39)

1 a, (–); 2 (–), (–), (–) (–); 3 a, a; 4 a, (–); 5 a, (–), (–); 6 a, a, an; 7 (–),(–), a, (–); 8 a, a; 9 (–), an, an, (–); 10 a, a, a; 11 an, a, an, (–), a;

12 (–), (–), a, (–); 13 (–), a; 14 a, (–), (–)

Exercise II (p 40)

1 a, a, a; 2 (–), a, an, a; 3 (–), a, an, a; 4 a, (–), a; 5 a, a, a; 6 a, a,(–); 7 an, (–); 8 (–),(–); 9 an, a, a, a, (–); 10 a, a, a, a; 11 (–), a, a;

Exercise IV (p 41)

1 the, (–),(–), the; 2 (–),(–), the, the; 3 (–),(–), the; 4 (–), the, (–), the;

5 (–), (–), (–), the, the, (–), the, the, the, the, the, (–), (–); 6 the, the, the,

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(–); 7 the, the, the, the, the, the; 8 the, (–), the, the, (–), the; 9 (–),(–), the, (–); 10 the, (–), (–), (–), the; 11 (–), the, the, the;

12 the, the, (–), the, (–), the, the; 13 the, the, the, the, the, the

Exercise V (p 42)

a, the, the, (–), (–); the; the, (–); a, the; the, the, (–); the, the, the, the;the; a, the; (–), a, (–); the, a; the, a, the, the

Exercise VI (p 42)

1 (–), (–), (–); 2 the, (–); 3 (–); 4 (–); 5 a, (–), the; 6 a, the;

7 a, the, the; 8 a, the, the, the; 9 an, (–), the, (–), (–); 10 (–), (the), the;

11 (–), a; 12 a, the, the; 13 a, (–); 14 the, the, (–), (–), the;

15 a, a, (–); 16 a; 17 the, (–); 18 (–), the; 19 (–), the, (–);

20 (–)

Exercise VII (p 42)

1 the, (–),(–); 2 an; 3 (–), the, (–), (–); 4 a, (–); 5 an; 6 the, the;

7 the; 8 the, (–), the, the; 9 the, the; 10 the; 11 (–), the; 12 (–), the,a; 13 a, the

15 It is a too easy text for you 16 They are such educated people!

1 Last summer we lived in a village situated on the bank of the Volga,

in a little house surrounded by a large garden 2 Large old limes grew

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in front of the house 3 Yesterday I spoke to the man who spent someyears in China 4 I don’t remember the figures which he mentioned inhis report 5 A man who wants to master a foreign language must workvery hard and systematically 6 I have just read a story which I likedvery much 7 The story which I have just read is very interesting.

8 Shall we meet after school? – Where? – At the entrance to school

9 It was already night; but fortunately it was a summer night, and theweather was dry 10 A day has just begun, and the air was clean andcool 11 I’ll call on you after dinner 12 He asked me to tell you thatthey would go on an excursion to the Hermitage next week 13 He wasrecommended to us as a man with the good knowledge of a language

14 Some people eat icecream in the street even in winter 15 Such dataare always necessary

Exercise XI (p 44)

1 A bookshelf is more convenient than a bookcase in a small room

2 He likes to drink not from a cup, but only from a glass 3 Such aproblem must interest you 4 They entered the carriage where therewere no vacant seats 5 I have never seen the friendship strongerthan that one of these two people 6 She looked at the clock on thecorner of the street and understood that she had been late for thetrain 7 Today the group of journalists that consists mainly of thestudents will begin to climb the Elbrus 8 Your son will be operated on

by the surgeon who is working at the thesis on this subject

9 Early in the morning before breakfast the sportsmen went to theriver to bathe 10 What shall we have for supper? 11 You can alwaysget hot breakfast in this canteen 12 On Saturdays they usually haveguests to supper 13 Excursionists come here by land and by sea inthe daytime and at night 14 We spent summer on the Dneper 15 Beattentive, you have made a mistake

1 I want a piece of advice in this difficult affair 2 It’s a pity to beindoors in such beautiful weather 3 Don’t sit in the sun for such along time, you will have a headache 4 The Black Sea is very rough

in winter 5 She likes music very much 6 The sky was clear, andthe stars were shining brightly 7 What pleasant news you havebrought to us! 8 The Volga is the most important waterway in thiscountry 9 It was an early morning, and the grass was covered withdew 10 The milk which I bought today in the morning turned sour

11 It was a warm morning; a light wind was blowing from the sea

12 Very good sorts of grapes grew in the Crimea 13 It was evening

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and the family was sitting at table 14 Tea is very strong, poursome water, please 15 I hope that you won’t spend your holidays

in town

The Adjective

a metallic sound a comfortable armchair

childish behaviour a friendly class

valuable forests a courageous deed

wonderful nature central streets

a mysterious place an adventurous trip

Exercise III (p 47)

Wonderful, friendly, troublesome, bloody, harmful, careful, greenish,woollen, tiresome, truthful, comfortable, faithful, shameful, sunny,wooden, attractive, foolish, humorous, occasional, rainy, natural

1 foolish; 2 central; 3 valuable; 4 athletic; 5 starry; 6 comfortable;

7 humorous; 8 friendly

geographical personal understandable experimental

Uncertain, unpleasant, inattentive, incapable, illegal, unsuccessful,indefinite, immoral, invisible, unimportant, unfriendly, inconvenient,illogical, impolite, unhappy, impatient, ungrateful, uneducated

Exercise IX (p 49)

1 improbable; 2 unfair; 3 unwell, disagreeable; 4 illegible;

5 unsatisfactory

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Incapable, inconvenient, unconnected, inofficial, unsatisfactory,unjust, immovable, unsettled, insignificant, impatient, illiterate,ungrateful, unnatural, irreligious, independent

1 A pretty little Japanese girl

2 A wedding expensive white silk dress

3 A pair of walking old black leather shoes

4 A famous ancient English monument

5 A detective fascinating new French film

6 A lovely red marble chess set

7 A lovely dessert crystal bowl

1 A long cream linen dress

2 A delicious home-made three-course meal

3 A nice interesting short speech

4 Excellent live Spanish music

5 A big round gold brooch

6 A smart new grey woollen suit

7 An old black leather jacket

1 long fair hair 8 a beautiful red dress

2 a large wooden table 9 an old cotton shirt

3 a long wide street 10 a little blue car

4 a tall thin girl 11 a small wooden box

5 a little old cottage 12 an old Italian song

6 a good-looking young woman 13 a nice sunny day

7 a small black cat

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c) a more difficult problem; much more difficult problem; still more

difficult problem; the most difficult problem; the most difficultproblem as it is only possible

1 I heard two reports The first was much more interesting than thesecond 2 This text is still more difficult than that one which wetranslated the other day 3 It is an extremely important question

4 Every day the weather became worse 5 Today it is hotter than itwas yesterday 6 I did not think that my new job would turn out sodifficult 7 This problem is not so serious as it seems to you 8 Thelanguage of this article is easier Begin with it 9 We need a smallerwardrobe as the room is not large 10 Your brother is a very capableman; he is the most capable from our young scientists 11 I adviseyou to go this road as it is the shortest way 12 A coat is not a bitworse after cleaning 13 The more you will be in the open air, thebetter health you will have 14 Who is the best sportsman in yourteam? 15 This time I have less mistakes than there were in the lastcomposition

