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«Ростовский государственный университет путей сообщения»
(РГУПС)
М.В. Меликова, А.Л. Акопова
Методические указания
по грамматике английского языка для студентов 1 курса гуманитарных специальностей
Ростов-на-Дону
2004
УДК 42(07) + 06
Меликова М.В., Акопова А.Л.
Методические указания по грамматике английского языка для студентов 1 курса гуманитарных специальностей. Ч. 1, 2. – Ростов н/Д: Рост. гос. ун-т путей сообщения, 2004. – 60 с.
Методические указания разработаны для повышения уровня грамматики и формирования навыков языковой компетенции у студентов гуманитарного факультета 1-го курса.
Целью данных указаний является создание системы упражнений для ознакомления с основными разделами грамматики и грамматическими конструкциями английского языка. Упражнения также предназначены для закрепления грамматических навыков, умения работать с грамматическими пособиями и справочниками.
Рецензент канд. пед. наук, доц. Е.Р. Горюнова (РГУПС)
Меликова Марина Владимировна
Акопова Анжелика Львовна
Методические указания по грамматике английского языка для студентов 1 курса гуманитарных специальностей
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Содержание
Часть 1. GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Translate the sentences, paying attention to the articles
Exercise 2. Explain the usage of the articles
Exercise 3. Insert articles where necessary
Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary
Exercise 5. Translate the sentences, paying attention to the pronouns
Exercise 6. Replace the underlined words by personal pronouns
Exercise 7. Fill the blanks with possessive pronouns
Exercise 8. Insert the missing possessives
Exercise 9. Put the pronouns given in brackets in from of the objective case
Exercise 10. Change the following statements according to the given pattern
Exercise 11. Fill in the blank spaces with self-forms
Exercise 12. Insert demonstrative pronouns
Exercise 13. Fill in the missing relative pronouns
Exercise 14. Translate the following sentences into Russian and explain the usage of pronouns some, any and no
Exercise 15. Choose the necessary pronouns
Exercise 16. Translate into English
Exercise 17. Do the exercises according to the pattern
Exercise 18. Give negative answers
Exercise 19. Do the exercises according to the pattern
Exercise 20. Give short answers
Exercise 21. Do the exercise according to the pattern
Exercise 22. Answer with «yes»
Exercise 23. Ask alternative questions
Exercise 24. From special questions
Exercise 25. Answer the following questions.
Exercise 26. From special questions
Exercise 27. Make disjunctive questions
Exercise 28. Use adverbs in their proper position
Exercise 29. Put the questions to the underlined words
Exercise 30. Give negative transforms of the following sentences.
Exercise 31. Open the brackets
Exercise 32. Translate the following sentences into English
Exercise 33. Read the joke. Reproduce it as close to the text as possible using the Present Indefinite tense
Exercise 34. Transform the verb into the Past Indefinite Tens
Exercise 35. Put general questions
Exercise 36. Make the sentences negative
Exercise 37. Put the questions to the underlined words
Exercise 38. Make special questions
Exercise 39. Open the brackets
Exercise 40. Translate the sentences
Exercise 41. Transform the verb into the Future Indefinite Tense
Exercise 42. Make sentences negative and intenogative
Exercise 43. Substitute «to be going to» for «shall» or «will» in the following sentences
Exercise 44. Answer the following questions. Pay attention to the use of the Present Indefinite Tense in the subordinate clauses of time and condition
Exercise 45. Translate the following sentences
Exercise 46. Transform sentences into the Present Continuous Tense
Exercise 47. Make the sentences interrogative
Exercise 48. Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous Tens
Exercise 49. Translate to English
Exercise 50. Use the correct tens
Exercise 51. Make the following sentences interrogative
Exercise 52. Put the question to the underlined words
Exercise 53. Make disjunctive questions
Exercise 54. Translate the following sentences
Exercise 55. Read the following stories and retell them, using the Continuous Tens where necessary
Exercise 56. Give interrogative transforms
Exercise 57. Give negative transforms
Exercise 58. Translate into English
Exercise 59. Change the following sentences into the Present Perfect Tens
Exercise 60. Transform the sentences into general questions
Exercise 61. Give negative answer
Exercise 62. Put questions to the underlined words
Exercise 63. Use the Present Perfect and the Past Simple
Exercise 64.
