3. Speak about the differences in the vocabulary of each of the girls.

1. How many dif­ferences have you spotted? Write them out into your notebooks.

2. Who you think is an American of them?

3. Discuss your usual day with your partner.

4. Discuss the girls’ day with your partner.

5. SPEAKING PRACTICE.

5.1. Read the supplementary text on page 53-55. What can you say

about your own knowledge of the same things?

5.2. Speak on the topic “My Student’s Day” using such words as

I would like to, to introduce oneself, to get up at, to have breakfast, to make up one’s bed, I’d rather, to leave the house, to have a place at the hostel (dormitory, residence), to go by bus/foot, to take a bus/a taxi/a tram, it takes me…. to get to the university, to be situated in, to have a break, to have… periods a day, to be ready with, a first-year student, to work hard, to know a lot of things, my favourite subject, to work at the library, the classes are over at, to spend some time, alumni, campus, to be a classy specialist, etc.

6. Mind also the differences between American and British English words spelling and pronunciation. Spelling. Pronunciation.

britiISH	AMERICAN	british american
through plough cosy criticize, organize programme colour, labour theatre, metre, travelling, levelled to-day, to-night to-morrrow catalogue vendor commutator hiccough exhibition curtesy	thru plou cozy criticise, organise program color, labor theater, meter, traveling, leveled today, tonight tomorrow catalog vender commuter hiccup exhibit curtsy	either neither [ ai ] [ i ] enhance dance chance [:] [ æ ] process product [ou] [  ] doctor dollar boss shop [o] [  ] miss(you) kiss(you) issue [ s ] [ ∫ ] because as ( to ) [ z ] [ ʒ ] alumni [ә´lmnai ] [ә´lu:mni ] forehead [´forid] [´fo:hed ]

7. Word formation (Different ways to construct the words or new notions)

Arrange the following words in pairs of antonyms

increase, unknown, appear, irregular, balanced, unsolved, misunderstand, like, undiscovered, decrease, unexpected, direct, known, dissappear, unusual, logical, solved, unbalanced, regular, discovered, unlike, possible, expected, illogical, usual, understand, impossible, indirect.

Essential grammar

REVISION

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

8. Give the degrees of comparison to the following adjectives and adverbs

high, large, big, thoroughly, little, small, much, many, generally, good, bad, far, easy, interesting, careful, clear, healthy, responsible, necessary, competitive, old, beautifully, evil, serious.

9. Translate the following word combinations. Make your own sentences with them

as busy as a bee, as brave as a lion, as bright as silver, as sweet as honey, as changeable as the weather, as old as the sea / the hills; not as / so good as gold.

INDEFINITE TENSES

10. Translate the sentences from English into Russian and explain the use of the tense in the sentence

1. I’ll take care of this matter personally.

2. It is not an easy task to run a small business.

3. The ancient Greeks put a high premium on communication skills.

4. He will graduate from the university in five years.

5. It is the book I am looking for everywhere.

6. I will be able to understand and translate English texts in two years.

7. I hope she will be back from her business trip next week.

8. Are you going to work as a specialist in public relations in five years?

9. I travelled in Europe last year.

10. There were just few people in the street.