Grammar exercises

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 467.

1. Fill in the blanks. Translate into Russian:

A) will B) won'tC) shall

1. Your English is good. I'm sure you … pass the test. 2. … there be a lecture tomorrow? 3. What time … I come this evening? 4. The train … arrive at the station on time, … it? 5. Did you post a letter? – Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. I … do it in a minute. 6. … I translate this paragraph? 7. We … solve this problem without any delay. 8. … there be drugs for every kind of disease in 50 years time? 9. Perhaps in the future men … live on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land. 10. What field of science … you work in? – I … do ecological research. 11. Any nuclear strike exchange … result in an emission into the atmosphere of fine dust and fine smoke particles. The resulting cloud … screen sunlight.

2. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Future Indefinite Tense or the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate into Russian:

1. The delegation (to start) for London as soon as they (to receive) their visas. 2. At the travel bureau they (to tell) you exactly when the train (to leave). 3. I (not / to think) I (to be able) to call on them and (to say) good-bye before I (to go) abroad.4. Ask the dean if we (to study) according to the old timetable, or a new one (to be) ready when we (to begin) to study. 5. If you (to give) me your dictionary for a couple of days, I (to translate) this text. 6. You (not / to pass) the exams, if you (not to revise) the material. 7. If she (not / to pass) her exam, she (not / to get) a scholarship. 8. It (to be) impossible for us to get into the hall when the lecture (to begin). It (to be) full of people. 9. You never (to finish) your report, unless you (to stop) wasting your time like that. 10. If my friend (not / to work) in my office, we (not / to meet) every day. 11. What you (to do), if you (not / to find) the job? 12. Many scientists are speculating about life on the lunar surface. When the moon (to be) suitable for living is still not determined. But experts believe that colonization (to take place) in several steps. There (to be) a need for housing to provide living space for more permanent type settlements. 13. If we (to be) so careless about the nature, we (not / to save) the ecology. What we (to do) to improve the situation? Firstly, in the nearest future the scientists (to encourage) recycling because it is the production of new materials that causes the most damage. Secondly, driving an environmentally-friendly car (to be) also helpful. Furthermore, people (to join) an organization that (to plant) trees and (to clean) beaches, it (to be) a proof that they are really concerned about the environment.

3. Read and translate the text: