2.It is impossible to master a foreign language without working hard at it.

3.It is quite possible to master a foreign language individually, especially with the help of a computer.

4.It is useful it is to know a foreign language.

5.It is difficult it is for a senior pupil to prepare for the entrance exams to an institute well.

6.It is difficult it is to study at the faculty of foreign languages of our university. 7.It is interesting it is to study at the faculty of foreign languages.

UNIT III

I.Comment on the actions of your groupmates. (The members of the group come up to the teacher’s table or to the blackboard and fulfil different actions).

M. St1: Now I’m taking a piece of chalk. Now I’m drawing a circle on the blackboard.

II.Respond to the following suppositions.

M. T.: -Your mother is washing up now, isn’t she?

1.N., your brother is analysing a text now, isn’t he?

2.Look! Your friend is fiddling with his pen.

3.I believe our secretary is having a talk over the phone at the moment.

4.The lesson is just beginning, isn’t it? 5.P. is finishing a new article for our wall newspaper, isn’t she?

6.S. is looking for her notebook, C. 7.C. and A. are making up a dialogue, aren‘t they?

St.1: Oh, no. I think you are wrong. She is examining her pupils now.

1.Well, I think (I’m afraid he isn’t). (I’m sure) he is revising Grammar for a test. He is a teacher.

2.He isn’t. He is repairing it. (Writing with it, looking at it).

3.May be. But perhaps she is typing something (writing, reading, looking for something).

4.Oh, no, it is coming to an end.

5.Oh, no. You are mistaken. She is copying my notes of a lecture.

6.I think she is looking for her pad.

7.No, they are already dramatizing it.

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III. Guess what I want to say if I begin sentences like this:

M.1. T.: Now Ted is playing the piano and Mike…

1.Now Helen is asking her friend questions on the new text and the latter is…

2.It’s 9 o’clock a.m. The lesson is coming to an end, but the students are still…

3.It’s 5 o’clock p.m. The grandfather is sitting comfortably on the sofa and reading and his grandson is…

4.It’s 7 o’clock a.m. N. is looking after her son and her husband is…

5.Jane is multiplying 5 by 2 now and Sid is…

6.The boy is adding 2 to 5 now and the girl is…

7.It’s evening. N. is looking through the photos of her relations by marriage and her husband is…

St.: Now Ted is playing the piano and Mike is listening to him.

1.…reading and answering them.

2.…writing their compositions.

3.…doing sums in Chemistry.

4.…hurrying up to his work.

5.…dividing 9 by 3.

6.…subtracting 10 from 20.

7.…telling her about them.

M.2. T.: While the fourth-year students are having a seminar in English Literature the first-year students are…

1.While the teacher is analysing the most difficult passage of the text the students are…

2.While the boys are playing football in the yard the girls are…

3.While the pupils are laughing and joking after a concert their teachers are…

4.While C., is reading a newspaper his friend…

5.While our secretary is typing a new article the dean is…

6.While the students of Group “A” are

St.: …listening to a lecture on Linguistics.

1.…making notes of the analysis.

2.…playing volley-ball, (talking on the bench).

3.…exchanging their opinions about

it.

4.…is smoking a pipe (a cigarette)

5.…speaking over the phone

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practising the new grammar material the students of Group “B” are…

7.While H. is looking up a new word in a dictionary K. is…

IV. What makes you think that

6.…having practice in using the new words.

7.…going on reading the text.

M.1. T.: the weather is fine?

1.the boys and girls are having a wonderful time?

2.N. is going to have an exam soon? 3.C. is a good pupil?

4.the picture is good (enough)?

5.C. is eager to get a good mark?

6.N. is going to take part in the concert?

7.N. is going to the forest to ski?

What makes you think that

St. It’s warm outside and the sun is shining.

1.They are singing and dancing. 2.She is reading and writing this week.

3.He is sitting at the table doing his lessons.

4.A lot of people are standing in front of it looking at it attentively.

5.He is rewriting his exercises.

6.She is learning a good poem by heart.

7.She is phoning her friend and asking her for skis.

M.2. T.: N. is an absent-minded	St.: She is always looking for
girl?
	something.

