Напишите существительные, выделенные жирным шрифтом, во множест­венном числе, сделав, где необходимо, соответствующие изменения в пред­ложении:

1. Minsk is the capital of the Byelorussian Republic, its political, economic
and industrial centre. Before the 1919 it was a provinsial town with some
100,000 inhabitants. Years of development transformed Minsk entirely. Today it
is a large modern city with a population of some 800,000 people.

2. Minsk is a cultural and scientific centre of Byelorussia. It has many museums,
but perhaps the most famous are the Museum of the 1-st Congress and the Museum
of the History of the Great Patriotic War.

3. Before 1919 there was not a single higher educational establishment in
Minsk. There ate now thirteen educational establishments including the
University and many scientific research institutes.

4. Nowadays Minsk is a city of highly developed industry. The powerful MAZ
lorries of the Minsk Automobile Works are famous not only in the R.F. but far
beyond its borders. The designers of the Minsk universal electronic computers,
the most popular in the country, were awarded the State Prize. Farmers highly
appreciate the new Minsk tractors, which are highly reliable and easy to
handle. The Minsk Tractor Works is one of the biggest industrial enterprises.
Every day hundreds of bright newly painted machines leave the factory gates.
With each passing year the tractor builders perfect their skills and improve
the technology of production.

5. Minsk workers are on friendly terms with their

Вариант 4
I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматиче¬ским признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные оконча¬нием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present In-definite;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.
1. Night after night, after her hard day’s work at the University Mary worked at her books for hours.
2. Among the many scientists Mary met and worked with in Paris was Purre Curie.
3. A girl, whose name is Susan, gives me a piece of cake to eat with my
milk.
II. Замените выделенные жирным шрифтом слова личными место-имениями и переведите предложения:
1. The teacher gives my friends and me a lot of homework.
2. Ann asked her brother many questions again.
3. The boys saw his comrade’s name on the letter.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные фор¬мы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1. The region was not so rich in natural resources as Siberia.
2. The more persistent you study, the better knowledge of the subject is.
3. The Neva is wider and deeper than the Moskva River.
IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных ме¬стоимений.
1. There are some ties in the box.
2. Is there anything on the table?
3. Somebody rang you up.
V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них ви-довременные формы глаголов и укажите их инфинитив; переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. I began to work at once.
2. They will comment on this event.
3. Mrs. Clay usually finishes her work at half past three.
VI. Вставьте предлоги, где необходимо.
1.Turn ... the corner ... the house and look ... the flowers grown ... my mother: aren't they beautiful? 2. He was an excellent pupil, and the teachers never complained ... him. 3. She com¬plained ... feeling bad and could not answer ... the questions ... the teacher.