- •Contents
- •Unit I education system in russia and english speaking countries Lesson 1
- •I see I’m afraid if I’m not mistaken and what about you
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly
- •Informal letters
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 3
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 4
- •I’m not perfectly ready to answer this question, but next time I’ll try to answer!
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self- study materials for section I
- •Verb to be (the Present Simple Tense)
- •(Paris/the capital of France) Paris is the capital of France.
- •Are you married? _No, I’m not.
- •Are you tall? _Yes, I’m._
- •Is it cold today? __________
- •The Present Simple Tense
- •Is used to talk about:
- •Positive forms
- •It goes very well.
- •Negative forms
- •General questions
- •A lternative questions
- •T ag questions
- •The Sentence Structure
- •Unit II
- •Countries and cities
- •(Traditions, customs and holidays in Russia and English speaking countries)
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for section II The Present Continuous Tense
- •Unit III
- •Scientists
- •(Famous people)
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction
- •Invention, inspiration, closet, bulb, nap, wax, phonograph, genius, perspiration.
- •Invent hired closet nap laboratory light bulb
- •Lesson 3
- •Invention, to explode, dynamite, powerful, closet, iron, bulb, fortune, phonograph, discovery, genius, to carry out, research:
- •Alfred Nobel
- •Lesson 4
- •How to be a successful inventor
- •Lesson 5
- •Invention, to explode, dynamite, powerful, closet, iron, bulb, fortune, phonograph, discovery, genius, to carry out, research.
- •Lesson 6 Problem-based task (webquest) w omen in Science
- •You might want to consult some of the following web sites:
- •Your report will be evaluated as follows:
- •Self-study materials for section III The Past Simple Tense is used:
- •When we talk about actions and situations in the past we use:
- •Positive form — Regular verbs
- •Positive form — Irregular verbs
- •Negative form and questions
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Tag questions
- •Special questions
- •Verb to be (The Past Simple Tense) was/were
- •The past continuous tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •Past continuous vs. Past simple
- •Unit IV computer Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for section IV The Present Perfect Tense
- •Present perfect and past simple
- •Section V career prospects Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for section V The Future Simple Tense
- •I’ll be… or I’ll probably be… or I don’t know where I’ll be.
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •I ________________ soon. (to leave)
- •I shall be leaving soon. Or I will be leaving soon.
The Sentence Structure
Word order in English sentences:
verb + object
Jill reads a newspaper every day |
subject verb object
The verb (reads) and the object (a newspaper) are usually together:
- Jill reads a newspaper every day. (not ‘Jill reads every day a newspaper.’)
subject |
verb |
+object |
|
You |
speak |
English |
very well. |
I |
watched |
television |
all evening. |
We |
invented |
a lot of people |
to the party. |
My brother |
phoned |
the police |
immediately. |
I like Italian food very much. (not ‘I like very much Italian food.’)
Ann borrowed some money from the bank. (not ‘Ann borrowed from the bank some money.’)
I opened the door very quietly. (not ‘I opened very quietly the door.’)
George usually wears a black hat. (not ‘George wears usually a black hat.’)
Why do you always make the same mistake? (not ‘Why do you make always the same mistake?’)
place and time
|
Place (where?) |
time (when? how long? how often?) |
George walks |
to work |
every morning |
We arrived |
at the airport |
at 7 o’clock. |
Are you going |
to the party |
tonight? |
They’ve lived |
in the same house |
for 20 years. |
I usually go |
to bed |
early. |
place is usually before time:
They go to school every day. (not ‘They go every day to school.’)
I went to the bank yesterday afternoon. (not ‘I went yesterday afternoon to the bank.’)
Jack’s brother has been in hospital since June. (not ‘... since June in hospital.’)
Revision test
Put the words in the right order.
(a newspaper / reads / every day / Jill) Jill reads a newspaper every day
(football / don’t like / very much / I) ……………………………………...................
(London / do you know / very well?) …..………………………………....................
(I / very well / French / don’t speak) ……………………………………...................
(I / this picture / don’t like / very much) ……………………………….....................
(she / smokes / every day / ten cigarettes) …………………………….......................
(you / the same clothes / wear / every day) …………………………….....................
(I / want to speak / fluently / English) ….....................................................................
(lost/I/my watch/last week)...........................................................................................
(Tom/the letter/ slowly/read).......................................................................................
Put the words in the right order.
(to work/every morning/walks /George) George walks to work every morning
(goes / every year / to Italy / Jill) …………………………………….........................
(in London / Alice / in 1951 / was born) ……………………………….....................
(in October / Barbara / to university / is going) ……………………….......................
(to work/ tomorrow/are you going?).............................................................................
(next week/they/to London/are going..........................................................................
(many times/my parents/have been/ to the United States)............................................
(a beautiful bird/this morning/I/in teh garden)..............................................................
(my umbrella/last night/ I think I left?in the restaurant)...............................................
( at the party/we/early/arrived).....................................................................................
(they/since 1984/here/have lived)................................................................................
(will you be/this evening/at home?)..............................................................................
(to the cinema/last night/did you go?)...........................................................................
(on Monday/here/will they be?).....................................................................................