Exercise 65. Translate the sentences according to the signal
Exercise 66. Translate the sentences into Russian
Exercise 67. Do like this
Exercise 68. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect
Exercise 69. Use Present Perfect or Past Perfect
Exercise 70. Translate into English
Exercise 71. Explain the usage of the Future Perfect Tens. Translate into Russian
Exercise 72. Translate the following sentences
Часть 2. MODAL VERBS
Exercise 73. Make the following sentences interrogative
Exercise 74. Make the following sentences negative
Exercise 75. Use the sentences in past
Exercise 76. Refer the sentences to the future
Exercise 77. Add question-tags to the following sentences
Exercise 78. Translate into Russian
Exercise 79. Translate the following sentences into English
Exercise 80. Make sentences asking permission
Exercise 81. Change the following sentences so as to deny permission
Exercise 82. Use «to be allowed to» instead of «may»
Exercise 83. Translate the second part of each sentence
Exercise 84. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative
Exercise 85. Refer the following sentences to the past, using the verb «to have to»
Exercise 86. Refer the sentences to the past, using the verb «to be to»
Exercise 87. Refer the following sentences to the future
Exercise 88. Translate into English
Exercise 89. Change the sentences into the present Indefinite Passive
Exercise 90. Answer the questions using the words suggested
Exercise 91. Answer the questions using the passive construction
Exercise 92. Put the sentences into the Past Indefinite Passive
Exercise 93. Answer the questions according to the given pattern
Exercise 94. Change into the Passive Voice. Use «by» where appropriate
Exercise 95. Put the sentences into the Future Indefinite Passive
Exercise 96. Answer the questions using the given suggestions
Exercise 97. Give Russian equivalents to the following proverbs
Exercise 98. Give passive transforms of the following sentences using the tens according to the time signal
Exercise 99. Translate the following questions into English
Exercise 100. Translate the following sentences. Use the proper tens and voice
Exercise 101. Listen to the following story. Retell it, using the proper tense and voice
Exercise 102. Translate the following sentences. Transform them into general and disjunctive questions
Exercise 103. Transform the following sentences into the Passive Voice
Exercise 104. Translate into English using the Passive Voice
Exercise 105. Listen to the dialogue Reproduce it with your fellow – student
Exercise 106. Change the sentences into the Present Perfect Passive
Exercise 107. Answer the questions in the Present Perfect Passive, using the given suggestions
Exercise 108. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Passive
Exercise 109. Change the sentences into the Future Perfect Passive
Exercise 110. Use the preposition by or with
Exercise 111. Translate into English
Exercise 112. Translate into English
Часть 1. GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Translate the sentences, paying attention to the articles
1. Some students are in the classroom.
2. The young men and women are students of an English college.
3. The college is in London.
4. The students have their lectures in the morning and some times in the evening.
5. They have three lessons today.
6. The first is a lecture on physics and the third is a class in English.
7. The first lecture was the most interesting.
Exercise 2. Explain the usage of the articles
This is a notebook. It’s thick and black.
Pattern: The note-book is thick and black.
1. This is a pen. It’s long and yellow.
2. That is a desk. It’s bid and old.
3. This is an apple. It’s big and red.
4. Those are armchairs. They’re small and cosy.
5. These are magazines. They are old and interesting.
6. This is a flat. It’s big and light.
7. These are pencils. They’re long and sharp.
Exercise 3. Insert articles where necessary
a) 1. He is … father already.
2. They are … orphans.
3. This man is … distant relative of mine.
4. This woman is … widow.
5. They are … husband and wife.
6. They are … brother and sister.
7. Is your mother at home, Alec? – No, … mother is not at home.
8. Where is your uncle, Peter? – … uncle is at the factory.
9. … mother is … employer and … father is … doctor.
10. … aunt, what is the short for … Richard? – It’s … Dick.
11. … Petrovs, our neighbours are very nice people. They are six in … family: … grandfather, … grandmother, … father, … mother,… son and … daughter.
12. What is your cousin’s profession? – My cousin is … surgeon by … profession.
13. Are … Smirnovs in … Far East now? – Yes, they are. They are in … Khabarovsk.
b) 1. I am going to explain … new rule to you. Please. take … notes. Look at … blackboard. Here are … examples.
2. What is … English for «город»? … English for «город» is «city». If this word is new to you, take … dictionary, look up this word in … dictionary and put down … pronunciation and … spelling of word in your note-books. Wright down … word in … singular and in … plural.
3. We are studying … English. It is not easy to learn … foreign language.
4. … Grammar is … art of speaking, reading, writing … English language correctly.
c) 1. Open … book at … page 20, please.
