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- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Personal background
- •1.1. About myself
- •1. Study the vocabulary, read the words aloud
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the words, translate them into Russian
- •3. Read the text about Helen Pavlova. Find the words from the vocabulary in the text. Look up the unknown words in the dictionary
- •4. Find the correct answer to the question
- •5. This is the first day at the university and students try to know each other. Read the dialogue, act it out
- •6. In pairs, compose the dialogue asking each other as many questions as possible. You have 5 minutes to get ready. Act your dialogue in front of the class
- •7. Study the table
- •8. Say the same sentences about persons or subjects given
- •In brackets
- •9. Say what was in the past using the words given in brackets
- •10. Say what will be in future using the words given in brackets
- •11. Say it in English
- •12. Study the table
- •13. Fill in the gaps using Present, Past and Future Indefinite of the verb to be in the negative or interrogative forms
- •14. Translate from Russian into English using the verb to be in Present, Past and Future Indefinite in the negative or interrogative forms
- •15. Study the table to have
- •16. Use to have (have got) in the Present Indefinite in the negative or affirmative forms
- •17. Use to have (have got) in the Past Indefinite in the negative or affirmative forms
- •18. Use to have (have got) in the Future Indefinite in the negative or affirmative forms
- •19. Study the table
- •20. Use to have (have got) in the interrogative form
- •1.2. Family
- •1. Study the vocabulary, read the words aloud
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Fill in the words to complete the sentences
- •3. Read the text. Find the words from the vocabulary in the text. Look up the unknown words in the dictionary My family
- •4. Answer the questions
- •5. Choose the correct response
- •6. Bring family photographs and present your family and yourself to the class. Talk about
- •7. Read the text, answer the questions after it You’re gorgeous!
- •8. Which of the statements are true? Explain your answers
- •9. Complete the diagram below with words from the text, add your own
- •10. Study the table degrees of comparison of AdjectiveS and Adverbs
- •Сравнительные структуры
- •11. Put the words in the correct order
- •12. Translate the sentences into Russian
- •13. Open the brackets using the comparative degree and comparative structures
- •14. Translate into English
- •15. Translate the phrases in bold. Complete the sentences about you and your family
- •16. Make eight sentences about the people in your class using comparatives and superlatives. Use some of the ideas below.
- •17. Study the table Nouns in Plural (множественное число существительных)
- •18. Write the plural
- •19. Some of the sentences are right but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong
- •20. Which is right? Complete the sentences
- •1.3. Flat
- •1. Study the vocabulary, read the words aloud
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the text, find the words from the vocabulary and make your own sentences with some of these words Our flat
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false
- •The numerals (Числительные)
- •11. Look at the table. Say which floor the people are on
- •12. Translate into English
- •13. Draw a plan of your house or flat. Draw the items from Exercise 2 on your plan, and any other things you have (a cd player, a computer, a tv, a video). Tell your partner about your house or flat
- •14. Study the table
- •15. Fill in the gaps with suitable noun-phrases
- •16. Ask questions to get information. Use the words in brackets
- •17. Disagree with the following statements
- •18. Translate into English
- •Unit 2. Routine activities timetable
- •1. Study the scheme, read the sentences, translate them into Russian
- •2. Tell in English
- •3. Study the time-table. Make a time-table for your working day
- •Vocabulary
- •8. Read the text. Look up the unknown words in the dictionary
- •Pronouns (местоимения)
- •13. Complete the sentences. Use me / he / him / she / her / they / them / us / it
- •14. Replace underlined words with the personal pronoun
- •15. Finish the sentences in the same way
- •16. Complete the sentences in the same way
- •18. Study the table present simple
- •19. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct form
- •20. Change the sentences in the negative and interrogative form
- •21. Translate into English
- •2.2. Leisure activities
- •1. Study the vocabulary. Read the words aloud (mind your pronunciation)
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Before reading the text, answer the questions
- •3. Read the text about Nadya’s weekend, find more answers
- •4. Read the text again. Say if these sentences are true of false
- •My idea of fun!
- •9. Which of these ways of relaxing would you like to try? Why? If you want to relax, what do you usually do?
