T a b l e Na. 3 IMPERATIVE SENTENCES IN INDIRECT

SPEECH

Heasks meto wait for him.Shetells meto do it at once.FatherYouTheyask menot to go

there alone.The girlstell menot to stay there any longer.

SPELLING RULES

The following spelling rules should be observed in the forma-tibn of Participle

I:

1. The mute -e is dropped before adding the suffix -ing: to take — taking.

2. The final consonant is doubled (before the suffix -ing) if it is preceded by a

vowel expressing a short stressed sound: to get — getting.

1 3. The final -1 is doubled if it is preceded by a vowel expressing a short

sound: to travel — travelling.

4. In the verbs to die, to lie and to tie the letters ie are replaced by у before

the suffix -ing: to die — dying; to lie — lying; to |ie — tying.

5. The final -y is not changed before adding the suffix -ing no matter whether

it is preceded by a consonant or by a vowel: to say — saying; to dry — drying.

6. The letter r is doubled if the final syllable is stressed: prefer — preferring;

but: 'offer — 'offering.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Table No. I and compose as many sentences as you can.

I. Write and transcribe the first participle of the following verbs:

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give, take, begin, buy, pay, say, listen, write, stay, leave, go, come, dine, put,

pass, talk, work, get, sit, look, forget, hurry, study, travel, have, give, taste, prefer,

bring, offer, add.

III.

Give the verb in the following sentences in the Present Continuous:

1. He (to read) newspapers. 2. I (to work) hard at my English. 3. She (to sit) at

the window and (to look) at the sea. 4. I (to prepare) my homework. 5. They all (to

work) at the laboratory. 6. I (to write) letters to my cousins. 7. I (to have) breakfast

with my family. 8. We (not to go) to the Institute. 9. He (to come) home. 10. Mr.

Smith (not to give) a lesson.

IV. a) Answer the question What are you. doing? imagining that you are:

1. at an English lesson; 2. at a lecture; 3. in the corridor; 4. in the street; 5. in

the garden: 6. in the Metro; 7. in the forest; 8. in the dining-room; 9. in the water;

10. in the kitchen; 11. in the bathroom.

b) Answer the same question about your fellow-student.

V. Look at the pictures on page 157: a) Ask your fellow-students questions, use the

Present Continuous Tense, b) Describe the pictures.

VI. Give the following sentences in indirect speech, make the necessary changes:

1. My father says: "Why don't you read English newspapers?" 2. Maggy says:

"Why are you looking at me in that way?" 3. My teacher says: "You've got a

number of mistakes in your translation." 4. She says: "What are you going to be

when you leave the Institute?" 5. I say: "I'm sure I am going to be a teacher." 6. He

says: "Italy is in the South of Europe." 7. My cousin says: "When are you coming

to see us?" 8. She says: "I like the poem. I am going to learn it by heart." 9.

Mother says:

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"Don't be late for dinner," 10. Our teacher says: "You must work more

systematically." 11. They say: "Don't stay here any longer, It is getting dark." 12.

The girl says: "We have a lot of English books at home." 13. The child says:

"What are you doing?"

14.

The mother says: "Why are you crying? Come up to me."

15.

The boys say: "We want to help you, father." 16. Mr. Smith says:

"Have dinner with us." 17. The mother says: "Eat up your porridge, children." 18.

The teacher says: "Find the Thames on the map, Mike." 19. They say: "Don't

make so much noise, John. The baby is asleep."

TEXT 1 MEALS

The Smiths are in their dining-room. There are five of them: Mr. Smith, the

head of the family, Mrs. Smith, his wife, and their children: John, Ann and Kitty.

They are having breakfast. Mrs. Smith is putting some cornflakes on the boy's

plate. The elder daughter is passing the sugar to her father,

Mrs. S m i t h : Will you have sugar on your cornflakes, John? John: Oh, no,

Mum, thank you. I'd like some more milk instead.

Mr. S m i t h : Why aren't you eating anything, Kitty? You are so slow. Look,

Ann is already finishing her cornflakes.

K i t t y : I don't like cornflakes. I'm just thirsty. Give me some tea and cakes,

Mum,

Mrs. S m i t h : Now, be a good girl, Kitty. Have some more cornflakes. We're

going to have bacon and eggs, and then you'll get your tea with toast and

marmalade.

Mr. S m i t h : Could you give me a little more cornflakes, dear?

Mrs. S m i t h : Just a moment. (Mrs. Smith passes him his plate.) What

about bacon and eggs? Will you have some?

Mr. S m i t h : Sure. And then a nice strong cup of tea. I'm afraid I must leave

in a quarter of an hour or so.

The father is already having his cup of tea while the children are still talking

over their cornflakes.

TEXT 2

IN THE CANTEEN

A n n: I think, it's high time to have a bite. I am hungry.

В о b: So am I, I see you are ready to go down to the canteen, I am just

finishing this article. Will you wait a minute, please.

A n n : Yes, hufry up, then.

В о b : I wonder if there is anything to your taste on the menu.

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A n n : Oh, yes, all kinds of things. Let's have some soup, Clear soup,

perhaps?

B o b : I don't think I'll have any soup today. I'd like some salad to begin

with.

A n n : Will you have mixed salad, chops and mashed potatoes?

B o b : Why, yes of course. What do you say to a bottle of beer?

A n n : No beer, thanks. I prefer a glass of soda-water or just a cup of tea.

B o b : All right. Tea then. Will you pass me the mustard, please?

A n n : Here you are. As for me, I never take mustard or pepper.

B o b ; You don't say sol

A n n : Look! The waitress is already bringing our tea.

B o b : We want neither ham nor sausage, do we?

A n n : No, ham as well as sausage is out of the question. I'd like some fruit,

apples or oranges.

B o b : Yes, but I'm afraid you forget about the meeting of our English club.

We must leave at once to be in time for the beginning of the discussion.

A n n : Right you are. Let's pay for the dinner and be off.

VOCABULARY NOTES

meal n завтрак, обед или ужин; to have a meal есть, поесть, е. д. We

usually have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.

breakfast n завтрак; to have breakfast (dinner, supper) (no article!)

завтракать, обедать, ужинать, е. д. Dinner is ready. Have dinner with us.

cornflakes пшеничные (кукурузные) хлопья

Mum = Mummy мама; Cf. Dad — Daddy

I'd (should) like (to do smth.) Мне бы хотелось ...

more, another, still correspond to the Russian «еще». The pronouns more

and another are used with nouns. More is used both with counta-bles in the plural