Exercise 1

Read & find an intruder word in each line.

Ïðî÷èòàéòå è íàéäèòå “ëèøíåå” ñëîâî â êàæäîé ñòðîêå.

 

1.     building, garden, flat, room

2.     sofa, high, chair, carpet

3.     garden, flower, rubbish, tree

4.     street, office, book, shop

5.     table, TV set, radio-set, tape-recorder.

 

 

 

Exercise 2

Answer the questions.

Îòâåòüòå íà âîïðîñû.

 

1) Where do you live? 2) What kind of buildings are there in your street? 3) What are there in your street? 4) How many floors are there in your building? 5) Why does every building have lifts? 6) Do you live alone in your flat? 7) Is your family large or small? 8) How many rooms are there in your flat? 9) What do you have in your dining-room? 10) What is there in the corner of your dining-room? 11) Which room is the largest? 12) What color is your furniture? 13) What kind of books is there in your study? 14) Which of your rooms is the most comfortable? 15) Whose pictures are there on the walls? 16) Is it convenient to have a telephone at home? 17) What are there on the desk in your study? 18) What color are your walls? 19) What color are the floors in your flat? 20) In what street do you live? 21) In which room is your telephone? 22) What modern conveniences have you got in your flat? 23) Are you fond of watching TV programs?

 

 

Exercise 3

Translate into English.

Ïåðåâåäèòå ñëåäóþùèå ïðåäëîæåíèÿ íà àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê.

 

1.  ýòîì äîìå åñòü ëèôò, ïîòîìó ÷òî îí âûñîêèé. 2.  ïàðêå ìíîãî äåðåâüåâ, ïîýòîìó âîçäóõ òàì âñåãäà ÷èñòûé. 3. Îíà ëþáèò ÷èòàòü â ñàäó, ïîýòîìó ó íå¸ ìíîãî êíèã. 4. Íà ýòîé óëèöå ìíîãî ðàçëè÷íûõ ó÷ðåæäåíèé. 5.  íàøåì äîìå íåò ìàãàçèíîâ. 6. Çäåñü íåò ôàáðèê è çàâîäîâ. 7. Ñêîëüêî ýòàæåé â âàøåì äîìå? 8. Ýòî êàðòèíà ñîâðåìåííîãî õóäîæíèêà. 9.   òîì ãîðîäå ìàëî ïàìÿòíèêîâ. 10. Ýòî êîìíàòà ìîåé ñåñòðû. 11. ß ëþáëþ ýòîò ãîðîä. 12. Ìíå íðàâèòñÿ íîâîå çäàíèå íàøåãî èíñòèòóòà.13. Ìîÿ êâàðòèðà â ñòàðîì äîìå. 14. Ïèñüìåííûé ñòîë ñòîèò ó îêíà. 15.  ýòîé êîìíàòå ìíîãî ñâåòà è âîçäóõà.16. Íà îêíàõ íåò íèêàêèõ öâåòîâ. 17.  åãî êîìíàòå íåò íèêàêîé ìåáåëè çà èñêëþ÷åíèåì ñòóëüåâ. 18.  ìîåé êâàðòèðå ìàëî ìåáåëè, ïîýòîìó ÿ õî÷ó êóïèòü å¸. 19. Ýòî ìåáåëü ñîâðåìåííîé êîíñòðóêöèè, îíà êðàñèâà è óäîáíà. 20. Íà ñòåíàõ íåñêîëüêî êàðòèí ñîâðåìåííûõ ìîëîäûõ õóäîæíèêîâ. 21. Ñòóëüÿ ñòîÿò ó ñòîëà â ñåðåäèíå êîìíàòû.22. Íàä ñòîëîì ýëåêòðè÷åñêèé ñâåò. 23. Êíèæíàÿ ïîëêà âèñèò (íàõîäèòñÿ) âîçëå äèâàíà.

 

 

Exercise 4

Fill in the gaps.

Çàïîëíèòå ïðîïóñêè ñëîâàìè, ïîäõîäÿùèìè ïî ñìûñëó.

 

1. There are many new … in our city. 2. Our street is very green and the air is always … here because in front of every … there is a … and a lot of …, trees. 3. There are five … in our family. 4. Our dining-room is a large … room. 5. In the … of it there is a big round … and six … and a nice … on the floor in it. 6. They are pictures by old and … Uzbek and … artists. 7. At the … there is a desk. 8. There are some flowers on the …. 9. I have a lot of Uzbek, …, Russian and … foreign books, … and magazines. 10. The … in the study is … too. 11. There is a lot of … and air in the room because the windows are large and the … is high. 12. There is an … in our bedrooms. 13. There are some … on the walls. 14. There is no … and … in the dining-room, they are in the study. 15. There are … things on it, such as a telephone, a …, a lamp, some clean …, some pens and pencils. 16. Nothing is more … in rainy … than to sit in a comfortable armchair and … TV programs.

 

(streets, clean, papers, computer, flowers, people, garden, table, square, middle, chairs, carpet, floor, foreign, modern, window, English, radio-set, tape-recorder other, window sills, newspapers, brown, furniture, ceiling, light, pictures, air-conditioner, pleasant, watch, house).

 

 

Exercise 5

Complete sentences with there is/are

Âñòàâüòå there is èëè there are.

 

1…. a gas-stove and fridge in our kitchen. 2. … a lot of furniture in their flat. 3….some chocolate and a piece of cake on this plate. 4. … no fruit at home. Will you go and buy some? 5…. some magazines and a telephone on this little table. 6…. a lot of work to do this afternoon. 7…. plenty of knives in the drawer. 8…. good news for you! 9…. some money in my purse. 10…. a water-color and some prints on the walls of his room. 11…. three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.   

 

 

Exercise 6

Complete sentences with prepositions or adverbs.

Âñòàâüòå ïðåäëîãè è íàðå÷èÿ.

 

1. We have a nice flat … the centre … Samarkand. It’s … the third floor … a new house. 2. It is a two-room flat … a kitchen. … the kitchen there is a  refrigerator to keep food cool … hot weather and a kitchen cupboard … plates and dishes. 3. How many multi-storeyed buildings are there … your streets? 4. We have a lot … furniture … our dining-room. 5. Anvar has got a nice cottage … the country but … any conveniences. 6. The institute is not far … my house. 7. It is rather dark to write here because there is no lamp … the table. 8. Who is sitting there … the armchair … front … the TV set? It is a friend … mine. 9…. my opinion this is too small … your family though I am fond … it. 10. There is an air-conditioner … our bedrooms. 11. Our street is very green and the air is always clean here because in … of every house there is a garden and a lot … flowers, trees. 12. There are various things … it, such as a telephone, a computer, a lamp, some clean papers, some pens and pencils.13. … the middle of it there is a big round table and six chairs and a nice carpet … the floor in it. 14. Nothing is more pleasant … rainy weather than to sit … a comfortable armchair and watch TV programmes.15. There is no radio set and tape-recorder … the dining-room, they are … the study.

16. In the corner there is a low table … a color TV set … it.

 

 

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