Переведите, обращая внимание на порядок слов в русском прeдложении.

1. There is a launching sight on every cosmodrome. 2. There was a large forest in the locality of the new power station. 3. There are several hundreds of Soviet sputniks in the orbit at the present time. 4. There were no computing machines untill1940. 5. There were not many qualified specialists in power engineering at the time of the construction of the first power station. 6. There will be a time when people will travel from a planet to another. 7. There is no progress without hard work. 8. There will be many new atomic stations in many places of our country. 9. There was a rich flora on the Antarctic continent several thousands of years ago. 10. There is no light in space. 11. There lies a narrow strait between Asia and America in the Polar zone. 12. Meteorologists say there will be no difference in temperature for some days.

7. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

a) 1. Is there a map on the wall of your classroom? 2. Are there any pictures in this room? 3. Were there many students at the last lectures? 4. Will there be a new theatre in your town? 5. Was there a forest at the place of your district some years ago? 6. Is there a river in your town? 7. Are there any bridges across this river? 8. Were there many sunny days last winter? 9. Will there be multi-storied buildings in this district? 10. How many students are there in your group? 11. What is there in the corner of the room? 12. What house will there be in the new district? 13. How many windows are there in this room? 14. How many books were there on the table? 15. What was there in this room last year? 16. Who was there in this laboratory?

8. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на различные способы перевода оборота ”there be”. Поставьте к каждому предложению общий вопрос и дайте краткий утвердительный и отрицательный ответы на него.

1. There are many students at the lectures today. 2. There is a large hall in our college. 3. There are five blocks for students there. 4. The buildings are not old. 5. There are all modern conveniences. 6. There is a blackboard in front of the students’ desk. 7. There are some drawings on the blackboard. 8. There are some figures there too. 9. There are now hundreds of different plastics. 10. There are different types of rockets motors. 11. There are some kinds of surfaces. 12. There are some bookshelves here. 13. There is a book on the table.

9. Поставьте специальные вопросы к следующим предложениям

1. There are only tables in the room. 2. There is one window in the room. 3. There are thirteen chairs in the room. 4. There is a diagram on the wall. 5. There was one pen on the table. 6. There were five pencils on the table. 7. There were only students in the library. 8. There will be fourteen students in our group. 9. There were two interesting lectures at the club last night. 10. There will one new student in their group. 11. There were two hundred people at the meeting. 12. There was only one lecture yesterday. 13. There are thirty-five laboratories at our institute.

10. Заполните пропуски оборотом “ there + be” в нужном времени.

1. …an interesting lecture on political economy yesterday. 2. … many people in the park yesterday. 3. …a meeting at our Institute tomorrow. 4. … an old friend of mine. 5. … much work to do tomorrow. 6. … three types of educational institutions. 7. … no mistakes in your last exercise. 8. … many visitors in the museum yesterday. 9. … 15 students in the group now. 10. … a new club in the village next year. 11. …a beautiful park near my home. 12. …no one at home when I came.

Переведите на русский язык.

1. There can be no doubt that you will succeed in your scientific research. 2. There must be something out of order in this equipment. 3. There may be some new magazine on this subject in our library. 4. There will be a lecture on that subject at our Institute. 5. There must be a time-table here. 6. There are different articles in these magazines. 7. There exist different points of view on that subject. 8. There is no employment. Moreover there is always a steady demand for labour. 9. There has been a radical change in methods of work.

12. Переведите, употребляя, где необходимо, оборот “ there + be”

1. В газете есть фотографии. Все фотографии на второй странице. Под фотографией есть фамилии рабочих. 2. На собрании было много студентов. Собрание было интересным. 3. Около школы будет хороший сад. Сад будет большой. 4. Над столом нет лампы. Лампа на столе. 5. На конверте не было марки. Письмо не было получено. 6. Есть страны, где нет зимы. 7.В космосе нет атмосферы. Земля окружена атмосферой. 8. В библиотеке есть английские книги для студентов первого курса, но нет книги для студентов второго курса. Эти книги есть в читальном зале.