Чудесные английские существительные. Wonderful english nouns
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ГЛАВА 5. О БЕДНОМ ПРЕДЛОГЕ ЗАМОЛВИТЕ СЛОВО. PUT IN A WORD FOR THE POOR PREPOSITION. §1. Самые основные предлоги и их значения. The main prepositions and their meaning.  Потренируемся?* R. Murphy units 120-127 * A.J. Thompson, A.V. Martinet exercises 108-113 Упражнение 1. Вставьте предлоги in / at / on если необходимо.
Упражнение 2. Вставьте предлоги, передающие падежные отношения.
Упражнение 3. Дополните предложения предлогами. Please write the document…
I heard this song… 1. …on the radio. 2. ….on TV. 3. …for the first time. 4. …at the disco. For more details, please contact us…
I saw this girl… 1. …in the photograph. 2. …on TV. 3. …on the front of a magazine. 4. …in a musical film. 5. …in the kitchen 6. …at the crossroads near my house. 7. …in a night club. Упражнение 4. Вставьте предлоги если необходимо. My grandparents had been living …in the mountains …for twenty years. … every winter I would come …to the small village near the lake which is within a short walking distance …to the right …of their cottage. The place is really lovely. If you climb … the mountain top you can get a splendid view …from there. Far away, …on the white snow you will see some tiny coloured spots …of the cottages …on the green …of the forest and the shining mirror …of the lake. I liked to ski down the mountain slope through the forest …to the lake and then across it …to the village. …at times I would skate …on the lake or go …to the forest …on foot. Usually I stayed …with my grandparents …for three weeks during my vacations, but … this year my sister Mary invited me to spend a fortnight …with her. … last summer she bought a house …in the country and said that she lived …at 12, Cherry Lane, not far from the railway station and if I went …by train she would meet me. I decided to go …on the 3 of February late …at night. …At 1 o’clock …in the morning I was …at the bus stop, just …in time to catch the last bus, and …at 1.30 got …to the station. There were very few people …on the train and the seat next …to mine was vacant, so I sat there …by the window. …In a few minutes I fell asleep. As I looked out …of the window …in the morning I saw Mary waiting …for me …on the platform. She came …in her car and was glad to arrive …in time. She said that there was an accident …at the beginning of Cherry Lane. Fortunately we met no more obstacles …on our way and reached Mary’s place …in no time at all. …At the gates we were greeted …by John, an old friend of mine who happened to live nearby. It was a surprise …for I had no news from him since the last spring. We had a nice chat …at breakfast. He left his job …at the university and …at present works …at a school. …At first he wasn’t much interested …in the new work but now he is quite satisfied …with it. A group of his pupils was even asked to take part …in a TV programme which will be …on TV … next week and …in future John also plans to work …for the radio. We talked pleasantly all the morning till it was time …for him to go …to the school and Then Mary showed … me the room …on the upper floor where I could have some rest. Упражнение 5. Прочитайте предложения, обращая внимание на предлоги. Поставьте галочку против правильных предложений и исправьте те предложения, в которых есть ошибки.
Упражнение 6. Переведите словосочетания на английский язык. Через час in an hour, весной in spring, к пяти часам by five o’clock, в пять часов at five o’clock, в понедельник on monday, пятого апреля on the fifth of April, на прошлой неделе last week, справа от двери to the right of the door, в будущем году next year, на работе at work, в кабинете in the office, у окна at/by the window, в постели in bed, на закате at sunset, в городе in town, загородом in the country, в деревню to the country, на севере in the north, на море at sea, внизу страницы at the bottom of the page, на завтрак for breakfast, к ее ужасу to her horror, в углу комнаты in the corner of the room, на углу двух улиц at the corner of two streets, за обедом at dinner, по ошибке by mistake, нож для колки льда a knife for cutting ice, на Рождество on/for Christmas, понемногу little by little, в этом месяце this month, ехать поездом to go by train, утром следующего дня in the morning of the next day, на автобусной остановке at the bus stop, нa автобусную остановку to the bus stop, в лесу in the forest, в лес to the forest, на уроке at the lesson, на урок to the lesson, на выставке at the exhibition, на выставку to the exhibition, в театре at the theatre, в театр to the theatre, на доске on the blackboard, на доску (смотреть) at the blackboard, на мосту on the bridge, на полу on the floor, в поезде on the train, по прибытии on arrival, через два дня in two days, в прошлый вторник last Tuesday, на следующей неделе next week, на такси by taxi, в такси in a taxi, на ваш вкус to your taste, в течение некоторого времени for a while/some time, в то же время at the same time, во время войны during the war, за столом at the table, посреди площади in the middle of the square, по моему мнению in my opinion, тихим голосом in a low voice, по возвращении on coming back, в плохом настроении in a bad/blue mood, слушать музыку to listen to music, ждать друга to wait for a friend, на улице in the street, на улице Чехова on Chekhov Street, на Чехова 15 at 15, Chekhov Street, к примеру for example. Упражнение 7. Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на предлоги.
