Местоимения some, any, no и их производные. Form 4
Exercise 1. Fill in : some, any, no.
1.
You can sit at the table and have dinner. There is … soup in the plate.
2.
Is there … milk in the bottle? –Yes, there is … milk in the bottle.
3.
It is spring now. There is … snow under the trees.
4.
Is there … bread on the table? – Yes, there is … .
5.
There was … coffee in the cup. It was very tasty.
6.
Is there … fruit on the table? – No, there isn’t fruit there.
7.
Go and buy … butter. There is … butter in the kitchen.
8.
- Was there … tea in the glass yesterday? - No, there was … tea in the glass. There was … juice there.
9.
-Is there … meat on the table? –No, there isn’t … meat there. there is … fish on the plate.
10.
-Give me … bread, please. –I am sorry, there is … bread in the kitchen.
Exercise 2. Write the missing sentences.
1.
There is some water in the glass. (-, -, ?)
2.
There are no books on the table. (-, +, ?)
Exercise 3. Fill in : some, any, no.
1.
There are … pencils in the pencil-box.
2.
Are there … pictures on the wall? –Yes, there are … .
3.
-Are there … boys in the classroom? – No, there are … boys there. There are … girls in the classroom.
4.
-My friends gave me … flowers as birthday presents. - Did they give you … sweets? –No, they didn’t give me … sweets. I don’t like sweets.
5.
There were … presents on the table. There were … toys, … sweets, but I was very sorry because there were … books on the table. I like to read!
6.
-Are there … people in the street now? –No, there are … people in the street. It is very early.
7.
There are … books on the table. Are there … exercise-books there? –No, there aren’t … exercise-books on the table.
8.
-Are there … apples on the plate? –No, there … apples on the plate. There are … apples in the basket.
9.
I have … presents. I’d like to give them to you.
10.
Look at the tree! There is … snow on it. It’s very warm in the street.
Exercise 4. Write the missing sentences.
1.
Was there any soup in the plate? (-, -, +)
2.
There were some flowers in the vase. (?, -, -)
people who work on a ship or plane - crew
place where travellers’ belongings are checked when leaving or entering the country - Customs
telling the customs officers about the goods in your bags - declare
one of the ways through the Customs - channel
rough weather with wind and rain - storm
large pieces of cloth for moving the ship through the water when there is a wind - sails
things which you buy - goods
a way followed to get from one place to another - route
a sort of boat which moves over land or water - hovercraft
floor built across a ship - deck
a place where ships tie up in a port - harbour
a boat for saving people in danger at sea - lifeboat
taxes paid on goods when leaving or entering the country - duties
I believe this question asks whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) will replace human interpreters in 20 years. Well, my answer is it won't.
The reason is that language is subjective, it is full of nuances, references, jokes, puns and colloquialisms that no machine is able to grasp and convey in another language at the moment.
If we think of a more distant future, it is possible that technology will replace human interpreters, but it won't be a problem for interpreters specializing in languages which are less widely spoken.