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1. Ireland! She is our Motherland. 2. The New Year brought more disastrous news for Britain and her allies. 3. Mine is a fine car. She has never let me down. 4. You can take a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink. 5. – What a fine yacht!- Yes, she cost me a fortune. 6. I can’t guarantee at all that this plane will get down on the field. She’s just as likely to pan down or overshoot. We will probably try to bring her in from the east. I want you to unlock the autopilot, it will hold her straight and level. 7. I reached for my little dog and picked her up. 8. The novel is about Japan’s major problems, the adaptation of Western style and the preservation of her own. 9. He called her “Beautiful Dreamer”. She was one of the most magnificent oceangoing yachts ever designed by the best naval architects. 10. My cat Trixie was such a gay little animal; she always brought a smile to my face and made me laugh.
Ex.8 Fill the gaps with the most appropriate name of animal or insect and use the right pronoun.
Dog, bull, eagle, sow, tigress, cat, cow, duck, fly, canary, tiger, elephant.
1. ______ is the smallest bird in the world. _____ size is the same as the size of butterfly.
2. Yesterday my Dad presented me a _______. _____ is so beautiful, like a butterfly, but I don’t know what ____ eats.
3. ______ is the best man’s friend. For many centuries _____ was protector and defender of man.
4. _______ raised _____ huge foot and put it back with great rattle.
My ______ broke _____ paw when _____ fell down the tree. _____ wanted to catch a small bird.
5. ______ singed ____ wings through flying over the fire.
6. _______ approached the camp, _____ dreadful roar made us tremble.
7. While hunting in the jungle I saw a _______, who was carrying _____ small children in the shadow of a tree.
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8. _______ is one of the biggest animals in the world. _____ can reach the size of a truck.
9. There were separate spaces for ______ and _______ in his cattle – pen. The name of his favourite _____ was Jack. _____ was black and strong and fierce, a real corrida______.
10. His wife didn’t like Jack. She liked one _____ most of all. ______ name was Jenny. Farmer’s wife used to say that ______ milk is the sweetest.
11. The hunter raised his gun and shot one of the ________ flying over the lake. ______ feathers were falling slowly on the water.
12. I have great news!! Yesterday our_______ gave birth to 15 young pigs. Now ____ is feeding them with her milk.
13. _______ was flying over the rocks looking for ______ victim.
Ex.9 Make a short fairy tale. Use the names of the animals and the phrases below:
to live in the forest, to have many children, to be very hungry, to look for meal, to bring up children, to be poor, to have evil thoughts, to steal something form, to take away, to weep day and night, to take revenge, to follow, to find in a hole (den), to ask for help, to punish, to repent of something.
Ex.10 Say in what cases we use the pronoun of feminine gender with the names of the countries.
Make sentences of your own with the countries below. Be sure to use “she”.
Spain. Japan, Russia, Belarus, Britain, America, India, Brazil, China, France, Portugal, Sweden, Italy.
Ex.11 Translate into English:
1. Америка - большая страна. Она омывается Атлантическим океаном с одной стороны и Тихим с другой. 2. Бедная киска повредила свою лапку. 3. Он разводит баранов, чтобы потом продать их шерсть. 4. Молодой жеребец мчался через поле. 5. Обычно пчелы убивают трутней. 6. Мне казалось, что Луна подмигивает (give a wink to) мне левым глазом. 7. Весна демонстрировала всю свою красоту. 8. Ненависть крепко (strongly) держала его сердце своими железными пальцами. 9. Грузовик пыхтел (puff) и пыхтел на пыльной (dusty) дороге, еле поворачивая (turn) свои колеса.