 REVISION B. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the word in bold type. 1. advise (a) Until the situation has settled down, it is …inadvisable to travel to that country. (b) The government set up an …advisory body on the use of drugs in sport. (c) I doubt the …advisability of drinking alcohol while undergoing that medical treatment. 2. admire (a) She was a pleasant, attractive girl, always surrounded by …admirers . (b) I am full of …admiration for what she has achieved. (c) I approve of him wholeheartedly. He is an …admirable man. 3. economy (a) We’re spending too much. We must …economize. (b) This car uses a lot of petrol. It’s terribly … uneconomical. (c) The Minister of Finance is responsible for …economic affairs. 4. comfort (a) In that tense situation I found the good news very … comforting. (b) I felt rather …uncomfortable, so I put a soft cushion behind me. (c) She sat in terrible …discomfort on the hard chair for an hour. 5. argue (a) She had an …argument with her husband last night. (b) He’s very bad-tempered, …argumentative chap. He’s always quarrelling. (c) She is …unarguably the finest pianist in the world. С. Read the texts, fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles and answer the questions below. Buyers Can’t Sleep …A young couple who bought …a 300-year-old cottage in Applefield, North Yorkshire are taking …the sellers to … court because they were not told …the property was haunted. James Duncan, 28, and his wife Betty, 25, are demanding repayment of … £ 46,000 they paid for …the cottage. They claim that they became aware of …the ‘evil presence’ after they moved into …the cottage. They also learned from …a number of … local people that …the cottage had …a spooky reputation. Applefield resident George Deakin, 72, who has lived in …the village all his life, remembers his grandfather telling of …a boy being strangled in …the cottage in …the late eighteenth century. ‘I didn’t believe in … ghosts before I lived here,’ said Mr. Duncan, …a university lecturer. ‘I thought it was all … rubbish – but there is definitely something here. There are … sudden changes in …the temperature and … foul, … unexplainable smells; … things move on their own accord; and we sometimes wake at … night with …a sensation of hands around our throats. I’ve been scared stiff at times.’ Angela Cooke, who sold …the cottage to …the Duncans, said: ‘This is … complete nonsense. I lived there for ten years. I never saw …a ghost and I never heard about any reputation.’ Ghost Hunt …A team of … scientists and volunteers led by Dr Richard Wiseman of …the University of Hertfordshire has been investigating Edinburgh’s ghosts. Only … volunteers who knew nothing of Edinburgh’s ghostly history were selected, and they were taken both to … places that were believed to be haunted and to … places with no reports of … ghosts at all. … high frequency of … unusual experiences was reported in …the places with …a reputation for being haunted. These experiences included: … sudden falls in …the temperature; … feelings of being watched; being touched on …the face; having one’s clothes pulled; and seeing strange figures. Have a Haunted Holiday! Take …a 18-day tour of the US, stay in … haunted hotels and visit … spooky places! Put together your own personalized trip chosen from our carefully-complied list of …the most amazing paranormal experiences ...the US has to offer.
D. Give the antonyms to the following adjectives. To successfully fulfil the task please consult a dictionary. Polite – impolite, readable – unreadable, successful – unsuccessful, new – old, bearable – unbearable, sensible – unreasonable, careful – careless, responsible – irresponsible, able – unable, perfect – imperfect, friendly – unfriendly, strong – weak, charged – uncharged, discharged, lucky – unlucky, ambiguous – unambiguous, regular – irregular, miserable – happy, wrong – right, heavy – light, easy – difficult, hard, relevant – irrelevant, possible – impossible, dangerous – safe, brave – cowardly, reparable – irreparable, fat – lean, connected – unconnected, disconnected, personal – impersonal, low – high, short – long, tall, rational – irrational, retrievable – irretrievable, believable – unbelievable, patient – impatient, approving – disapproving, frequent – rare, acceptable – unacceptable, curved – straight, wide – narrow, ugly – beautiful, similar – dissimilar, helpful – unhelpful, hard-working – lazy, rude – polite, scarce – abundant, little – big, familiar – strange, predictable – unpredictable, famous – unknown, popular – unpopular, honest – dishonest, wild – domestic, satisfied – unsatisfied, dissatisfied, healthy – unhealthy, rich – poor, boring – interesting, employed – unemployed, worn – new, pretty – plain, worried – calm, flexible - inflexible, merry – sad, sociable – unsociable, just – unjust. E. Translate into English paying attention to the use of articles. (а) pay special attention to uncountable nouns 1. Это очень хороший совет. This is very good advice. 2. Совет хорош. The advice is good. 3. Что нового? What’s new? 4. Новости хорошие? Is the news good? 5. Он принес плохие новости. He brought bad news. 6. Такие сведения всегда нужны. Such information is always needed. 7. Это довольно странный совет. This is rather odd/strange advice. 8. Он дал нам такой отличный совет. He gave us such good advice! 9. Какая отвратительная погода! What miserable weather!10. Это такая увлекательная работа! This is such challenging work! 11. Это очень полезная информация. This is very useful information! 12. Информация была интересная. The information was interesting. 13. Это не честные деньги. This is not fair money. 14. Я согласен на ваши условия. Деньги хорошие. I agree to your conditions. The money is good. (b) use “what”, “such”, “quite” and “rather” 1. Какой красивый цветок! What a beautiful flower! 2. Что за ребенок! What a child! 3. Он еще такой ребенок. He is still such a child! 4. Какой интересный рассказ я прочитала вчера! What an interesting story I read yesterday! 5. Он такой интересный человек! He is such an interesting person! 6. Она довольно хорошая студентка. She is rather a good student. 7. Это вполне хороший совет. This is quite good advice. 8. Он довольно смелый человек. He is rather a brave man. 9. Это совсем легкая контрольная. This is quite an easy test. 10. Это был такой неожиданный конец. That was such an unexpected end! 11. Это довольно смешной рассказ. This is rather a funny story. 12. Это совершенно неуместное (misplaced) замечание. This is quite a misplaced remark. 13. Это довольно неприятное положение. This is rather an unpleasant situation.14. Это совершенно ненужная вещь. This is quite a useless thing. 15. Это довольно странное задание. This is rather a strange/odd task. |