1 Is your brother much elder than you? No, he is younger than me

2 The latest edition of this book is already sold out 3 We had to putoff our trip to the country as the weather got worse and worse 4 Shewas much younger than her sister and less merry 5 The latest news

on TV begins at 9 o’clock 6 The quicker you will go to the doctor, theeasier it will be to cure your illness 7 The more you will read, thequicker you will broaden your vocabulary 8 He is strong, he can lift abox three times as heavy 9 Today it is twice as cold as it was yesterday

10 I found him in the farthest corner of the park 11 Tell me pleasewhere the nearest baker’s is 12 Jane was a year elder than Maria

13 He felt better and better 14 In winter Moscow was always moreattractive for him than in summer 15 Your memory is not at all betterthan mine 16 Which of all these books do you like best of all? 17 Youcan rely on him He will do this work as quickly as I will

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10 Today we have less work than yesterday 11 They were walking asslowly as we were 12 Now you study better than last year 13 How old

is your younger sister? 14 My room is not so light as yours 15 Themore I look at this picture, the more I like it 16 The less you speak, thebetter 17 The quicker you will do it, the better

Exercise XIV (p 62)

1 This book is the most interesting in his library 2 This is the mostbeautiful house in this district 3 This boy is taller than all the other boys

in the form 4 Aeroplanes can fly quicker than birds, can’t they? 5 He is

as capable as his brothers 6 You are much cleverer than your brothers

7 The second text is much more difficult than the first one, and the third

is still more difficult 8 This is the best decision one can only imagine

9 Which city of England is the farthest from the sea shore? 10 Theshorter is your composition, the better 11 The more attentive you will be,the less mistakes you will make 12 Haven’t you heard the latest news?

13 Today we have more work than we had yesterday 14 She translatesslower than you do 15 You are the best pupil of our class, aren’t you?

16 Where is the nearest metro station here? 17 I have read as manybooks as you have 18 Who jumps higher and runs quicker?

Exercise XV (p 62)

1 The most beautiful fabrics at the exhibition were marked by theprizes 2 The smallest radio set is placed in a matchbox 3 The greatestachievements of science must serve people 4 The most complicatedtask was entrusted to the best pupil 5 I want to buy shoes with alonger toe and higher heels 6 The most famous actors of the worldperform in the hall of the Petersburg Philharmonic Society 7 Themajority of my friends live in Moscow 8 A musician performed hislast composition 9 I found him in the farthest room of the flat

10 This aeroplane is of the latest construction 11 Our coach is theoldest member of our sports club 12 The more interesting is thebook, the quicker it is read 13 He would like to work at the more

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complicated theme 14 Buy the lighter wallpaper for your rom Then itwon’t look so gloomy as it looks now 15 This room is lighter It willsuit better for the studio.

Exercise XVI (p 63)

1 Many consider that Sevan Lake in Armenia is the most beautifulmountain lake 2 A man has the most complicated organism of all theliving creatures 3 He spends the most part of his spare time in thelibrary 4 She put on a smart brown skirt and a white blouse that madeher much younger than she was 5 This translation is twice as simple.You will cope with it 6 A new stadium is several times as large as anold one 7 Though this room is half the size I like it better 8 Youshould remember that Peter is ten years younger than Tom’s 9 Doyou like this suit? Yes, I do But it is one time and a half as expensive

10 Today it is twice as cold as it was yesterday 11 All his friends aretwice as old as he is 12 The pond is a little bigger lengthwise thanwidthwise 13 He was the kindest and the most pleasant man whom Ihad ever known 14 She was called Helen as it was the mostfashionable name for girls at that time

The Adverb

1 high; 2 highly; 3 close; 4 near; 5 nearly; 6 deeply; 7 deep;

8 hard; 9 hardly; 10 short; 11 shortly; 12 wide; 13 widely; 14 close;

15 high; 16 hardly; 17 deep; 18 dearly; 19 dearly; 20 loud;

21 deeply; 22 short

1 The weather was extremely gloomy on that day

2 I have never seen a talking parrot

3 Tomorrow we will go to the country

4 My aunt Helen lives here with her little daughter

5 The boys seldom read this magazine

6 I only looked at the apple, I didn’t touch it

7 Poor Tom has never realized before how long it is from breakfast

to dinner

8 His father has been in the Far East nearly two years

9 I could hardly enough thank my sister

10 Everything was soon quite ready

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1 hard; 2 hardly; 3 loudly; 4 deep; 5 close; 6 high; 7 sharp;

8 sharply; 9 far; 10 almost; 11 badly; 12 widely; 13 very; 14 deeply;

15 quickly; 16 deeply; 17 hard, scarcely; 18 well

1 wide; 2 deeply; 3 justly; 4 near; 5 hard; 6 almost; 7 highly;

8 soon; 9 clearly, more vaguely; 10 loudly, long; 11 easier; 12 well,badly; 13 hardly; 14 hard

1 You always come in time 2 Our teacher never speaks Russian at thelessons 3 Sometimes you are wrong 4 She works hard at this problem

5 I have just finished my work 6 I will never forget this meeting

7 I haven’t returned the books to the library yet 8 Have you alreadywritten a letter? 9 He has been just seen in the next room 10 He wasseldom asked about it 11 You can always turn to him for help 12 Youshould never forget about it 13 We saw him at the theatre yesterday

14 I will often remember these merry days 15 We will sometimes meetwith them at the lectures 16 In summer we almost always live in theCaucasus 17 I slept well after our trip yesterday

3 Have you already read this interesting novel? – No, I haven’tread it till the end yet I am still reading it

4 It is already ten o’clock and he hasn’t come yet He already had tocome half an hour ago I think he is still at home He hasn’t left yet

5 Have you already translated this article? – Not yet I have beentranslating it already for two weeks but I haven’t finished it yet

Exercise XIII (p 72)

1 The longer I look at the picture, the more I like it 2 Before doingsome conclusions you must deeply study this item 3 Have I rightlyunderstood you? 4 The more interesting is the book, the quicker youread it 5 A short-sighted man has to bring the text close to the eyes

6 Only a highly qualified worker can operate this complicated lathe

7 The book was so fascinating that I read it till the deep night 8 I was

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deeply touched by his care 9 The earlier you come, the quicker wewill finish the work 10 Look straight into my eyes 11 He wasinterrupted in the very middle of the speech 12 This month I spent onbuying books three times as much as last month 13 Wait, they willcome soon 14 A patient was breathing hard 15 A patient was hardlybreathing 16 He has returned from his business trip lately.

