- •От авторов
- •Contents
- •About the author
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •7. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •8. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the story.
- •9. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •10. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •11. Read the beginning of the essay and finish it in your own way.
- •12. Respond to the statements.
- •13. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •Pictures
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •Sun and Moon
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •Life of Ma Parker
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •6. Find words opposite in meaning to the following ones from the story. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Marriage a la Mode
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •9. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •11. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Use your imagination and restore William’s letter to Isabel.
- •Miss Brill
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •Her First Ball
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •9. Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.
- •10. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •15. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •16. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •17. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Lady's Maid
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Match the words on the left with the words or phrases of similar meaning on the right.
- •7. Match the words on the left with their opposites on the right.
- •8. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •1.Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word or word combination from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Find in the story one or more synonyms to the following words. Reproduce the situations they are used in .
- •7. Find sentences with the following adjectives and adverbs in the story. Read and translate the sentences.
- •8. Discussion points.
- •9. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •Samuel Johnson (1709–84), English author, lexicographer.
- •Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Tiredness of Rosabel
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Respond to the statements.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. T he Little Girl
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Differentiate between the following lexical units. Think of your own sentences to bring out the difference.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Pension Seguin
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Think of a synonym, or a near synonym, and an antonym for the following adjectives. Sometimes several words are possible.
- •7. Conversation-building expressions. There are some common expressions that help to modify or organize what we are saying.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Late at Night
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons
- •15. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •16. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Sixpence
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •2. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •3. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •4. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Differentiate between the following.
- •6. Put the correct preposition or combination of prepositions into each gap.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
6. Think of a synonym, or a near synonym, and an antonym for the following adjectives. Sometimes several words are possible.
Adjective |
Synonym |
Antonym |
efficient |
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hideous |
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ridiculous |
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narrow |
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cheerful |
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sober |
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quiet |
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delicious |
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innocent |
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scornful |
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7. Conversation-building expressions. There are some common expressions that help to modify or organize what we are saying.
expression |
meaning |
As I was saying |
takes the conversation back to an earlier point |
As I / you say |
repeats and confirms something someone has already said |
Talking of |
starting a new topic but linking it to the present one |
If you ask me |
if you want my opinion( even if no-one has asked for it |
That reminds me |
something in the conversation reminds you of something important |
Come to think of it |
something in the conversation makes you realize that there may be a problem/query about something |
Complete the fixed expressions in these sentences.
Come………….., I don’t remember giving her the key. I’d better ring her and check, just in case.
I you ……., the economy’s going to get much worse before it gets any better.
………………holidays, have you got any plans for next year?
A: It’s going to be expensive.
B: Yes, it’ll be bun, and a great opportunity, but,………….., it will be expensive.
That……….., I have a message for you from Sid.
As……………., before the postwoman interrupted us, we plan to extend the house next spring.
8. Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.
They rained upon me; my heart was … cast down; the fruits of pious solitude; familiar story; quite unexpectedly; quite away from everything; as long as I believed; extreme rarity; friendly fashion; judging by the smell; a family party.
9. Expand on the following.
‘The saloon was long and narrow.’
The room was delightful.
Mademoiselle Ambatielos was keen on playing the piano.
‘At eight the gong sounded for supper.’
10. Comment on the following words of the author.
‘ …the great thing to learn in this life is to be content with appearances.’
‘ Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it.’
‘…a woman with such sober passions is bound to be quiet and clean, with few babies and a much absent husband.’
11. Respond to the statement.
‘The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people—that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.’
James Thurber (1894–1961), U.S. humorist, illustrator.
‘No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.’
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish essayist, historian.
12. Challenge the following statement.
‘The sense of humour has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.’
Alice Meynell (1847–1922), English poet, essayist.