3. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием –s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно: ● показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Simple;
● признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
● показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.
1 Nowadays Australia produces many different products.
2 What is the Australia’s capital?
3 The scientists achieved great results in their work.
4. Перепишите предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, переведите их на русский язык.
1 The longer I stayed in this country, the more I liked it.
2 Tasmania is the largest island near Australia.
3 The Moskva river is not so wide and deep as the Neva river.
5. Перепишите предложения и письменно переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных местоимений.
1 There are some Universities in Great Britain.
2 Nobody knew about this event.
3 There is something interesting in his story.
6. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них время и залог глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.
1 The extra-mural students take examinations twice a year.
2 The student takes an active part in public life of the Academy.
3 The Academy’s library is in the main building.
7. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, учитывая особенности перевода определений, выраженных именем существительным.
1 Round-table talks took place in June.
2 China and Russia signed a twenty-year agreement.
3 Oil industry workers get good wages.
A) Scientists a) have recently identified a new species of animal in the rainforest of Borneo. They b) have been searching for this creature for several years, after reports from local villagers, and say it a type of lemur.
B) Archaeologists in Guatemala c) have found a Mayan wall painting which they think is more than 2.000 years old. Archaeologist William Saturno has been exploring the site since 2002.
C) Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope think they have found two new moons circling the planet Pluto. Astronomers f) have been looking closely at Pluto since 1978 when they g) spotted its first moon. The telescope has been working for fifteen years, and i) has produced more than 700,000 images of the universe.
D) Australian scientists j) have discovered a new coral reef over 60 km long in the Gulf of Carpentaria by using satellites to spot the reefs in deep water. Recently divers k) have managed to reach the reefs and take photographs.
A) How a) are you getting on in Paris? Sorry b) I haven’t written before but c) I’ve been training hard for my basketball team. We d) played in a tournament last week – we e) came third! I really f) enjoyed taking part, but g) I haven’t done anything else for the past month.
B) Unfortunately, when Sarah’s big day h) arrived , things i) went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it j) was raining and the traffic was so heavy, she k) arrived nearly ten minutes late for the interview. Then while she l) was crossing the road, a passing bus m) splashed her with water. But inside the building her luck n) changed . ‘Mr Fortescue o) is expecting me,’ she p) told the receptionist. ‘He q) hasn’t arrived yet,’ she was told. ‘Just take a seat.’ Perhaps everything would be all right after all!
C) An art historian r) has discovered two missing paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395 – 1455) in the home of a pensioner from Oxford who s) died earlier this year. Jean Preston t) bought the paintings when she u) was working in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend v) recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which Angelico w) painted in 1439. Miss Preston x) paid about £200 for the pair, but experts y) say they are now worth around £1 million.
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