Pronouns

Case

book):
My hands are cold.
Is this your book?
We use mine/yours,… without

a noun:
Is this book mine or yours? (=my book or your book)
- I didn’t have an umbrella, so Ann gave me hers.

some friends of yours etc.
I went to meet a friend

of mine. (not ‘a friend of me’)
It was a good idea of yours to go swimming
this afternoon.
In the same way we say:
- It was a good idea of Tom’s to go swimming.

mine’
We met one of your relations.
We met a relation of

yours.
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2. Henry borrowed one of my books.
Henry borrowed a book of mine.
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3. Ann invited some of her friends to her flat.
Ann invited some friends of hers to her flat.
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mine’
4. We had dinner with one of our neighbours.
We had

dinner with a neighbour of ours.
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5. I went on holiday with two of my friends.
I went on holiday with two friends of mine.
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6. Is that man one of your friends?
Is that man a friend of yours?
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nice camera. Is it you/yours?
That’s not my/mine umbrella. My/mine is

black.
Whose books are these? Your/Yours or my/mine?
Catherine is going out with her/hers friends this evening.

They’ve got two children but I don’t know their names.
8.

Can we use your washing machine? Ours is broken.

our manager — our manager's son
A 1) the house of

Mr. Smith; 2) a doll of the girls; 3) the works of Rembrandt; 4) a toy of the baby; 5) a meeting of the employees; 6) the bags of those women; 7) the orders of our boss; 8) the books of the children; 9) the cottage of my parents; 10) a garage of her cousin.
В 1) coal deposits of the world; 2) the influence of the sun; 3) the atmosphere of the earth; 4) the joys and grieves of life; 5) the arrival of the ship; 6) icy mountains of Greenland; 7) the policy of the company; 8) gold reserves of Russia; 9) the gravitation of the planet; 10) the decisions of the commission.
С 1) the mother of Kate and Mary; 2) the children of my aunt Ann; 3) the paintings by Picasso and Dali; 4) the gun of the commander-in-chief; 5) the times of Ivan the Terrible; 6) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade; 7) the correspondent of the Herald Tribune; 8) a flat of my father-in-law; 9) the wives of Henry the Eighth; 10) oil wells of Saudi Arabia.
D 1) a cruise which lasts three weeks; 2) work which takes two hours; 3) a distance of five kilometres; 4) the operation which lasted four hours; 5) the flight which took three hours; 6) a semester of eight weeks; 7) the rest which lasted an hour; 8) a play of three acts; 9) a football
match which lasts ninety minutes; 10) a telephone conversation which lasts three minutes.
 

9 hours a day to feel well. — / must

have nine-hours^ sleep to feel well.

1. Every day at noon we have a break, which lasts fifteen minutes. 2.1 can't understand why he is so tired. The distance he covered is a mile only. 3. The walk to the station was short. It took us ten minutes. 4. Last year we spent two weeks in Greece. The holiday was terrific. 5. If you want to get there.a trip will take you only five hours. 6. Don't take a training course that lasts a week. It won't do you good. 7.1 slept only five hours yesterday because my train came late. 8. Yesterday our lesson lasted thirty minutes because oar teacher was to leave at 12 o'clock. 9. If you want to have a voyage round Europe, you will need at least three weeks. 10. My workweek lasts five days.

groups where possible. Example: He always takes his brothers' bocks. —

He always takes books of his brothers.

1. The only thing she wanted was to see her parents' house again. 2. No one could explain the young girl's behaviour at yesterday's supper. 3. Last Sunday's rugby match was disappointing. Our team lost. 4. The boy was looking through a children's magazine. 5. After an hour's break we resumed our work. 6. At that time he lived In a little flat for economy's sake. 7. It was four and a half hours' ride, 8.1 don't like cow's milk. 9. He was puzzled by Ann and Peter's visit. 10. When Friday came, he was at his wit's ends. 11. She dropped in at the chemist's to buy some aspirin. 12. This is John's coat, and that is Peter's.

or thing
e.g. I’m going to have another (= one more)

piece of cake.
2)= different, a different person or thing
e.g. Do you want to exchange this toaster for another (= different one) (one)?
another + number + plural noun = “more”
It will take another ten minutes (= 10 more minutes) to finish the job.

the second of two things or people=другой, второй из двух
e.g.

I’ve found one earring – do you know where the other (=the second earring) one is?
‘Other’ 2)= additional to the item or person already mentioned
e.g. Are there any other people we should speak with?

Other + nouns

the second of two things or people=другой, второй из двух
e.g.

I’ve found one earring – do you know where the other (=the second earring) one is?
‘Other’ 2)= additional to the item or person already mentioned
e.g. Are there any other people we should speak with?

Other + nouns

другие, прочие
e.g. I only know about this book, but there

must be others (=other books)
2)=people in general, not including yourself
e.g. You shouldn’t expect others to do your work for you.
‘The others’ = остальные (из ограниченного числа предметов) – without nouns
e.g. Here is the only one book, where are the others?

другим путём, способом
One another= друг друга
Each other= друг друга
One…after another=

один за другим
The other day= на днях
In other words= другими словами
Other than= никто другой, как…
On the other hand= с другой стороны
Every other day= через день

‘much’, ‘many’, ‘(a) little’, ‘(a) few’, ‘a lot’, ‘plenty’

главных члена - подлежащее и сказуемое. В безличном предложении, когда

нет подлежащего с конкретным предметным значением, используется в качестве формального грамматического подлежащего местоимение It ('empty subject').
Итак, It употребляется как подлежащее в так называемых безличных предложениях,
1) обозначающих явления природы (состояния погоды):
It is cold (warm/ hot/ cool). – Холодно (тепло/ жарко/ прохладно).
It rains (snows) here in winter. – Здесь идёт дождь (снег) зимой.
2) обозначающих время и расстояние.:
It is daytime. – День.
It is night. – Ночь.
It is a quarter past ten. – Четверть одиннадцатого.
It is one kilometre from our house to the river. – От нашего дома до реки один километр.
3) выражающих оценку каких-либо явлений:
It is beautiful. – Красиво.
It is impossible. – Невозможно.
It is simple. – Это просто.