- •Предисловие к учебному пособию «Великобритания и сша. Политико-культурный аспект» (Aspects of Britain and the usa. Politics and Culture)
- •Методическая записка
- •Unit 1 english in the world
- •1. Put in there is/was or it is/was. Some sentences are questions and some are
- •2. Are these sentences right or wrong? Change it to there where necessary.
- •3. Fill each space in the paragraph below with it or there. A Change in the Weather
- •1. Look at the texts below and complete them using a definite (the), indefinite (a/an)
- •2. Now complete the rules using the words below.
- •3. Now decide which articles frоm Ex. 1 arе examples of which rules.
- •4. Use the rules to make eleven corrections to the following passage.
- •Vocabulary 1 us English
- •1. See if you know some other British and American equivalents.
- •If necessary, use a dictionary.
- •2. If you saw words spelt in the following way would you expect the writer in each
- •3. Can you avoid some of the most common confusions arising between British and
- •Vocabulary 2 Countries and nationalities
- •1. Parts of the world
- •2. Countries
- •3. People
- •5 Major cities
- •6 Languages
- •7 It's somewhere in Africa Complete the sentences with in or on:
- •Unit 2 national homes
- •1. Identifying tenses
- •1. Write in the correct verb form, using the verb in bold.
- •2. Complete the tense chart with the verb forms from exercise 1.
- •2. Correcting mistakes
- •3. Choosing the right tense
- •Verbs into the correct tense. Sometimes there is more than one possibility.
- •4. Active or passive?
- •1. These sentences sound unnatural in the active. Rewrite them using the passive.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, active or passive.
- •5. At home on a train
- •1. Read about Pat and Ronald Thomas, who live on a train.
- •2. Here are the answers to some questions about Pat and Ronald. Write the questions.
- •6. Have, be, or do?
- •7. Forms of have and have got
- •1. Complete the dialogues with a correct form of have or have got. Sometimes both
- •2. Make the sentences negative.
- •3. Ask questions about the sentences in Exercise 2.
- •Vocabulary house and home idioms
- •1 Underline the correct definition for each idiom. Use your dictionary.
- •2 Complete the conversations with one of the idioms above in the correct form.
- •1. Look at the following sample addresses.
- •2. Write out these addresses correctly.
- •3. Read the following letter and decide what type of letter it is.
- •Informal style
- •1. Here are some things you might write in an informal letter.
- •2. After a friendly beginning you should give your reason for writing.
- •3. Fill each blank with the following words. Use each item once only.
- •4. A) Look at the letter. Choose the word or expression that is most appropriate to the
- •Informal register of the letter. In a few cases, it may be possible to use either.
- •Unit 3 nations and stereotypes
- •1. Questions with like
- •1. Answer the questions about yourself.
- •2. Write questions using the phrases in the box.
- •3. Read the conversation between two friends. Complete it with questions.
- •2. Like or would like?
- •1. Match a sentence in a with a sentence in b.
- •2. Tick the correct question.
- •3. Read the following rule in the box and complete the sentences with as or like.
- •Vocabulary What’s in a name?
- •1. Read the following descriptions of seven different people, and write their names
- •In the appropriate box depending on their personality.
- •2. Look at these adjectives in the box and add them to the table in exercise 1.
- •3. Answer the following questions using adjectives from exercise1.
- •4. Guess the meaning of the following idioms and complete the sentences below.
- •5. Write a paragraph describing someone who is important to you.
- •1. A learner wrote the composition below, which compares her home city and her
- •2. If it is difficult for you to find all the mistakes, study the information in the charts
- •3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word. In most gaps you need to use a form of the
- •4. Underline the correct item.
- •1. Complete the sentences with both/neither/either.
- •2. Complete the sentences with both/neither/either. Use of where necessary.
- •3. Complete the sentences with both/neither/either of us/them.
- •4. Write sentences with both...And... / neither...Nor... / either...Or... .
- •5. Complete the sentences with neither/either/none/any.
- •1. A survey of British university students was conducted in 1990 and recently
- •2. Complete these sentences with as ... As or not as/such ... As. Sometimes two answers
- •3. Complete these sentences with as much as, as many as, as little as, or as few as.
- •1. Underline the correct phrase.
- •3. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Write about what уоu missed or what was disappointing when уоu went оn а holiday or trip abroad.
- •1. Comparison and contrast
- •2. Linking ideas
- •1. Proof-reading
- •Living in London
- •Unit 4 states and systems
- •Vocabulary 1
- •B Political System
- •Use of Articles 1
- •1. Put a/an, the or zero article (-) in the spaces. If two answers are possible, give
- •Are we talking now about ……. John Smith who led the Labour Party?
- •2. Who do you think is being described in these text extracts?
- •3. Insert the necessary article into each gap.
- •The Best Job in the World?
- •Imagine that you are the Editor of a magazine for young people. One of your journalists has given you this article to be included in the next edition.
- •1. Match the opening sentences a – g with each of the paragraphs (1 - 7).
- •3. Fill in each space with an appropriate word or phrase. In some cases, more that
- •4. Match the items in the two columns. The first one has been done as an example.
- •5. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning.
- •Vocabulary 2 The election system
- •1. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Choose the most appropriate word underlined.
- •Word choice
- •1. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with suitable prepositions.
- •Vocabulary 3 Phrasal verbs
- •1. Express in other words the meaning of the phrasal verbs in the following sentences.
- •2. Find the phrasal verbs in the following invented passage about an industrial
- •3. Fill in the blanks with particles back/ ahead/ down/ out/ for/ up.
- •Vocabulary revision
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Fill in the blanks using the words from the list below.
