Lesson I

Unit 1

1. Complete the sentences.

1. There ____ a computer in that room.

2. There ____ many apple trees in the garden last year.

3. There ____ a monitor and two printers on the table.

4. ____ this a picture of the farm or the town?

5. How many clouds ____ there in the sky?

6. ____ there a store near the university two years ago?

7. There ____ not a wallpaper on the desktop.

8. What ____ there in the memory of the computer yesterday?

9. There ____ some students near at the door.

10. There ____ not that chair in the corner last Tuesday.

11. How much sugar ____ there in the sugar-basin?

12. There ____ no software in the computer of his friend.

13. There ____ many books on the shelves yesterday.

14. There ____ an old house and a lot of new buildings in this region.

15. There ____ some files in a folder on my computer.

2. Find and correct the mistakes

1. Are there some chalk here?

2. There is few coffee in the cup.

3. There was an underground stations near my house.

4. There are two lake not far from the city.

5. How much juice there was in the jug?

6. How much really nice processors are there in the world?

7. There is not some cheese in the refrigerator.

8. There were a good programmer in our street.

9. Are many interesting stories there in the book?

10. There was many children in the yard this morning.

3. Translate into English

1. Біля дверей стоїть людина.

2. Сканер знаходиться недалеко від комп’ютера.

3. Навколо клавіатури лежить декілька дискет.

4. Що зображено на екрані?

5. На цьому дереві нема яблук.

6. На станції було багато людей.

7. У спальні стояв стіл та два ліжка.

8. Скільки дисків на полиці?

9. Скільки було паперу в принтері?

10. У коробці не було модемів.

4. Complete each sentence using the correct word from the brackets.

1. My sight isn’t very good. I need (a glass /a glasses / glasses).

2. (A specie / A species / Species) is a group of animals or plants that have the same characteristics.

3. Footballers wear (a football short / a football shorts / football shorts) when they play.

4. The bicycle is (a mean / a means / means) of transport.

5. The floppy and the optical disk are (a mean / a means / means) of permanent storage of both data and programs.

6. My friend is writing (a series / series) of articles for the local newspaper.

7. There are a lot of American TV (a series / series) shown on British television.

8. While we were out of walking, we saw many different (a species / species) of butterflies.

9. I need to buy (a new CDs / some new CDs).

10. That (is a nice pair of / are a nice pair of / are nice pair of) jeans.

5. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets, singular or plural. In two sentences either the singular or plural verb is possible.

1. Gymnastics (isn’t / aren’t) my favourite sport.

2. The trousers (doesn’t / don’t) fit me.

3. The police (want / wants) to interview two man about the robbery last week.

4. Informatics (was / were) my best subject at school.

5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (isn’t / aren’t) sharp enough.

6. Fortunately the news (wasn’t / weren’t) as bad as we expected.

7. Where (does / do) your family live?

8. Three days (isn’t / aren’t) long enough for a good holiday.

9. I can’t find my binoculars. Do you know where (it is / they are)?

10. It’s a nice place to visit. And the people (is / are) very friendly.

11. (Does / Do) the police know how the accident happened?

12. I don’t like very hot weather. Forty degrees (is / are) too hot for me.

13. The government (wants / want) to increase profit taxes.

14. Ukraine (plays / play) elimination matches for the Euro 2008.

15. Fifty hryvnia (isn’t / aren’t) enough to pay for bowling. I need more.

6. Study the key words.

to take an examination	to do one's best
to pass an examination	to be fond of smth.
A second-year student	concerning
to be busy in smth.	burning problems
to have much trouble about smth.	to be accustomed to smth.

7. Read and translate the text.

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