Exercise 36. a) Translate into Russian.

1. There’s a lot of time left.
2. There’s a woman in the other room who wants to talk to you.
3. There are a few things we need to discuss.
4. There is one thing I’d like to ask you.
5. There is very little difference between them.
6. There’s a lot of talk about the problem of education today.
7. There is no need to argue.
8. There’s nothing like travelling.
9. Is there any hope?
10. Is there anything wrong with that room?
11. Is there any other way to do the job?
12. Is there anything I can do?
13. Is there anything else you want to know?
14. There isn’t anything left to say, is there?

B) In pairs. Choose one item and illustrate its usage in a mini-sketch.

C) Show your sketches to the rest of the group.

D) Complete in as many ways as you can.

1. There’s / ‘re a lot of … left.
2. There’s a … who wants to ….
3. There’re a few things we need to ….
4. There’s one thing I’d like to ….
5. There’s a lot of talk about ….
6. There’s no need to ….
7. There’s nothing like ….
8. Is there anything wrong with …?
9. Is there any other way to …?
10. Is there anything you want to …?
11. There’s nothing left to …, is there?

 

LANGUAGE USE

Exercise 37.Complete this paragraph from a travel book. Put in many, few, much or little.

The main town on the island is very small and does not have many important buildings. The islanders do not have (1)………………money, and they have (2)………………….contact with the outside world. There is not (3)…………………..chance of the place attracting large numbers of tourists. The roads are not very good. There are lots of bicycles but not (4)……………………cars. And there are hardly any of the modern facilities which visitors expect. There are (5)………………………shops, and there is (6)…………………entertainment.

 

Exercise 38. What is there on the table? What isn’t there on it?

WORD-BUILDING

От многих прилагательных можно образовать наречия, прибавив суффикс -ly.

(Прилагательные употребляются перед существительными или после глагола “to be”.)

It's a beautiful song. – Это красивая песня.

This song is so beautiful. – Эта песня такая красивая.

She sings beautifully. – Она красиво поёт.

 

Exercise 39. Make the corresponding Adverbs. Then think of your own sentences with these Adjectives and Adverbs.

nice, bad, comfortable, easy, simple, real, usual, fluent, quick

 

От глаголов можно образовать существительные при помощи суффиксов -ment, -ion,

-ation.

develop – развивать =>develop ment – развитие

elect – избирать =>elect ion – избрание

inform – информировать =>inform ation – информация

Exercise40. Add suffixes to the following verbs to form nouns. Translate the verbs and nouns into Russian.

1. ment

to manage, to improve, to move, to equip, to agree, to arrange, to attach,

to embody, to argue, to state, to entertain, to pay, to replace, to achieve

1. ion

to discuss, to impress, to express, to act, to collect, to select, to invent,

to corrupt, to donate, to restrict, to protect, to construct, to create, to irritate

 

1. ation

to organise, to form, to transform, to educate, to quote, to invite, to expect,

to realise, to prolong, to present, to alter

 

LANGUAGE USE AND COMMUNICATION

Exercise 41.