17 This expression was widely used in English in the sixteenth century

18 We live quite close to the railway

Exercise XIV (p 73)

1 The door was widely open, and they entered without ringing

2 He came home soon after we had gone 3 You have so stronglychanged that I have hardly recognized you 4 She breathed slowlyand deeply after the competition 5 During the talk he was attentivelylooking at her 6 Little John went downstairs and sat on the lowerstep 7 We were considered highly educated people 8 The quickeryou will read the book, the better 9 The more he thought about histravel, the more he liked it 10 In the course of two or three days thedoctor attentively watched Tom 11 The child cut his thumb, and hewas crying badly, when mother came into the children’s room 12 Heslipped and nearly fell 13 He left his dog near the house 14 Helooked fixedly at the girl who was sitting opposite him

1 The quicker you turn to the doctor, the easier it will be to cure yourillness 2 The letter came soon after your departure 3 The more youwill learn English words, the better you will know the language

4 Early or late it had to take place 5 Which of all these books do youlike best of all? 6 Oliver came to the porch and asked shyly to drink.Then still more shyly he asked a piece of bread 7 Speak louder!

8 The more you will be out of doors, the better you will have theappetite 9 Once you have promised you must do it 10 The speedometershowed that a car went twice as quicker as before 11 I play chessworst of all 12 Who lives farther from university: you or your friend?

13 Which from all the pictures at the exhibition do you like best of all?

14 My friend runs faster than I do

Exercise XVI (p 74)

1 Who from the students of your group lives farther than all thestudents from university? 2 Which of these two pictures do you likemore? 3 You always come to the meetings later than I do 4 This yearyou work less than last year 5 From all your drawings I like this

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landscape less of all 6 My friend should work far better to get rid ofsuch mistakes 7 Have you already read this interesting article? –

I am still reading it I haven’t read it yet till the end 8 It is already eighto’clock, and he hasn’t got up and hasn’t had breakfast yet He is stillsleeping 9 I have got a postcard from my brother lately I haven’t gotanything more from him I haven’t got a telegram yet which says how

he feels 10 She was so nervous that she could hardly answer thequestions 11 You seldom come in time 12 He is never late for thelectures 13 He has just been seen in the next room 14 You canalways turn to him for help 15 I have met my schoolmate recently

The Numeral

Three, four, fourteen, forty, fifteen, eighteen, eighty, twelve, a (one)hundred, two hundred and twenty-six, seven hundred and five, a (one)thousand, four thousand five hundred and sixty eight, six thousandand eight, seventy five, one hundred and thirty seven, four hundredand twenty-five, seven hundred and twelve, a (one) million threehundred and six thousand five hundred and twenty-seven, two millionthirty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-eight, three thousandfour hundred and fifty-three, six hundred and ninety-six, one seventh,two nineteenth, one and one fifth, eight and three eighths, noughtpoint eight, one point three five, two point nought seven, two pointthree eight six, three point one four

1 Two thousand roubles 2 Thousands of people 3 Three hundredand forty metres 4 Hundreds of years 5 A (one) thousand fourhundred kilometres 6 Twelve students 7 Fifty cars 8 Three kilogramsand a half 9 ¾ hour (three quarters of an hour) 10 Sixteen per cent

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11 ¾ tonne (three quarters of a tonne) 12 ½ centimetre (half acentimetre) 13 Two hundred and sixty five metres 14 0.75 per cent(nought point seven five per cent) 15 Two hours and a half.

1/4 kilometre (one quarter of a kilometre); 1/2 hour (half an hour);

1/3 pound (one third pound); 23/4 per cent (two and three fourth percent); 0.105 metre (nought point one nought five metre); 2.18 pounds(two point one eight pounds); 17.562 tonnes (one seven point five sixtwo tonnes); 5 per cent (five per cent); 23 centimetres (twenty-threecentimetres); 1/2 per cent (a half per cent); 11/3 pounds (one and one (a)pound and a third); 21/2 tonnes (two and a half tonnes); 35 dollars(thirty-five dollars); 2500 roubles (two thousand five hundred roubles);

3/4 kilometre (three quarters of a kilometre); 0.2 per cent (nought pointtwo per cent); 6.8 metres (six point eight metres); 31/2 hours (three and

a half hours); 3445 roubles (three thousand four hundred and five roubles)

forty-Exercise IX (p 78)

1 Fifty kilograms 2 Three hundred cars 3 Sixty-one grams 4 Twomillion tonnes 5 Hundreds of boxes 6 Thousands of books 7 Twohundred and eighty-one dollars 8 Three thousand roubles 9 Fortypounds 10 Thirty-four dollars and ten cents 11 A hundred of bicycles

12 Three hundred years

6 I can’t go in my car now: its motor is not in order 7 Whosephotographs are these? – Mine 8 Don’t touch an iron, it is hot 9 Eatmore carrots, they are very wholesome 10 Where is the fruit? They

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are in the refrigerator 11 It is your notebook, and this is his, but where

is mine? 12 I met my old friend on board the ship He was my brother’sfriend too

1 You go in the same compartment, but he has an upper berth and youhave a lower berth 2 Whose poems did you like more: his or thatyoung poet’s? 3 He took the key of his neighbour instead of his

4 We shared our experience with him and they theirs 5 The resultsshowed that our plan was more correct than theirs 6 The best offer isyours 7 When you see him, give him his pencil 8 We invited them toour party, and they promised to come with their teacher 9 Motherasked her to bring her magazines from the room, and she brought hers

10 She looked into her room and quickly returned to his 11 Sheentered the bathroom to wash her face and hands 12 He was twoyears older than I and my friend

1 His uncle was the headmaster of school – And mine as well

2 I suppose that I am right thinking that he is one of your students

3 His opinion was the same as mine 4 His English was as good astheirs 5 Tom has got a letter from his schoolmate recently 6 I had astrange feeling when we spoke about his friends 7 In those days Iseldom saw my schoolmate and in his presence I felt awkward as hedid in mine 8 One of my nieces rang me up today in the morning

9 “Will we go to our friend in your car or in mine today?” asked Ann

10 He says that he is one of your friends or you are one of his

11 I will read you my composition and I want you to read me yours

12 I see that you have no dictionary and I want to give you mine

13 I haven’t written my exercises yet And are yours ready? 14 Here

is your bag And where is mine? 15 You haven’t shown me yourreport yet

1 If you left your key at home, I can give you mine 2 He put on hiscap and coat and went out to the street 3 In the morning I havebreakfast, tidy up my room and go to work 4 If she has no umbrella

on her, give her yours 5 Our secretary knows her duties well

6 You haven’t told me your opinion about my work yet 7 It israining Put on your raincoat 8 Take your money, please I can lose

it 9 He admits his shortcomings 10 Mind your own business

11 He put on his cap and went out 12 We took off our coats and

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entered the room 13 They don’t want to see your drawings, theywant to see mine 14 You can do without my help very well, but notwithout theirs.

