- •Содержание:
- •Unit one
- •Every man is the architect of his own fortune
- •Topic: About Myself
- •Topical vocabulary
- •1. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •2. A) use “to be (am, is, are)”; make the following sentences negative, interrogative and give short answers:
- •3. A) use “I, you, he, she, it, we, they”:
- •4. Use the nouns in the plural:
- •5. A) read and ask the other students to do the same:
- •6. Use the right form of the verb and make following sentences negative, interrogative and give short answers:
- •7. Read the dialogues and observe how to describe a person’s appearance:
- •8. A) Choose the words to describe the girl and the man:
- •9. Answer the questions:
- •10. Translate into English:
- •11. Read and retell the stories:
- •Unit two
- •Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
- •Topic: My Working Day
- •Topical vocabulary
- •1. A) answer the following questions:
- •2. Read the dialogue:
- •3. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •4. Fill in the correct prepositions in the passage.
- •Is every weekday morning (evening) of yours the same? What do you do every morning (evening)?
- •5. Complete the following description with for, during, by, until, at, in or on.
- •6. Look at Paul's list of things to do. Describe his working day making use о the following time-table:
- •7. Use the right prepositions or adverbs:
- •8. Give the four forms of the following verbs:
- •9. Use the verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •15. Translate into English:
- •16. Read the story and answer the questions:
- •17. Read the story and retell it:
- •Unit three
- •Home is where you make it
- •Topic: My Flat (House)
- •Topical vocabulary
- •1. Use the right word from those given in brackets:
- •2. Change the following sentences into interrogative and negative:
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •5. Use prepositions or adverbs:
- •6. What are the English words for these common objects that you can find in most houses? Choose the correct item:
- •7. Use "some," "any," “no”:
- •8. Use "some," “any,” "no," "something," "anything," "nothing, " "somebody," "anybody," "nobody":
- •9. Use "much," "many," "little," "few":
- •10. Use "few", "little," "afew," "a little":
- •11. Translate from Russian into English.
- •12. Read and retell the stories
- •Unit four
- •Topic: Meals
- •1. Complete the following sentences:
- •2. Here are some proverbs connected with food and eating. Match the proverbs and their meanings:
- •3. Complete the dialogue. Make use of the vocabulary of the lesson. Work in pairs.
- •4. Act as an interpreter. Then learn the dialogue by heart:
- •5. Translate the following text into Russian (in writing). Say if you agree or disagree with what is said in it add some more information about meals in your country.
- •6. Use the Future Indefinite Tense:
- •7. Use the correct tense form of the verbs in the subordinate clauses of time and condition:
- •8. Say what you will do:
- •9. Give short answers to these questions:
- •10. Use the correct form of "to be":
- •11. Use the Continuous Tense Forms:
- •12. Use Continuous or Indefinite Tense Forms:
- •13. Use the right form of the verbs in brackets (Indefinite or Continuous):
- •14. Translate from Russian into English:
- •15. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •16. Read the stories and retell them:
- •Unit five
- •Never buy a pig in a poke
- •Topic: Shopping
- •Topical vocabulary
- •3. At the Shoe Shop
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Find In the text equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •3.Fill in prepositions and adverbs where necessary.
- •4. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •5. Complete the following sentence:
- •6. Write the possible answers. Use Present Perfect.
- •7. Use Present Perfect or Past Indefinite:
- •8. Use Present Perfect or Present Indefinite:
- •9. Change the sentences using Present Perfect Continuous:
- •10. Use the Present Perfect Tense:
- •11. Use the right form of the adjective:
- •12. Translate from English into Russian:
- •13. Read the story, answer the questions and retell it:
- •Init six
- •Christmas comes but once a year
- •Topic: National Holidays
- •Topical vocabulary
- •1. Read the text about Christmas and answer the following questions:
- •2. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •3. Read the following questions and answer them:
- •4. Add question tags and answer the questions:
- •Interview
- •5. Open the brackets using: a. Past Perfect; b. Future Perfect.
- •6. Complete the following sentences according to the model:
- •7. Finish the following according to the model:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •9. Read and retell the story:
- •10. Make up 15 different questions to the story about Uncle John.
