Variant III

I. Write plural number of the following nouns:

A wife, a dress, a toy, a sheep, a tooth, a child, an ox, a deer, a life, a tomato.

II. Put articles where necessary:

1. Is this... interesting book? Is this... very interesting book? Is this... very interesting book you have spoken about so much? It is such... in­teresting book. Is it... same book you have recom­mended to us? 2. She is... teacher. She is... good teacher. She is... teacher of our school. She is... teacher of... English. Here is... teacher, ask her about... question which interests you. 3. There is... word in... text which I cannot understand. There is... very difficult word, too, which I cannot pro nounce. Here is... word I was looking up in the dictionary. This word is... adverb. 4.... first men wore vegetarians. 5. Serfdom was abolished in... Russia in... 19th century. 6. Columbus, who dis­covered... America, was... native of... Genoa, 7.... Rome is... ancient town. 8.... Ireland,.., Scotland and... Wales are parts of... United King­dom. 9. Did you go for... walk yesterday? — No, we didn't.... weather was bad, and we went to... cinema.

III. Put possessive pronouns:

1. We go to … lessons together every morning. 2. My aunt goes to … work every day. 3. My parents live in a flat. … flay is very cozy. 4. My son has … breakfast in the morning. 5. I love … family very much. 6. When do you have … days off?

IV. Put necessary indefinite pronouns:

1. Here are... books by English writers. Take... book you like. 2. There are... boys in the garden because they are at school. 3. Are there... desks in the classroom? - Yes, there are many. 4. There are... books on this desk, but there are...._ exercise-books. 5. Have you... books on Dickens? I want to read... about him. I have read... books by Dickens and I am interested in the life of the writer.

V. Open the brackets using necessary degree of comparison of adjectives:

1. Bobby was a (qui­et) child. He was (quiet) than his sister. 2. Her eyes are (grey) than mine. 3. He was the (fat) man in the village. 4. As he went on, the box became (heavy) and (heavy). 5. My sister is the (tall) girl in her class. 6. Who is the (attentive) student in your group? 7. It is autumn. Every day the air becomes (cold), the leaves (yellow). 8. This is the (beautiful) view I have ever seen in my life.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple:

1. This (to be) my bag. 2. My uncle (to be) an office-worker. He (to be) at work. 3. Helen’s brothers (to be) painters. They (to have) some fine pictures. They (to be) on the walls. 4. She has much paper. It (to be) on the shelf. The shelf (to be) brown. It (to be) on the wall. 5. Helen (to have) a brother. 6. I (to be) a student. I (to have) a family. My family (to be) not in St. Petersburg, it (to be) in Moscow. 7. How (to be) you? 8. We (to be) at a lesson now.

VII. Translate from English into Russian the following impersonal sentences:

1. Sometimes it is really worth going to the cinema. 2. It will take you some time to get there. 3. They say it’s when it doesn’t rain for a long time in summer. 4. It is snowing heavily now. 5. They say it is good to be polite.

VIII. Open the brackets and put the verb into Present Simple, Present Continuous or Future Simple:

1. When you (to get) up every day? - - I (to get) up at seven o'clock. 2. My brother usually (not to get) up at seven o'clock. As a rule, he (to get) up at six o'clock, but tomorrow he (to get) up at sev­en o'clock. 3. Why she (to come) home so late to­morrow? 4. We (to go) to the country the day after tomorrow. 5. Our friends always (to go) to the coun­try for the week-end. 6. Look! The kitten (to play) with its tail. 7. Your parents (to watch) TV now? 8. My sister (not to rest) now. She (to help) mother in the kitchen. She (to help) mother in the kitchen every day. 9. Where she (to go) tomorrow? 10. She (to go) to the country with us tomorrow?

IX. Open the brackets and put the verb into Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect:

1.I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of rny coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a very long time (to enter) the room. 2. She (to come) to see us just at the time when we (to have) dinner. It (to be) the first time I (to see) her. 3. I (to see) him just as he (to leave) the hotel. 4. I (not to see) him before we (to meet) at the concert. 5. He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything. 6. He (to tell) me he (to learn) it from the newspaper. 7. He (to enter) the room, (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out. 8. There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a newspaper. 9. He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her. 10. I (to ask) him if he (to know) where she (to live). I (to say) I (not to know) her address.

X. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Где Мэри? — Она в библиотеке, она готовит­ся к докладу. Она уже работает три часа. 2. Он думал, что его друзья работают вместе. 3. Она была удивлена: она еще никогда не видела столько цветов. 4. Когда я проснулся, мама уже встала и готовила чай. 5. Я уже полчаса стараюсь вспом­нить ее имя, но до сих пор еще не вспомнил. 6. Когда он пришел домой, мы уже ушли в кино. 7. Она сказала, что идет дождь и нам лучше си­деть дома. 8. Она жила в этом доме уже пять лет, когда приехал ее брат. 9. Она думала, что будет хорошая погода. 10. Разве ты не понимаешь, что весной будет уже три года, как я ношу эту шляпу.

XI. Read and translate the following text:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England has existed as a unified entity since the 10^th century. The union between England and Wales was enacted under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. In the Act of Union of 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanent union as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but in 1921, the Anglo-Irish treaty formalized a partition of Ireland, although six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom and became known as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It was adopted in 1927.

Great Britain was the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19^th century. It played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science.

At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth’s surface.

United Kingdom is one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, a member of the EU, but still remains outside the European Monetary Union. In 1999 the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly of Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established. And it is significant issue in the UK.

United Kingdom is located in the Western Europe, on the British Islands, including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France. Total territory is 244,820 sq km. It has a border with Ireland. Its climate is temperate, moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current. The landscape of UK is mostly rugged hills and low mountains. Nowadays United Kingdom lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes, only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel.

The lowest point is Fenland – 4 m; the highest one is Ben Nevis 1,343 m. Its natural resources are coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead.

Official languages are English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales) and Scottish, as a form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland).

Government type is constitutional monarchy. Administrative divisions of UK are the following:

England is divided into 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 10 districts;

North Ireland is divided into 24 districts, 2 cities, 6 counties;

Scotland is divided into 32 council areas;

Wales is divided into 11 county boroughs, 9 counties and dependent areas.

The Chief of the state is Queen Elizabeth II since 6 February 1952; the Heir of the Crown is Prince Charles, the son of the queen. He was born on 14 November 1948.

XII. Answer the questions on the text:

1. How long has England existed as a unified entity?

2. When was the union between England and Wales enacted?

3. When was the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland implemented?

4. When was the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland adapted?

5. What is Northern Ireland?

6. Was Great Britain the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 17^th century?

7. Is there a connection between France and Great Britain today?

8. Is the United Kingdom a member of the European Monetary Union?

9. Where is the United Kingdom located?

10. What climate has the United Kingdom?

11. What landscape has Great Britain?

12. What are the lowest and the highest points of the country?

13. What are official languages in Great Britain?

14. What are the natural resources?

XIII. Translate from English into Russian:

to exist, entity, to enact, permanent, to implement, adoption, partition, county, to remain, current, maritime

XIV. Translate from Russian into English:

1 Зенит; 2 иметь протяжение, простираться, тянуться; 3 Содружество (свободное объединение независимых государств, не имеющее общего договора или конституции); 4 Европейский монетный союз; 5 граница; умеренный (о климате и т.п.); 6 ослаблять, смягчать; 7 преобладать, господствовать, превалировать, доминировать; 8 ландшафт, пейзаж; 9 уголь; 10 нефть; 11 известняк; 12 железная руда; 13 глина, глинозем.