- •От авторов
- •Contents
- •About the author
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •7. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •8. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the story.
- •9. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •10. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •11. Read the beginning of the essay and finish it in your own way.
- •12. Respond to the statements.
- •13. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •Pictures
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •Sun and Moon
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •Life of Ma Parker
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •6. Find words opposite in meaning to the following ones from the story. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Marriage a la Mode
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •9. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •11. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Use your imagination and restore William’s letter to Isabel.
- •Miss Brill
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •Her First Ball
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •9. Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.
- •10. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •15. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •16. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •17. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Lady's Maid
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Match the words on the left with the words or phrases of similar meaning on the right.
- •7. Match the words on the left with their opposites on the right.
- •8. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •1.Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word or word combination from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Find in the story one or more synonyms to the following words. Reproduce the situations they are used in .
- •7. Find sentences with the following adjectives and adverbs in the story. Read and translate the sentences.
- •8. Discussion points.
- •9. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •Samuel Johnson (1709–84), English author, lexicographer.
- •Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Tiredness of Rosabel
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Respond to the statements.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. T he Little Girl
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Differentiate between the following lexical units. Think of your own sentences to bring out the difference.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Pension Seguin
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Think of a synonym, or a near synonym, and an antonym for the following adjectives. Sometimes several words are possible.
- •7. Conversation-building expressions. There are some common expressions that help to modify or organize what we are saying.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Late at Night
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons
- •15. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •16. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Sixpence
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •2. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •3. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •4. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Differentiate between the following.
- •6. Put the correct preposition or combination of prepositions into each gap.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
1.Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
leather, nuisance, exultantly, pearly, moustaches, sacrilege, quavered, paths, desperately, clamber, oozed, scythe, minute, courage, laborious, timid, seized, grinding.
2. Comprehension Check
Where is the action set?
What do you know about Mr Woodfield?
Why is special attention given to the description of the boss’s room?
Do you think the two old men had known each other for a long time?
What did Mr Woofield tell his friend about his girls’ visit to Belgium?
What was the boss’s reaction to the news?
What did we learn about the boss’s past life?
What helped the boss draw away from his sad memories?
How did he feel after the episode with a fly?
3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
1. to have a useful effect: to help smb. |
to be over |
2. to meet or find something by chance. |
to make a nuisance of oneself |
3. to bring into actuality; effect. |
to do smb good |
4. to persuade smb not to do smth again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it. |
to come across smth/ smb |
5. to continue the job or the work that smb else had started. |
to teach smb a lesson |
6. to learn how a particular job should be done. |
to step into smb’s shoes |
7. a feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval. |
to fulfill |
8. in a direct way that is easy to understand. |
to learn the ropes |
9. to behave in a way that annoys other people . |
to tackle |
10. to take on and wrestle with (an opponent or a problem. |
fair and square |
11. to be completely finished. |
admiration |
4. Choose the right word or word combination from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
He spent three days ……… an absolute ………… himself.
The accident ………………. I’ll never forget.
Do you think these latest changes will … any ……..?
She ……. …….. some old photographs in a drawer.
The outing will …….. me ………. .
The bad times …………. .
I told him ………………. to pack his bags.
He never fulfilled his promises.
“Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and …………. .” (Matthew Arnold).
Now that Chris is gone she wants me to ……………
The government is determined to ………….. inflation.
5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
Пора было уходить; с тех пор, как он ушел на пенсию; никуда его не выпускали; полон жизни; он гордился своим кабинетом; с рисунком; не привлек внимание; я помнил; его песенка спета; не повредит и ребенку; по большому секрету; у старика отвисла челюсть; казалось, он сейчас заплачет; это кощунство; злоупотреблять нашими чувствами; проводил старика; это было ужасным потрясением; он был совершенно неиспорченным мальчиком; казалось небо обрушилось; промокашка; напрасно.