1.C. is a good house-wife (cook)?

2.N. is a hard-working man?

3.P. isn’t coming to the theatre. The play is splendid.

4.C. is fond of singing? 5.N. is going to draw?

1.She is always doing something about the house (cooking in the kitchen). 2.He is always doing something: repairing shoes, planting trees, watering flowers, etc.

3.She is always giving a music lesson at this time.

4.Well, she is always singing. 5.She is sharpening a pencil.

V. Find an excuse for your refusal not to do what you are asked to.

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M.1. T.: - N., will you help me to cook dinner?

St.: - I’m sorry, but at the moment I’m finishing the article.

1.B., let’s take the skates and go to the
skating-rink.	1.It’s a pity, I can’t. I’m doing sums.
2.Let’s go for a walk. The weather is	2.Oh, N. is telling us very interesting
so fine!	stories. Sit down and listen to them,
	too.
3.Will you cook supper?	3.Sorry, but I’m still translating a text.
4.Go to bed, it’s late.	4.I’m still reading Chapter 3 from the
	book in Home-reading.

M.2. T.: - Will you go to the grandmother’s and help to gather potatoes?

1.Don’t forget to wash the clothes and to do the rooms.

2.Will you make a dress for me? I’m having a party next Saturday.

3.Will you help me to type several letters?

M.3. T.: - Will you help me on Saturday?

1.Will you visit us on the ninth of May?

2.You will have some tea with us, won’t you?

3.Will you copy the text after the lesson?

St.: Sorry, but I’m reading for the exam this week.

1.Oh, but I’m busy. I’m finishing the story.

2.Well, but I’m busy this month. I’m teaching English at school.

3.Sorry, but I’m preparing for the exams these days.

St.: - I’m leaving for Moscow on Saturday.

1.Sorry, but we are leaving for our parents’ to celebrate the holiday.

2.Sorry, but I’m having my lessons in an hour.

3.Sorry, but we are making up a dialogue.

M.4. T.: Will you	join us on
Wednesday?	St.: Sorry, but I’m going to visit my

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1.Visit A. today.

2.Ask N. to bring me another pencil. This one is broken.

3.Will you invite N. and B. to the forest to ski tomorrow?

M.5. T.: - Will you visit M. with me?

1.Let’s ask S. to nurse our child.

2.Ask (your husband) C. not to smoke so often.

3.Ask N. to keep things in the right places.

4.Invite A. to go for a walk with us today.

aunt. She is unwell.

1.But I’m going to ring her up in the evening.

2.But I see she is going to sharpen it.

3.Oh, they are going to take their exam tomorrow.

St.: - Oh, no, I don’t like her. She is always grumbling.

1.But she is always shouting at the child.

2.But it’s useless, he is always smoking.

3.O.K., she is so absent-minded. She is always looking for her own things.

4.Oh, but she is always doing her lessons.

VI. Have a talk similar to the suggested ones:

M.1. St.1: What is B. doing at the moment? Is he writing?

M.2. St.1: What is he doing this term?

M.3. St.1: What is B. going to do now?

M.4. St.1: Have you got any free time this evening? Come to my place in the evening to play chess (a game of chess).

M.5. St.1: Please, ask A. and P. not to chat at the lessons.

St.2: Yes, he is copying the text “Betty Smith”.

St.2: He is working hard at his pronunciation and grammar.

St.2: I’m sure she is going to learn a poem by heart.

St.2: I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m listening to an English lesson by radio tonight.

St.2: It’s useless. A. is always prompting him something.

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VII. Point out the reasons:
M.1. T.: N. looks very pleased.	St.1: Her Granny is knitting a new
	sweater for her.
	St.2: S. is playing the guitar for her.

1.S. is annoyed as she can’t phone her friend at the moment.

2.C. looks very serious.

3.The mother is angry with the son.

4.C. can be late for the lessons.

5.You can’t ask the monitor any questions because…

6.I can’t make notes of the lecture because…

7.I can’t make out anything in L’s speech because…

8.I can’t have a talk with my desk-mate because…

9.He can’t join me now because… 10.I can’t make a recording of my speech because…

11.The teacher can’t explain a new theme because…

M.2. T.: N. looks happy.

