Английский язык для студентов сельскохозяйственных вузов - страница 9

8) Jane is … teacher.

9) You need … visa to visit … foreign countries.

Exercise 2. Put in a or the or nothing.

1) I am looking for … job.

2) Close … door, please.

3) We live in … small flat in … center of … town..

4) This is … nice house. Is there … garden near it?

5) … Soviet Union is … first country to send … man into space.

6) … longest river in Great Britain is … Severn.

7) When do you have … dinner?

Притяжательные местоимения выражают принадлежность и отвечают на вопрос чей? чья? чьё? чьи?

Притяжательные местоимения имеют две формы:

1) простую (или зависимую, т. е. после неё следует существительное, возможно с прилагательным)

E.g. My book; my new book.

2) независимую (употребляется самостоятельно, подразумевая ранее упомянутое существительное)

E.g. I have no pen. Give me yours, please.

Exercise 1. Complete the chain.

a) I – … – mine

b) … – his – his

c) she – her – …

d) we – … – …

e) … – … – yours

f) … – their – …

Exercise 2. Choose the correct variant.

1) I’ve left … pen, give me … (yours, your, my, mine), please.

2) Is … family large? ( your, yours)

3) Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown have got two children. Both … children are boys. ( their, theirs)

4) … profession is more interesting than … ( hers, his,)

5) I don’t like … pencil, please, give me … ( my, your, yours)

6) Whose aunt is in the hall? – … ( mine, my)

7) We are French and … friends are English. ( our, ours)

8) … daughter has a dog. … nose is long. ( its, her, mine, my)

Exercise 3. Replace the personal pronouns by the corresponding possessive pronouns.

1) ( We) table is near the window.

2) I have some books in ( I) bookcase.

3) ( She) family is in London now.

4) Those are ( they) instruments.

5) This is a table. ( It) surface is equal to 4 square meters.

6) ( I) mother is a doctor. 7) ( We) family is small.

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Exercise 4. Use the right prepositions.

1. She is … thirty.

2. Please leave my mail … my table.

3. Let’s listen … Mike.

4. There are many people … the park today.

5. He was taken to the hospital … an ambulance.

6. I hate traveling … water.

7. She can’t do it … your help.

8. We could hear rain falling … the roof.

9. My birthday is … the 27^>th of November.

10. The house was built … a beautiful piece … land.

11. I usually listen … the news … the radio while I’m driving … work.

12. Mel Gibson was born … 1956.

13. I cut my arm … a piece of glass.

14. We arrived just as ceremony was … to begin.

Task 1. Answer the questions.

1) Are you a student?

2) Where do you study?

3) What faculty do you study at?

4) What subjects do you study?

5) What is your favourite subject?

6) Is it difficult for you to study?

7) What is your dean’s name?

8) What is your English teacher’s name?

9) How many double periods do you have every day?

10) Is your group large? Who is your friend in your group?

Task 2. Interview your groupmates. Find someone in your group who is fond of pop music, whose favourite subject is English ( mathematics ), who is good at sport, who is from another town, who lives in the hostel or rents a flat.

Begin with: Excuse me, please. May I ask you a question? Аre you… (Do you … Where are you from?)

Task 3. Memorize the following words and phrases.

1. faculty [΄fækəlti] – факультет

2. faculty of agronomy [ə΄gronəmi] – агрономический ф-т

3. faculty of economics [‚i: kə΄nomiks] – экономический ф-т