Exercise 23, p. 16: Express the opposite idea.

 

1. There are few government offices in this part of the town. 2. There is only one bridge across the river in this place. 3. When I was there last, there were no houses on the left side of the street. 4. There isn't any sugar in my tea. 5. We had a fine spring, there will be a lot of apples this year. 6. There is some writing paper on the desk. 7. There was no time to visit the museum. 8. There are several bookshops in this street.

Exercise 24, p. 16: Complete the following, using 'there is... there are...'. Use 'a lot of, 'much', 'many', 'few’, 'a few', 'little’, 'any', 'no’ where necessary.

 

1.This is the older part of the city (historical places). 2. Moscow is a very big city (more than 5, 000 streets, avenues, and squares). 3. The theatre is not far from here (still a shorter way across the square). 4. This sidestreet is very quiet (traffic). 5. The film was interesting to me (peo­ple who did not like it). 6. It's very late (time to go there on foot). 7. The sky is dark (a heavy rain in a few minutes). 8. The lecturer was a very interesting man (questions when the lecture was over). 9. I am sorry we are late (another train for at least two hours). 10. Nobody is at home (light in the windows). 11. Don't leave yet (supper soon). 12. We'll have a hard time this spring (examinations). 13. I have an invitation to the party (interesting people).

 

Exercise 25, p.17: Change the following sentences, using 'there is...', 'there are...'.

1. We have about 5, 000 male and female names in the list of Russian names, but not all of them are popular today. 2. The Rossiya Hotel is the biggest in Russia and in Europe. It has 3, 071 rooms and may have 5, 374 guests. 3. Moscow has 28 markets and soon it will have another two. 4. " Have you tram-lines in Moscow? " " Yes, we have, but not many." 5. They still had several empty seats in the plane when we arrived at the airport. 6. They have a very good dance band in that restaurant. 7. Hurry up. We have no time for tea. 8. Some five years ago they had no metro in their town. Now they have several lines and no transport problems. 9. We shall have a heavy rain in a moment, I think. 10. They had no railway in that part of Siberia for a long time. 11. They will have a good film on at our local cinema tomorrow. 12. How many students have you got in your class?

 

Exercise 26, p.17: Translate the following sentences into English, using 'there is..., there are...'.

(A) 1. В Лондоне много театров. Все они в Уэст-Энде. 2. В Сити нет жилых домов. 3. Днем на улицах Сити очень много народа, а ночью улицы пустые. 4. На Оксфорд Стрит очень много магазинов. 5. В Ист-Энде мало парков, там много фабрик и заводов.

(B) 1. В России много больших рек. 2. Сколько озер в Российской Федерации к востоку от Урала? 3. На Волге много больших промышленных городов. 4. Сколько рек в Москве? 5. На Тверской много высоких красивых домов. Много там и магазинов. 6. В Москве девять железнодорожных вокзалов.

(C) 1. Сколько слов в этом словаре? 2. Раньше эта улица не была шумной, а теперь на ней большое движение. 3. В этом году в нашем саду будет очень много цветов. 4. У нас в аудитории нет часов. 5. В этой библиотеке есть читальный зал? 6. Сколько будет аудиторий в новом здании вашего института? 7. — Почему твой портфель такой тяжелый? — В нем словарь, учебник и несколько тетрадей. 8. В бутылке мало молока. 9. В этой части страны мало холодных месяцев, но в каждом месяце бывает несколько холодных дней. 10. Раньше в этом городе не было кинотеатров, а теперь здесь три кинотеатра и клуб.

 

Exercise 30 p. 18: Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verb 'be' and retell the texts.

PARKS OF LONDON

(A) There — more than eighty parks in London. The best known parks near the centre of London — Hyde Park, Regent's Park and St. James's Park. Hyde Park ___ a large park of three hundred and forty acres. At the time of King Henry VIII there — wild animals in the park. Today people walk in the park or sit on the grass. The Serpentine — a lake in the middle of Hyde Park. In summer you can swim in the Serpentine or go out in a boat.

