- •I. Before you read:
- •1.5 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the verb to be. You may continue the sentences:
- •1.6 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the plural forms of the nouns:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •4.2 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the task 4.1
- •1.4 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the verbs in the Present Simple Active. Give the negative and question –forms.
- •II. Reading:
- •3.1. Make up sentences from these words:
- •3.2. Find
- •3.3 Put the verb into the Past Simple or Future Simple. Use the words: yesterday, ago, last/next week, month, year, tomorrow, in some years/months etc. Give the negative and question –forms.
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.1Complete the short dialogues using the phrases from the text:
- •4.2 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the task 4.1. These phrases and words may be helpful for you.
- •4.3Tell about your own family using all information you have got.
- •1.4 Make up sentences paying attention to Simple and Progressive Tenses. Translate the sentences.
- •1.5. Comment on the grammar.
- •II. Reading
- •1. 1True or false?
- •1.2 Make up sentences from these words:
- •1.3 Give the missing forms of adjectives. Make up sentences with these adjectives.
- •1.4 Put the verb to take part into the correct tense-form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets.
- •1.5. Put the verb in the brackets into the necessary tense form.
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.1Complete the short dialogues using the information from the text:
- •4.2 Read and learn:
- •4.3 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the tasks 4.1 and 4.2
- •4.4 Summarize the text «My University».
- •I. Before you read:
- •1.1 Read the words properly:
- •1.2 State the part of speech:
- •1.7. Comment on the grammar. Make up negative and question forms if it is possible.
- •II. Reading
- •3.1 Make up the sentence of two parts:
- •3.2 Make up all possible questions to these sentences. Give the negative form:
- •3.3 Write the Passive Progressive of these sentences. Use words now, from … till, the whole month/morning etc:
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.2 Read the following quotes from different articles about the problems of higher education in Russia. Formulate the main idea of each statement. Do you agree with these opinions?
- •4.3 Discuss* these topics using all information you have got.
- •I. Before you read:
- •1.1 Read the words properly:
- •1.2 Find the Russian equivalents:
- •1.3 State the part of speech:
- •1.4 Analyse the use of modal verbs and their equivalents. Translate the following sentences:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •3.1 Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •3.2 .Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •3.3. Substitute the modal verbs for the possible equivalents:
- •3.4 Insert the modal verbs may or can:
- •3.5 Insert the necessary modal verb or it equivalent:
- •IV. Speaking
- •1.4 Analyse the use of modal verbs and their equivalents. Translate the following sentences:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •3.1. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •3.2 Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •3.3. Substitute the modal verbs for the possible equivalents:
- •3.4 Insert the modal verbs may or can:
- •3.5 Insert the necessary modal verb or its equivalent:
- •IV. Review:
- •4.1 Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •4.2 Give the negative and question form of the following sentences:
- •4.3 Point out the sentences with Passive.
- •V. Speaking
- •5.1 Answer the following questions:
- •5.2 Speak about Karl Benz using his profile:
- •5.3 Use the following phrases and word combinations to retell the text:
- •In 1830 Thon completed his most ambitious design to date, that of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour15 in Moscow (fig. 17).
- •15.4. After you have read:
- •Тема 1 - Урок 1 - Диалог 1
III. After you have read:
3.1 Answer the following questions:
1. How old are you?
2. Where do you live?
3. What school did you leave?
4. When did you leave the school?
5. Where do you study now?
6. When did you enter the University?
7. What faculty do you study at?
8. Are you a second- year student?
9. Do you attend all classes?
10. Do you like to study at the university?
3.2 Fill in the gaps:
1. I … eighteen years old.
2. I … born on the fifth of August.
3. I … an elder brother.
4. I … to be taken to a kindergarten when I … three years old.
5. My favourite subjects … higher mathematics and physics.
6. It … easy and interesting for me to study at our University.
7. I … many friends.
3.3 Put the verb into the correct tense-form:
1. My name (to be) Max Smirnov.
2. What (to be) her brother name?
3. (to be) your parents engineers?
4. (to have) you an younger sister?
5. I (to have, not) a brother. I (to have) two sisters.
6. My hobbies (to be) playing tennis and learning languages.
7. Where (to be) you from?
8. (to be) your friends at the disco yesterday?
9. We (to be) at 10 0’clock in the library tomorrow.
10. My grandmother (to be) a teacher at the secondary school 20 years ago.
3.4 Give the English for:
Родной город, детский сад, провести детство, старший брат, студент-первокурсник, зачет, переехать в город , хорошо разбираться в физике, любимые предметы, посещать лекции и семинары, молодежь, закончить университет, устроиться на высокооплачиваемую работу.
IV. Brush up your talk:
4.1 Complete the short dialogues using the phrases from the text:
-What is your name?
-My name is ….
-Were you born in Orel?
-No, I was born in….
-Where were you born?
-I was born on ….
-Are you the only child in the family?
-No, I am not. I …
-Where did you spend your childhood?
-I spent….
-Did you leave the secondary school in your native town?
-No, I ...
-Why so? Because my family….
-What school did you leave in Orel?
-I ….
-Where do you study?
-I study….
-What are your favourite subjects?
-They are …
-What are your hobbies?
-My hobbies are…
-How do you spend your free time with your friends?
-I …
4.2 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the task 4.1
4.3Tell about your own biography using all information you have got.
4.4 * Tell about your friends’s biography.
Unit 2. My Family
I. Before you read:
1.1 Pronounce the words properly:
Average, to characterize and describe, appearance, civil engineer, cheerful, pleasant-looking, first-rate, to be fond of, lyceum, quick-tempered, though, surgeon, energy, gardening, kind-hearted, pensioner, united, circus, agree, to quarrel, uncle, each other.
1.2 State the part of speech paying attention to the suffix:
Appearance, sporty, tactful, historical, friendly, local, pensioner, mathematical, engineer, specialist, construction, officer, librarian.
1. 3 Match the columns:
1. average |
1.описать |
2. to be going to |
2.что касается |
3. to describe |
3. собираться что-л. сделать |
4. as for |
4.средний |
5. appearance |
5.прямой нос |
6. dark and short hair |
6.внешность |
7. straight nose |
7.строительная компания |
8. construction company |
8.темные, короткие волосы |
9. civil engineer |
9. проводить время |
10. to spend time |
10.быть строгим к кому-л. |
11. to be strict with smb. |
11. инженер-строитель |
12. to consider smb. to be a good mixer |
12. веселый |
13. cheerful |
13.считать кого-л. общительным человеком |
14. kind-hearted |
14.родственник |
15. relative |
15.добрый, добродушный |
16. well-read |
16.улекаться чем-л. |
17. to be fond of smth. |
17.высокий |
18. tall |
18. начитанный |
19. pleasant-looking |
19.светлые волосы |
20. fair-hair |
20.серые глаза |
21. grey eyes |
21. симпатичный |
22.first-rate specialist |
22.быть похожим на кого-л. |
23. to look like smb. |
23.первоклассный специалист |
24. quick-tempered |
24. вспыльчивый |
25.to get along with |
25.общительный |
26. skilled surgeon |
26. ладить с кем-л. |
27. to take care of smb. |
27. квалифицированный хирург |
28. united |
28. заботиться о ком-л. |
29. to attend |
29. ссориться |
30. to quarrel |
30. сплоченный |