- •3. Multiple-choice cloze
- •4. Complete each sentence with the most appropriate word from the box.
- •Use of Articles 2
- •1. Make sentences combining words from a and b. Add a connecting verb and а/an or
- •2. Put а/аn, the or - in the spaces. If zero article is an alternative for the, write the /-.
- •3. If necessary, correct these sentences (a-d).
- •Unit 5 stories in history Grammar Practice: links with the past
- •Irregular verbs
- •1. Complete the sentences with the verb in bold in either the Past Simple or the Past Perfect. All the verbs are irregular.
- •2. Tick (V) the verbs in Exercise 1 which have the same form for both the Past Simple and the past participle. Put a cross (X) if they don't.
- •2. Past Simple or Past Continuous?
- •3. Past Simple or Past Perfect?
- •4. Time expressions
- •1. In each group, complete a line (a-o) with a time expression (1-15). Use each
- •2. Complete these sentences, using the prompts in brackets.
- •3. Study the table below and complete the exercises which follow.
- •5. Puss in Boots
- •1. This is the true story of Jim and Rita Bell, and their cat, Whiskers. Look at the
- •2. Complete the story about Jim and Rita Bell using the correct verb phrases from
- •3. Complete the questions.
- •6. Active to passive
- •In the following sentences the subject is either not important or too obvious to be necessary. Put each sentence into the passive to make it sound more natural.
- •7. Gilly's story
- •8. What a way to go
- •9. Present Perfect in news stories
- •1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to, positive, question, or negative.
- •2. Which of the verb forms can complete the sentences below? Underline all possible
- •3. Read the story of Henry Wardle. Which of the verbs in italics ...
- •Henry's £4.5 million secret
- •4. Write a paragraph about your life when you were a child. What did it use to be like? unit 6 times and people
- •1. Present Perfect simple or continuous?
- •1. Which sentence matches better in a and b?
- •2. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect simple or continuous.
- •2 The world’s highest dustman
- •1. Read the text about David Clark. Underline the correct verb form. Sometimes both may be correct.
- •2. Read David’s letter to his parents. Fill the gaps with a verb from the box in the
- •3 Present Perfect passive
- •4 Have something done
- •1. Rewrite the sentences using have something done.
- •2. Melanie and Ken are getting married today. Here are notes about some of their arrangements. Here are notes about some of their arrangements.
- •Vocabulary 1 Travel
- •1. Put ticks (V) to show which verbs go with which forms of transport.
- •2. Choose the best word flight, journey, trip, travel or voyage to fit these gaps.
- •3. Fill in the blanks. Most of the words you need can be found opposite.
- •4. Write two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the four forms of
- •Vocabulary 2
- •1. Fill the gaps in this letter with suitable adding words and phrases.
- •2. Rewrite the sentences using the word or phrase in brackets at the end.
- •3. Correct the mistakes in the use of addition words and phrases in these sentences.
- •1. Read the biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. And fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the correct narrative tense.
- •2. Present Perfect and Past Simple
- •Immigration
- •Vocabulary National Identity. Immigration
- •1. Read groups of sentences below. Tick those in which words in bold are used
- •2. Complete the gaps with suitable words.
- •3. Complete the text with appropriate words. The first letter is given.
- •Bibliography
- •‘British Life and Institutions’, Mark Farrell, Chancerel, 2000
Vocabulary 2
There are a number of ways of adding one idea to another in English. You probably already know such words like and, also and too.
A Words for linking sentences/clauses
|
Sentence/clause 1 |
and |
Sentence/clause 2 |
|
For this job you need a degree.
Video cameras are becoming easier to use.
It’ll take ages to get there and it’ll cost a fortune.
Children should respect their parents.
We’ll have all the stress of going to court and giving evidence. |
In addition
Furthermore Moreover What’s more*
Besides**
Equally Likewise
On top of (all) that*** |
you need some experience.
They are becoming cheaper.
We’ll have to change trains three times at least.
They should respect their teachers.
We’ll have to pay the lawyers’ bills. |
** a more emphatic way of adding; similar in meaning to anyway. *** even more emphatic; used mostly in informal spoken English. Note also: To keep fit you need a good diet plus regular exercise. /normally used to connect noun phrases, but can connect clauses in informal speech./ |
||
B Adding words at the end of clauses/ sentences
They sell chairs, tables, beds, and so on/ etc. /et’setrə/
It’ll go to the committee, then to the board, then to another committee, and so on and so forth. /suggests a long continuation/
C Adding words that begin or come in the middle of clauses/ sentences
Note: This group are followed by nouns or by –ing.
DO NOT SAY: As well as she speaks French, she also speaks Japanese.
YOU CAN SAY: As well as speaking French, she…
Further to my letter of 18/9/05, I am writing to… /formal opening for a letter/
In addition to his BA in History he has a Ph.D. in sociology.
He’s on the school board, as well as being a local councilor.
Besides/ Apart from having a salary, he also has a private income.
Alongside her many other hobbies she restores old racing cars.
Jo Evans was there, along with a few other people who I didn’t know.
1. Fill the gaps in this letter with suitable adding words and phrases.
Try to do it without looking at the rules above.
Dear Mr Stoneheart
…………………………..(1) my letter of 16.3.05, I should like to give you more information concerning my qualifications and experience. ………………………..(2) holding a Diploma in Catering, I also have an advanced Certificate in hotel Management. The course covered the usual areas: finance, front services, publicity, space allocation, ………………………(3). I also wish to point out that, ……………………….(4) holding these qualifications, I have now been working in the hotel trade for five years. …………………………(5), my experience prior to that was also connected with tourism and hospitality.
I hope you will give my application due consideration.
Yours sincerely
Nora Hope