PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

1. Объясните употребление времен группы Continuous, переведите предложения:

1. I am sitting at the table and reading an English text. 2. The teacher is listening to me. She is not sitting; she is standing. She is looking at us. She is holding a pen in her hand, but she is not writing. 3. It is getting cold now, isn’t it? Look out. Is it raining now? 4. When I came home my brother was watching TV. 5. She usually gets up at seven o’clock. But today she got up at half past seven. Her parents were having breakfast. 6. Yesterday when I was having dinner a friend of mine rang me up. 7. I hope they will be waiting for me when I come back. 8. They will be translating this difficult article the whole day tomorrow. 9. In June the students will be taking their exams for the whole month.

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1. Our dean is not available at the moment. He is being interviewed. 2. I couldn’t use the photocopier this morning. It was being repaired. 3. What is going on? A new method of research is being discussed. 4. A new material was being explained when you came in. 5. Much is being done to improve computer-based communications systems.

 

2. Преобразуйте следующие предложения в вопросительные и отрицательные:

1. The students are listening to the lecturer. 2. At the last lecture professor N. was encouraging us to ask questions. 3. A new teacher training computer program is being developed by our programmers. 4 The computer was being repaired when they entered the computer class. 5. They were working all day yesterday. 6. Teachers are discussing merits and demerits of the new approach in language teaching. 7.The Prime Minister will be staying three days in France.

3. Выберите правильную форму глагола:

 

1. He (is reading/reads) now. 2. She usually (is reading/reads) English books in the evening. 3. Now they (are translating/translate) a technical text. 4. They usually (do not translate/are not translating) stories. 5. He (looked/was looking) through the newspaper when I rang. 6. The students (were having/had) an interesting discussion when their teacher came in. 7. The students often (have/are having) interesting discussions after lectures. 8. What problems (will be being discussed/will be discussed) at the meeting? 9. We (will be taking/ will take) a test next month.

 

4. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в форме Present или Past Indefinite или Continuous по смыслу:

 

1. What you (to do)? – I (to translate) an article. 2. Where you (to get) this magazine? – A friend of mine (to give) it to me yesterday. 3. Last week I (to get) two letters from my brother. 4. He (to show) me their new flat when the letter was brought. 5. When I (to translate) the article I (to use) a dictionary. 6. What you (to do) at 8 o’clock in the evening yesterday? I (to want) to come to see you. 7. It (to rain) from 2 till 4 o’clock yesterday. 8. We (to watch) TV when a friend of mine (to come). 9. The hall (to be) full of people when we (to come) in. 10. It (to rain) still? I am afraid to be late.

 

5. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык:

 

1. Не мешайте ему. Он работает над своим дипломным проектом. 2. На следующей неделе мы уезжаем на конференцию. 3. Члены комиссии ждут вас в 403-й аудитории. 4. Когда они вошли в комнату, мы обсуждали результаты зимней сессии. 5. Этот преподаватель никогда не прерывает студентов, когда они выступают на семинаре. 6. Пока декан говорил, старосты внимательно слушали его. 7. Она всегда опаздывает.

 

6. Переведите it в различных функциях:

 

1. It is interesting to study at the University. 2. It is a new subject. It is very important for our future profession. We shall study it for two years. 3. It is known that the knowledge of general engineering subjects is necessary for the study of special subjects. 4. We found it necessary to control the whole process. 5. It is no use to dispute the truth. 5. The supposition was correct. It was scientifically proved. 6. It is the development of computer technologies that will solve some very complex problems of industry. 7. It is evident that research is becoming more specialized now. 8. It is the invention of computers that accelerated the industrial progress. 9. It is industrialization that is making ecological problems very serious. 10. It is possible that the problem will be solved. 11. It is precisely that method that he followed.

