Grammar exercises. 1. Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns:

1. Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns:

1.... am a first-year student of the Polytechnic Institute. 2. My family is not very large,... consists of 3 persons. 3. My mother is a doctor.... works in the hospital. 4. My father is an operator of the electronic computers.... works at the plant. 5. My friends study at the University.... are in their third year. 6. Have... any relatives? 7. My aunt has two sons.... are twins.

2. Complete the following sentences translating the words in brackets into English:

1. (Скільки) old are you? 2. (Де) and (коли) were you born? 3. (Коли) do you get up in the morning? 4. (В якому) Institute do you study at? 5. (Яку) of these two foreign languages will you master? 6. (Хто за профе­сією) is your father? 7. (Чому) have you decided to be­come an engineer? 8. (Хто) are you? 9. (Чию) book do you see on the table? 10. (Кому) did he make a pro­posal?

3. Give short negative answers to the questions using words nothing, nowhere, nobody, neither:

1. Where do your grandparents work? 2. What are you doing now? 3. Which of these two occupations will you train? 4. Who told you to do this work?

4. Fill in the blanks with any, some, much, little, many, few, a little, a few:

1. I have... relatives. 2. My sister-in-law can speak French.... 3. My mother has... cousins. 4. He has... friends. 5. We'll rest... minutes and go back. 6. Have you... news? Yes, I have.... 7. There is... light in my room.

5. Copy the following sentences. Underline personal pronouns in the objective case:

1. We see them at the club very often. 2. The man says he knows you and your family. 3. I seldom speak with him about my cousins. 4. Please, give me a note-book. 5. Our English is poor. Mr. Brown teaches us English. 6. Every day I help my mother to look after the house.

6. Put personal pronouns in brackets in the objective case:

1. My friend sends (I) many letters. 2. His brother knows (he) well. 3. I often see (they) in the park. 4. Don't ask (he) about his wife. 5. Do you know Itali­an? — No, I don't know (it) at all. 6. Sometimes we meet (she) at the Browns. 7. Our mother greets (we) every morning. 8. Your son studies together with (she), doesn't he?

7. Insert possessive pronouns:

I. We have... English classes twice a week. 2. She likes... new dress very much. 3. Paul keeps... books in the book-case. 4. I usually go to see... friends in the evening.5. They often take... children to this park. 6. Do you help... parents? 7. The film is very interesting but I don't remember... title. 8. Mary is an accountant. She does... work well. 9. Mr. Wilson is in... office now. 10. Peter and Ann teach... children music.

8. Translate into English:

1. Ми знаємо вас і вашу родину. 2. Мері Браун — продавець. їй подобається її робота. 3. їхні батьки пере­бувають зараз за кордоном. 4. Я знаю його дітей. їхні імена Поль та Елізабет. 5. Ми знаємо його та його дру­жину. Вони щаслива пара. 6. Ваша дочка допомагає вам удома? — Так. 7. Не беріть ці книжки. Вони мені по­трібні. 8. Дідусь і бабуся зараз у саду. Віднесіть їм ці газети, будь ласка.

LESSON 3

Ukrainian Youth

THE REAL YOU

Read the questionnaire and complete it individually. Use a dictionary, or ask your teacher for help if there are any words which you do not understand. Then answer the questions of the questionnaire.

ARE YOU HAPPY BEING YOU?

There are times when each and every one of us looks in the mirror and wishes that somebody completely different was staring back. But what about the rest of the time? Do our quiz and find out if you're happy being you?

□	a) feel very sorry for yourself?
□	b) listen to what they're saying before you reply?
□	c) start defending yourself?