Demonstrative Pronouns

1 same; 2 this; 3 those; 4 that’s; 5 such; 6 those; 7 that; 8 those;

9 this; 10 these, those; 11 such; 12 that; 13 those; 14 such

1 The climate of Italy is better than that of England 2 Your mistakesare worse than those made by your friend 3 He always comes here atthe same time 4 Such was the result of their argument 5 At thismoment I saw my friend in the hall 6 He told her about his work inhospital, and she told him what she did at university on that day

7 I am busy at this moment 8 This book is mine and that is yours

9 Those first August days I had few things to do at work 10 It is such

an interesting novel! 11 That day I was ill and didn’t go to the lectures

at university 12 These shoes do not suit me Give me those, please

13 Read the same text, please 14 I have never had such work

15 Winter in England is milder than that on the continent 16 Thesmell of a rose is more pleasant than that of a lily 17 Don’t touchthose toys, take the toys in the corner 18 I like such little towns asthis one 19 She has long curly hair I have never seen such beautifulhair 20 I have brought the latest news to you These pieces of newsare the most important ones

1 Whose shoes are these? – These are my shoes 2 Somebodylooked into the room It was my neighbour 3 When I first saw him

he was still quite a young man 4 Where did you put money? – It is

in the purse, on the shelf 5 Do you remember her? She was a verygay girl 6 These were the most beautiful roses I have ever seen

7 I got all the information which you had sent to me It is veryinteresting But is not the full information yet 8 There was muchfruit in the beautiful vases on the table 9 What is with your watch? –

It is five minutes slow 10 Look, who is that? – It is one of ourstudents I saw him somewhere – Probably at the competitions; it isone of our sportsmen – Yes, now I recognize him, it is he 11 Who isthere? – Open, it’s me

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In those days there were no railways in our country 11 This letter isfrom my elder brother whom I did not see for a year and a half 12 Allthese problems have been discussed many times, but not one ofthem has been solved yet.

Interrogative Pronouns

1 Who has left a dictionary on the table? 2 Who of them did youask about it? 3 Who are you waiting here? 4 What floor do youlive? 5 What will we write today: a dictation or grammar exercises?

6 Which month is the coldest in Moscow? 7 Which language doyou know better: English or German? 8 What do you prefer: tea orcoffee? 9 What were you speaking about when I met you? 10 Whomhave you given your dictionary? 11 Which of these stories is theshortest? 12 What colour is this wallpaper? 13 Whose exercise-book is this? 14 What do you think about this question? 15 What isthis young man? He is a student 16 What do you want: cheese,butter or biscuits? 17 Who invented radio? 18 What magazines didyou buy? 19 Who knows the address of our teacher? 20 Whom didyou ask? 21 Who from our group wrote a dictation without anymistakes?

Relative Pronouns

1 It is my friend whom you saw at the cinema with me yesterday

2 A passenger whose suitcase lay near him said that the place wasoccupied 3 I haven’t yet checked a dictation which you wroteyesterday 4 I don’t know anybody who lives in this flat 5 It is that

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dog that we saw at the circus 6 The girl whom he told you about is

my friend’s sister 7 The student whom I lent my dictionary willbring it tomorrow morning 8 It is the most interesting book which Ihave ever read on this theme 9 We passed by the room the door ofwhich was open 10 He helped me to carry my suitcase: that wasvery kind of him 11 In the forest there were already a lot of treeswhose leaves were quite yellow 12 Is it that book you are lookingfor? 13 The man whom we met in the corridor is the headmaster ofour school 14 He was the only student who wrote this dictationwith some mistakes

1 The book which you gave me yesterday is very interesting

2 What is the name of the man whom you have just spoken to?

3 This is the house in which I lived in my childhood 4 He showed me

a beautiful picture which he had bought not long ago 5 Yesterday Imet my old friend whom I didn’t recognize at once 6 The man whohas just called you asked to pass you something 7 The address towhich I wrote proved to be wrong 8 He is one of the most interestingmen whom I have ever met 9 It is a letter from my elder brother whom

I didn’t see a year and a half 10 The wood of which this furniture ismade is very hard 11 The train from Moscow that must arrive at 5.30

to himself 13 That evening they had to have dinner themselves

14 They preferred to drink tea themselves, and after tea they playedchess 15 Return, my boy, and close the door Doors are not closedthemselves 16 I can give you my photo myself 17 Coffee was ready.She poured herself a cup and sat at table 18 He was surprised athimself 19 Don’t shave in the darkness You can cut yourself 20 Heboldly defended himself

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1 I will see him myself 2 Then she wanted to do something herself

3 That evening she was kindness herself 4.There were suchmoments when he felt extremely sorry for himself 5 He thinks toomuch about himself 6 He reproached himself very much for hisbehaviour that evening 7 He was displeased with himself 8 Theyhave done it not for themselves but for their friends 9 A young mansaid nothing about himself, and we didn’t know even the name ofour rescuer 10 After the illness she is too weak to take care ofherself 11 We saw a beautiful forest lake in front of ourselves

12 She wants to do it herself 13 I am very much surprised that hebehaved himself in such a way 14 Don’t worry, I bring a letter to thepost office myself 15 He told us a lot about himself 16 You see ityourself that you are wrong

Reciprocal Pronouns

1 Pete and Lena love each other very much 2 After school holidaysthe students were glad to see one another 3 Everybody in our familyhelps one another 4 These two brothers never saw each other

5 They often quarrelled with each other 6 They continued workinghelping each other 7 Their eyes met for a second, and they understoodthe thoughts of each other 8 They have known each other for twoyears 9 They often see one another 10 When they met again theyrecognized each other 11 They accuse each other but, probably, theyare both guilty 12 They often visited one another 13 We looked atone another with excitement 14 Her children always helped oneanother 15 Two people nodded each other

10 They kissed and embraced each other

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Indefinite and Negative Pronouns

6 Nobody tells me anything Perhaps, you will tell me something

7 I see somebody’s wet umbrella in the hall Has anybody come?

8 Will somebody from you give me their notes? 9 Take anybody’snotes and look through the lectures you missed 10 I am too tired tobusy myself with something serious 11 Let’s meet some other day

On Wednesday I won’t have any time 12 Is there any butter on thetable? Yes, there is some 13 If you have nothing to do, go for a walk

14 We knew nobody at the party 15 She saw nobody as it was dark

in the room 16 Nobody from the children has got up yet

17 Today there are no mistakes in your dictation 18 I will be in mystudy if you need something 19 Did you manage to find articles onthis problem? 20 Can we do something for you? 21 Father, are youfree? I wish to tell you something 22 Have you been proposed toread some interesting articles in this magazine?

1 I went to the post office and bought some stamps and envelopes

2 There are no illustrations in this magazine 3 If you have any books

on this problem, bring them, please 4 Why hasn’t he brought mesome water? I asked him to bring me some as I am very thirsty

5 Somebody has left the door open 6 Has anybody called me? 7 Ifyou find something interesting in this magazine, send it to me, please

9 Any of you can do this 10 I have no time to go there 11 If youhave some spare time, watch this film 12 Have you spoken to anybodyabout it? 13 He knows nothing about it 14 You may find him here anyday between 5 and 6 o’clock 15 Can you give me some paper?

I want to write a letter 16 Are there any English magazines in ourlibrary? 17 Are there any questions to the reporter? 18 He will certainlyanswer any question 19 I haven’t warned about it some of my friendsyet 20 Part of the work will be done tomorrow 21 Can I play everything

I want?

