5. Mrs, Brown will go shopping in the morning.
X. Fill in prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary:
A. 1. What size ... gloves does your daughter wear? 2. Is
your blouse made ... silk or ... nylon? 3. This frock suits ... her
and she looks so well today. 4. Go ... the fitting-room and try ...
the green frock. 5. Go ... the mirror and have a look ... yourself,
6. I'm afraid the shirt is a bit loose ... you. 7. You must choose another belt.
This one does not go ... your light dress. 8. I'm sure they will soon make ... their
quarrel. 9. The woman was made to believe that such shoes were not ...
fashion ... that time.
B..................................1. We've run meat. Let's go and buy some ...
the
butcher's. 2. Please weigh half ... a pound ... sweets. 3. Will you give me a
quarter ... a pound ... sausage? 4. Whom are you waiting ...? — I'm waiting ... my
friends. They are ... the greengrocer's. 5. She paid ... a cabbage and went ... . 6.
The salesmen will finish their work ... half ... an hour. 7. There is no cottage
cheese ... the dairy today. 8. I'm not going to stand ... a queue ... a tin ... sprats.
XI.
Change the following direct questions into indirect and answer them. Begin
the sentences with the words / wonder ... or Tell me ... or I ' d like to know.
1. At what shop did you buy this hat? 2. What colour scarf would you like to
buy to match your new coat? 3. Are those gloves old or new? 4. How old is your
father? 5. Does Ann do shopping every day? 6. When'will you go to the State
Department Store? 7. Were any new films on last week? 8. How much is this
material? 9. Has anything gone wrong with the iron?
10 Why didn't you come to the dining-hall yesterday? 11. Is it snowing
hard? 12. Has John given you good advice? 13. Why is it so stuffy in the room?
14. When did they get everything arranged? 15- Have you managed to knit a
pull-over for your father? 16. When are you going to the dairy? 17. When was
he made to write that letter?
XII.
Choose the right verb:
( t o expect
wait)
— to
1. Don't... for him. He is going to return very late. 2. Nobody ... such an
answer from him. 3. ... a minute. Your brother is sure to come soon. 4. Do you ...
her to be late? 5. Nobody ... him to repair that broken radio-set. 6. Let's ... for
some other students. They are sure to help us to put the tape-recorder right. 7.
Everybody ... him to hurry out, but he remained proudly in his seat. 8. Nobody ...
the weather to become so nasty. 9. The children ... impatiently for the beginning
of the performance. 10. They ... the river to freeze over in a few days. 11. We ...
the box-office to be opened on Sunday.
XIII.
Make up your own sentences with the phrases: How much is it? What is the
price? What does it cost? and use them in micro-dialogues.
XIV.
Translate the following sentences into English:
A. 1. Какого размера перчатки (туфли, пальто) вы носите? 2. Это платье
вам идет. Вам идет эта шляпа. Не примеряйте это платье. Вам не подходит
цвет. Идет ли мне эта блуза? 3. Я хочу купить туфли в тон своему новому
костюму. 4. Этот костюм плохо сидит на мне. Это платье очень хорошо
сидит на вас. Ирине очень идет зто платье. 5. Эти перчатки не подходят к
твоему костюму. Эти туфли не подходят к твоему нарядному платью. Этот
бант не подходит к твоей лиловой блузке. 6. Эта блузка широка тебе. Этот
костюм вам широк. Это платье мне узко. Эти туфли мне малы. Этот пиджак
вам узок. 7. Эти туфли очень красивы. Примерьте их. Это пальто очень
элегантно. Примерьте его. 8. Это пальто слишком дорого для меня. Этот
зонтик не очень дорогой. 9. Мне нужны дешевые туфли для улицы. Я
предпочитаю носить дешевые вещи. Ю. По-моемуг он умен. По-моему, это
неинтересно. По-моему, нужно подождать его.
B. 1. У нас кончилось мясо. У нас кончился лук. У нас кончился
картофель. 2. Мне нужно пойти в бакалею (булочную, овощной
магазин, рыбный магазин, в кондитерскую, молочную, фруктовый магазин). 3. Это
Нина нам помогла. Это мама вымыла всю посуду Это Николай был нашим гидом. 4.
Моя очередь читать. Твоя очередь идти за покупками Ее очередь мыть посуду. 5. Пусть
Петя купит лук. Пусть Аня купит кочан капусты. Пусть Николай купит огурцы. 6. Не
ждите его, он не придет. Кто ждет меня? — Роджер. Пожалуйста, подожди нас на
станции у билетной кассы.
XV.
Retell Text 1 on the part of (a) Carrie; (b) Drouet.
XV.
Think of sentences using the word combinations in bold type. Add a
sentence or two to develop a situation as in the model.
M o d e l : I don't know much about this material. So I'm not buying the
dress, I'm afraid.
1. Will you please show me that blue dress? 2. I don't know much about
this fruit-shop. 3. We've run out of sugar. 4. She looks so smart today. 5. It was
Nelly who did all the shopping. 6 Let Nelly go to the fishmonger's. 7. He went
both to the greengrocer's and to the baker's. 8. This cut is out of fashion now. 9.
It's your turn to go shopping. 10. It is those boys who are fond of figure skating.
XVII.
Retell the story using indirect speech. Write logical questions
to the text. Give a title to it:
Once a little boy entered a shop and said to the shopman: "How much will I
have tor pay for ten pounds of sugar, two pounds of coffee and three pounds of
butter?" The shopman took a piece of paper and a pencil, wrote something down
and said: "Four dollars and sixty cents."
Then the boy said: "How much change will you give me if I give you five
dollars?"
"I shall give you forty cents," answered the shopman.
"Thank you," said the boy, "I don't want to buy anything. It is my homework
for tomorrow, and I cannot do it myself."
XVIII.
Fill in articles wherever necessary. Retell the text:
... train stopped at ... small station. ... passenger looked out of... window and
saw ... woman who was selling ... cakes. ... man wanted to buy ... cake. ... woman
was standing rather far from ... carriage. ... man called ... boy, who was walking
on ... platform near ... carriage and asked him:
"How much does ... cake cost?"
"Three pence, sir," answered ... boy. .. man gave him ... sixpence and said to
him: "Bring me ... cake, and with ... other three pence buy one for yourself."
Some minutes later ... boy returned. He was eating ... cake. He gave ... man
threepence change and said: "There was only one cake, sir."
XIX. Translate the following sentences into English:
A. 1. Когда Ирина подошла к примерочной, она увидела, что ее подруга
примеряет нарядное платье. 2. Ты слышала, как Олег читал текст? Он
читал его очень хорошо. Теперь твоя очередь записывать свое чтение. 3. Не
советуй ей покупать эту блузку. Она не идет ей. 4. Пусть Лена купит
картофель, лук и помидоры. 5. Вы хотите, чтобы она купила эти дорогие
туфли? — Да, они ведь такие красивые. 6. Мама хочет, чтобы Нина пошла в
булочную. 7. На днях я встретила свою подругу. Она выходила из
центрального универмага (the Moscow Central Store). 8. Нина не спала и
слышала, как ее сестра вошла в комнату. Она почувствовала, что Анна
