isn't... paper in the box, I need more. 15. There aren't... pencils

in the box, don't take.... 16. It's a secret. Very... people know

about it. 17. Please add... more tea in my cup.

42.

Use the proper article.

Note. Pay attention to the use of the article with the noun predicative, the noun object

and the noun subject (in sentences with the introductory there).

1. Have you ... grandfather? 2. There is ... garden behind ... house. 3. My

brother-in-law is ... writer and his wife is ... doctor. 4. These are ... difficult

sentences. 5. I have ... father, ... mother and ... little sister. 6. What's ... matter

with you? 7. We are ... students of ... English faculty. 8. There came ... knock

at ... door. 9. Benny is already in ... bed. 10. Once there lived ... captain brave.

11. ... Doctor Smith is still at ... hospital. 12. This isn't ... snow, this is ... ice. 13.

She has ... velvet dress. 14. He is ... good-looking young man of 20. 15. There

are ... beautiful flowers in ... park. 16. Is she ... college graduate?

43.

Translate into English using not ... much and not . . any.

Note. Instead of little and few we usually use a negative verb + much. and a negative

verb + many.

M o d e l s : I haven't much time (instead o f : I have little time).

I haven't many English books (instead o f : I have few English books).

1. У меня мало денег. 2. У вас мало времени. 3. Мы пригласили мало

народу на вечер. 4. У них мало друзей. 5. В чайнике мало чаю. 6. В вашем

саду мало деревьев. 7. У нее мало родственников. 8. У него мало работы. 9.

Во дворе мало снегу. 10. В этой аудитории мало столов. 11. На столе мало

хлеба. 12. На полке мало книг.

44.

Fill in the blanks with it is or there is:

1. ... warm in the room. 2. ... a theatre in our street. 3. ... easy to understand

this rule. 4. ... five o'clock in the afternoon. 5. ... so nice seeing you again. 6. ...

nothing to be done about this. 7. ... often a rainbow after rain. 8. ... too late to go

there now. 9. ... a lot of snow this year. 10. ... a mistake in your dictation. 11. ...

far from my house to the Institute. 12. ... difficult to say what's wrong about it.

13. ... very strange that he hasn't come. 14. ... still very early and ... nobody to be

seen in the street. 15. ... usually a stamp on the envelope. 16. ... so cold out-of-

doors today. 17. ... electricity in all the houses of the town.

45.

Use the proper article:

1. Come to ... blackboard and write... Exercise 12. 2. You have ... spelling

mistake in ... word "nursery". 3. He is ... old friend of mine. 4. There came ... tap

at ... door and in another moment we saw ... small girl enter ... room. 5. He is ...

young artist and, I should say, rather talented. 6. He gave her ... cigarette and

lighted it. 7. I don't feel ... sympathy towards this man. 8. They are going to

build ... new house. 9. Are ... rooms in your flat large or small? 10. ... hour is a

long time. In ... hour you can read ... newspaper, or write ... letter. 11. What ...

beautiful music he is playing! 12. In every remark he found ... meaning but not

always the true meaning. 13. There is ... curiosity in her look. 14. ... Sandfords

have ... nice house. ... house isn't large but comfortable.

46.

Translate into English:

1. В семье есть другие дети? — Нет, я единственный ребенок. 2. Твой брат студент,

и ему 19 лет, не так ли? — Даг он студент, но ему 18 лет, а не 19. 3. На улице много

народу. 4. В кувшине нет молока. 5. У них двое детей — мальчик и девочка. 6. Такие

люди есть, не правда ли? 7. За вашей школой есть сад? — Да. 8. В вашем городе есть

парки? — Да, но немного, два или три. 9. У вас есть

около окна стоят часы. 11. Твои книги и

тетради на полке. 12. На полке есть тетради? — Да, это мои тетради. 13. Что там

на столе? — Там чайник и чашка. 14. Кто в соседней комнате? 15. Есть кто-нибудь в

соседней комнате? 16. Есть в вашей аудитории книжные шкафы? 17. На столе есть

сахар, но мало. 18. У Бенни много игрушек. 19. У Тома игрушек мало. 20. Времени у

нас мало, уже половина второго.

То Lessons 8—9

47. Form the plural of the following nouns:

a lawn, a bush, a deer, a pantry, a sitting-room, a study, a sofa, a phoneme, an

exercise, a housewife, a son-in-law, a nursery, a child, a woman, a family, a boy,

a shelf, a mouse, a penny, a face, a tomato, a mother-in-law, a toy, a sentence, a

leaf, a sheep, a piano, a policeman.

48. Fill in the blanks with there is or it is:

1.... a party at our Institute tonight. 2.... a lot of work to do.

3.... not any coffee left. 4. ... cold today; ... a strong wind. '

5.... not a single mistake in your exercise. 6.... dark;... no moon.

7.... not very far to walk. 8. ... too early to leave yet. 9. ... a cas-

sette-recorder in the classroom. 10.... strange that she is absent

today. 11. ... a post-office near the house I live in. 12. ... a pity

that you can't come with me. 13.... not true to say that she is

my

friend. 14. ... time to begin our lesson. 15. ... no time to write it

down, the lesson is nearly over. 16. ... a fact that he is often

absent from school.

49. Arrange the following nouns into two groups: a) countable nouns, b)

uncountable nouns. Say which can be used with an indefinite article:

apple, literature, sugar, ball, music, sea, news, dress, tomato,

soup, mountain, advice, friendship, foreigner, money, class,

shop, poetry, corner, ice, artist, sentence, subject, mistake.

50.

Use some where necessary.

Note. Uncountable nouns and countable nouns in the plural are preceded by some when

"a certain quantity or number" is implied.

1. Students write on ... paper and also on the blackboard. 2.1

need ... writing-paper to write a letter. 3.1 like ... sweet apples.

4.Please, buy me ... apples. 5. ... children must drink ... milk

every day. 6. ... children do not like ... milk. 7. The tea is very

hot, I must put... milk in it. 8. What must I buy, ... cheese or ...

butter? 9.1 am fond of ... flowers. 10. Put... butter on the pota-

toes. 11. I've brought you ... flowers. 12. Give me ... bread.

13.1

don't like ... tea at this time of the day. 14. I'd like ... hot tea

now. 15. Bring ...water, please.

51. Point out countable nouns by using an indefinite article.

Note. Remember that uncountable nouns in their general sense never take any article.

1. He is ... honesty itself. 2. ... iron is ... metal. 3. ... knife is

made of... metal. 4.1 want... glass of... milk. 5.1 like ... jam on...

piece of... bread. 6. We can write ... letter in ... ink or with ...

pencil. 7.1 prefer ... book of... poetry to stories of... adventure.

8. Can you give me ... piece of... advice? 9, No news is ... good

news. 10.... kindness is... good quality.

52.

Change the following sentences into the plural where possible:

1. The house is not large but it is comfortable. 2. A study is a room where