- •Easy reading
- •Предисловие
- •How to analyse the text
- •Comprehension Quiz
- •Means of communicating ideas
- •Choose the phrases you like more so as to make a structure of any text analysis. Prepare two variants: one long (300-350 words), another short (100-150 words). Unit 1
- •The story of an hour
- •1. Learn the meaning of the following words and reproduce the situations in which they are used:
- •2. Substitute the italicized words with synonyms:
- •8. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •9. Imagine you are Mr. Mallard. Write a passage (150 words) describing his view of the situation. Unit 2
- •The hero of drummond street
- •6. Explain the meaning of the following expressions. Make up sentences using them:
- •7. Discussion:
- •8. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •9. Write a passage (150 words) describing the whole story as if you were a) the Drooler or b) the reporter. Unit 3
- •Discussion.
- •Three is a lucky number
- •The crime in this text is murder, but there are unfortunately many others, consult the dictionary and match crimes to their definitions, translate the words on the left.
- •Discussion
- •Unit 5
- •A shocking accident
- •V. Answer the following questions.
- •VI. Read the following sentences and answer the questions that follow.
- •VII. Discussion.
- •VIII. Imagine that Jerome keeps a diary. Write his entries for these three days:
- •Unit 6
- •Tipsy and the board of health
- •1. Learn the meaning of the following words and reproduce the situations in which they are used:
- •2. Find synonyms for the following words. Make up your own sentences using these words or their synonyms.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:
- •9. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •Unit 7
- •Hills like white elephants
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences. Choose the expressions that are slang. What does the author use them for?
- •VII. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •VIII. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Jig; b) her partner; c) the woman from the bar. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •IX. Discussion.
- •Unit 8
- •The absence of emily
- •Consult the text or a good dictionary and insert the prepositions if necessary.
- •Discussion
- •In written form summaries the story in 20 sentences so as your summary to be a short text, remember to use conjunctions to make it pleasant to read. Be prepared to present your summary in class.
- •Unit 9
- •Ten indians
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences. Choose the expressions that are slang. What does the author use them for?
- •VI. There are words in English that are pronounced in a similar way but differ a lot in their meanings. Study the meanings of “beech” and “beach” and fill in the blanks with a suitable word:
- •VIII. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right:
- •Unit 10
- •Campbell’s crossing
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions or adverbs where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences.
- •VI. Find the notions defined below in the text. Fill in the gaps in the sentences that follow with these notions.
- •VII. Replace the words underlined with an expression from the text based on the word(s) in brackets. Make any necessary grammatical changes.
- •XI. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •X. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Flora; b) Angus; c) an Inverlochie’s dweller. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •XI. Discussion.
- •Unit 11
- •The garden party
- •Discussion.
- •Unit 12
- •Miracles do happen
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences.
- •VI. Replace the words underlined with an expression from the text based on the word(s) in brackets. Make any necessary grammatical changes.
- •VII. Supply the missing words. In each case the first letter of the missing word is given. All these expressions are taken from the text.
- •XI. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •X. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Else; b) Michael; c) Hermann. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •XI. Discussion.
- •Unit 13
- •The metro
- •Comment on the following ideas, agree or disagree, give your own opinion, mind to support it with arguments.
- •Reading comprehension quiz.
- •The metro
- •Translate the following words and word combinations; insert them into the sentences below:
- •Below you will find some more words from this text and their synonyms which were mixed, match each word with the correct synonym. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Even when words are synonymous it doesn’t always mean that they are interchangeable; in the sentences below choose one word in italics that fits the sentence best.
- •Reading Comprehension Quiz
- •Write an essay (300-400 words) on the following topic: One never knows what might happen next.
1. Learn the meaning of the following words and reproduce the situations in which they are used:
to starve to vend to trap
welfare violation mouthful
to dispose raffle premises
ordinance bet brood
to stagger to vamoose
2. Find synonyms for the following words. Make up your own sentences using these words or their synonyms.
to vamoose, premises, raffle, chaw, to vend, ordinance, to dispose
3. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:
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Some folks would starve before they'd go … welfare in them days.
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She hung around Nick's Market, huntin' … mice.
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I went over to Nick's Market to get a chaw … credit and shoot the breeze with Porky.
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Two weeks to clean up the store and dispose … the animal.
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Get rid … the cat!
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If you wanna know, Tipsy was good … business.
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She sat in the window and made passes … flies…
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He was soft … animals.
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She put … a regular comic act in the bar.
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You never seen a man so broke ….
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The bets, they was all called …, and the place emptied out by ten o'clock.
4. How many cases of incorrect English have you found? Compare your results with your mates’ ones. Who is the winner (has the biggest number of the cases)? Read the correct sentences.
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
5. Find in the story various combinations with the noun “look” (e.g. a sour look), translate them into Russian. Reproduce the situations in which these combinations were used.
6. What nouns or word combinations are used in the story to describe Tipsy? Reproduce the sentences in which they were used.
7. Explain the meaning of the following expressions. Give your own examples of their usage:
to go on welfare; to give somebody no mind; to be four sheets in the wind; to get to be the hit; to be soft on something
8. Discussion:
1. When did the events take place? Why do you think so?
2. Describe the economic situation during the Depression using some details from the text?
3. How does the way Mr. C.W. speaks characterize him? Why does the author use this stylistic device?
4. Why was the cat called Tipsy?
5. Why was Tipsy good for different businesses? Speak about each place the cat visited.
6. Could the health inspector take pity on Tipsy? Why? Characterize the inspector.
7. Characterize each owner of Tipsy and their attitude to the cat.
8. What are the main idea and the topic of the text?
9. Judging by the way the Health Inspector is presented in the text, how would you describe and characterize him?
9. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
10. Write a passage (150 words) describing the whole story as if you were the health inspector.
11. Write a passage (150 words) dwelling on the possible use of animals for doing business.
Unit 7
Read the title of the story. What do you think the story will be about? While reading, write out all cases of repetition (Repetition is a figure of speech based upon a repeated occurrence of one and the same word, word-group or sentence/sentences.). In the works of E. Hemingway the occurrence of this stylistic device is quite prominent. In fact, E. Hemingway is reputed as master of endowing this device with exceptionally suggestive overtones. Try to hear and discern these overtones.