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1 each; 2 every; 3 each; 4 each; 5 each; 6 every; 7 every; 8 each;

9 every; 10 every; 11 each; 12 each; 13 each; 14 every, every;

15 every; 16 each

1 every, each; 2 either, each; 3 either; 4 everybody, each;

5 everybody; 6 every; 7 every; 8 every; 9 each; 10 either;

11 every; 12 each; 13 each

1 every; 2 each; 3 every; 4 all; 5 all; 6 each; 7 all; 8 every;

9 every; 10 all; 11 all; 12 every; 13 every; 14 all; 15 every

1 everything; 2 everybody; 3 everybody; 4 all; 5 everybody;

6 all; 7 everybody; 8 all; 9 all; 10 everything; 11 everybody;

12 all; 13 all; 14 everybody; 15 everything; 16 all; 17 everything

1 Every schoolboy knows the rules of street traffic 2 She met him atthe skating-rink every Saturday 3 It is known that almost every childlikes apples We gave each girl and each boy an apple 4 Every week

I spent some days in the village 5 He continued looking at the watchevery five minutes 6 They sent me two tickets to the Mariinsky Theatre

7 Every student must know his duties 8 Each of us had to fulfil hiswork in time 9 When he was a student he went to the south everyyear 10 He shook hands with each guest 11 He visits us everySunday 12 We meet with our friends in the south every summer

13 At the conference each was given a writing pad and a pen

14 A teacher said that each of us must read this article attentively

15 I remember every house in our street

1 This sheet of paper is too small Give me another one 2 I knocked

at the door but nobody answered I knocked another time 3 OnMonday I will be busy Come some other day 4 Some people like toskate, others prefer to ski 5 Why are you alone, where are the others?

6 We got over the other bank of the river by boat 7 I would like to seesome other film 8 Some our students stayed at university All theothers went on an excursion 9 I saw my friend on the other side of thestreet and waved her with the hand 10 I have got two sisters One is

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a schoolgirl, the other is a student 11 Give me any other dictionary.

12 I have got only one glove in the pocket Where is the other?

13 Will you have another cup of tea? 14 It is already late, don’t speak

so loudly: mind other people

Exercise XVII (p 106)

1 One should be careful when bathing in the sea 2 One never knowswhat may happen 3 One must observe the rules of street traffic 4 Ifone made a mistake, it should be corrected 5 One may send a telegramover the phone 6 One must always keep a word 7 Before goingsomewhere, one should book a ticket 8 One may find out the timetable

of trains in the inquiry bureau 9 One should have great patience ifyou work with children 10 One should work hard wishing to achievegood results in the studies 11 One should take into considerationthe other opinion 12 One can’t judge about the book without reading

it up to the end

Exercise XXI (p 108)

1 She decided to invite nobody to herself before her husband’s arrival

2 We knew nobody at this party 3 Nobody spoke Everybody listenedattentively to the lecturer 4 None of the children hasn’t come fromschool yet 5 Neither of the journalists has written about it 6 I have

no time to help you today 7 Is there a telephone in the room? – No,there isn’t 8 Neither of the ships has left the port yet 9 There isnothing in the box 10 Both smiled but neither of them spoke

11 Neither of them could answer this question 12 Nothing was seen

in the darkness 13 I told him nothing though he insisted 14 Therewere no flowers in the vase 15 Nothing special happened yesterday

16 I have found no mistakes in your translation 17 No informationwas received from him 18 We read nothing about it

Much, Many, Little, Few, a Little, a Few

9 There isn’t much harm in it 10 Is there little milk left in the jar? – No,there is quite much milk left there 11 There were many people in the

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streets There were few people in the streets 12 I haven’t heard muchabout this composer 13 Hurry up! There is little time left 14 She is aperson of few words 15 How many exercise-books do you want me tobuy? 16 How much time does it take you to get to your office? 17 Howmany times did you visit the Russian Museum?

1 He knows little, but he knows more than you 2 He knows more thanyou, but it doesn’t mean that he knows much 3 We need no less thanfive days to complete the work 4 Many were present, much morethan you can imagine 5 The instrument is very sensitive, the littlenoise affects its work 6 The food did not look appetizing, to say more

of it 7 There were many objections to the plan, but the most part of itwas approved of 8 I can’t do much for you, this is the most I can do,and I think it’s more than we had planned before 9 Take this road, ithas fewer turns 10 I have so many things to do that I don’t knowwhich to do first 11 Nowadays he was very busy and he couldn’t seemany of his old friends 12 She was glad to see me because I wasEnglish and she knew few English people

1 much; 2 little; 3 little; 4 a few; 5 many; 6 much; 7 a few;

8 much; 9 little; 10 many; 11 few; 12 many; 13 few; 14 much

1 a few; 2 much, little; 3 many, a few; 4 much, many, few; 5 much;

6 many; 7 much; 8 a few; 9 little; 10 much; 11 a little; 12 many

1 few; 2 a few; 3 little, a little; 4 few; 5 a few; 6 little; 7 little;

8 little; 9 few; 10 a little; 11 a few

1 a lot of; 2 lots of; 3 a great deal of; 4 a lot; 5 lots of; 6 plenty of;

7 a lot of; 8 lots of; 9 plenty of; 10 a lot of

1 The famous Russian painter I Levitan painted a lot of beautifulpictures 2 Russia exports lots of wood 3 You spent too much time onthis translation 4 There are plenty of English books in the library 5 Ihave got a little time 6 I have got a few books on this question 7 Weinvited a lot of friends to the birthday party 8 Lots of people were

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invited, but not many came 9 It is said little about it 10 What can I tellyou if I know so little about it myself? 11 There were few children in thestreet 12 A great many children were at the concert at school.

1 Much from what he said had already been discussed before 2 Manyhave already heard this 3 Little was said, but much was done 4 Veryfew know about it 5 As usual he spoke much but said little 6 He saidthat he had read many detective novels during the holidays 7 To mygreat pity I have little time 8 There are many mistakes on the usage oftenses in the test paper 9 Much from what he had said was new for us

10 He is said to have written few books, but almost all his books weregreat success 11 You have made much more mistakes than the others

12 I have made three mistakes more than he has 13 This time you havemade three times less mistakes than it was last time

The Verb Simple Tenses

The Present Simple Tense

1 My friend studies two foreign languages 2 What books do youread? 3 During the lesson we read, write dictations, do exercises andspeak English 4 Do you speak English or Russian with your teacher?

5 Usually we speak English, sometimes Russian 6 Who gives youEnglish books for reading? – My teacher does 7 What magazines doyou like to read? 8 Every morning my friend comes to St Petersburgand in the evening he goes home 9 He always comes to his work intime 10 When do you usually come home from his work? 11 What doyou do in the evening? I come home and do my homework 12 Howoften do you do your homework together with your friend? – Two,three times a week

I 1 I work at a large office 2 My working day usually begins at

8 o’clock in the morning 3 I get up, do morning exercises, wash andhave breakfast 4 After breakfast I go to work 5 As I live near my

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place of work, I go there on foot 6 I am busy at work from 9 o’clock

in the morning till 6 o’clock in the evening 7 I also study I study atthe preparatory classes 8 We have lessons on Monday, Wednesdayand Friday 9 Our studies begin at half past six and are over at halfpast nine 10 In the evening when I have no classes, I read a little,watch TV programme or listen to the radio 11 Sometimes I go for awalk and visit my friends 12 At 12 o’clock I usually go to bed

II I have a friend His name is Nicholas His parents do not live in

Moscow They live in Kiev Nicholas plays sport He studies atMoscow University He has breakfast at the canteen of university.That’s why he leaves home at 8 o’clock He needs 15–20 minutes

to go to university Sometimes after the classes he goes to thelibrary where he reads books and looks through newspapers

