Сборник упражнений

КГУ «Средняя школа №26»

Полякова Т.В.

г. Усть-Каменогорск

Сборник упражнений по английскому языку.

(Темы: «The Noun», «The Numeral»)

Целью сборника является систематизация знаний и подготовка учащихся к ВОУД и ЕНТ. Система упражнений построена по принципу «от простого к сложному» по уровням. Это позволяет использовать уражнения при разно уровневом обучении английскому языку.

1 УРОВЕНЬ.

«The Noun»

Exercise 1. Напишите множественное число существительных:

+ s

1. book –

2. shirt –

3. orange –

4. apple –

5. flat –

6. glove –

+ es

1. tomato –

2. sandwich –

3. glass –

+ ies

1. country –

2. city –

3. dictionary –

Exercise 2Write the plural form of the following. ( Напишите множественное число имен существительных)

1. regular nouns

story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city

B. irregular nouns (существительные исключения)

Child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, ox

C. nouns of Greek or Latin origin (существительные греческого и латинского происхождения)

Datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, medium, oasis, nucleus, memorandum, basis, radius, analysis, symposium

D. compound nouns (сложные существительные)

Fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not,

room-mate, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder, commander-in-chief, governor-general

Exercise 3 Divide the following words into two columns: countable and uncountable nouns (you must get 25 uncountable nouns). Распределите слова на 2 колонки: исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные (25 неисчисляемых существительных).

furniture, coffee, leaf, food, computer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permit, permission, baggage, luggage, beach, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, damage, accommodation, scenery, scene, pigeon, bread, mountain, luck, news, accident, laugh, flour, laughter

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Exercise 4 Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the words in bold type. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык.

1. The windows in his car are made of unbreakable glass. 2. He gave me a glass of water.

3. These are the works of Shakespeare. 4. He is not at home, he is at the works. He is installing new equipment. 5. His work is rather dull, he thinks. 6. Do you have scales? I want to weigh this fish. 7. Celsius or Fahrenheit scales are used in many countries. 8. I spilled the water, give me a cloth, pleas. 9. Have you bought cloth for draperies? 10. He′ s got his car insurance policy. 11. She always criticizes the government’s policy. 12. I need an iron to press my dress. 13. These items are made of iron. 14. There is neither salt nor pepper on the table. 15. He planted several peppers in the hothouse. 16. Would you like some chocolate? 17. She took a chocolate out of the box. 18. He meets a lot of people every day. 19. A lot of different peoples live in Asia. 20. They run a very profitable business somewhere in South Africa. 21. Business is an essential part of American life.

Exercise 5 Match the word on the left with its partner on the right.

Example: a piece music – a piece of music

Exercise6. Change the uncountable nouns in bold type into countable ones in the sentences using the words from Exercise 4.

Example: Buy some bread on your way home. –

Buy a loaf of bread on your way home.

1. I had luck in the casino yesterday. 2. I saw lightening and then heard thunder in the west.

3. How much luggage have you got with you? 4. Would you like some more cake? 5. Daddy brought me milk chocolate! 6. He blew smoke out of his pipe into the open window. 7. How much sugar do you take with your tea? 8. We need to buy some furniture for our kitchen. 9. Give me please brown shoe polish. 10. He told us very interesting information last night.

Exercise7. Write out the nouns which are used only in the plural form (you must get 25 nouns). Выпишите существительные, которые только во множественном числе (25 существительных).

Athletics, cattle, scissors, taxes, pyjamas, economics, police, news, means, goods, pants, subjects, billiards, darts, outskirts, premises, mechanics, spectacles, clothes, stairs, maths, shorts, tights, gymnastics, congratulations, crossroad, patience, scales, lodgings, foundations, equipment, research, authorities, soap, contents, looks, countryside, traffic-lights, tongs, toothpaste, headphones, delays, binoculars, electronics, eyes, trousers.

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Exercise 8 Complete the following table and give the corresponding singular of plural form of the nouns, if any. If there is no the corresponding form, put a v. The first two words are given as examples.

means, scissors, pence, Frenchman, Roman, photo, physics, cloth, sheep, halves, news, sleeves, mice, species, contents, athletics, series, knowledge, feet, phenomena, clothes, bases, headquarters, Japanese.

Exercise9. Find the odd word in the chain of the nouns.

