Grammar Exercises

I. a) Use the verb to be in Present Simple Tense:

1. Where … you from? – I … from the Ukraine.

2. My father … a navigator, but I … an ecologist.

3. … you a marine engineer? – Yes, I ….

4. I … a student of the Kerch State Marine Technological University.

5. My uncle … not a teacher, he … a scientist.

6. Learning of foreign languages … not an easy thing.

7. The English language … a widespread language.

8. You … at the English lesson.

9. All students … present at the lesson today.

10. I... absent at the university today, I … ill.

 

b) Translate from Russian into English using to be:

1. Откуда ты родом? - Я из Украины.

2. Моя сестра на работе. Она преподаватель английского языка.

3. Ваша сестра студентка? – Нет, она переводчик.

4. Мой любимый предмет – английский язык.

5. Чтение английских книг – моё хобби.

 

II. a) Use the verb to be in Past Simple Tense:

1. The weather … terrible.

2. I … very depressed last Sunday.

3. She … not a doctor, she … a teacher.

4. … they students last year? – No, they were pupils.

5. Why … not you at work last Friday?

 

b) Translate from Russian into English using to be:

1. Моя бабушка была учителем. Она преподавала английский язык.

2. В прошлом году мой брат был студентом. Сейчас он механик.

3. Погода сегодня ясная, а вчера погода была плохая.

4. Они были вчера на научной конференции.

5. Конференция была посвящена глобальным проблемам современности.

 

III. a) Use the verb to be in Future Simple Tense:

1. He … a student next year.

2. He … a navigator, when he grows up.

3. It … a good idea I think.

4. They … not be at the lessons tomorrow.

5. … you … at home on Sunday?

 

 

b) Translate from Russian into English using to be:

1. Завтра её не будет в университете, так как она уезжает на научную конференцию.

2. Твой брат судовой механик. Ты тоже будешь механиком?

3. Ты будешь завтра на собрании старост? – Нет, не буду. Я болен.

4. В следующем году я буду в США.

5. Завтра будет концерт, посвященный Дню Студента.

 

IV. Use the verb to have in proper tense:

1. Our university … many laboratories.

2. We … a lot of lesson today.

3. Yesterday the students of our group … four lectures.

4. … you the book about ecological problems of modern society.

5. All our laboratories … modern equipment.

6. The academic year … two terms.

7. Our university … two departments: day-time and extra-mural.

8. … you a good library at your university?

9. … she enough time to prepare her home tasks?

10. … you got many subjects to study at the university?

 

V. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using the verb to have:

1. У меня хорошие книги о культуре украинского народа.

2. У него была большая библиотека.

3. У неё скоро будет новый словарь.

4. У тебя есть учебник по английскому языку?

5. У меня не было времени идти гулять, потому что я готовился к экзамену по математике.

 

VI. Use prepositions on, in or into:

1. There are many students … classroom today.

2. There is no tea … my cup.

3. Pour some tea … his cup.

4. The teacher hung a picture … the blackboard.

5. I opened the door and went … classroom.

6. The teacher was writing some words … the blackboard. The students were writing these words … their exercise books.

7. There were some English books … the teacher’s table.

8. Put the book … the bag.

9. The negotiations resulted in the conclusion of an agreement.

10. He is interested in Ukrainian history.

 

VII. Translate the following sentences using prepositions on, in, at, to, into:

1. Учитель был в аудитории. Он стоял у книжного шкафа.

2. Студент подошёл к доске, взял мел и начал писать на доске.

3. Учитель стоит у доски. Он пишет на доске предложение. Студенты сидят за партами. Они пишут это предложение в своих тетрадях.

4. Где Николай? – Он в университете.

5. Вчера на уроке учитель сказал мне: «На доске две ошибки. Иди и исправь их!»

6. Вчера я ходил в библиотеку. В библиотеке я взял очень интересную книгу.

7. Студент сидел за партой. На парте лежали две тетради и учебник английского языка.

8. Он всегда ходит на стадион в воскресенье. А его сестра всегда ходит в плавательный бассейн.

9. Мы пришли на вокзал и поставили свои вещи на платформу.

 

VIII. Open the brackets and use personal or possessive pronouns:

1. The students of (we) group bring (they) dictionaries with them. But (I) friend never brings (he) dictionary. So (I) always give (he) mine.

2. (She) always gives (she) English books to (she) friends. Sometimes (I) use (they) too.

3. Tell (she) to come on Sunday, (they) have asked about (she).

4. (We) shall discuss (your) report on the history of chemistry at (we) next meeting.

5. Can (you) show (we) any models of old and new planes?

6. We now (we) timetable before the beginning of a new school-year. As (you) do not know (you) timetable.

7. (They) will study the physical and chemical properties of elements and (they) compounds.

8. Look at the plane. (It) is in the air. Do (you) know (it) main parts? Yes, I know (they) very well.

9. Tell (we) about (they) reports at that conference.

10. That is (he) English book, not (you).

IX. Use the necessary demonstrative pronouns: this, these, that, those:

1. … student studies English.

2. They will go to the Crimea … summer.

3. … books are for your lesson.

4. … are my students.

5. … were my happiest days!

6. Our resources of oil are greater than … any country.

7. The mineral resources of the Antarctic are probably greater … the Arctic.

8. The rivers in the north of our country are longer than … in the south.

9. These methods of production are different from … used in this district.

10. This machine is more powerful than that operating in our shop.

 

X. Use the necessary reflexive pronouns:

1. I do my home tasks ….

2. This student has prepared his report ….

3. On the Moon … the force of gravitation in one sixth as much as it is on the Earth.

4. The work … was not so difficult but you … had to solve many problems.

5. He spoke with the inventor ….

6. We couldn’t answer the question and the teacher answered it ….

7. They can ask the teacher ….

8. We didn’t know her address ….

9. Don’t hurt ….

10. He … knew nothing about it.

 

XI. Prolong sentences according to the example. Translate them into Russian:

e.g. There is a teacher in the classroom. (many students)

There are many students in the classroom.

1. There is a magazine on the little table (a few newspapers).

2. There is one book in his bag (some copybooks).

3. There is a bus in the street (many cars).

4. There is the sun in the sky (some clouds).

5. There is the moon in the sky (many stars).

XII. Make up questions with “there + to be” according to the example:

e.g. There is a bus at the bus stop. (a trolleybus).

Is there a trolleybus there?

1. There is a dictionary in my bag (a textbook).

2. There is some chalk here (a duster).

3. There are some interesting plays in the book (poems).

4. There are many people in the station (trains).

5. There are fruit trees in the garden (flowers).

 

XIII. Fill in the gaps using “there + to be” in proper tense. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. There … no place like home.

2. …there any places of interest there?

3. There … many ways of solving this problem.

4. What books …there on the table?

5. There … many power stations using atomic energy.

6. There … 12 students in our group.

7. … there … an underground station in this street next year?

8. How many new schools … there … in your town in a year?

9. There … many students in the club tomorrow.

10. There … no power station in this region before the war.