1.N. is talking over the phone;( her mother is sitting in the room and she doesn’t want her to hear the talk).

2.She is designing something; (writing an article).

3.He is not doing his lessons, but playing in the yard (making much noise; isn’t finishing a letter to his grandparents).

4.You are right. He is still sound asleep (playing chess; showing photos to his deskmate).

5.…she is busy now, she is making a list of the students of our group now.

6.…the teacher is reading very quickly.

7.…L. is speaking in a low voice.

8.…the teacher is explaining the new material.

9.…he is waiting for his group-mates.

10.…the students in the corridor are speaking too loudly.

11.…the pupils are still making mistakes on the previous theme.

St.1: She is going to marry Jim. St.2: …to skate with her groupmates in the evening. St.3: …to dance with Jim. St.4: N. is going to buy new shoes for herself.

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1.N. is looking for his aunt’s address.

2.S. asks N. to let him use his computer.

3.N. is hurrying to the laboratory. 4.My elder sister looks after her children very well. She teaches them how to behave in different situations of life.

M.3. T.: B’s friends and relatives don’t see him these days.

1.He is going to visit her (to write a letter; to send a telegram).

2.He is going to type a document. 3.He is going to listen to a new text.

4.She is going to bring up good children.

St.1: – No wonder, he is making up a report on Philosophy. St.2: He is writing (finishing) a novel.

1.C. doesn’t go out and doesn’t play with his friends after school this week.

2.N. lives in the village which is rather far (a long way) from his parents’ home.

3.N. is busy this month.

4.N’s grandmother doesn’t go out for a walk this fortnight.

5.You can often see T.’s grandparents in the garden.

6.You can see our secretary in the dean’s office late in the evenings. 7.Some students of our faculty are doing something in Room 310 for several evenings already.

8. The teacher can’t explain a new theme for the present because…

1.It’s natural. He is reading a very interesting book (reading for an exam).

2.He is teaching English there.

3.Yes, she is, she is looking after her nieces and nephews.

4.Oh, she is having a good time in a sanatorium.

5.It’s natural. It’s spring. They are digging there, planting trees and flowers.

6.She is typing something important.

7.They are preparing for the coming holiday (drawing pictures, writing articles, looking through the material for a concert).

8…the pupils are still making mistakes on the previous theme.

M.4. T.: N. is cooking in the St.1: She is receiving guests tonight.

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kitchen.

1.N. won’t go to the party.

2.B. isn’t going to have a walk with his friends.

3.C. is neither skating, nor skiing on Wednesday.

VIII. Inquire about the details.

St.2: She is having breakfast soon.

1.He is revising rules for a grammar test tonight.

2.He is to repeat an exam in 3 days.

3.Well, he is doing sums, preparing for the lesson in Mathematics on Wednesday.

M.1. T.: N. is in the kitchen doing something.

M.2. T.: N. is in the kitchen doing something.

1.P. and S. are in the garden, doing something.

2.A group of young boys and girls are in the room.

3.My friend is having a rest today.

4.N. and C. are at the table.

St.: Is she cooking breakfast (washing up, making tea, having lunch)?

St.: She is cooking breakfast, isn’t she?

1.…digging potatoes, planting trees, picking up fruit.

2.…talking, dancing, preparing for the exam.

3.…reading, knitting, listening to music, playing with the cat.

4.…drawing, reading for pleasure, reading for the coming exams, playing chess, writing a letter, doing exercises.

M.3. T.: N’s sister is taking the tea-pot.

1.She is looking at these fine apples.

2.The boy is playing with the dog. He looks happy.

3.The girl is making the bed.

4.N. doesn’t feel good. She is giddy. 5.The youth is waiting for his girlfriend. He is nervous.

St.: She isn’t going to make tea, is she? There is enough on the table. The tea is strong enough.

1.She isn’t going to buy them, is she? She hasn’t much money.

2.He isn’t going to take it home, is he? 3.She isn’t going to bed yet, is she? It’s early.

4.She isn’t going to school, is she?

5.He isn’t going to wait for her too long, is he?

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