2. … pupils are doing … exercise.
3. Will you read … paragraph 3, please?
4. Will you write … sentence 2, please?
5. They are in … room 6.
d) 1. I usually have … breakfast at eight o’clock.
2. I like to have … hot breakfast in … morning.
3. What do you usually have for … breakfast? I usually have … eggs, bread, butter and tea for breakfast. It is … very substantial breakfast, isn’t it?
4. … breakfast today is very good.
5. I like to have … dinner at home.
6. In summer we have … very simple dinner at home.
7. … dinner is already cold, we must warm it at home.
8. It is … supper with my friend three times … week.
9. It is pleasant to play … chess … evening after … good supper.
10. … dinner is over.
11. … supper is ready.
Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary
a) My watch is right. I set it by … radio-time signal. Your watch is correct, too. It is telling … right time. … clock in … living room is not right. It is three minutes slow.
b) Twelve o’clock in … daytime is … noon, twelve o’clock at … night is … midnight. When it is noon in … Hague, it is … midnight in the region of Chukotsk sea. When it is 4 o’clock in … afternoon in … Vladivostok it is 9 o’clock in … morning in … Moscow. When it is 5 o’clock in … London it is … noon in … New York. When it is … day in the European part of … Russia, it is … night in … United States of … America.
c) 1. There are sixty minutes in … hour.
2. There are sixty seconds in … minute.
3. You must return this book in … week.
4. It is … quarter past eight.
5. You may take my magazines for … month.
6. Will you give me … hundred postcards, please?
d) 1. … Moscow is … capital of … Russia.
2. … New York is … largest city of United States of America.
3. … Hague is not … capital of … Holland.
4. … Smiths live in … Center of London.
5. … water in … Black Sea is very warm in summer.
6. I buy … Morning Star four times … month.
7. … Volga floes through … Never.
8. … St. Petersburg University is on … Neva Embankment.
9. … Paris is … capital of … France.
10. … French live in … France.
11. Big Ben is … biggest clock in … England.
12. … English are proud of Big Ben.
Exercise 5. Translate the sentences, paying attention to the pronouns
We have our English class here. She likes her new dress very much. Paul keeps his books in the book-case. I usually go to see my friends in the evening. They often take their children to this park. Do you help your parents? The film is interesting but I don’t remember its title. Mary does her work well. Mr. Wilson is in his office.
Exercise 6. Replace the underlined words by personal pronouns
1. John gives the book to Henry.
2. Tell the students the answer.
3. My sister and I have got a room of our own.
4. Alec and Mary are engineers by profession.
5. Jane buy a magazine for Granny.
6. Kate reads this story to Mary and me.
7. Tom has got no nephews or nieces.
8. His wife is not in Leningrad now.
9. Peter brings flowers for your mother.
10. Send the letter to your parents.
Exercise 7. Fill the blanks with possessive pronouns
1. I am a worker … name is Ivanov.
2. Ted is a schoolboy … marks are good.
3. Ann and Jane are engineers … sons are schoolboys.
4. Mary is very talented. … work is really excellent.
5. We are engineers. … friends are engineers too.
6. «What are … names?» – «… is Nick and … is Jane.»
7. Journalists were upset. … time was over.
8. Peter gave me … book because I lost … one.
Exercise 8. Insert the missing possessives
1. Tell me, isn’t that … girl-friend over there? Oh, no, she isn’t … friend, she is … .
2. Don’t take this book. It is not … book, it is … .
3. My sister is at home. – And where is your sister? – … is at the office.
4. Tell him not to forger … ticket, ask Helen not to forget … either.
5. Take … English magazines and give me … .
6. Look at the cat, … cat is so thick.
7. Isn’t that … composition? Yes, it is … .
8. Don’t come, … sister is ill.
9. Don’t touch … face.
10. … answers are good.
Exercise 9. Put the pronouns given in brackets in from of the objective case
1. My friend sends (I) many letters.
2. His brother knows (you) well.
3. I often see (they) in the park.
4. Don’t ask (he) about it.
5. Do you know Latin? – No, I don’t know (it) at all.
6. Sometimes we meet (she) at the Browns.
7. The teacher greets (we) every morning.
8. (you) son studies together with (she), doesn’t he?
9. I have a wonderful family. I love (they) very much, and they love (I).
Exercise 10. Change the following statements according to the given pattern |
