- •Дорогие первокурсники!
- •Meeting people
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in sentences of your own
- •Vocabulary to Text 2
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it Forms of Address
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in sentences of your own
- •3. Answer the following questions
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Dialogue 3
- •Dialogue 4
- •Greeting People
- •Dialogue 5
- •At the Friendship House
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete these conversations. Then practise them
- •3. You are on a stay in Britain on an exchange programme. Say how you would address each of the following:
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •The activities
- •Role play
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •Vocabulary to Text 2
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it a Quiet Revolution?
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Dialogue 3.
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue 5.
- •Dialogue 6.
- •Dialogue 7.
- •Dialogue 8.
- •1. Translate into English
- •*2.Translate the following dialogues and dramatize them in English
- •*3. Questions on the topic
- •4. Read the following announcement and if you are not married write your own announcement
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements by using the phrases like: I (fully/partly) agree. I couldn’t agree more. (I am afraid) I disagree. Try to prove your point
- •Jokes and fun
- •1.Daddy’s Little Girl
- •3. Numbers in my life
- •Let’s share
- •Role play
- •Talking about the weather
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read the following interview and translate it into Russian. Do the tasks following it Angry, Sad, Happy?-Blame the Weather! (Interview with an expert)
- •2. Match English word-combinations with their Russian equivalents
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •Weather in New York
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •The Weather in Britain
- •Dialogue 1. Read and dramatize the following dialogue Talking about Weather
- •Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3. Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Dialogue 4. Complete the open dialogue using the vocabulary of the unit
- •Exercises
- •1. A) Fill the gaps in sentences 1-5 with the correct-form of one of these verbs
- •2. Match these adjectives with suitable weather nouns
- •3. Guess the meanings of the weather idioms in italics in these sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian
- •4. Translate into English
- •5*. Translate the following text into English, then write a short text about the weather in your country or another country
- •6*. Translate into English
- •7. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun Read the stories
- •2. The Woman Who Wanted To Sing
- •Role play
- •Keeping fit
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it Self-Care Has Come of Age – Again!
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it
- •Aerobic dancing
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •Dialogues
- •How to ask about people's health
- •Dialogue 1 Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Visiting the Doctor
- •Dialogue 2. Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3.
- •At the Doctor's
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue5. Complete the open dialogue and learn it by heart
- •Exercises
- •1. Filling gaps. (Cloze technique) Going to the doctor
- •Going to the dentist
- •2. Translate into English
- •3*. Translate into English
- •4*. Translate the following dialogues into English. Use the vocabulary of the unit
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •Role play
- •Ways of holiday-making. Travelling
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1.
- •Text 1.
- •Planning Holidays
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with
- •5. Discuss the text with a friend. Work in pair. Speak of your own experience in planning a holiday and spending one
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Read and translate the following text. Do the tasks that follow it Ways of Holiday-Making
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Give definition to them
- •3. Answer the following questions
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 2. Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3. Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Dialogue 4. Learn the following dialogue by heart
- •Dialogue 5. Complete the open dialogue. Use the vocabulary of the unit
- •Exercises
- •1. Fill in prepositions where necessary
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Translate into English
- •4*. Translate the following dialogues into English. Use the vocabulary of the unit a
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •3. The Vacation In Florida
- •Short activities
- •Role play
- •Education
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1.
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks that follow it How to Educate a Child
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with.
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2. Higher Education Part one
- •6. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •7.All Students a do task I together
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2. Part two
- •8. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •9.All Students b do task I together
- •10*. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •11. Speak for or against: a)European system of education; b)American system of education; c) Russian system of education
- •12. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of bachelor's degree, master's degree
- •13. Discuss the problem of higher education
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1 Read and dramatize the dialogue
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Education in England
- •Dialogue 3.
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue 5.
- •Exercises
- •1. Read three different descriptions of early school memories. What are the memories about? Are the memories happy or unhappy? Note down three memories for each speaker
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Questions on the topic
- •4. Talking points
- •Jokes and fun
- •2. Dreams
- •3. Income Tax
- •I opened the door and income tax. Role play Dramatize one of the following situations
- •5. Speak with your friend about Ufa State Aviation Technical University. Use the words given below
- •6. Make up and write down 10 questions which you would include in a questionnaire for a University graduate in Ufa
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks that follow it.
