ENGLISH GRAMMAR

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ

УО «Белорусский государственный экономический университет»

Т.В.Тарасевич

 

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Практикум по грамматике английского языка для студентов экономических специальностей высших учебных заведений

Тарасевич, Т.В.

    Данный практикум содержит комплекс упражнений, построенных на экономической и деловой лексике и охватывающих основные…

СОДЕРЖАНИЕ

ВВЕДЕНИЕ. 4

1. ИМЯ СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ. 5

2. АРТИКЛИ.. 7

3. МЕСТОИМЕНИЯ.. 10

4. ИМЯ ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНОЕ. НАРЕЧИЕ. 14

5. ВИДО-ВРЕМЕННЫЕ ФОРМЫ ГЛАГОЛА.. 17

ФОРМЫ НАСТОЯЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ.. 17

ФОРМЫ ПРОШЕДШЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ.. 20

ФОРМЫ БУДУЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ.. 23

ОБОБЩЕНИЕ. 27

6. СТРАДАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЗАЛОГ. 29

7. СОГЛАСОВАНИЕ ВРЕМЁН. КОСВЕННАЯ РЕЧЬ. 33

8. СОСЛАГАТЕЛЬНОЕ НАКЛОНЕНИЕ. 35

9. НЕЛИЧНЫЕ ФОРМЫ ГЛАГОЛА.. 39

ИНФИНИТИВ.. 39

ПРИЧАСТИЕ. 41

ГЕРУНДИЙ.. 43

ОБОБЩЕНИЕ. 45

10. МОДАЛЬНЫЕ ГЛАГОЛЫ.. 47

ВВЕДЕНИЕ

Практикум направлен преимущественно на тренировку грамматических и лексико-грамматических явлений, отобранных в соответствии с типовой программой по иностранным языкам для неязыковых вузов. По своей структуре представляет собой сборник упражнений, организованных по тематическому принципу: имя существительное, артикль, местоимение, имя прилагательное и наречие, видо-временные формы глагола в действительном и страдательном залоге, согласование времён и косвенная речь, сослагательное наклонение, неличные формы глагола, модальные глаголы. В каждом разделе упражнения расположены по мере возрастания сложности, поэтому они могут использоваться студентами с различным уровнем языковой подготовки.

 

ИМЯ СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ

1. Fortunately the news (wasn’t / weren’t) as bad as we expected. 2. They say that money (is / are) the soul of business. 3. Please, bring us two (tea / teas) and a coffee.

АРТИКЛИ

1. Our office is in (a / the) centre of (a / the) city. 2. Sorry! I’ve got (a / the) wrong number. 3. It costs (a / -) thousand euros.

МЕСТОИМЕНИЯ

1. Doctors advise us that we have to exercise regularly in order to keep … healthy. 2. Goods get into the hands of those who really want … . 3. It was rather useful to exchange views; for us to hear theirs and for … to hear … .

ИМЯ ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНОЕ. НАРЕЧИЕ

1. I hope the project continues to run as (more smoothly / smoothly) as it has so far. 2. Investors are becoming (more and more / most and most) sophisticated. 3. Mr. Smith refused to accept the proposal of Mr. Jones, and the (latter / later) had to apply to court.

III. Раскройте скобки, употребив прилагательное или наречие в соответствующей степени сравнения.

2. We can certainly offer (low) prices than any other local supplier. 3. (Far) ahead one plans, (many) problems one can anticipate and thus avoid… 4. A company studies the market in order to develop (appropriate) marketing mix.

ВИДО-ВРЕМЕННЫЕ ФОРМЫ ГЛАГОЛА

ФОРМЫ НАСТОЯЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ

1. Where (are you going / do you go)? – To the meeting. Would you like to join me? 2. Do you need these papers? – No, I (have read / have been reading) them… 3. Is it Mr. James? He (looks / is looking) so different in a suit.

ФОРМЫ ПРОШЕДШЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ

1. How long ago (had you taken / did you take) extension courses? 2. Mr. Billbord (had been thinking / thought) his decision over during the… 3. My assistant (typed / was typing) a letter when the telephone (rang / was ringing).

ФОРМЫ БУДУЩЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ

1. I think Jane (will get / is getting) the job. She has a lot of experience. 2. Ann isn’t free on Saturday. She (will work / is working). 3. I can’t meet you tomorrow afternoon. (I’m having / I’ll have) business lunch with our perspective customers.

ОБОБЩЕНИЕ

1. I am studying management at the Belarusian State Economic University, and so … my colleague. a. is b. does c. was d. were 2. My subordinates usually … five days a week, and this week they … six days.

СТРАДАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЗАЛОГ

1. The Belarusian State Economic University (has been founded / was founded) in 1933. 2. Highly qualified specialists (are trained / are being trained) at numerous… 3. The material base of the university (had been restored / was restored) by the end of the 1950s.

СОГЛАСОВАНИЕ ВРЕМЁН. КОСВЕННАЯ РЕЧЬ

1. The secretary asked her boss what time (would he leave / he was leaving) for the airport. 2. He wondered what (he should do / should he do) to set the situation… 3. Melvin promised (to pay / paying) back the money as soon as possible.

СОСЛАГАТЕЛЬНОЕ НАКЛОНЕНИЕ

1. I hope that if I (do / will do) my best, they will give me a permanent contract after a few months. 2. I wish you (attended / had attended) the meeting yesterday. 3. If a firm doesn’t advertise, it (would lose / loses) its market share.

НЕЛИЧНЫЕ ФОРМЫ ГЛАГОЛА

ИНФИНИТИВ

1. … stay competitive, hi-tech firms must constantly … innovate otherwise their products become out of date. 2. Before we can … decide where … buy the equipment, we need … carry out… 3. He didn’t dare … argue with his superior.

ПРИЧАСТИЕ

1. There’s a (growing / grown) awareness of the need to improve productivity. 2. (Enclosing / Enclosed) you will find our current catalogues and price… 3. Activity ratios are meaningful when (comparing / compared) with those of other companies.

ГЕРУНДИЙ

1. I don’t think this work needs (correcting / being corrected). 2. On (coming / having come) home I began to work at my report. 3. She insisted on the documents (signing / being signed) at once.

ОБОБЩЕНИЕ

1. There was nothing to do but (wait). 2. It will take a lot of time for the two parties (come) to an agreement. 3. I heard him (discuss) something with our manager.

МОДАЛЬНЫЕ ГЛАГОЛЫ

1. (May / Can) I make a comment at this point? – Yes, of course you (may / can). 2. Analysts say that interest rates (may / can) risebefore the end of the… 3. By examining the balance sheet we (were able to / could) find out that the company was not doing as well as they…