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     Exercise 3. Translate the sentences into Russian and get ready for
                 back translation.
      1. Don’t speak so fast. 2. My watch is five minutes fast. 3. He
started to run as fast as he could. 4. My watch is five minutes slow.
5. He’s an early riser. 6. I always get up early in the morning. 7. I
was early for work today. 8. He is late as usual. 9. I apologise for my
late arrival. 10. It’s too late to change that now. 11. He comes home
late at night. 12. That is a very hard question to answer. 13. He works
hard. 14. The boy is hardly seventeen. 15. Her bedroom is so small
that she can hardly move in it. 16. It’s nearly dark. 17. She is nearly
as tall as he is. 18. The post-office is quite near. 19. She closely
resembles her mother. 20. Don’t come too close! 21. We were late
for the meeting.

     Exercise 4. Translate the sentences into English. Pay attention to
                 the adverbs fast, early, late, hard, hardly, near,
                 nearly, close, far.
     1. Îí âîäèò ìàøèíó î÷åíü áûñòðî. 2. Åìó ïî÷òè âîñåìüäå-
ñÿò ëåò. 3. Ìàãàçèí íàõîäèòñÿ ðÿäîì ñ àïòåêîé. 4. Îí î÷åíü
ìíîãî ðàáîòàåò. 5. Îí åäâà ìîæåò õîäèòü. 6. Ñåé÷àñ ïî÷òè ÷àñ. 7.
Îí âîçâðàùàåòñÿ äîìîé ïîçäíî. 8. Óæå ïîçäíî. 9. Îíà îáû÷íî
ëîæèòñÿ ñïàòü ðàíî. 10. Ñåé÷àñ ðàííåå óòðî. 11. Îíà ÷óâñòâóåò
ñåáÿ ïëîõî. 12. Ýòî ñåðüåçíàÿ îøèáêà. 13. Ïî÷òà íàõîäèòñÿ äà-
ëåêî îòñþäà? — Íåò, ñîâñåì ðÿäîì. 14. Çäåñü ðÿäîì åñòü àïòå-
êà? — Íåò, àïòåêà äàëåêî îòñþäà. 15. Ïîåçä îïîçäàë íà äåñÿòü
ìèíóò. 16. Ìû îïîçäàëè íà ïîåçä. 17. Ìû æèâåì íåïîäàëåêó îò
ñóïåðìàðêåòà.

     Exercise 5. Change the sentences from direct into indirect speech.
      1. She asks me: Is your brother in? Have you any cousins?
Whose exercise book is this? How old is your brother? How old are
you? What’s the time, please? Have you any news of Malcolm? Do
you often read English newspapers? When can I come? When is
your birthday? Where do you live? What do you think of the book?
Do you play the piano? Do you speak French? Can you call me
tomorrow night? Do you get up early in the morning? Is he at home
after four? Is the pen in that box? Is he seriously ill? Do you find it
difficult to study Maths? Do you find it difficult to translate this

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