- •Unit 1. About myself
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete these sentences as in the text.
- •2. Say if these statements are True or False. Correct the following statements if it is necessary.
- •3. Give English equivalents.
- •4. Write the countable and uncountable nouns into two different columns, give the plural of the countable nouns.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the list below.
- •6. Write the words from the box under the correct headings:
- •7. Match the words on the right with the list of meanings on the left.
- •8. Write the correct words in the blank spaces.
- •9. Group these words into male / female.
- •10. Look at the family tree below to find out the relationships of the persons shown on it. Then answer the questions.
- •11. Make up your own family tree. Describe your family. Unit 2. My working day
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the adjectives in the left column with their opposites in the right. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of all these adjectives.
- •3. Continue the following sentences.
- •4. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions.
- •Unit 3. The united kingdom (the uk)
- •Exercise
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 4. Industry and agriculture of the uk
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Give a short summary of the text. Unit 5. The united states of america
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •2. Form comparative and superlative degrees of these adjectives:
- •3. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Insert the correct preposition.
- •5. Using some additional information complete the table and write down the names of the states and their capitals.
- •6. Sum up what the text says about the geographic position of the usa; the administrative structure of the usa.
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Explain the usage of the articles and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Use the nouns in the right form (singular or plural).
- •3. Form the words as in the example.
- •4. Translate into Russian paying attention to the words in italics.
- •5. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •6. Match the cities and their main characteristics and make sentences of your own.
- •7. Sum up what the text says about:
- •8. Say what else do you know about the states and cities of the usa. Unit 7. Our institute
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find the English equivalents to the following.
- •4. Join two nouns. Use an apostrophe (') with or without «s» or … of … .
- •Unit 8. Shopping Shopping in the usa
- •In the Supermarket
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •6. Translate the following dialogue into English.
- •7. Fill in each gap with a suitable form of the verbs to be or to have.
- •8. Read and translate these dialogues.
- •9. (A) Put the words in the right order to make sentences. (b) Fill in the sentences into the dialogue. Act out the dialogue.
- •10. Translate the following dialogue into Russian.
- •Unit 9. At the restaurant
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate the following words into Russian and say how you can call a waiter's attention.
- •3. Read and translate the following dialogues:
- •4. Put the sentences in the right order to make up the dialogue.
- •5. Work in pairs. Imagine that you are in a restaurant, make an order. Unit 10. At the hotel
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following dialogues.
- •3. Study the following dialogues describing some problems which may happen at any hotel.
- •4. Imagine the following situations, make up the similar dialogues.
- •5. Make these sentences passive.
- •6. Fill in each gap with one suitable word or word combination given below. Act out the conversation.
- •Unit 11. Telephoning
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •2. Read and translate the following business telephone conversation and answer the questions.
- •3. Continue the following conversations.
- •4. Supply the prepositions where necessary. Sum up the conversations. Act them out.
- •Unit 12. Cooperative movement
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •3. Match the words with their corresponding definitions.
- •4. Put the following sentences into the Past Simple Tense and the Future Simple Tense.
- •Unit 13. Vocational choice
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Make up general, special, alternative and tag questions to the following sentences.
- •Unit 14. My future speciality
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate from Russian into English.
- •3. Put a question tag to the following sentences.
- •4. Match column a with column b. Make up two sentences using these word combinations.
- •5. Circle the word that does not belong.
- •Read the text and say, are the sentences below True or False. What is a manager?
- •7. Match the words with their corresponding definitions.
- •8. Match the English words with their Russian definitions.
- •9. Remember the following job titles.
- •10. Read and translate the following articles. Directors and managers
- •The entrepreneur
- •Unit 15. Job opportunities
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Fiona Scott is one of the applicants for the job at Patagonia. Study her cv carefully to see how the information is presented and decide where each of the following headings should be placed.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 16. About interviews
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and translate an interview at an American company.
- •2. Write down all the information about Mr. Oliveira. The following may be of help.
- •3. Answer the following questions using the above dialogue.
- •4. Open the brackets in the job interview using the verbs in the correct (tense) forms.
- •5. Work in pairs. Make up your own dialogue «Job Interview». Imagine that Fiona Scott was invited for the interview at Patagonia. Unit 17. Economics – what it is about?
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find out the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Unit 18. The factors of production
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the English verbs with their Russian equivalents.
- •3. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form.
- •Unit 19. Production, exchange and consumption
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions using the text.
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text.
- •4. Translate into English and make sentences using these word combinations.
- •Unit 20. What is business?
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Open the brackets using the verbs in the correct tense form.
- •3. Sum up what the text says about production, distribution, sale, services, profit and business. Unit 21. Types of businesses in the uk
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Sum up what the text says about sole trader, partnerships, shareholders, private limited companies, public limited companies, branches of foreign companies.