The Past Simple Tense

1 He used to be a lecturer at university 2 She used to live in thathouse when she was young 3 There used to be a small house here,but now there is a new factory 4 In her childhood Mary used to drink

a glass of milk every morning 5 Peter used to be very fat

6 Grandmother would always grumble 7 Helen used to be often latefor work 8 I used to have very good eyesight

1 I met him yesterday We were afraid to miss the train Fortunately, atthe corner of our street we saw a taxi and came to the railway station intime 2 In summer I did not write to you because I had lost youraddress 3 Last week I wrote her two letters but I did not get ananswer 4 When did you translate this difficult article? 5 What didyou do yesterday: did you translate an article or did you write acomposition? 6 When my sister was well, she always made dressesfor her and me herself 7 Last year she made me a very beautiful dress

8 Last summer we visited many museums 9 Yesterday I could notcome home in time that’s why I had dinner in the canteen 10 Whendid you get this letter? Yesterday in the morning

1 Did you watch a film on TV yesterday in the evening? – Yes, I did

2 Did you like it? – Not very

3 What did you do at the weekend? – I visited my friends

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4 Did you record a lecture on a tape recorder yesterday? – Yes, I did.

5 Did your friend enter university last year?

6 How did you spend your holidays last year?

7 When did you come?

8 Where were you yesterday evening?

9 When did you go to the Tretyakov Gallery last time?

10 Where did you go last spring?

1 He smiled when he saw his friend in the window of the carriage

2 He says that he does not remember all the details in the novel, as heread it as early as in his childhood 3 This book is already not on sale.It’s a pity I didn’t buy it last week 4 Does he seem to be very interested

in chemistry? – Yes, he does He was interested in it as far back as atschool 5 Why didn’t you come for a book when I asked you? 6 I amangry with you because you were so inattentive yesterday 7 Shestayed at the hotel as she had a headache, and we went sightseeing

8 Our library supplies the students with all the necessary books forthem 9 Some ages ago there were no trains, cars and trams, peopletravel in carriages 10 In the youth I used to go hunting with myfather 11 It is a pity that he doesn’t want to use this wonderfulpossibility 12 From his smile I understood that it was pleasant for him

to hear this news 13 When I was a student I usually had dinner in thestudent canteen 14 I am very thankful to you that when you met himyou reminded him about it 15 Latin is a dead language now, but fourcenturies ago it was an international language

The Future Simple Tense

1 I will wait till he finishes his story, and then I will ask him to answer

my question 2 I will speak to him when he comes, but I am not sure if

he will come today 3 I do not know when I will get an answer from her,but as soon as I get it I will call you immediately 4 If you work hard,you will soon finish your work 5 I will call on you before I leaveMoscow 6 I will let you know as soon as I get a letter from him 7 I willspeak to him when I meet him 8 He will take English lessons twice aweek 9 As soon as my sister comes, I will send you a note; if you arefree, you will come to see her 10 When we go to the Crimea I willbathe a lot in the Black Sea 11 I will be very sorry if you don’t takepart in the excursion 12 It is better to consult a doctor before youagree to take part in a trip

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1 If you learn new words, you will write a dictation well 2 I will bevery thankful to you if you help me to translate this article 3 I thinkeverything will be clear as soon as we get a letter from him 4 If sherings us up and we will be not at home, ask her if she will call on us inthe evening 5 If you take a taxi, you will have time to meet yourbrother 6 As soon as you see him, ask him when he will leave 7 Ifyou get to the camp the first, wait for us 8 As soon as you come totown come to me: there is enough place for all your family in thehouse 9 I will be very grateful to you if you remind my brother abouthis promise 10 He promised to get me some books as soon as I beginworking at the article 11 I am sure that everybody will like her as soon

as she begins working with us 12 I won’t be able to come to youtoday if I have to stay here after work

1 I wonder when they will return 2 You will recognize Tom at once assoon as you see him 3 If you meet Ann, ask her to hurry 4 She will bevery glad when she meets you there 5 I don’t remember when theywill return 6 If he is late, we will go without him 7 I will give you thisbook on condition that you return it soon 8 You will not know Englishtill you begin to study hard 9 When it gets dark, we will switch on thelight 10 I do not know when we will meet again 12 If you don’t leaveimmediately, you will miss the train 13 Stand here till the light isgreen 13 I will tell him this news as soon as he comes here 15 If youread when the light is bad, you will ruin your eyesight

Continuous (Progressive) Tenses

The Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense

a) 1 What picture are you looking at? 2 What question are you

asking? 3 What exercise are they doing? 4 What question arethey answering? 5 Whose story are you reading? 6 Whosemagazine is he taking? 7 Whose pen is he writing? 8 Whose penare you giving to me? 9 What exercise are you writing? 10 Whatstory are you reading? 11 What programme are you watching?

12 What text are you translating?

b) 1 Who is reading a book? 2 Who is speaking over the telephone?

3 Who is writing on the blackboard? 4 Who is drawing books

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from the library? 5 Who is putting a newspaper in the letter-box?

6 Who is writing a dictation? 7 Who is answering the questions?

8 Who is reciting a poem? 9 Who is reading a magazine? 10 Who

is speaking to teacher?

c) 1 What are you writing? 2 What are you reading? 3 What are you

listening to? 4 What are you telling them about? 5 What are youworking at? 6 What are you speaking about? 7 What are youlooking at? 8 What are you asking? 9 What are you thinkingabout? 10 What are you translating?

d) 1 Where are you looking? 2 Where are you putting a newspaper?

3 Where are you standing? 4 Where are you sitting? 5 Where areyou sending a letter? 6 Where are you resting now? 7 Where areyou living? 8 Where are you working? 9 Where are you sending

a telegram? 10 Where are you having an English lesson?

e) 1 Why are you closing the window? 2 Why is he asking the

same question? 3 Why are you laughing? 4 Why are youhurrying? 5 Why are you leaving? 6 Why are you showing thismagazine? 7 Why are you sitting at the window? 8 Why are younot listening to the teacher? 9 Why are you coughing? 10 Whyare you not writing an exercise? 11 Why are you locking thedoor?

1 Are you hurrying to the classes? – Yes, I am We have a lecture

at 11 o’clock 2 Where are you going? – I am going to the library

3 Are you reading? What are you reading? 4 Whom are you writing

a letter? – To my sister 5 Is your brother at home now? – Yes, he

is He is busy now He is doing his homework 6 I want to seeprofessor Petrov – I am sorry, he is not here He is delivering alecture 7 Where is Victor? – He is in a reading room He is readingnewspapers – What newspapers is he reading? – I don’t know

8 Don’t enter the classroom The students are writing a test paper

9 Next week we are going to Sochi 10 The delegation is comingtomorrow What unit are you studying now? – We are studying the5th unit 12 Where is everybody hurrying? – To the stadium There

is an interesting match there 13 Don’t make a noise The childrenare sleeping 14 What is Pete doing? – He is drawing 15 Are youalready finishing this work? 16 Don’t disturb me I am preparingfor a report 16 Is father at home? – Yes, he is He is working in thegarden 17 What are you thinking about? 18 Whom is he speakingthere? 19 What are you looking at? 20 What are you speakingabout?

