I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Переведите их на русский язык. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;
b) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
c) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного
1. My sister goes to University by tram.
a) –s b) –s c)-s
2. The Bolshoi Theater is the country’s best opera house.
a) –s b) –s c)-s

3. They go home after classes.
a) –s b) –s c)-s
4. He has a dog and a cat at home.
a) –s b) –s c)-s
5. The cold weather affected everybody’s work.
a) –s b) –s c)-s

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.
1. I bought a very good tennis racket yesterday.
2. The meeting will take place in the Conference Hall.
3. You can buy leather boots in this shop.
4. This University was founded after the Second World War
5. I learn grammar rules every day.

Изучите тему: степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий.
III. Выполните тест. Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. This house is ___ than that one.
a) older b) more older c) old
2. This arm chair is ___ than that one.
a) comfortable b) more comfortable c) the most comfortable
3. My car is ___ than yours.
a) the best b) good c) better
4. Football is the ____ sport in the world.
a) less popular b) most popular c) more popular
5. The ____ we learn, the ___ we know.
a) more … more b) better … worse c) larger…bigger

Изучите тему: неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения.
IV. Выполните тест. Письменно переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. ____ people like traveling.
a) no b) - c) some
2. He didn’t make ___ mistake in his dictation.
a) some b) any c) no
3. Have you got ___ objections?
a) any b) some c) no
4. We had ___ time to discuss this problem.
a) no any b) any c) no
5. ___ picture of this museum is valuable.
a) any b) some c) –

Изучите тему: времена группы Indefinite (Present Indefinite, Past Indefinite, Future Indefinite).
V. Выполните тест. Письменно переведите следующие предложения:
1. Tom ___ busy at the moment.
a) is b) shall be c) were
2. I know how to use a calculator but I ____ know how to operate a computer.
a) aren’t b) don’t c) doesn’t
3. Peter ___ twenty five years old when he graduated from the university.
a) is b) will be c) was
4. We ___ see him till Monday.
a) shall not b) were not c) are not
5. He usually watches TV in the evening, but yesterday he ___ to music.
a) listened b) will listen c) listens

VI. Прочитайте и устно переведите текст.


NEW YORK

New York is one of the largest cities in the world. It lies in the mouth of the Hudson River.
The centre of New York is Manhattan Island. Today Manhattan is the centre of business and financial life of the country. Very few people live in Manhattan, although the majority works here. Numerous bridges and tunnels link Manhattan with other districts of New York. In Manhattan there is Columbia University, one of the biggest Universities in the country.
New York is the city of sky-scrapers. Many sky-scrapers house banks and offices of American businessmen. There are many places of interest in New-York. For example, Central Park, Rockefeller Centre, the United Nations Building and the shopping districts,
There are several theatres, museums and art galleries in New York. The most famous of them are American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has a magnificent collection of American and European pictures. There is New York Public Library, the biggest library in New York.
New York.
New York is a multinational city. People of almost all nationalities live here. At the turn of the 20-th century a lot of people came to the USA from different countries of the world.
The poorest part of New York is Harlem, the overcrowded .black community. Its population соnsists of Negroes and Latin Americans.
New York is a city of contrast. It is a city of big business, money, wealth, beauty, unemployment, poverty and crime.