There+Be It+Be Simple (Indefinite) Active.
1. 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)
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.
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2. Give the plural form of the following nouns:
sheep, place, library, photo, mouse, lady, glass, bush, dress, country, party, wife, knife, knowledge, pen, goose, tooth, company, life, deer, tomato, man, play, news, child, fruit, shelf, leaf, foot, fish, woman, money, information, month, horse, flower, potato, book, plan, bridge, match, nose, bus, box, army, watch, shop, address, day, fly, hotel, key, gate, clock, office, city.
3. Give the singular of the following nouns:
Women, teeth, feet, children, friends, lives, studies, dresses, brushes, boxes, diseases, results, techniques, purposes, fields, histories, lamps.
4. Give the plural form of the following nouns ending of F/-FE:
Shelf, life, knife, proof, scarf, wife, safe, self, leaf, loaf, wolf, chief.
5. Give the plural form of the following nouns:
Phenomenon, crisis, stimulus, index, formula, datum, nucleus, criterion, analysis, apparatus, basis, appendix, hypothesis, vertebra.
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6. 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.
7. 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 for ______ (it, them). 4) The main building of ______ (we, our) university 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).
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8. 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 ______?
9. 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.
10. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the pronouns:
1) Where is Alan? - is at work. 2) Who is that woman? - is my sister. 3) I want this book. Please give to me. 4) Where is the newspaper? - is on the table. 5) I like my job. - is very interesting. 6) I like Oxford. - is famous for its university. 7) Where are my textbooks? - are on the shelf. 8) Where is the money? - is in the purse. 9) My camera is in my room. - is on the shelf. 10) Are these people your friends? Yes, are my close friends. 11) How much are these shoes? - are very expensive. 12) Who is that man? - is my brother. 13) Where is your house? - is far from here.
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