Unit I getting to know you

6.36 Put much or many before the nouns.

1.______students
2. ______exams
3. ______coffee
4. ______libraries
5. ______love
6. ______food
7. ______ rooms
8. ______ tea
9. ______ computers
10. ______juice

6.37 Put little or few before the nouns.

1. ______work
2. ______jobs
3. ______ computers
4. ______milk
5. ______ motorbikes
6. ______money
7. ______notebooks
8. ______chocolate
9. ______ideas
10. ______colleges

38. 
    Write comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
    

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
1. old 2. young 3. intelligent 4. happy 5. interesting 6. new 7. difficult 8. fast 9. popular 10. good

6.39 Complete the questions with the superlative form of the adjective. Answer them.
1. What is ______ (long) river in the world?
2. What is ______ (big) city in your country?
3. What is ______ (high) mountain in the world?
4. What is ______ (popular) sport in your country?
5. Where is ______ (old) university in Europe?
6. Who is ______ (young) person in your family?
7. Who is ______ (intelligent) student in your class?


6.40 Match the columns.
А В

1. 567
2. 9th
3. 1987
4. 11,000,000
5. 0.36
6. October 12
7. 1/7
8. 2.18
9. 88-63-01
10. 1805
a. Eleven million
b. One seventh
c. Point thirty- six
d. The ninth
e. Five hundred and sixty-seven
f. Double eight six three oh one
g. The twelfth of October
h. Eighteen oh five
i. Two point eighteen
j. Nineteen eighty-seven

6.41 Say the dates in two ways:
3/4/1992 – the third of April, nineteen ninety two or
3 April 1992 – April the third, nineteen ninety two

1. 1 April
2. 2 March
3. 17 September
4. 19 November
5. 23 June
6. 15/7/67
7. 29/2/76
8. 31/5/ 2005
9. 15/10/2006

6.42 Answer the questions.

1. What’s the date today?
2. When does this term end?
3. When is Christmas Day?
4. What century is it now?
5. When were you born?
6. When’s your birthday?

6.43 Complete the time expression with at, on, in, or no preposition.

1. ______six o’clock
2. ______ last night
3. ______the evening
4. ______Saturday
5. ______April
6. ______summer
7.______1989
8. ______the weekend
9. ______January 18
10.______Monday morning
11.______yesterday evening
12.______two weeks ago

6.44 Fill in the gaps with in or on.

1. Her birthday’s ______Tuesday.
2. It was ______spring.
3. The exam will be _____May.
4. The party was _____Thursday.
5. I like the holidays ____summer
6. My birthday is ____September.

6.45 Fill in the gaps with to, by, in, at.
1. My name’s Kevin Tandey and I live _____Manchester. 2. I’m a student _____Manchester College of Art. 3. I’m staying _____a hostel some miles from the centre of town. 4. I usually go _____college______ bus, but sometimes I go ______ car. It takes about half an hour. 5. ______ the weekend I usually stay ______my room and work. 6. I like talking ______the other students, and we sometimes go ______ a disco or a pub, but usually I stay______ home and study. 7. I like my work, it’s interesting.


6.46 Put a preposition into each gap.
at in about after for with by to on
1. James lives ___ a small flat ___ Cambridge. 2. He lives _____ two other boys who are students ___ Cambridge University. 3. They work hard during the week, but _____ the weekends they invite a lot of friends to their house. 4. They cook a meal ___ their friends, and then they go out ___ the pub, or they stay ___ home and listen to music. James has two jobs. 5. ___ Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays he works _____a hospital. 6. He goes to the hospital ___ bus. 7. He starts ___ ten o'clock and works until quarter _____ five. 8. On Thursdays and Fridays he works _____home. 9. He has a word processor _____ his bedroom and he writes stories. 10. _____the evening one of the boys cooks a meal. 11. ___ dinner they look in the newspaper to see what's on TV or they talk ___ their day. They usually go ___ bed at about midnight.
6.47 Translate into English.
Моего друга зовут Алекс. Ему 20 лет и он учится в университете. У Алекса большая семья: родители, 2 брата и сестра. Алекс самый младший в семье. Алекс не живет с родителями. Он живет в студенческом общежитии.
Алексу нравится учеба в университете. Он силен в математике, компьютерном программировании и языках.
Алекс посещает университет в понедельник, вторник, среду, четверг и пятницу. Обычно он встает в 6.30, завтракает и пешком отправляется на учебу. Алекс никогда не опаздывает. Занятия начинаются в 8.00. Обычно у него 2-3 лекции и семинары. Алекс готовится к занятиям в компьютерной лаборатории или библиотеке. В нашем университете много современных компьютерных лабораторий и 2 библиотеки.
Вечером Алекс работает в кафе. Он не любит эту работу. Она трудная и не интересная. Выходные Алекс проводит с друзьями. Мы увлекаемся спортом. В свободное время мы играем в футбол, смотрим футбольные матчи по телевизору и обсуждаем их.