- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •F. Scott Fitzgerald winter dreams
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Choose the right word:
- •3. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
- •2. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the proper article: a (an), the, ø.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct pronoun.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story into indirect speech:
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Parts III-IV
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the phrasal verbs.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •3. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •2. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Put the right form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •2. Translate the sentences below into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the word in bold.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the antonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •2. Put the correct reflexive pronoun.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story into direct speech.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
1. Answer the questions:
What happened to Mr. Mooney after his father-in-law’s death?
Why did Mrs. Mooney decide to get a separation from him?
How did she earn her living?
What reputation did her boarding house have?
What kind of person was Jack, Mrs. Mooney’s son?
Why didn’t Mrs. Mooney intervene in Polly’s affair?
What did “outrageous mother” think of Bob?
Why didn’t Bob run away?
2. Discuss the following:
“She felt sure she would win”. Why was Mrs. Mooney so positive in her plan?
“Come down, dear. Mr. Doran wants to speak to you”. What was he going to say to Polly?
Could the situation have had another denouement?
Ring Lardner LIBERTY HALL
P. 95-104
Exercises
Pre-reading Tasks
1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story. When in doubt refer to the dictionary:
hotel, decent, faucet, performance, swaggeringly, miraculously, augment (v), augment (n), growl, utter, congenial, emergency exit, basin, suspicion, ridiculous, tryout, rehearsing, engagement, genius, gushing, remonstrate, limousine, maintain.
Vocabulary Tasks
1. Find in the story the English for:
репетиція, написати партитуру; безумовно ненавидіти; ніколи не відмовлятися від запрошення; поїхати через бізнес; водопровідний кран; клавіші на піаніно западали; вкусити кого-небудь; абсолютний незнайомець; у нього випала пломба; близькі по духу люди; запасний вихід; метод скорочування візитів; зробити похмурі обличчя; так що до побачення і таке інше; зовсім не розбиратися в музиці; страждати від; зберегти у таємниці зміст телеграми; страх як хочеться познайомитися; проводити репетицію; пара звичайних поціновувачів; сентиментальний; найближчі плани; чесно обіцяти; заперечувати; не афішувати; наспівувати мелодію; м’яти одяг; похмуре мовчання.
2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
put on wedged tryout week abhors hummed on account of immediate railing beyond morose gushing emergency exit so forth |
He absolutely … visiting and thinks there ought to be a law against invitations that go … dinner and bridge.
Finally they moved to Albany … Mr. Buckley’s business.
It was after our visit to the Craigs at Stamford that Ben originated what he calls his “…”.
We would … long faces and say how sorry we were, but of course business was business, so good-by and … .
Ben was conducting the performance – “Step Lively” – and I was standing at the … of the Boardwalk in front of the theatre, watching the moonlight on the ocean.
Mr. Drake never makes engagements during a … .
And on Friday I got Ben to lunch with them and he liked them, too; they were not half as … and silly as most of his “fans”.
At dinner on Saturday night, they cross-examined me about our … plans.
On the way over to Philadelphia he … me an awfully pretty melody which had been running through his head since we left the apartment.
Ben was … between us and throughout the drive maintained a … silence, unable to think of anything but how terrible his coat would look when he got out.