- •§1. The English language
- •History of the english language
- •1. The Mixing Starts
- •2. No More Invasions
- •3. Shakespeare
- •4. The Best seller of all time
- •5. Modern English
- •6. Features of the English language
- •7. English today
- •§ 2. From the earliest history of the British Isles (the Сeltic sagas)
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find in the text all the name of tribes used with the definite article. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •3. Find in the text the following verbs used in the Passive Voice and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions or postpositions:
- •5.Find the following pairs of derivatives:
- •6. Match English and Russian equivalents:
- •7. Make the words from the text using the letters:
- •8. Complete the sentences:
- •9. Say whether the following sentences are true or false:
- •10. Answer the question using the text:
- •11. Give a short summary of the text using the following words and word combinations:
- •§ 3. The Romans in Britain
- •8. Read Rudyard Kipling's poem "a Pict Song" and answer the questions that follow.
- •A pict song
- •Literature of the Middle Ages Do the following history quiz:
- •§ 4. Anglo-Saxon Period
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find in the text the following verbs used in the Passive Voice and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •3. Give the corresponding nouns:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions:
- •5. Match English and Russian equivalents:
- •6. Make up sentences using the words and word-combinations:
- •7. Compose your own questions on the text reflecting the main idea of every paragraph (try to use all types of questions).
- •8. Give a short summary of the text according to your answers.
- •9. Fill in the gaps in the passage about Bede using the correct forms of the verbs in the frame:
- •§ 5. Anglo-norman period (11th – 13th centuries)
- •Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find the following word-combinations in the text and translate sentences including them:
- •3. Paraphrase using the Active Voice:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions:
- •5. Transform as in the model:
- •6. Match English and Russian equivalents:
- •7. Say whether the following sentences are true or not:
- •8. Find in the text the sentences dealing with:
- •9. Say everything you know about the development of the English language during the period from the 11th to the 15th centuries.
- •§ 6. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)
- •Topical vocabulary:
- •§ 7. Literature of the Renaissance (end of the 15th – beginning of the 17th century)
- •Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find in the text the following word-combinations and translate the sentences which include them:
- •3. Use the necessary prepositions:
- •4. Match English and Russian equivalents:
- •5. Use the appropriate antonyms instead of underlined words and word-combinations:
- •§ 8. William Shakespeare(1564 – 1616)
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Translate the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Finish the sentences:
- •4. Find the synonyms of the words in the text:
- •5. Match the antonyms:
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Give a short summary of the text.
- •8. Shakespeare was not old when he died — he had barely reached his fifty-third year. All the world's a stage
- •In fair round belly with good capon lin'd,
- •Into the lean and slipper's pantaloon,
- •Is second childishness and mere oblivion
- •9. Read Shakespeare's Sonnet 57 and write your answers to the questions.
- •§ 9. John Milton (1608–1677)
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Reproduce the sentences in which the following phrases were used:
- •3. Find in text the Passive forms of the following verbs:
- •4. Use the suitable prepositions:
- •5. Complete the list of synonyms:
- •6. Paraphrase the following using word-combinations from the text instead of those in the bold type:
- •7. Transform as in the Model:
- •8. Match English and Russian equivalents:
- •9. Match the two parts of the sentences:
- •10. Say whether the following sentences are true or false. Prove it.
- •11. Make up your own questions on the text.
- •12. Give a short summary of the text.
- •§ 10. Literature of the Enlightenment
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Translate the following:
- •3.Are these statements true or false?
- •§ 11. Daniel Defoе (1660-1731)
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find in the text the following words and word-combinations and translate the sentences, which include them:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions:
- •4. Transform as in the Model:
- •5. Put the words in the right order to make up sentences:
- •6. Use synonyms from the text instead words:
- •Match Russian and English equivalents:
- •8. Say whether the following sentences are true or false:
- •9. Answer the following questions:
- •10. Give a short summary of the text.
- •§ 12. Jonathan swift (1667–1745)
- •Topical vocabulary:
- •Match the synonyms from columns a and b:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •Answer the questions.
- •13. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
- •1. Topical vocablulary:
- •2. Translate into Russian:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Match the synonyms:
- •Choose the right version:
- •6. Answer the question:
- •7. Make a short summary of the text.
- •§ 14. Robert Burns (1759-1796)
- •1. Topical vocabulary:
- •2. Find in the text the following words and word-combinations and translation the sentences, which include them:
- •3. Use the necessary prepositions:
- •4. Give the appropriate derivatives (Verb – Noun) :
- •5. Use synonyms from the text instead of underlined words:
- •6. Match Russian and English equivalents:
- •7. Say whether the following sentences are true or false:
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Give a short summary of the text.
1. Topical vocabulary:
imagination, n – воображение, фантазия to persecute, v– преследовать
bankrupt, n – банкрот, банкротство pillory, n – позорный столб
ups and downs – взлёты и падения to create, v – творить
prison, n – тюрьма, лишение свободы idle, adj. – праздный
to deal with – иметь дело с ... prayer, n – молитва
butcher, n -мясник, палач wreck, n – катастрофа
priest, n – священник to provide, v – обеспечивать
memoirs, n – мемуары, автобиография to assert, v – утверждать
to estimate, v – оценивать
2. Find in the text the following words and word-combinations and translate the sentences, which include them:
to want smb to become a priest, to go bankrupt, years of political ups and downs, to write numerous works, a typical enlightener's work, to write in support of the protestants, in order to disgrace smb, some other novels of adventure, to be the first character of a bourgeois, to save the money found in the wrecked ship, to be hardly of any use, the detailed descriptions of Crusoe's labour, to address the wide public, the task of improving people's morals, to praise the creative labour of man, to be overestimated.
3. Insert the necessary prepositions:
to travel_______business, to be a man_______rich imagination, to give material_____ his future novels, to take par_______the political life _____Britain, the imprisonment _____ his attacts ______ the Church, to turn _____ literature, to deal _____ the urgent problems _____ the time, to suggest all kinds _____ reforms _____ defferent spheres _____ social life, to pay attetion _____ public education, to be persecuted _____ the government, to become known ____ London, to be due______ the fact, to be the features _______ the English bourgeoisie, to assert the superiority _____ the new class _____ the idle aristocracy, to begin________a prayer, to write novels _____ the form_______ memoirs, to be written______ the living tongue _____ the epoch, to make himself understood_______the readers______all the layers____ society, to provide books ________ a moralizing comment, the victory ______ nature, the influence _____ his work _____ the literature process, we should all be different ___ what we are.
4. Transform as in the Model:
Model: Complication (n) – complicated (adj)
adventure (n) – _____________(adj)
education (n) -______________(adj)
theology (n) –______________ (adj)
imagination (n) -____________ (adj)
success (n) – _______________(adj)
politics (n) -________________(adj)
literature (n) – ______________(adj)
satire (n) -____________________(adj)
type (n) – ____________________(adj)
difference (n) _________________(adj)
surprise (n) – _________________ (adj)
popularity (n) – ________________(adj)
character (n) – _________________(adj)
creation (n) – _________________ (adj)
superiority (n) – _______________ (adj)
thought (n) – __________________ (adj)
use (n) – _____________________ (adj)
religion (n) – __________________(adj)
reality (n) – ___________________ (adj)
description (n) – _______________ (adj)
interest (n) – __________________ (adj)
society (n) – __________________ (adj)
truth (n) – ____________________ (adj)