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Comparison of the Present Simple and the

Present Continuous

1 Where is Nicholas? – He is in the garden – What is he doing there?

2 I do not understand what you are speaking about 3 Does he knowthat we are leaving? 4 What do you think what they are waiting for?

5 I do not know why I am crying 6 Why are you not eating the soup?– I do not want 7 I do not see what you are writing – I am writing aletter to my brother who lives in Moscow We are great friends and weoften write to each other Now he is working at his diploma work 8 Isee two students and hear their voices, but I do not understand whatlanguage they are speaking It may be an oriental language but I don’tknow oriental languages 9 I like when all our family gathers together

in the evenings Usually we speak about our work Now we are all inthe dining room We are drinking tea Father is looking through anewspaper My brother is telling us about the latest news at university.Mother is looking at the watch and saying that it is time for juniorchildren to go to bed 10 What does your brother do? – He works atthe plant – And what is he doing now? – He is reading a newspaper

I bring him newspapers when he comes from his work 11 Don’t goout It is raining 12 It often rains in St Petersburg in autumn 13 May

I see Mihailov? No, you cannot He is having dinner He always hasdinner at that time

1 It is still raining I see some rain drops on the glass 2 Thesepeople are fixedly looking at you Do you know them? 3 What isthe name of the magazine you are looking through? 4 Why are youstanding in the doorway? Come in, we are just drinking tea; drink acup of tea with us 5 We are coming nearer to the sea 6 What areyou listening to? – I am listening to a concert from the PhilarmonicSociety 7 Certainly this man speaks English very well, but it isdifficult for me to understand him as he speaks very quickly and Iknow the language not quite well 8 A young man with whom ajournalist is speaking is a well known painter Now he is probablytelling him about his pictures 9 I don’t love such people like he is

He always dreams but does nothing to realize his dreams 10 Pleasecall the railway station and find out when the train arrives fromMoscow 11 Take out your ticket A ticket collector is checkingtickets 12 Don’t move, a photographer is already taking your photo

13 She always complains about her son whenever I met her

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14 You say that you leave soon Maybe you will be here till hecomes? 15 Don’t enter the room, my brother is preparing for theexam there.

The Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense

1 I was reading a newspaper yesterday at 5 o’clock in the evening

2 On Sunday from 2 o’clock till 4 o’clock we were working in thegarden 3 We were studying English the whole day 4 When I ranghim up he was preparing for the lessons 5 We were going to thelibrary when she met us 6 What were you doing last Saturday in theevening from 5 o’clock till 7 o’clock? 7 When I was writing a letter, hewas doing an English exercise 8 We were watching TV, and they werelistening to the radio 9 He was reading a newspaper during dinner

10 It was already dark when they were going out of the forest

11 Where were you working today at 9 o’clock in the morning?

12 I was waiting for you from 3 o’clock till 4 o’clock, and then I wentaway 13 We sat on the bench The two boys were talking loudly near

us One of them was asking questions and the other was answeringthem The two girls were playing under the tree Some students werewalking along the paths of the park The birds were singing in thetrees It was getting hot and we decided to bathe

no umbrella and I was afraid to get wet 10 The children were playingchess, and their mother was cooking dinner at that time 11 Wherewere you hurrying when I met you? 12 The fire began at night wheneverybody was sleeping 13 While he was making tea, she waswatching him 14 When he entered I was looking through the book

of his early sketches

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Comparison of the Past Continuous (Progressive) and the Past Simple

1 Can you recollect what you were doing at that time? 2 When we leftthe cinema, it was still snowing heavily 3 She was writing somethingwhen I entered 4 He was working from morning till night because hewished to save the necessary sum of money and go away from here

5 All the time while Peter was telling his story, she was fixedly looking

at him She tried to understand what kind of man he was 6 The trainwas approaching the station, the delegates were standing at thewindows and waving their hats The children with flowers were runningalong the platform 7 The passengers never saw Lake Baikal When thetrain was passing Baikal it was night 8 The hunters stopped talking, abeautiful deer was slowly approaching them 9 While the director wastalking with the representatives of foreign firms, the secretary was sortingthe morning post 10 While he was going through the crowd he heardthat somebody called him 11 We came to the railway square Thecrowds of people were hurrying to the railway station and from therailway station; the cars were arriving and leaving, somebody was buyingflowers 12 While a porter and a driver were packing his things into thecar, Jack saw his brother He was standing behind the glass doors

1 At three o’clock he was not at home He was working in the library

at that time When I came to the library, he was still working there

2 I heard the lecturer badly as I was sitting far from him, and he wasspeaking rather quietly 3 It was late and it was getting dark, and wedecided to return home While we were walking, it was raining all thetime and the cold wind was blowing 4 It was a sunny day We wereskating the whole morning When we were skating it began snowing

5 When the ship sailed, the passengers were standing on deck andwaving with handkerchiefs to their friends who remained on the pier

6 The salute began, crowds of people were going to the embankment

of the Neva 7 When Tom came to the street, all the children wereplaying with the ball 8 It was already dark when we came up to thehouse; the strong wind was blowing and it was getting colder andcolder 9 The youths made friends when they were travelling togetherthrough the mountains of the Caucasus 10 It was snowing heavilywhen we came out of the house 11 She was translating an article atthe time when we were watching TV 12 We were bathing in the riverwhen it began raining

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1 I met him when he was going home 2 We were standing on theplatform when the train arrived 3 My sister came when we werehaving dinner 4 It was snowing the whole day yesterday 5 Wherewere you at 11 o’clock? I was skating 6 You were travelling at thistime last year, weren’t you? 7 The woman told something to the boywho was going near her 8 When I entered the hall, the studentswere still discussing the first report 9 The secretary was typing thereport when the director came in and put some papers on the table

10 The train was approaching the station Many people werehurrying to the railway station 11 When the boy fell asleep, he wasstill holding a new toy 12 He woke up as the telephone was ringingnear his bed 13 A young girl was singing a merry song when shewas going upstairs 14 Her hand was trembling when she hangedthe telephone receiver

The Future Continuous (Progressive) Tense

1 And they will be playing draughts 2 I will probably be writing areport 3 He will be training the youth team 4 And I will be writing acomposition about the creative work of Chekhov 5 You two will begoing to the north to join your expedition, and I will be going to theUrals 6 And you will be preparing for the exam at this time 7 And wewill be leaving at this time

1 Tomorrow at this time you will be listening to the wonderfulopera 2 You will see, in a minute he will be telling you about hismeeting with the champion 3 When we come home, mother will bestill cooking dinner and we will have to wait 4 If you want to seethem, you should hurry, otherwise I am afraid you will come andthey will be leaving 5 Don’t ring me up from 3 o’clock till 5 o’clock:

I will be working at the laboratory 6 At 5 o’clock sharp tomorrowmany astronomers will be watching the Solar eclipse 7 Godownstairs, I am coming after you now 8 At 6 o’clock sharp I will

be waiting for you at the trolleybus stop 9 He will be learningEnglish when you come 10 Tomorrow at 10 o’clock I’ll be taking

an exam in history 11 Don’t come to me tomorrow at 2 o’clock inthe afternoon, I’ll be preparing for my report 12 Will you be stillworking if I come at 9 o’clock?

