- •Английский язык Учебно-методическое пособие для самостоятельной работы по английскому языку
- •Оглавление
- •Методическая записка.
- •Unit 1. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Present tenses
- •II. Write e-mail to your friend telling all about yourself and your students’ life. Use the questions in present tenses:
- •Unit 2. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Past tenses
- •II. Write a story about your grandparents. Ask questions about past events. Unit 3. Reading and writing
- •I. Read the text and match the following sentences to the correct paragraphs.
- •II. Read the text and draw up a map of the places, conquered by Alexander the Great.
- •Unit 4. Language practice and writing
- •I. Review Perfect tenses
- •II. Write curriculum vitae. Use the following headings in cv:
- •Unit 5. Language practice, translating and writing
- •I. Review Auxiliary verbs – be, have, do
- •II. Read and translate the text. Find more information about people, mentioned in the text and write an essay. Alexander the Great
- •Unit 6. Language practice, reading and translating
- •I. Review the passive voice
- •II. Read and translate the text. Write an essay on Ottoman Empire
- •Unit 7. Reading, translating and discussing
- •I. Read and translate the text. Discuss the Paris Peace Accord and express your opinion on articles.
- •II. Underline passive verb groups. Unit 8. Language practice, translating and writing
- •I. Defining and Non-defining relative clauses
- •Ottoman Empire
- •Palestine Before wwi
- •Unit 9. Reading, translating and writing
- •I. Conditional clauses
- •I. Match these parts to make conditional sentences.
- •1. Watch the video “Spartacus”. Find your own solutions to problems discussed in the film.
- •2. Write an essay on Spartacus. Find more information about Spartacus from Internet and other sources. Make your own predictions, using conditional clauses.
- •III. Read and translate the text in writing. Give a summary of the text. Peace treaty of Cadesh
- •IV. Writing a narrative
- •1. Narrative.
- •2. Watch the video “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”. Make up a narrative of the events.
- •Unit 10. Language practice, reading, speaking and writing
- •I. Review Reported speech: Reporting the past
- •Persian wars
- •Unit 11. Language practice, reading and writing
- •I. Can, could, may, might - possibility
- •World War I
- •Unit 12. Language practice, watching video and writing
- •I. Linking words.
- •Homeless in the usa
- •Getting ready for the exam texts for written translation Stalin's Reign and the Great Purges
- •Northern Ireland Peace Accord.
- •Speaking and discussing
- •The world since 9/11
- •Us Foreign Policy
- •British Foreign Policy
- •Problems with Africa
- •Russia and Eastern Europe
- •Israel and The Middle East
- •European Union (eu)
- •International relations after the Second World War
- •International law
- •Alexander the Great Text 1
- •Text 10
- •Text 11
- •Text 12
- •Text 13
- •Text 14
- •Text 15
- •Text 16
- •Key to exercises
- •I. Match these parts to make conditional sentences.
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 79
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 82а
II. Read the text and draw up a map of the places, conquered by Alexander the Great.
Persepolis is the site of awesome ruins and known today as Marvdasht, Iran (northeast of Shiraz), this city was the magnificent capital of the Persian empire until it was sacked by Alexander the Great.
Susa is an ancient city, important to Darius III and his ancestors, is east of Babylon. Gaugamela (Tel Gomel, Iraq) is the scene of this famous battle is somewhere northeast of the Tigris River between the northern Iraqi town of Arbela (known as Arbil today) and Mosul (Al Mawsil, Iraq).
Ecbatana is the capital of the ancient Median empire (known today as Hamadan, Iran), it is the place where Hephaestion (Alexander's close friend and leader of the Macedonian cavalry) died. It is also the place from which orders were given to kill Parmenion, one of Alexander's best generals.
Maracanda is known today as Samarkand, Uzbekhistan, it was in a palace in this town where Alexander killed (most likely accidentally) his friend Clitus.
Oxus River is known today as the Amu Darya River, this region, and north of it, was the place of key Alexander conquests.
Alexandria Eschate is one of the many towns Alexander founded and named after himself is now known as Khujand (on the Syr-Darya River in today's Tajikistan). Alexandria Arachosia is another town (from the former Persian empire) which Alexander named, it is known today as Kandahar, Afghanistan (scene of considerable fighting in the Second Gulf War).
Alexandria on the Oxus. Today this place is known as Ai Khanum, Afghanistan. Gedrosian. In this inhospitable desert, located today in Baluchistan, Iran/Pakistan an extraordinary number of Alexander's men died from deplorable conditions. Paropamisus Range. Moving east, Alexander and his men reached the difficult and imposing Hindu Kush Mountains. Snow was the least of their worries as they met, and defeated, human and natural enemies.
Hydaspes River ia know today as the Jhelum River in Pakistan, this is the site of the famous battle of the Hydaspes in which Alexander's men battled, and conquered, Porus and his elephants.
Bactra/Zariaspa or Balkh (close to the current city of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan) is the oldest town in that country and was the capital of ancient Bactria. Bactria/Sogdiana. This territory, so prominent in the story of Alexander, currently encompasses land in Afghanistan, Uzbekhistan, and Tajikistan. Alexander's wife, Roxane, was from Bactria. Roxane was expecting Alexander's child when her husband died.
Unit 4. Language practice and writing
I. Review Perfect tenses
Main points: You use the present perfect to relate the past to the present.
You use the past perfect to talk about a situation that occurred before a particular time in the past.
A. Look at these sentences and match questions and answers.
1. Where’s Teresa? 2. Are you going to the film tonight? 3. Do you know Michael? 4. Can we go out? 5. May I borrow your book? 6. Do you know London well? 7. How do you feel? 8. Why isn’t John at work today? 9. Do you still work at Smith’s? 10. Do you live near hear?
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a No, I’ve seen it before. b After I have finished the washing up. c Yes, I have lived here for years. d She’s gone shopping. e No, I’ve never met him before. f I’m afraid I’ve left it at home. g Awful. I think I’ve caught a cold. h No, we’ve just moved to Oxford. i I don’t know. Perhaps he’s had an accident. j Yes, I’ve worked there ever since 2010. |
B. Use the information from the sentences above to complete these sentences.
1. He told me Teresa had gone shopping.
2. I didn’t go to the film because …
3. I didn’t know Michael. In fact …
4. We couldn’t go out until …
5. I couldn’t lend Sally my book because …
6. I know London well …
7. I felt so bad, I was sure that …
8. John couldn’t go to work because …
9. We didn’t live in Sevenoaks any more. We …
C. Use the following future perfect verb groups to complete the sentence below.
will have driven, will have used up, will have learned, will have run, will have forgotten |
1. You may be in love with her now, but in a couple of weeks you will have forgotten all about her.
2. By the time we get to Birmingham we … over two hundred miles.
3. If they start school at four, most children … to read and write by the age of six.
4. By the end of this century, we … most of the world’s oil supplies.
5. After two hours, the leading competitors … about 30 kilometres.
D. What do you think will have happened by the end of this century? Here are some ideas to help you.
1. Scientists/discover/a cure for cancer./ Scientists will have discovered a cure for cancer.
2. Scientists learn to control the weather./
3. Third world war /break out./
4. Man/destroy/ the planet./
5. World population/grow/to three billion./
6. Atomic energy/replace /oil and coal./
7. The rhinoceros/ become/extinct./
8. Scientists/ build/factories in space./