Example: tea – butter – onions – meat

1. trousers – spectacles – scales – news

2. advice – knowledge – contents – progress

3. phonetics – vacation – goods – information

4. criteria – datum – oases – radii

5. mice – men – goats – geese

6. police – work – weather – furniture

7. congress – team – government – equipment

8. water – potato – milk –bread

9. time – business – stone – bird

10. means – species – crossroads – wolves

11. thanks – barracks – congratulations – authorities

12. diagnoses – roofs – cattle – accommodation

13. premises – mechanics – darts – laughter

14. success – research – applause – path

15. journey – voyage – travel – walk

Exercise10. Open the brackets and choose the proper form.

1. I feel that the jury already (have/has) thought that you are innocent. 2. The government (was/were) not able to pursue the policy which had been promised before the elections. 3. The policy (is/are) investigating the case now. 4. The crew of the plane (consist/ consists) of four people. 5. His company (was/were) founded in 1996. 6. The party (was/were) in full swing. The music was playing; the company (was/were) eating and drinking. 7. My family (is/are) early risers, so at 11 o'clock p.m. the family (is/are) always in bed. 9. The committee (is/are) full of enthusiasm. 10. Such an organization as the board of directors (is/are) elected by stockholders. 11. The ship turned out to be a good ship, the crew (was/were) skilled seamen. 12. The government usually (consist/ consists) of the prime minister and several ministers. 13. The average American family (have/has) three children. 14. The jury (is/are) represented by twelve people. 15. The crops (is/are) good this summer.

Exercise 11. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb to be.

A

1. The crew ____ rescued by our boat. 2. Her clothes ____ very fashionable. 3. Your advice ____ always welcome. 4. The information he gave us ____ very useful. 5. A little money ____ better than nothing. 6. That species of spiders ____ commonly seen in deserts of North Africa. 7. I think her hair ____ dyed. 8. No news _____ good news. 9. I don’t want to work here. The equipment _____ too complicated. 10. There _____ a lot of sheep in the field. 11. I think this _____ detailed research. 12. Where _____ my spectacles? 13. The phenomena ____ unusual. 14. Mathematics _____ difficult, but physics _____ more difficult to my mind. 15. The cattle ____ up the hill.

B

1. Look out! The stairs ____ very old. 2. In my opinion looks ____ very important for an actor. 3. The police _____ responsible for these actions. 4. Criteria _____ changing, you know. 5. The committee ____ set up several months ago. 6. The traffic ____ very heavy in this street. Be careful at the corner. When the traffic-lights ____red, don't cross the street. 7. The working wages ____ up. 8. The knowledge she has got at college ____ very deep. 9. The carrots____ delicious. 10. The vacation ____ always fun. 12. The funeral ____usually a sad occasion. 12. The evidence ____ against him. 13. The contents of the letter ____ made public. 14. The opera-glasses ____ out of focus. 15. The grapes ____ripe.

Exercise 12 Match the words on the left (1-10) with the appropriate phrases on the right

(a-j) to get 10 sentences.

Exercise 13. Find the mistakes in the following sentences and correct them. Some sentences have more than one mistake.

1. We hade such a terrible weather that we left the hotel in the country (we did not have heatings there) and took an accommodation with a fire place in town instead. 2. Yesterday I got a permission to go there. What about you? Have you got your permits? 3. I love French impressionists but I would need an advice from a specialist before I brought any. My knowledges in that area very poor. 4. Her works are definitely making great progresses these day. She has done a lot of researches lately. 5. Have you heard that Jack's lodging is on London, but on the outskirt of the city? These are interesting news, aren't they? 6. The police is looking for the criminals who escaped last night. The informations about them were sent to all the police stations of the district. 7. Political and economic crises is frequent for Africa. 8. How many luggages are you taking? Oh, I think you won't be able to cope with them. You'll have to hire a porter. 9. Last week was awful for her. She had two tooth pulled out, her childs got ill and finally her husband lost moneys. 10. The tights is too loose for her.

Exercise 14 Translate the sentences into English.

