me his address. 5. ... must be a mistake in what you have written. 6. Is ...

anything interesting on the TV programme tonight? 7. They say ... is going to be

windy tomorrow. 8. ... was a dense fog that day. 9. ... was very foggy that day.

10. ... was no necessity to do it yesterday. 11. ... was not necessary to do it

yesterday. 12. ... was snowing heavily all day. 13. ... was heavy snow all day. 14.

While ... is life, ... is hope. 15. ... is hardly time to do the packing. 16. ... is all

very well to say so, but is it so really? 17. ... is most unpleasant to have eight

lessons a day. 18. ... is not known where he spent his early childhood. 19. ... is a

time and place for everything. 20. ... was much to be said on both sides. 21. ... is

not clear who is responsible. 22. ... is a long way from the house to the tram-

stop. 23. ... is time to finish the translation before we go. 24. ... is a long time

since I saw such an interesting film. 25. ... is no place like home.

94.

Paraphrase the sentences using too or enough:

M o d e l s : It was so cold (that) we couldn't go out. It was too cold (for us)

to go out. She is clever, and can understand everything. She is clever enough to

understand everything.

1. She knows English well and can talk to a foreigner. 2. The passage is so

difficult that you can't translate it without a dictionary. 3. He has grown so fat he

can't tie up his own shoes.

4. He was so thirsty he could drink a well dry. 5. You're so

young that you don't know such things yet. 6. I know him well

and I trust him. 7. The work is so difficult we can't fulfil it in a

fortnight. 8. It's very late, you can't go for a walk. 9. He is not

clever, and he won't understand your joke. 10. She is so kind,

she can't be angry with anybody.

95.

Use the required form of the adjective given in brackets. Insert

articles where necessary:

1. My sister is much (old) than myself. 2. This is (warm) room in the house.

3. Her daughter is a little (tall) than I but much (thin). 4. It was (early) than I

thought, only six o'clock.

5. Where is (near) shop? 6. He is (old) son in the family.

7. What's (late) news? 8. Only when (late) guest left the room she sighed

freely. 9. Cardiff is (large) town in Wales. 10. She is much (useful) at home than

here. 11. She is (beautiful) girl we have ever seen. 12. He is one of (good)

engineers at the plant. 13. Today your answer is (bad) than last week. 14. John is

my (old) friend in this place. 15. This is (funny) story in the whole collection. 16.

1 didn't like (late) chapter in this book. 17. Your composition must be as (short)

as possible. 18. He was not so (talented) as we had expected. 19. They always

choose (easy) way. 20. Which is (high) mountain in the world? 21. What can be

(sweet) than honey?

96.

Put the adverbs in brackets in their proper places:

1. Aren't you ready (yet)? 2. He doesn't understand the rule (still). 3. She's

late for her lectures (often). 4. I can understand him (never). 5. Do you go

through the park (sometimes)? 6. The buses are full in the morning (usually). 7.

Have you been here (ever, before)? 8. I shall have to see his ugly face again

(never).

9. He isn't late (generally), but he was late last night (nearly).

10.

You must get up early (always). 11. I have to do it myself

(nearly always). 12. I am going for a walk (just). 13. None of

them had been there before (ever) and they wanted to go there

again (never). 14. He can help you (always). 15. May I come to

see you (sometimes)?

97.

A. Translate into English paying attention to the use of articles:

ручка двери, ножка стола, горлышко бутылки, крыша дома, потолок комнаты,

обложка книги, спинка стула, крыло самолета;

пачка сигарет, группа студентов, букетик фиалок, стадо овец, связка книг, набор

инструментов;

буханка хлеба, ложка варенья, капля крови, кусок сахара, чашка кофе, бутылка

вина, кувшин молока.

В. Make up sentences using the oAphrases.

To Lessons 13—14

98. Insert the appropriate form of the possessive pronoun:

1. This doesn't look like my tooth-brush; it must be ... . 2. Take your bag, I

have taken ...; come on! 3. They say they

have lost ... tickets; perhaps these are ... . 4. John has come to see me; ...

father and ... are old friends. 5. Mary and I have made new dresses to wear at ...

party; she says ... is better than ... .

6. Ann is going to help little Kitty to clean ... shoes.

99.

Make up sentences according to the model using the following words as

predicatives:

M o d e l s : It is nice to see you.

It is pleasant to take a shower in the morning.

pleasant, nice, useful, interesting, difficult, impossible, high time, a great joy,

a pity, a good idea.

100.

Write the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adjectives:

late, pretty, sad, dear, gay, cheap, expensive, far, simple, clever, happy, sweet,

little, hot, quick, heavy, pleasant, wonderful, lazy, old, easy.

101. Put the adverbs of indefinite time in their proper place.

Note. 1. The usual place of adverbs of indefinite time is a f t e r the auxiliary have. 2.

Yet and already may also be placed at the end of the

sentence.

M o d e l s : He has already finished his coffee.

He hasn't finished his coffee yet.

1. I have seen him (just). 2. Have you spoken to her about it (ever)? 3. I have

been to the laboratory (already). Nick isn't there. 4. We have been there before

(never). 5. They haven't finished breakfast (yet). 6. I have done my homework

(already).

7. Have you made the beds, Ann (already)? 8. Mary and Edward

have left (just). 9. She hasn't finished doing the room (yet). 10. I

have finished my translation and now I am free (just). H - She

has seen the sea (never) and wants to go to the Crimea this

summer. 12. When does your train leave? Have you packed your

bags (yet)? 13. Have you been to England (ever)? 14. The bell

has gone (just). 15.1 have seen him looking so pale (never). 16. If

you have seen the film you must remember this scene (ever).

102.

a) Copy the sentences arranging them in the following way: 1. Sentences

expressing the completion of actions. 2. Sentences expressing durative actions:

1. Glad to see you! Haven't seen you for ages. 2. I have lived in iMoscow

since childhood. 3. Have you done your morning exercises? 4. Robert has

studied English for five years already. 5. Ann has made a new dress. 6. The

children have just come home from a walk. 7. Has anyone cleaned the

blackboard? 8. Why haven't you brought your article exercise book? 9. Kitty has

been asleep for two hours, it's time to wake her up. 10. Something has gone

wrong with the radio-set. 11. I haven't had time to repair the radio since last

Monday. 12. Have you heard the news? 13. The bell has gone, let's begin our

lesson. 14. It's 12 o'clock, so I have been here for two hours.

b) After you have written the sentences translate them into Russian.

103.

Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the nonn in

apposition:

1. ... girl was alone, ...^rather short young woman of twenty-seven. 2. Her

companion, ... handsome dark-haired youth, had left. 3. Last night we saw "An

Ideal Husband", ... play by Oscar Wilde. 4. She was seventeen then — ...

beautiful young creature. 5. This is my friend, ... writer. 6. Beside him hung the