- •10. Study the table, ask the teacher if you have any questions
- •Past Indefinite
- •11. Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the Past Indefinite
- •12. Write the past indefinite form of these verbs
- •13. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense
- •14. Compose a dialogue using the following phrases speaking about your last weekend
- •15. Try to remember the happiest weekend in your life. Describe it unit 3. Travelling
- •3.1. Ways of Travelling
- •1. Study the vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the text, find the answers to the questions below
- •3. Questions
- •4. Look through the text again and find the opposites of the words below
- •Prepositions (предлоги)
- •5. Choose the correct preposition
- •3.2. Traveller’s story
- •1. Look through the phrasal vocabulary; find the transcription in the dictionary if it is necessary. Match the columns
- •2. Read and translate the text, look for more words and phrases for your vocabulary
- •7. Complete the words or phrases below using the words from the box
- •8. What do you call
- •9. Think about flying (from check-in to the time you leave the airport at your destination) and answer the questions. If possible, discuss your answers with someone else
- •10. Study the information about Present Continuous, ask your teacher if you have any questions Present Continuous
- •Present continuous
- •11. Choose the correct variant
- •12. Translate into Russian paying attention into the usage of Present Continuous
- •13. Translate into Russian
- •Unit 4. Education, science and technology
- •4.1. The first university in russia
- •1. Study the vocabulary carefully
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the following words, mind the reading rules
- •3. Match Russian and English equivalents
- •4. Read the text about the Moscow State University; find out the most important facts from the text Moscow State University
- •6. Compose your own sentences with the following words and phrases
- •7. Say on what faculties a student can
- •8. Answer the questions
- •4.2. Steve Jobs
- •1. Study the vocabulary carefully
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Read the text about Steve Jobs and find out the most important facts from the text Advances in electronics
- •4. Answer the questions
- •4.3. Linus Torvalds
- •1. Study the vocabulary carefully
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the text about Linus Torvalds and find out the most important facts from the text The right person at the right time
- •3. Say if these sentences are true of false
- •4. Answer the questions
- •5. Study the information about Present Perfect Simple, ask your teacher if you have any questions
- •Present perfect
- •6. Write questions with How long …? And the Present Perfect
- •7. Rewrite the following sentences using the Present Perfect
- •8. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Simple or the
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Simple or the
- •10. Correct the mistakes
- •4.4 Bill gates and steve ballmer
- •1. Study the vocabulary carefully
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read the text and translate it into Russian two men and a destiny
- •3. Underline three examples of the Present Perfect in the text which tell us when a present situation started.
- •4. Find words and phrases in the text which mean the same as the following
- •Условные обозначения
- •3. Альтернативный вопрос – alternative question (“or“ questions)
- •4. Разделительный вопрос – disjunctive question (“tag”-questions)
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12. Translate into English
1. Мы живем на четвертом этаже. 2. В комнате десять стульев. 3. Эта книга третья на полке. 4. Два стула, диван и столик стоят в гостиной. 5. Магазин – на первом этаже нашего дома. 6. Деканат института математики и компьютерных наук находится на втором этаже.
13. Draw a plan of your house or flat. Draw the items from Exercise 2 on your plan, and any other things you have (a cd player, a computer, a tv, a video). Tell your partner about your house or flat
Example: In my flat there are three bedrooms. There's a TV in the kitchen. We don't have a garden. We have two bathrooms.
14. Study the table
Форма всех типов предложений с оборотом THERE + TO BE |
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Present Ind. |
There is/are |
There is/are not (isn’t / aren’t) |
Is/Are there … |
Past Ind. |
There was/were |
There was/were not (wasn’t / weren’t) |
Was/were there … |
Future Ind. |
There will be |
There will not be (won’t be) |
Will there be … |
Example: There is a car in the garage. – В гараже стоит машина.
There were not many chairs in the sitting-room. – В гостиной было немного стульев.
Will there be much snow in the winter? – Зимой будет много снега?
15. Fill in the gaps with suitable noun-phrases
a dean’s office; a computer; a lot of students; English-Russian dictionaries; a lot of snow; a few exams; many historical places; a meeting; old houses; a library; not much furniture; modern conveniences; journals; English classes
1. There is ___ on the second floor. 2. There are ___ in the corridor. 3. There is ___ in the classroom. 4. There are ___ in the bookcase. 5. There are ___ in our town. 6. There are ___ in the library. 7. There was ___ on the ground last winter. 8. There were ___ last week. 9. There was ___ at our University. 10. There will be ___ this spring. 11. There were ___ in this street. 12. There is ___ in the room. 13. There are all ___ in our house. 14. There is ___ on the first floor of this building.
16. Ask questions to get information. Use the words in brackets
Example: There are (were) many churches in this town (your town).
Are –
there many churches in your town?
Were –
A: 1. There are (were) a lot of bridges over the Thames (the Tura). 2. There are (were) a lot of monuments in Tobolsk (in your town). 3. There is (was) a computer class on the ground floor (a dean’s office). 4. There are (were) fifteen departments at our University (at our Institute). 5. There are (were) a lot of English-Russian dictionaries in our library (in the reading-hall).
Example: There will be a lecture on Mathematical analysis.
Will there be a lecture on Mathematical analysis?
B: 1. There will be five exams this spring (next term). 2. There will be many dictionaries in our library (our reading-hall). 3. There will be many students at the lecture (at the seminar). 4. There will be a seminar next week (in a week). 5. There will be a meeting in this room (in the hall).