- •3. Underline the suffixes in the following nouns.
- •Forms of businesses in the usa
- •Unit 22. Prices and terms of delivery
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the correct forms.
- •2. Complete the sentences as in the text.
- •Unit 23. Gross domestic product
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Translate into English.
- •2. Say what parts of speech the following words are.
- •3. Insert the correct prepositions.
- •Unit 24. English banks
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •3. Write down the questions for the following answers.
- •4. Translate the following into English.
- •5. Sum up what the text said about the Bank of England, banking institutions of the uk, foreign banks in the uk, Lombard Street. Unit 25. Various services of banks
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Unit 26. Federal reserve system of the usa
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Insert the correct article.
- •2. Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Insert the words as in the text.
- •4. Say if the statements are True or False.
- •5. Write down the questions for the following answers.
- •6. Sum up what the text says about the Federal Reserve System, incorporated states banks, mutual savings banks, industrial banks. Список рекомендованной литературы
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- •A guide to a successful exam
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Exercises
1. Make up ten questions on text «Shopping in the USA».
2. Make up a shopping list for John and his father.
3. Write a recipe of any meat salad.
4. Speak about your meals. What do you usually eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner? What are your favourite dishes?
5. Answer the following questions.
1. Who does the shopping for food in your family?
2. You like shopping, don't you? What types of stores do you like?
3. What food stores are there in your location?
4. Describe the nearest grocery store or supermarket. Are there many departments? What are they like? Is it a self-service store?
5. How often do you go shopping for food?
6. What items do you usually buy when you go shopping for food?
7. What are your favourite dishes? Can you cook them?
8. Who cooks in your family?
9. Describe how to cook one of the dishes you like.
10. What things do you buy before your birthday party?
6. Translate the following dialogue into English.
– Мама, я иду в магазин. Что надо купить?
– У нас кончилось молоко. Зайди, пожалуйста, в молочный отдел и купи два литра молока.
– Что-нибудь еще?
– Можно купить двести граммов масла и граммов триста сыра. Да, кстати, можешь взять еще килограмм помидоров для салата и огурцов, если будут свежие.
– Можно взять маринованных огурцов?
– По-моему, у нас еще остались. Посмотри в холодильнике.
– Да, ты права. Но у нас нет майонеза. Пожалуй, я куплю немного.
7. Fill in each gap with a suitable form of the verbs to be or to have.
Oxford street … the main shopping street in London. It … a lot of nice shops and department stores. In the shops you can see things for men, women and children.
The shops … usually open six days a week. They … usually closed at 5.30 or at 6 o'clock in the evening. On some days they … open later.
Smaller Oxford street shops … all kinds of things for shoppers. They … dresses, coats, suits, shirts, blouses, hats, ties. In bigger ones people can buy more things: cameras, TV sets, mobile phones. In smaller shops things sometimes cheaper than in bigger ones but the quality … not always good.
Some chain shops … well-known in the country. Branches of the shops … open in a lot of towns and cities of the world. These shops are Marks & Spencer, C&A, Littlewoods, British Home Stores. Some chain shops … their branches in Moscow too.
Department stores … a lot of departments. They sell clothes, shoes, furniture, TV sets, video cameras, computers. Department stores sometimes … sales. Then the prices … lower because the stores want to sell their goods.
Shop assistants … usually very kind and friendly to shoppers. They can advise shoppers on the size, colour and fashion.
8. Read and translate these dialogues.
A. Seller: What can I do for you?
Customer: I'd like to buy a light suit, please.
S.: What's your size, sir?
C.: I think it's medium, but I'm not sure.
S.: What colour would you like?
C.: Grey or dark blue.
S.: Here you are. You can try it on. The fitting room is over there.
C.: Thank you. (10 minutes later). I'm afraid this one is too small, but I like the colour and the style. Can I have a larger one?
S.: Certainly. Is this one all right?
C. (from the fitting room): Yes, that's my size.
S.: I think it fits you. And this style is in fashion now.
C.: I'll take it. I like it. How much is it?
S.: It's 50 pounds. Will you pay in cash?
C.: Yes, please.
S.: The cash desk is over there. Thank you very much, sir.
B. Seller: Good morning, madam. Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I'd like a pair of black shoes.
S.: What size and what style?
C.: Size five and a half, low heel, please.
S.: Here you are, madam. Will you try them on?
C.: I'm sorry. They are not for me. But I like the style and the quality. I'll take them.
S.: Would you like to have a box?
C.: Yes, please. I'll pay in cash. By the way, can I get a refund on them or exchange the pair?
S.: Any time, madam. Just keep your receipt.
C.: Thank you very much.