- •Glad to meet you!
- •1A Meeting people
- •1. Read the dialogues and guess who is speaking and where they are.
- •2. Listen to these dialogues and repeat them. Pay special attention to the intonation and sentence stress. Act out the dialogues.
- •3. Make up your own dialogues using patterns from the dialogues.
- •Местоимения (pronouns) Личные местоимения (Personal Pronouns)
- •Указательные местоимения
- •Спряжение глагола to be
- •Множественное число существительных
- •Притяжательный падеж существительных (Possessive Case)
- •4. Make these sentences plural.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Choose the correct form of pronouns.
- •7. Paraphrase these word combinations and sentences using Possessive Case.
- •8. Translate into English using Possessive Case.
- •10. Translate into English using the correct form of the verb to be in Present Simple.
- •11. Put the correct form of the verb to be in Present, Past or Future Simple.
- •12. Translate into English using the correct form of the verb to be in Present, Past or Future Simple.
- •13. Listen to a dialogue and answer the questions.
- •14. Listen again and fill in the gaps in the sentences taken from the dialogue.
- •15. Study the following speech patterns. Read the translations and guess the meaning of the rest.
- •16. Read the following dialogues and spot speech patterns from ex. 13 in them. Act out the dialogues.
- •17. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Forms of address Mr., Mrs., Ms, Miss.... What am I?
- •Other forms of address include:
- •1 B Personal details, please!
- •Describing appearance
- •Describing character
- •24. Match the adjectives from column a with their opposites in column b.
- •25. How would you describe a person in each of these situations?
- •I think that if a person is ………., ……….., because ………..
- •32. Match each word in Column a with its meaning in Column b. Write the corresponding letter in the box next to the word.
- •33. Match each word in Column a with its opposite meaning in Column b. Write the corresponding letter in the box next to the word.
- •34. Choose four out of the eight words below and make a simple sentence with each of the four words you picked.
- •35. Using information in the passage, say whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f):
- •36. Say who of the four people in the passage…
- •37. Find in the text the following sentences. Translate them into Russian:
- •Времена английского глагола
- •Группа временных форм Simple (Indefinite) Формы глагола в Present Simple
- •Формы глагола в Past Simple
- •Правильные и неправильные глаголы (Regular and irregular verbs)
- •Формы глагола в Future Simple
- •38. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple form.
- •39. Translate into English using Present Simple.
- •40. Translate into English using Present Simple.
- •41. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple or Future Simple form.
- •42. Rewrite the text using Past Simple.
- •43. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple, Past or Future Simple form.
- •48. Answer these questions about yourself
- •49. Prepare to introduce yourself to the group. Think of your biography, your family, your interests and hobbies as well as your plans for the future.
- •50. Translate this text into English
- •51. Spot the error. In each sentence below you will find an error. Underline it and write a correct sentence in your copybook.
- •52. Read the task and the advertisement in exercise 55 carefully. Then read the message below, and decide if the writer has included all the requested information.
- •53. Tick the box if the information is mentioned in the email.
- •54. Rewrite David’s message, adding the information he’s missed out.
- •55. You see this advertisement in an Internet forum. Write your response in an email of 40-50 words.
- •British character
- •57. Do you know much about the uk? Choose the correct answers. Then read the text and find out if you were right.
- •59. Unscramble the words from the text in column a and find their Russian equivalents in column b.
- •60. Find in the text English equivalents of the following Russian word combinations and phrases:
- •61. Tell whether these statements are t (true), f (false) or nm (not-mentioned).
- •62. Complete the following sentences:
- •63. Final discussion on the text.
- •64. Comment upon the following utterances:
- •Test yourself
- •Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form using Present Simple, Past Simple или Future Simple.
- •5. Match each word in Column a with its meaning in column b.
- •6. Match each word in Column a with its opposite meaning in column b.
- •Fill in the gaps in the dialogue with a suitable word from a box below.
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Answer the questions about yourself.
- •10. Tell about British character. Compare and contract it with Russian character. Use proverbs and quotations you know connected to the topic.
- •11. There is a very good proverb about person’s character. Do the crossword and find it out. Say what you think about it.
- •Supplementary texts
- •Margaret thatcher
- •G eorge washington
- •Oscar wilde
- •Lewis carroll
- •C onan doyle
- •Michael faraday
48. Answer these questions about yourself
What are some characteristics of your personality?
What makes you happy?
What are some things that make you angry?
Are you happy with your personality?
Would you like to be different?
Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person?
Are you shy? In which occasions are you shy?
Do you consider yourself selfish? Why?
Is your personality suited to your job?
In what way has your personality changed? Why has it changed?
Are you more introverted (focused on your inner world) or more extraverted (focused on other people and the outer world)?
Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try?
Do you think you have an unusual personality? Why?
If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would it be?
What sort of things would you do to amuse yourself during a car journey?
What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a boss / a partner?
Do you consider yourself to be even-tempered?
What is one thing that many people don't know about you?
49. Prepare to introduce yourself to the group. Think of your biography, your family, your interests and hobbies as well as your plans for the future.
You may find these phrases useful:
To begin with, … |
Для начала, …. |
Generally speaking, I think … |
Вообще-то я думаю …. |
Personally, I would say that … |
Я бы лично сказал, что …. |
To my mind, … |
На мой взгляд, … |
To be quite honest/ frank, … |
Честно говоря, … |
Compared to … |
По сравнению с …. |
In contrast to … |
В отличие от …. |
I prefer/ like … |
Ш предпочитаю / люблю …. |
What I like the best is ... |
Больше всего я люблю … |
My favourite ... |
Мой любимый(ая) … |
I hate/ loathe/ detest/ can’t stand |
Я ненавижу … |
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50. Translate this text into English
Разрешите представиться. Меня зовут Катя Смирнова. Я студентка КHИТУ. Я учусь на первом курсе. Я бы хотела сказать несколько слов о моих родителях. Они трудолюбивые люди. Моя мама – врач, а папа – инженер. Мои родители добрые, дружелюбные, с ними легко иметь дело. Они всегда помогают мне. Мою маму зовут Анна. Она не очень высокая, у нее светлые волосы и серые глаза. Моего папу зовут Игорь. Он имеет спортивное телосложение, он высокий и мускулистый. Я похожа по характеру на маму. Я жизнерадостная, покладистая и оптимистично смотрю на жизнь. Я высокая как папа, у меня длинные светлые волосы и серые глаза. Друзья говорят, что я привлекательная.
51. Spot the error. In each sentence below you will find an error. Underline it and write a correct sentence in your copybook.
I am seventeen years.
My name – Igor.
Always I try to be honest.
My hobbys are music and animals.
My mother help me when I have problems.
I was born in 1994 year.
I am a first-course student at Technological University.
My father have got dark eyes.
My hairs are short.
My sister name is Maria.
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