- •Английский язык Учебно-методическое пособие для самостоятельной работы по английскому языку
- •Оглавление
- •Методическая записка.
- •Unit 1. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Present tenses
- •II. Write e-mail to your friend telling all about yourself and your students’ life. Use the questions in present tenses:
- •Unit 2. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Past tenses
- •II. Write a story about your grandparents. Ask questions about past events. Unit 3. Reading and writing
- •I. Read the text and match the following sentences to the correct paragraphs.
- •II. Read the text and draw up a map of the places, conquered by Alexander the Great.
- •Unit 4. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Perfect tenses
- •II. Write curriculum vitae. Use the following headings in cv:
- •Unit 5. Language practice, translating and writing
- •I. Review Auxiliary verbs – be, have, do
- •II. Read and translate the text. Find more information about people, mentioned in the text and write an essay. Alexander the Great
- •Unit 6. Language practice, reading and translating
- •I. Review the passive voice
- •II. Read and translate the text. Write an essay on Ottoman Empire
- •Unit 7. Reading, translating and discussing
- •I. Read and translate the text. Discuss the Paris Peace Accord and express your opinion on articles.
- •II. Underline passive verb groups. Unit 8. Language practice, translating and writing
- •I. Defining and Non-defining relative clauses
- •Ottoman Empire
- •Palestine Before wwi
- •Unit 9. Reading, translating and writing
- •I. Conditional clauses
- •I. Match these parts to make conditional sentences.
- •1. Watch the video “Spartacus”. Find your own solutions to problems discussed in the film.
- •2. Write an essay on Spartacus. Find more information about Spartacus from Internet and other sources. Make your own predictions, using conditional clauses.
- •III. Read and translate the text in writing. Give a summary of the text. Peace treaty of Cadesh
- •IV. Writing a narrative
- •1. Narrative.
- •2. Watch the video “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”. Make up a narrative of the events.
- •Unit 10. Language practice, reading, speaking and writing
- •I. Review Reported speech: Reporting the past
- •Persian wars
- •Unit 11. Language practice, reading and writing
- •I. Can, could, may, might - possibility
- •World War I
- •Unit 12. Language practice, watching video and writing
- •I. Linking words.
- •Homeless in the usa
- •Getting ready for the exam texts for written translation Stalin's Reign and the Great Purges
- •Northern Ireland Peace Accord.
- •Speaking and discussing
- •The world since 9/11
- •Us Foreign Policy
- •British Foreign Policy
- •Problems with Africa
- •Russia and Eastern Europe
- •Israel and The Middle East
- •European Union (eu)
- •International relations after the Second World War
- •International law
- •Alexander the Great Text 1
- •Text 10
- •Text 11
- •Text 12
- •Text 13
- •Text 14
- •Text 15
- •Text 16
- •Key to exercises
- •I. Match these parts to make conditional sentences.
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 79
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 82а
II. Write e-mail to your friend telling all about yourself and your students’ life. Use the questions in present tenses:
How are things with you?
How is all your family?
Does your sister go to school?
What are you doing?
What are your parents doing these days?
Where are you going to stay on holidays?
Have you visited any interesting places recently?
Unit 2. Language practice and writing
I. Review Past tenses
Main points: There are four past tenses – past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. All the past tenses are used to refer to past time. The
Past tenses are used as polite forms. The past tenses have special meanings in conditional clauses and when referring to imaginary situations.
A. Make past tense questions and answers using the words given.
1. Who / you / see / at the meeting? – Who did you see at the meeting?
2. I see/ Jack/ not Amy. – I saw Jack, but I didn’t see Army.
3. Where/ you go/in England? –
4. We/go to /London/ not Oxford. –
5. What plays/ they see / at Stratford? –
6. They see/Hamlet/not Julius Caesar. –
7. Angelo/ buy some records /in London? –
8. He buy /some clothes /not any records. –
9. You enjoy /your holiday? –
10. I enjoy /the holiday /not the food. –
B. In the sentences below, decide if the models and past simple verbs. Which are underlined are being use for narrative (N), a hypothetical situation (H), or for politeness (P).
1. Kathy was looking very well last time I saw her. N
2. Excuse me. I just wanted to know if you were free at the moment.
3. If I wanted to know, I would ask.
4. Fred telephoned yesterday and left a message.
5. I wish it was time for lunch.
6. I first went abroad when I was 17.
7. I am writing because I wondered if I could offer a useful suggestion.
8. Jenny wished she hadn’t been so careless.
9. We looked everywhere for the money, but we couldn’t find it.
10. You must take a map with you. Suppose you got lost, then what would you do?
C. Complete these sentences, putting the verbs in the past simple or the past continuous.
1. I was working upstairs when the accident happened. (work, happen)
2. He … the book and … to read. (open, start)
3. We … the film, when suddenly the electricity … off. (enjoy, go)
4. When she … the news, she … to cry. (hear, begin)
5. Everyone … quietly. Suddenly the door … open. (talk, burst)
6. When I … the doorbell, I … downstairs. (hear, run)
II. Write a story about your grandparents. Ask questions about past events. Unit 3. Reading and writing
I. Read the text and match the following sentences to the correct paragraphs.
1. It is situated north of Al Hillah, Iraq, this famous city was the capital of the ancient Babylonian empire, site of the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (another wonder of the ancient world).
2. Alexandria (Egypt) is known today as both Alexandria and El Iskandariya, this still-thriving city on the Mediterranean Sea is Egypt's second-largest.
3. Gaza - has some Palestinian autonomy and Israeli control of its airspace and maritime access.
4. This story will take you on a virtual tour to visit some of the places Alexander conquered: Tyre, Gaza, Alexandria and others.
5. Alexander took his troops to the edge of the world as he knew it.
A Alexander took his troops to the edge of the world as he knew it.
Today, many of the towns and countries known to the Macedonians still exist but are called by different names.
B __________________________________
Tyre is situated on the Mediterranean Sea, in today's Lebanon, the town is also known as Sur.
C __________________________________
During ancient times Gaza, situated on the coastal highway between Egypt and Mesopotamia, was an important commercial and military center. Today the Gaza Strip has limited Palestinian autonomy and Israeli control.
D __________________________________
It was once home to the famous library (whose destruction remains a mystery) and the Pharos Lighthouse, a wonder of the ancient world before it was destroyed by an earthquake.
E __________________________________
Babylon is also the place where Alexander died.