GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1.1. Fill in the blanks putting the verb BE in correct forms:
1) I ____ a first-year student. 2) Alex ____ absent today. He ____ ill. 3) At the University we ____ usually busy till 4.30 p.m. 4) The VolgSMU ____ a very famous medical university. 5) ____ you a dental technician? 6) My friend ____ not a student. He ____ an intern. 7) It ____ Wednesday today. 8) She ____ a dentist in 6 years. 9) I ____ a medical student. 10) I ____ a dentist next year. 11) Yesterday she ____ in the hospital. 12) They ____ in London last year, but now they ____ in Paris. 13) ____ it cold or warm today? 14) We ____ at the lecture in Chemistry. 15) It ____ Thursday yesterday.
Exercise 1.2. Translate the sentences into Russian:
1) There are two terms in the academic year. 2) There will be a meeting at the University tomorrow. 3) There is a hostel near our University. 4) There was no medical article in the yesterdays newspaper. 5) There were entrance examinations at the University in July. 6) There are some scientific schools and societies at different departments.
Exercise 1.3. Fill in the gaps the correct form of the verb to be and translate the sentences into Russian:
1) There _____ a book on Anatomy on the desk. 2) There _____ a teacher and 12 students in the classroom. 3) There _____ 12 students and a teacher in the classroom. 4) There _____ some grammar mistakes in my last test. 5) There _____ many articles in this journal. 6) There _____ some new subjects in the curriculum next year. 7) There _____ many books in the library. 8) There _____ a notebook on my desk. 9) There _____ examinations at the end of the spring semester. 10) There _____ a number of credits at the end of the winter semester.
Exercise 1.4. Fill in the appropriate form of the verb to be. Make sentences negative and interrogative if possible.
1) There _____ only one faculty when Stalingrad medical institute was founded. 2) There _____ nine faculties at the university at present. 3) There _____ many new books in our library next year. 4) There _____ no one at home when I came. 5) There _____ something interesting in this article. 6) There _____ 15 students in our group. 7) There _____ 13 academic groups in the first year. 8) Last year there _____ 12 academic groups in the first year.
Exercise 1.5. Study the following examples and translate them from Russian into English. Make the tasks below:
Impersonal it: Talking about weather (Examples: Its raining. Its cold. It was sunny yesterday.)
Identifying something (Who is it? - Its me. What is it? - Its a blackboard.)
Talking about time (What time is it? Its 5 oclock. What day is it? Its Thursday.)
Talking about distance (How far is it from your house to your work? - Its a five-minute walk.)
Impersonal there is used to say that something exists in a particular place (There is a book on desk.
There are some books on the desk)
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Choose it or there:
1) (It/There) are many faculties at the university at present. 2) (It/There) takes me 15 minutes to get to the university. 3) (It/There) are many new books in our library next year. 4) (It/There) was my sister at home when I came. 5) (It/There) is a medical college within our University. 6) (It/There) is something interesting in this article. 7) (It/There) is a requirement to come to classes on time. 8) (It/There) are 15 students in our group.
Exercise 1.6. Fill in the blanks putting the verb HAVE in correct forms:
1) I ____ many friends. 2) They ____ a lecture in Chemistry every week. 3) After breakfast we ____ a lesson of Latin. 4) ____ we ____ a lecture in Anatomy tomorrow? 5) We ____ two lectures and a seminar today. 6) We ____ a lecture in Anatomy and two seminars in Chemistry yesterday. 7) We ____ not any lectures tomorrow. 8) How often ____ you ____ lectures in Biology? 9) The VolgSMU ____ nine faculties. 10) ____ you ____ books in English?
Exercise 1.7. Translate into English the pronouns in brackets:
1) () ______ notebook is nice. 2) () ______ laboratory is large. 3) Dress () ______ white coats in the laboratories and dissecting-rooms. 4) (Ÿ) ______ academic achievements are very high. 5) () ______ future profession is a dentist. 6) () ______ group is the best at the University.
Exercise 1.8. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the pronouns in brackets:
1) We have a lecture in Chemistry every Tuesday. ______ (It, Its) is a very interesting lecture. 2) We have two practical classes in Chemistry on Tuesday and Thursday. ______ (It, They) are more interesting than the lectures. 3) ______ (We, Our) first classes start at 8 oclock in the morning. We mustnt be late on ______ (it, them). 4) The main building of ______ university (we, our) is far from ______ (it, its) affiliated () dental polyclinics and clinics. 5) _______ (Me, I) passed all the entrance exams successfully last summer and now _____ (I, my) am a first-year student. 6) Prof. Petrov delivers ______ (its, his) lectures very interesting. We like to attend ______ (their, them).
Exercise 1.9. Complete the sentences with correct forms of pronouns:
1) I dont know those girls. Do you know ______? 2) I dont know that man. Do you know ______? 3) I dont know those people. Do you know ______? 4) I dont know Helens friend. Do you know ______? 5) I dont know Helens friends. Do you know ______? 6) I dont know Dr. Ivanov. Do you know ______? 7) I dont know Dr. Ivanova. Do you know ______? 8) I dont know the student at the blackboard. Do you know ______?
Exercise 1.10. Choose the correct forms of pronouns:
1) Its (their/theirs) problem, not (our/ours). 2) This is a nice smart phone. Is it (your/yours)? 3) Thats not (my/mine) bag. (My/mine) is brown. 4) Whose books are these. (Your/Yours) or (my/mine)? 5) Helen is going out with (her/hers) friends this evening. 6) (My/Mine) bag is bigger than (her/hers). 7) Shes many new friends but she doesnt remember (their/theirs) full names. 8) Can I borrow your pencil? (My/mine) is broken.