Regent's Park — larger than Hyde Park. The London Zoo — in Regent's Park. There — more than six thousand animals and birds in the Zoo. You can visit the Zoo by boat. The boat goes along the Regent's Canal. There — also an open air theatre in Regent’s Park. You can see Shakespeare’s plays there in summer.

St. James’s Park the oldest and the smallest of these three parks. It — very near Buckingham Palace. The lake and gardens in St. James’s Park — very beautiful.

 

(B) In A. D. 61, in the times of the Romans, London (it — Londinium in those days) — a walled city. But there __ probably a small settlement even before that time. The first settlements ___on two hills on the north bank of the Thames. These places today are Westminster and St. Paul’s. In the city walls there ____ “gates”. Now there ____ still several: Bishopsgate and Ludgate ___ two of them.

 

Exercise 42, p.22-23: Read the text, timing yourself. Make up questions covering the contents. Retell the text.

IONA

 

The island of Iona is situated to the West of Scotland. Iona is a very small island. In fact it is one of the smallest islands in the Atlantic.

The population of the island is not large. There are not very many people there. Life on the island is very different from life in town; there are no big shops or blocks of flats or busy roads. There is only one car on the island, but every family has a boat. There is lots of fish and crabs in the sea.

The houses have no modern conveniences. There is no electricity for electric lights and no running water. So in the summer people are up with the sun and in bed with the sun, too. In the winter they have oil lamps or candles in their cottages.

Iona is a wonderful place for a holiday. It is very quiet there. There are hundreds of holiday-makers there every summer. There are beautiful long beaches where the sand is very, very white, and most of the time the sea is very clear. In fact Iona is famous for its beaches.

The island also has its historical place of interest – the ancient Abbey, which is on a small hill in the middle of the island. In fact there is very little of the old Abbey today, only the walls and the old stone church.

After a holiday on Iona life in a big city with its noise, tall houses, big shops and heavy traffic is a great contrast.

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

 

Exercise 33 p. 20: Study the following chart.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
small	smaller	smallest
hot	hotter	hottest
easy narrow	easier narrower	easiest narrowest
old	older elder	oldest eldest
comfortable	more comfortable	most comfortable
good bad	Better worse	best worst
little	less	least
Much many far	more farther \further	most farthest \furthest

 

Exercise 34, p.20: Compare the following according to the model.

 

Model: the Don, the Dnieper, the Volga: long, short

1. The Don, the Dnieper and the Volga are long rivers.

2. The Dnieper is longer than the Don but shorter than the Volga.

3. The Volga is the longest of the three, and the Don is the shortest.

 

1. the Urals, the Pennines, the Alps: high, low; old, young, 2. the climate of Karelia, the Central Asia Republics, Siberia: damp, dry; cold, hot. 3. the Azov Sea, the White Sea, the Caspian Sea: deep, shallow; cold, warm. 4. the Behring Strait, the English Channel, the Gibraltar Strait: narrow, wide. 5. the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn, winter; cold, warm; beautiful.

 

Exercise 35, p. 20: Use the following patterns in sentences of your own.

 

1. The weather today is better (worse) than it was yesterday.

2. This book is as interesting as that one.

3. The Thames is not so (as) long as the Dnieper.

4. He is twice as old as I am.

5. His library is much richer than mine.

6. She is two years younger than I (am).

Exercise 36, p. 21: Translate the following sentences.

1. Какой из шести континентов самый большой? 2. Какой самый короткий месяц в году? 3. Днем на улицах города гораздо больше транспорта, чем вечером. 4. Новые здания гостиниц более современные и они гораздо выше, чем старые. 5. Моя библиотека не столь интересна и богата, как библиотека моего друга. 6. Николай самый молодой из моих друзей. Ему столько же лет, сколько и моей младшей сестре. 7. Кто у них в семье самый старший из детей? 8. Летом у нас больше свободного времени, чем зимой. 9. В конце года у них в отделе вдвое больше работы, чем обычно. 10. Мой брат на три с половиной года старше меня.

 

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