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9 We have never skated in the forest in winter 10 They haven’t seenhim lately 11 This week she hasn’t visited the classes 12 My sonhas just come from England 13 We haven’t discussed this problem atthe meeting yet 14 She has come here several times lately 15 Mymother has already answered this letter 16 We have never studiedSpanish 17 We haven’t got any news since they left for the USA.

18 They have arranged a wonderful art exhibition recently

1 Where is Petrov? Why hasn’t he come to university? I haven’t

seen him today I am afraid he has fallen ill – You are mistaken.Petrov is here He has just gone to the lecture But you can’t speak

to him now as the lecture has already begun

2 This year we have read a lot We have read some English books in

the original I always liked English literature – Do you know theEnglish literature of the XXth century well? – I have read all theworks of Galsworthy, Maugham and Cronin Some novels I haveread in Russian

3 Have you visited the exhibition of Shishkin’s pictures? – Yes,

I have been there several times I was always interested in thecreative work of this painter I have never seen something morebeautiful than his landscapes

4 I like travelling very much I have already been to many cities of

our country I haven’t been to Novgorod since we moved to

St Petersburg I like this ancient city very much

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– You have seen a lot of beautiful places, haven’t you?

– O, yes By the way, have you ever been to Alupka?

– It’s a pity, I have never been there, but I’ve heard a lot about thisplace

– Oh, it’s a wonderful place

– Did you go there alone?

– No, together with Victor You remember him, don’t you?

– Certainly Has he already graduated from university?

– Yes, he has He became a journalist

– And how are you? I haven’t known anything about you for a longtime

– Thank you Everything is all right Call on me I am always glad tosee you

1 I haven’t heard about it yet 2 Who has come? At last you havecome! 3 May I read your composition or have you handed it in toyour teacher? 4 Have you found your umbrella? – Yes, I have Andwhere did you find it? – I found it in my room 5 I will give you thisbook after I read it 6 I haven’t got any letters from him lately

7 I haven’t got any news from him since he left Moscow 8 He leftMoscow three years ago and I haven’t seen him since that time

9 Why have you put on your coat? It is quite warm 10 He has put thedocuments on the table and left the room 11 I don’t know what time

it is as my watch has stopped.12 I haven’t seen him since summer

13 I have already told you about it twice Don’t you remember? 14 Atlast a taxi has stopped at the entrance of a large house 15 Your friendhas come He is waiting for you downstairs

Comparison of the Present Perfect

and the Past Simple

Exercise I (p 152)

1 Have you ever been to the picture gallery? – Yes, I visited it oncewhen a youth, and the pictures made a great impression on me Sincethen I have not been here 2 Have you already seen the new film? –Yes, I managed to see it yesterday I went to the cinema in the eveningand got two tickets quite easily 3 Did you always draw books fromour library? – Yes, as a rule I did Last year I went to another library but

I did not find it as good as this one I have drawn books from here forsome 6 months already 4 I have not seen anything of Helen lately.When did you see her last? – I met her two days ago I think that she

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has changed very much 5 Have you already had dinner? – No, notyet The waiter took my order 15 minutes ago and has not brought meanything yet 6 Have you ever heard Lemeshev sing? – Oh, yes Hewas a splendid singer and a very good actor as well 7 Where did youget this fine new bag from? – My parents gave it to me as a birthdaypresent 8 She has just reminded me that we were at school together.

9 I have met Nick at the station this morning 10 She finished tidying

up the flat, then she began cooking dinner 11 I have seen his name inthe papers very often of late 12 They left just a week ago 13 Most ofthe children here have had the flu already 14 I have loved you since

I saw you at the party

1 Have you written a letter to your friend at last? – Yes, I have –When did you write it? – I wrote it last night – And why haven’t yousent it yet? – I left it at home in the morning, and I have been busysince I returned home 2 Has Jane come home? – Not yet

I am very anxious about her When did she leave? – She left home at

6 o’clock and she went straight to the dentist – Don’t worry I amsure the doctor detained her – But it’s 9 o’clock now, so she hasbeen away from home for three hours already 3 Look! What letter Ihave just received from mother – Anything has happened? – Fatherhas fallen ill – Ill again! He was ill in September – Yes At first thedoctors said it was the flu But then he felt worse and they took him

to the hospital Mother writes he has been ill for more than a weekalready

1 I have finished my report Look at it, please 2 Have you readtoday’s newspapers? Certainly 3 Have you sent for a doctor? –Yes, I have He will come soon 4 Have you known Helen for a longtime? – I have known her for six years already 5 Today my friendhas called me 6 Last year he left for the north and since then Ihaven’t seen him 7 I met with Ann at my friends’ three years ago,and I haven’t heard anything about her since then 8 Do you knowthis city well? – No, I have never been here before 9 He has changedvery much lately, hasn’t he? – I haven’t noticed 10 You haven’tvisited us since you came 11 I can’t go to the cinema with youbecause I haven’t done my homework yet 12 I am glad to see you

I have heard so much about you 13 When did you take part in thesports competitions? 14 My friend has never been abroad He hasgone to the USA lately

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1 When did they leave? – I don’t know exactly I was not at home

2 I am very thankful to you for everything you have done for me

3 We have just sold the last copy of this book It’s a pity that youdidn’t tell us before that you need it 4 It has stopped raining, andpeople are going without raincoats and umbrellas 5 When we werestudents we always helped each other 6 I am very glad to getacquainted with you I have heard about you so much and wanted tomeet you long ago 7 I have known him for many years; he hasalways been a good friend to me 8 The examiners have alreadycome and asked three students 9 Where did you get this wonderfulcarpet? I have had it since I moved to this flat 10 Where did she gotoday in the morning? She went to the library and then called on herfriend 11 She has written some letters this week 12 Where has Tomgone? I don’t see him here – He went home five minutes ago 13 Ihaven’t seen my old teacher for two months 14 A new teacher ofhistory came on Monday 15 Last year we had five lessons of English

a week 16 Haven’t you got my letter? – Your letter? No, I haven’t –Yes, certainly you couldn’t get it yet It was sent only today in themorning

The Past Perfect Tense

1 A telegram came ten minutes after you had left 2 By 7 o’clockeverybody had already arrived at the station 3 When you came, Ihad already written my report 4 By the time you called the guestshadn’t gathered yet 5 Had you studied English before you enteredthese classes? 6 How many pages of this book had you translated

by the end of the last week? 7 What had you already prepared bythat time? 8 Who had already passed exams by that moment?

9 After Peter had translated the sentence in a wrong way, Ann tried

to translate it in a right way 10 When he entered the room to theEnglish lesson he found out that he had left not only the textbookbut his notebooks as well 11 He was nervous because he hadn’tlearnt all the words which the teacher asked to learn 12 Coming tothe theatre I found out that the performance hadn’t begun yet

13 She came to our city three years ago By this time she had alreadygraduated from university 14 When I came home, my brother hadalready gone to the cinema 15 He had left before we received atelegram 16 My brother said that he had already visited thisexhibition

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