- •Virtual reality
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations, use them in the sentences of your own.
- •1. Match the following words and their definitions. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Exercises
- •1. Filling the gaps (cloze technique) the twenty-first century
- •2. Are you a ‘computer nerd’ or a ‘technophobe’?
- •3. Crossword puzzle
- •Villagers adapt to laboratory life
- •5*. Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap Computers in the Classroom
- •6*. Translate into English
- •Questions on the topic
- •Active voice
- •Passive voice
- •Indirect speech Sequence of Tenses
- •Exercise 2. Change the following sentences Into Indirect Speech
- •Modal verbs Obligation and Likelihood Must, Need
- •Should /Ought to
- •Ability, Likelihood and Permission
- •May, Might
- •The infinitive
- •Complexes with the infinitive Complex Object
- •Complex subject
- •The participle
- •The subjunctive mood
- •Grammar Tests Test 1 Tenses
- •Test 2. Modal Verbs
- •Test 3.
- •Verbals
- •Test 4. Subjunctive Mood
- •Final Test
- •Keep the conversation going
- •Situation 1.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 2.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 3.
- •Invitation is Incomplete
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 4.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 5.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 6.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 7.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 8.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 9.
- •In-Laws Demand Helping Hand
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 10.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 11.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 12.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 13.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 14.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Supplementary reading Unit 1. Cultural adjustment
- •Initial
- •Isolation
- •Integration
- •The Re-entry Process
- •Individual reactions
- •"Comfort Zones"
- •Business Cultures
- •Eye Contact
- •Shaking Hands
- •North America
- •Titles and Names
- •Beating Culture Shock
- •Unit 2. The Japanese Family
- •American Family Trends
- •An Irish Wedding
- •Climate
- •Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife
- •Climate in Canada
- •Climate in Australia
- •Eurorailing
- •Why laughter is the best medicine.
- •Long life
- •Are you on top of the world? Some things that can make you feel better...
- •Getting moving
- •A lively social life.
- •Self-indulgence
- •Schooling
- •Secondary Education
- •Public Education: Historical Review
- •American School System
- •Higher Education
- •Higher education in Russia
- •Computers: History and Development
- •Key Developments of the Information Age
- •Teacher’s corner
- •1. Tongue twisters
- •2. Associations
- •3. Brainstorm round a word
- •4. Damaged property
- •5. General knowledge
- •Intermediate Level
- •6. Questions about a statement
- •7. The Moon survival problem
- •Cultural adjustment
- •Celebrating holidays and special events
- •American holidays
- •Whom do you invite to dinner party?
- •Plan the Perfect «Core» College Curriculum.
- •1. Pizza
- •2. That Terrible Bus
- •Improve your ability to use the idioms in conversation with a couple of your classmates by acting out one or more of the roleplays below:
- •American slang
- •1. Read the following dialogue in slang and try to guess the meaning of the underlined expressions At school
- •2. Use the explanations given below and compile the dialogue in standard English
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Read the same dialogue translated into Standard English and compare it with your variant of translation At school
- •4. Read the following dialogue in slang and try to guess the meaning of the expressions At the movies
- •5. Use the explanations given below and compile the dialogue in standard English
- •Vocabulary
- •At the movies
- •7. Complete the phrases by choosing the appropriate words from the list below
- •9. Underline the word that best completes each phrase
- •Speak test
May, Might
Exercise 1. Paraphrase the following sentences using the verb may/migh.
1. Under the law you are allowed to make one photocopy for your personal use but you can't make multiple copies. 2. This is possibly the reason why they have refused to join us. 3. Perhaps I will have to take her to hospital; it is possible she has broken her arm in the accident. 4. It is possible he did not have her phone number. 5. When the World Cup was shown on TV, I was allowed to stay up late and watch it. 6. Perhaps your friend will help you, but I don't believe it. 7. Maybe they did not know that the problem was so urgent. 8. Would you mind my smoking here? 9. Why didn't you come? I needed your help badly. 10. Perhaps she has made a mistake, but I am not sure of it. She is a very punctual person.
Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with may/might or can/could and make all necessary changes
1. You ____ (warn) me about it beforehand. 2. The weather is changing. It ___ (start) raining. 3. No, he ___ (not hear) your name. We tried to speak in a whisper. 4. He ___ (not hear) your name. That's why he did not say anything. 5. She ___ (not notice) us. We were standing too far away. 6. She ___ (not notice) us though we were standing beside her. 7. ____ I use your name as a referee? 8. She ___ (not hear) the news, that's why she looks as if nothing had happened. 9. She ___ (not hear) the news, nobody ____ tell her about it. 10. The professor says that I ____ (rewrite) the essay. 11. ____ I use your phone? 12. He (help) them when they were in trouble. 13. ____ he (say) it? No, it's not like him. He is a man of few words.
Exercise 3. Choose the right variant
1. I don't like the way you study. I think you ____ harder!
might have worked
might work
could work
could have worked
2. Let's wait a little. He ____ .
may have come
could have come
may come
might have come
3. She ____ of the plan herself. Somebody has suggested it to her.
can't have thought
may not have thought
can't think
may not think
4. They ____ our telegram, that's why they did not meet us.
couldn't have received
can't have received
may not have received
may not receive
5. She ____ my letter! — Don't be so angry with her. She ___ it by mistake.
may not read, may do
cannot read, can do
might not have read, can't have done
can't have read, might not have done
6. He ____ it. I don't believe you.
is not able to say
might not say
can't have said
might not have said
Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs making necessary changes (you may have several variants)
1. He is in the garden. He ____ (read) a newspaper in the summerhouse. 2. Her son ____ (get) into trouble yesterday. I've seen him today and he looked quite happy and gay. 3. I don't remember him well but it seems to me he ____ (be) in charge of the Finance department last year. 4. He ____ already (get) used to driving on the left. He has been living in London for a year. 5. He ___ (receive) an emergency call, that's why he is out. 6. They ____ (not take up) this problem. It has already been solved. 7. Where is Mr. Black? — He ____ (receive) a foreign delegation. They ___ (come) at two o'clock. 8. Why haven't the Smiths arrived yet? — They ____ (lose) their way. They don't know the road well; 9. You ____ (introduce) me to your wife long ago. 10. He ____ (buy) a new car. He is deeply in debt. 11. He ___ (buy) a new car, but I am not sure. 12. They ____ already (arrive). Look, the windows are open. 13. Where is John? — He ___ (smoke) in the corridor. 14. I think for your children's sake you ___ (do) it. 15. You ____ (buy) this book for me. You know I have wanted to have it. 16. A wife ___ (obey) her husband, the Bible says. 17. You ____ (wait) for me, I knew the road well and found my way myself. 18. Judging by his papers on the writing table he ____ (work) for several hours. 19. ____ it (be) Nick? He has changed a lot. 20. They ____ (not know) of the plane's delay, otherwise they did not come at 2 o'clock.
Exercise 5. Find and correct the mistakes if any
1. I must not dress in my best. When I came, everybody was wearing jeans and T-shirts. 2. He must have known that she needed his help. 3. He had to have an accident in the thick fog. 4. You should phone her long ago. I am sure she is looking forward to your call. 5. With your knowledge of the language you may read the article. 6. I may not imagine Mary teaching students. She used to be so impatient. — You know time changes people. She is able to become quite different. 7. I am sure you might have done it much better. You did not try. 8. I was so angry, I must have thrown my boot at him. 9. May you do me a favour, please? 10. May I ask you to do me a favour, please?
Exercise 6*. Translate into English using the modal verbs
1. Что здесь происходит? Не могли вы бы вы сказать, в чем дело? — Должно быть, полиция ловит опасного преступника (criminal), и поэтому здесь нельзя пройти. 2. Он мог бы объяснить мне с самого начала, как это важно. 3. Тебе следует поторопиться. Мы можем опоздать. 4. Какой скучный фильм я посмотрел! Не стоило ходить в кино, я мог бы посмотреть что-нибудь по телевизору. 5. Тебе следовало бы сесть на диету (go on a diet) еще полгода назад. Посмотри на себя! Ты поправилась (gain) на 3 килограмма. Тебе нельзя есть сладкое. 6. Неужели она потеряла мой номер телефона? 7. Почему он молчит (keep silence)? — Может быть, он не расслышал ваш вопрос. Не могли бы вы его повторить? 8. Ты должен уважать (respect) своих родителей. 9. Наверное, он сегодня не придет. Уже восемь часов, а он должен был прийти в семь. 10. Вряд ли они уже вернулись. Они там впервые и могут задержаться (stay long).