1. Его советы всегда бывают такими убедительными (convincing). Почему ты им не следуешь?. 2. Какая ненастная (nasty) погода! В такую дождливую погоду лучше сидеть дома. 3. Она делает хорошие успехи в английском. 4. Я удивлен (be surprised), что она поверила этим странным новостям. Боюсь, они недостоверны. Кто их ей сообщил? 5. Мне кажется, эти весы сломаны. 6. Вчера я положил сюда деньги. Где они? Я не могу их найти. 7. Я считаю, что помещение для нашего магазина вполне подходящее. 8. Мне не нравятся эти джинсы. Мне кажется, та пара джинсов лучше. 9. Экипаж был готов выполнить (fulfil) приказ капитана. 10. Критерии часто меняются. 11. Ваши товары сделаны очень плохо. 12. Нику необходимо сшить(sew) новые брюки. У меня есть хорошая синяя материя. 13. Он купил буханку хлеба, пакет молока, кусок мыла и тюбик зубной пасты. 14. Информация о ценах очень интересна. 15. Здесь нет светофора, и перекресток очень опасное место. 16. Виды этих растений (plant) неизвестны. 17. Вдруг позади себя я услышал громкий смех. 18. Его знания по математике лучше моих. 19. Ты взял бинокль? – Нет, он нам не понадобится. Наше место во втором ряду ( row). 20. Улики были важными, и он чувствовал, что суд присяжных был против него. 21. В Англии зарплата рабочим выплачивается каждую неделю. 22. Актеров встретили аплодисментами. 23. Мои часы отстают. 2. Морковь богата витаминами. 25. Она считает, что современная одежда красива и удобна (convenient).

«The Numeral»

1 УРОВЕНЬ.

Exercise 1. Напишите словами и произнесите следующие числительные:

1. 1^st; 2^nd; 3^rd; 4^th; 5^th ; 6^th; 7^th; 8^th;9^th

2. 25;13; 11; 34; 40; 14; 76; 100

3. 1,350; 2,481; 427; 144; 314; 413; 830

Exercise 2. Следуя модели, запишите словами и произнесите следующие математические выражения:

Example: 2+5 = 7 (Two plus five is seven)

7-3 = 4 (Seven minus three is four)

3*2 = 6 (Three multiplied by two is six)

9:3 = 3 (Nine divided by three is three)

1. 3+4 = 7

2. 18+43 = 61

3. 102+13 = 115

4. 2,635+1 = 2,636

5. 19-6 = 13

6. 18-7 = 11

7. 125-30 = 95

8. 2,635-0,015 = 2,620

9. 2*4 = 8

10. 13*3 = 39

11. 5*8 = 40

12. 25*5 = 125

13. 18:2 = 9

14. 21:7 = 3

15. 28:4 = 7

16. 200:100 = 2

2. Exercise 3. Напишите эти числительные:

4. 20

5. e

   v

   i

   f

   -

   y

   t

   n

   e

   t

   w

6. 25

9. 47

10. 60

11. 

13. 38

14. 90

15. 

18. 75

22. 100

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1. Exercise 4. Напишите время словами:

3. Example: 10 ¹⁵ it’s a quarter past ten

1. 6 ^{30 -}

2. 11 ^{00 -}

3. 12 ^45-

4. 9 ^{30 -}

5. 3 ^{00 -}

2. Exercise 5. Напишите даты словами:

4. Example: 01.04. The first of April

1. 14.02. -

2. 03.07. -

3. 25.09 -.

4. 12.01. -

5. 21.12. -

2. Exercise 6. Напишите года словами:

4. Example: 1881 – eighteen eighty – one

1. 1564 -

2. 1926 -

3. 1452 -

4. 1977 -

5. 1616 -

6. 1905 -

7. 2000 -

8. 2009 -

9. 1934 –

2. Exercise 7. Answer the questions. Write the numbers in full.

3. 1. How many minutes are there in two hours? 2. How many kilometers are there in a mile?

4. 3. What is your normal temperature? 4. How much do you weigh? 5. How many cents are the in $2.5? 6. How many days are there in a year? 7. When were you born? 8. What is your telephone number? 9. What is the number of your flat? 10. What is the approximate population of Russia?

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7. Exercise 8. Write these numbers in English.

8. 567 6 ½ 3,267 8.93 0.34 7 ¼ 2,359,000 11.06 58% 9 May

   3 August 969 64 85 (telephone number) – 3 centigrade (In) 1907 33 3,000,000,000 7,082 40-0 (the result in a tennis game) 37% 4-1 (the result in a football match)