Imperative mood (повелительное наклонение)

 

Exercise 1. Respond to the sentences with the imperative mood.

1. I can’t read in the dark (to switch on the light). 2. We want to listen to the news (to switch on the music). 3. I want to go to the cinema (to buy tickets). 4. I don’t know where the library is (to ask your friend). 5. There is no water in the kettle. (to pour some water). 6. I haven’t got a dictionary (to borrow it from the library). 7. I’m thirsty (to have some mineral water). 8. It is stuffy in the room (to open the window). 9. I am tired (to go to bed). 10. I am hungry (to go to the café).

 

Exercise 2. Use affirmative and negative forms of the imperative mood.

1. (not conduct) the experiment now. 2. (answer) the letter at once. 3. (not give) English books in the original. 4. (present) the article in time. 5. (not be) noisy in class. 6. (group) the words according to their meaning. 7. (not divide) a line into parts. 8. (invite) the Smiths to the house-warming party. 9. (not lend) the book till Sunday. 10. (change) the speed of the reaction. 11. (explain) him how to use a computer. 12. (not be) rude to old people.

 

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Mark the time of the reaction in your copybook. 2. Read this story and write down new words. 3. Fasten your seat belts. 4. Place all the books on the shelf. 5. Don’t cross the street at the red light. 6. Don’t consider this point. 7. Revise all the material at home. 8. Don’t put sugar into my tea, please. 9. Air the class after the lecture. 10. After the signal light the lamp. 11. After the signal light start your work. 12. Don’t be nervous at the exam. 13. Count your change after you buy something. 14. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Exercise 4. Read and learn.

Let’s Go Out

Let’s go out.

Let’s stay at home.

Let’s eat at Mother’s.

Let’s eat alone.

Let’s call Betty.

Let’s call Fred.

Let’s read the papers.

and go to bed.

Let’s go running.

I want to jog.

Let’s stay home

and play with my dog.

 

Exercise 5. Respond to the sentences with Let us (Let’s).

1.I don’t remember the way (ask somebody). 2. I am afraid we will be late (take a taxi). 3. It’s very hot in the room (open the window). 4. Mother wants to clean the flat (help her). 5. The weather is fine today (go for a walk). 6. He feels hungry (have dinner). 7. The task is very difficult (make it together). 8. I don’t like trains (travel by plane). 9. Mary is busy (wait some minutes). 10. It rains in the street (take our umbrellas). 11. It’s Nelly’s birthday today (buy her flowers). 12. We are to make a report on Tuesday (go to the reading-room).

 

Exercise 6. Change the sentences according to the model.

Example: What about going to the theatre?

-Let’s go to the theatre.

1. What about spending the weekend in the country? 2. What about living in this hotel during our holidays? 3. What about having a little rest? 4. What about doing this task together? 5. What about going to the disco? 6. What about giving the aunt gloves for her birthday? 7. What about buying a new car? 8. What about trying Chinese food? 9. What about testing the results? 10. What about changing the speed of the reaction?

 

Exercise 7. Use Let me with the following words. Translate the sentences.

Example: to make tea

Let me make tea.

1. To make tea. 2. To test the engine. 3. To make a scheme. 4. To cook dinner. 5. To tell the child a story. 6. To show our photos. 7. To introduce my sister. 8. To answer the question. 9. To translate the article. 10. To explain what the word means.

 

Exercise 8. Use Let her (him) with the following words. Translate the sentences.

1. To go to the meeting. 2. To go home. 3. To take part in the discussion. 4. To wait for Nick. 5. To stay here. 6. To switch on the light. 7. To read louder. 8. To leave the room. 9. To tell the new data. 10. To drive the car carefully. 11. To talk to the dean. 12. To be the first. 13. To watch the process. 14. To look after the baby.

 

Exercise 9. Use Let them with the following words. Translate the sentences.

1. To return the books to the library. 2. To solve the problem. 3. To check their plans. 4. To come another day. 5. To keep the house in order. 6. To help us with our work. 7. To bring dictionaries to the exam. 8. To correct their mistakes. 9. To choose a present for Alice. 10. To stay at home tonight.

Exercise 10. Translate the sentences.

1. Let her illustrate my rule. 2. Don’t turn on the radio. 3. Let’s go to the beach in the morning. 4. Shut the door, Jim. 5. Let her do it. 6. Don’t let him be rude with you. 7. Let me help him with his work. 8. Don’t ring me up after five. 9. Let’s send them a telegram. 10. Leave dirty plates in the sink. 11. Don’t let them be late for classes. 12. Let me look through the magazine.

 

Exercise 11. Translate the following sentences.

1. Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 2. Never judge by appearance. 3. If you want to be seen stand up, if you want to be heard speak up, if you want to be appreciated shut up. 4. Watch closely the rise in temperature! 5. Let me turn back in order to make my point of view a little clearer. 6. Don’t look through the text once more! 7. And now let us try to explain. 8. Make sure that the result agrees with the expected one, check it. 9. Do not be so persistent! 10. Be content with little! 11. Let no reader suppose that my method is the only one. 12. Don’t expect to succeed at your first, or even your second, attempt. 13. When you have done your article put it away for six months and see if you still understand it yourself. 14. Before testing the sample dry it carefully.

Exercise 12. Read the following wise advice and try to follow it in your life.

Take time to think, it is the source of power. Take time to read, it is the foundation of knowledge. Take time to work, it is the price to success. Take time to enjoy friends, it is the source of happiness. Take time to laugh, it is the singing that helps life’s load. Take time to play, it is the secret of youth. Take time to dream, it hitches the soul to the stars. Take time to love, it is the one sacrament of life.

 

Exercise 13. Where can you see these signs?

 

 

PULL

DO NOT WALK ON THE GRASS

DO NOT LEAN

OUT OF THE

PUSH

WINDOW c

a

PLEASE DON’T FEED THE ANIMALS

b

NO WAITING

d e

Please stand on the right

QUEUE THIS SIDE

Beware of the dog

f g

h

NO SMOKING ON LOWER DECK

FASTEN SEAT BELTS

i

j

 

on a bus stop on an escalator on a gate in a zoo on a railway station platform on a plane

in a park on a door in a train in a bus in a street

 

Exercise 14. Find the Russian equivalents to the following proverbs.

1. Strike while the iron is hot. 2. Score twice before you cut once. 3. Roll my log, and I’ll roll yours. 4. Live and learn! 5. Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. 6. Don’t put the cart before the horse. 7. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 8. Don’t carry coal to Newcastle. 9. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. 10. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 11. Wait and see. 12. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 13. Don’t sell the bear’s skin before you’ve caught it. 14. Don’t whistle until you are out of the wood. 15. Dot your i’s and cross your t’s.