7. Переведите one в различных функциях:

 

1. One can easily understand why the profession of an engineer requires special college training. 2. We must translate only one text. 3. One cannot translate such a text without a dictionary in the first year. 4. One must pass all the exams well to enter the University. 5. You may take my dictionary. – Thank you, I have one, the one that my friend gave me yesterday. 6. One is never old to learn. 7. The new technologies that are being developed must be connected with traditional ones. 8. The use of an analogue computer permits one to obtain such results quite rapidly. 9. The problem that has become the most important one in the modern world is the problem of terrorism.

 

8. Переведите that/those в различных функциях:

 

1. That University was founded in 1979. 2. Can you repeat all those questions that the teacher asked? 3. The article that you gave me yesterday is very interesting. 4. We know that he studies at the RSVPU. 5. That the profession of an engineer requires a special training is a well-known fact. 6. That computers and industrial robots are important for industrial uses is well known to scientists and engineers. 7. It is the growth of industrialization that is changing the life on the planet. 8. The aim of today’s policy is that peace in the world must be permanent. 9. Those computers are more reliable in use. 10. These programs are more reliable than those designed in our laboratory. 11. Every man has three characteristics: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. 12. It is the high qualification of future specialists that will determine the scientific and technological progress of any country. 13. The main purpose of education is that graduates must be able to work with the technology of tomorrow. 14. A complete test set is that of tests that test every point that can be tested. 15. The education in Oxford and Cambridge is different in many ways from that in other universities.

 

9. Приведите недостающие степени сравнения:

 

newer, more, (the) greatest, less, (the) worst, longer, (the) hardest, faster, (the) hottest, (the) shortest, lower, (the) heaviest, thinner, narrower, (the) biggest, thicker, easier, (the) widest, older, better, colder.

 

10. Вставьте “more” или “the most”:

 

1. …of all I liked this report. 2. Mathematics is … interesting for me than chemistry. 3. This subject is …difficult than strength of materials. 4. She is … beautiful girl here. 5. New classification is … precise than the old one. 6. Life is becoming … expensive.

 

11. Выберите правильную степень сравнения:

 

1. Last year the enrolment to this University was (larger/the largest) of all the Universities. 2. Pete is (better/the best) student in our group. His term papers are always (better/the best) than yours. 3. This subject is (more interesting/the most interesting) of all subjects in this faculty. But it is (more difficult/the most difficult) than other subjects. 4. This student does not work at all. He is (worse/the worst) of all the students of our group. 5. Her term paper is (worse/ the worst) than yours.

 

12. Прочтите и переведите, обращая внимание на устойчивые словосочетания:

the … the – чем … тем; less…than – меньше…чем; as … as… – такой же … как; not so… as – не такой…как    

The more we study, the more we know. The more we know, the more we forget. The more we forget, the less we know. The less we know, the less we forget. The less we forget, the more we know. So, why study?

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1. The more you read, the faster you’ll learn to understand books and papers in foreign language. 2. The more we knew them, the less we liked them. 3. The less you talk, the better. 4. The more I thought about it, the less I understood. 5. His speech was as long as it was dull. 6. This text is not so difficult as that one. 7. The English language is not so difficult as the German language. 8. During the holidays the students are not so busy as during the academic year. 9. There are not so many mistakes in his dictation as in hers.

13. Переведите следующие пословицы на русский язык и подберите для каждой из них русский эквивалент:

Better late than never, but better never late. Say well is good, do well is better. Those do least who speak most. East or West home is best. All is well that ends well.

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The truth does not come at once. Once bitten, twice shy. One cannot be in two places at once. Score twice before you cut once.

14. Прочтите и переведите на английский язык следующие предложения:

1. Чем скорее ты выучишь неправильные глаголы, тем тебе будет легче переводить. 2. Новый проект гораздо сложнее, чем старый. 3. Он говорит по-немецки так же хорошо, как по-английски. 4. Чем больше человек имеет, тем больше ему хочется. 5. Она читает так же быстро, как я. 6. Чем больше человек знает, тем больше он понимает, что знает мало.