- •Unit seven
- •So many countries, so many customs
- •Topic: English-speaking countries and the capital cities
- •Topical vocabulary
- •1. Asking the Way
- •1. Give Russian equivalents to:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •4. Complete the dialogue and act it out in pairs:
- •5. Make up short dialogues according to the models:
- •6. Use "can," "could," "may," "might," "to be able":
- •7. Use "must" or "needn't":
- •8. Use modal verbs:
- •9. Use the right form of the verb "to be":
- •10. Use the verbs in the Passive Voice:
- •11. Make up sentences using the Passive Voice according to the models:
- •12. Open the brackets using the right form of the verb in the Passive Voice:
- •13. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form (Active or Passive):
- •14. Translate into English:
- •15. Read the following. Render the passage in English.
- •16. Read the story and answer the questions:
- •17. Read the story and reproduce it:
- •Unit eight
- •Knowledge is power
- •Topic: Education
- •Topical vocabulary
- •2. Choose the right word:
- •3. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
- •4. Use articles if necessary:
- •5. Use the verbs in the Passive Voice:
- •6. Use articles if necessary:
- •7. Use the verb in the Principle Clause in the Past Tense and make all the necessary changes:
- •8. Use Indirect Speech:
- •9. Make Indirect Questions:
- •10. Turn the following requests and commands into Reported Speech:
- •11. Reproduce the following in the Indirect Speech:
- •12. Translate from Russian into English:
- •13. Read the text and reproduce it
- •14. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •Supplementary material Unit One
- •Literature:
5. Use the verbs in the Passive Voice:
1. They have decorated a huge New-Year tree in the centre of the square. 2. We had taken out our luggage before the car arrived. 3. What music are they playing? 4. They are speaking on educational problems. 5. I hope that he will have received my letter by Saturday. 6. I have cooked the dinner and laid the table. 7. They were singing folk songs. 8. Don't worry, we'll look after your children. 9. I have made a few New Year's resolutions (принять решение). 10. Nobody has lived in this house for a long time. 11. She opened the door and let him in.
6. Use articles if necessary:
A. Christmas
Most people in ... Britain see Christmas as .. .major festival of... year — when parties are given and gifts are received. Almost all... people are having fun (веселиться) on Christmas Eve, especially children. On Christmas Eve, children hang ... stockings at... end of their beds or over ... fireplace. They are told that Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, arrives at... night from ... North Pole and fills each stocking with ... presents. The children open their presents — put there secretly by their parents — on Christmas morning.
Lunch is ... most important point on Christmas Day. ... traditional lunch consists of... roast turkey with ... vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, which is made with ... dried fruit and ... brandy. Sometimes ... coin is put in ... pudding as
... surprise.
... day after Christmas is called Boxing Day (after the church box which was opened for,.. poor on that day) and this too is ... public holiday.
B. New Year's Eve in Scotland
People all over ... Britain celebrate ... passing of... old year and ... coming of ... new. In Scotland, Hogmanay — as it is called there — is almost as important as Christmas.... Scots take New Year's Eve very seriously. There is a New Year Eve Fire Festival; ... men parade with blazing tar barrels (горящие бочки с дегтем), they throw them into ... great bonfire. The "First Foots" then set out In Scotland "first footing" is ... common custom; it's considered lucky if... dark-haired man is.... first to set foot in... house after midnight on Hogmanay, bringing ... coin,... piece of... bread, or... lump of... coal as... symbol of plenty (символ изобилия) for... coming year.
C. Robin Hood
It is generally believed that Robin Hood was .... man who fought for ... better life of ... poor people. How old ... story about Robin Hood is nobody knows. ... oldest ballads about him were written down after 1400. One of ... ballads that comes from those distant times says that Robin Hood was ... Yorkshireman.... ballad says,
"For he was ... good outlaw (человек, объявленный вне закона)
And did poor men much good."
Did such a Robin ever live? His name is first mentioned in Government documents of... 13th century.
So one can be sure that Robin Hood did live and was something like... man described in these early ballads.
He became such... popular hero that in many places there was ... special Robin Hood's day, attended by thousands of ... people.
In ... 16th century ... writer Anthony Munday decided to make ... nobleman out Of Robin. Perhaps they thought that it was too dangerous for... ordinary people to think that... ordinary men could be ... heroes who tried to do "poor men much good."