Grammar exercises. Exercise I. Open the brackets AND Put the verb into right tense form

Exercise I. Open the brackets and put the verb into right tense form.

Model: The 3^rd Mate (to keep watch) now. – The 3^rd Mate is keeping watch now.
1. Our ship (to make) regular voyages to London, but now it (not to call) at British ports. 2. I (to keep watch) when the captain came to the navigating bridge. 3. He (to look through) the weather report and then (to ask) me to take bearings of the nearest ship. 4. While I (to take) bearings the captain (to decrease) the ship’s speed and (to phone) to the radio-room. 5. “Who (to keep) watch at the moment?” the chief engineer asked. 6. “Radio-officer Orlov (to be)”. 7. The captain (to write) a short telegram and (to ask) Orlov (to transmit) it immediately. 8. “What the Chief Radio Officer (to do) now?” he asked. 9 “He (to repair) a radio direction finder,” answered Orlov. 10. “Tell him to come to the navigating bridge when he (to be) free”. 11. We (to lubricate) the bearing at 5 o’clock yesterday. 12. We always (to check) engine room machinery. 13. The motorman (to lubricate) machinery in the engine room at this moment. 14. He (to check) the ME now. 15. During his watch the 2^nd Engineer (to overhaul) this pump. 16. Motormen (to repair) boiler (котел).

Exercise II. Fill in the sentences: some, any or a, an instead of gaps:
Model: There are some tall ships in the port.

1. There are not ___ boats there. 2. There is ___ river in the centre of the city.
3. There are ___ new words in the text. 4. Are there ___ ships at sea? 5. There is __ time for work. 6. There are not ____ tankers in the port. 7. Is there ___ port crane in the port? 8. There is ____ news in this newspaper. 9. Are there ___ sailors on the bow? 10. There are not _____ cadets on the ship. 11. There is _____ information in this radiogram. 12. There are not _____ maritime colleges there.

Exercise III. Fill in the sentences: many, much, little, few instead of gaps:

Model: There is much oil in the tank. There is little oil in the tank.
1. There are __ ships in the port. 2. There is __ news in today’s newspaper. 3. There is __ money in my pocket. 4. There are __ days off this month. 5. There are ___ mistakes in your dictation. 6. How ___ sailors are there on the deck? 7. There is ___ petrol in the tank. 8. Are there ___ mistakes in my exercise? 9. There is ___ furniture in the room. 10. How ___ students are there in the college?

Exercise IV. Translate into English: много курсантов, мало ошибок, много работы, мало времени, много судов, мало новостей, много документов, много портов, много денег, мало воды, много трюмов, мало топлива, много моряков, мало матросов, много дел.

Exercise V. Change an adjective, which is given into the brackets using comparative or superlative degree of comparison (сравнительную и превосходную степени прилагательных).

Model: My room is larger (large) than my brother’s room.

1. Oil is ___ (light) than water. 2. He is ___ (good) student in our group. 3. This is ___ (large) ship in this port. 4. My cabin is ___ (comfortable) than his one. 5. I make _____ (good) coffee than Mike does. 6. The Baikal is ___ (deep) lake in the world. 7. This liner is ____ (big) than that vessel. 8. He is ____ (lazy) student in their class. 9. Our captain is ____ (experienced) than the Chief Mate. 10. My students are ___ (good) students in our Maritime College.

Exercise VI. Read the table. Compare the information about 2 ships. Complete the sentences.

The m/v Kennedy is ______than the m/v Freedom (old).

The m/v Freedom is ______ than the m/v Kennedy (long).

The m/v Freedom is ______ than the m/v Kennedy (wide).

The m/v Freedom is ______ than the m/v Kennedy (high).

The cargo on board the m/v Freedom is_____ the cargo on board the m/v Kennedy (heavy).

Exercise VII. Using Irregular Verb List find, write down and learn by heart three forms of following irregular verbs with the translation: be, bear, beat, become, begin, bend, bite, blow, break, bring, build, burn, buy, catch, choose, come, cut, deal, dig, do, draw, dream, drink, drive, eat, fall, feed, feel, fight, find, fly, forbid, forget, forgive, freeze

Exercise VIII. Translate into English.

1. Порт в этой стране не такой большой, как наш порт. 2. Наше судно больше вашего. 3. Это не мои документы, а ваши. 4. Чья это радиограмма? – Наша.
5. Второй помощник капитана заканчивает составлять план погрузочных работ. 6. Вчера мы разгружали груз и потратили много времени. 7. Завтра целый день радисты будут тщательно осматривать приборы спутниковой связи, радиоприемники и телетайп. 8. Судно сейчас входит в порт.
9. На палубе десять матросов. 10. Механики ремонтировали главный двигатель вчера с 3 до 5 часов вечера.

Exercise IX. Tell about the students who visited m/v Seagate. What did they do and see there?