IV. Define degrees of comparison of the adjectives:

Greater achievement (comparative), a better student (comparative), more simple(comparative), the latest news(superlative), more important(comparative), less difficult(comparative), the least complicated(superlative), a longer way(comparative), the earliest hour(superlative), the most famous library(superlative).

V. Make up sentences with “there is/are”.

Модель: faculties, in London university, many.

There are many faculties in London University.

1. error messages, on the screen.

There are error messages on the screen.

2. subjects, many, at each faculty.

There are many subjects at each faculty.

3. different, many, books, in our library.

There are many different books in our library

4. students, at our university, how many?

How many students are there at our university?

5. equipment, modern, in the office.

There is modern equipment in the office.

VI. A) Write and say the numbers and the dates.

NUMBERS: DATES:

43 forty three 1997 nineteen ninety seven

90 ninety 2001 one thousand and one

972 nine hundred and seventy two 1431 fourteen thirty one

157 one hundred and fifty seven 1209 twelve zero nine

b) Write the words in italics as numbers.

Model: 1. There are fifteen thousand seven hundred products in the catalogue. - 15700

2. It costs two hundred and seven euro and forty-five cents. – 207.45

3. We have worked on this project since nineteen ninety-nine. - 1999

4. Could you contact our export manager. His telephone number is seven double eight nine seven six seven. - 7889767

5. The price of energy rose by seven point five percent last year. – 7.5

c) Write about Ted’s working day. Use the words in the box in Present Simple (V/Vs/es).

to leave home to wake up to have breakfast to be at the bus stop to go to bed to work to be on the way to work

Ted’s working day begins at 7.15 am. Ted wakes up at that time. Then he has breakfast at 7.40am. After breakfast Ted leaves home. At 8.15 am Ted is at the bus stop usually. He is on the way to work at 8.40am. Ted works till 7.30pm and he goes to bed at 10.30pm. The end.

VII. Read the text and translate it into Russian. Write out all the verbs in the past from the text. Divide the verbs into 2 groups.

а) regular verbs

Talked, called, entered, asked, looked, watched, switched

б) irregular verbs

Had, left, got, went, took, did, want, drank, were, found, sat, began, heard, came, told

Jeff Fuller Goes to Chicago

Jeff Fuller is a salesman. He has a wife and three children and lives in San Francisco. He travels a lot. Every week he goes to New York or Washington or Chicago. He brings home presents for his wife and children. Last week he had to go to Chicago on business. He left San Francisco on Monday morning. He got to Chicago at noon. He went to the Park Hotel and had lunch. In the afternoon he talked to some businessmen. That evening he called his friend, Carlos, and they had dinner at the hotel.

On Wednesday morning he got up at 6.00. He took the 8.00 plane to San Francisco. He didn't want breakfast on the plane, but he drank some coffee and read the paper. He got to San Francisco at 9.30. He took a taxi and went home. His wife and daughter were at home. They were glad to see him and get their presents. After breakfast Mr Fuller went to his office. When he entered the office he found a number of business letters on his desk. Mr Fuller sat down and began to look through the letters. Suddenly the telephone rang. Mr Fuller took up the receiver and heard the voice of his chief. The chief asked Mr Fuller to come over to his office and discuss the results of the trip. After the talk with the chief Mr. Fuller came back to his office and continued his work.

Mr Fuller came home later than usual that day. His wife and children were waiting for him. They all had dinner together. After dinner Mr Fuller told his wife and children about his business trip and his friends in Chicago. Then he looked through the papers and watched television. At half past ten he switched off the TV set and went to bed.

Джеф Фуллер отправляется в Чикаго.

Джеф Фуллер – продавец. У него есть жена и трое маленьких детей, и живет он в Сан Франциско. Джеф много путешествует. Каждую неделю он отправляется в NY, или W, или в C.

Он привозит домой подарки для своей жены и детей. На прошлой неделе у него была деловая поездка в Чикаго. Он уехал из Сан Франциско в понедельник утром. В полдень он был в Чикаго. Джеф отправился к Park Hotel и пообедал. После полудня он разговаривал с несколькими бизнесменами. Тем вечером он позвонил своему другу, Карлосу, и они поужинали в отеле.

В среду утром от поднялся в 6 утра. В 8.00 он летел к Сан Франциско. Джеф не хотел ужинать в воздухе(в самолете), но он выпил немного кофе и почитал газету. В Сан Франциско он был в 9.30. Он взял такси и отправился домой. Его жена и дочь были дома. Они были рады его видеть и получить свои подарки. После завтрака мистер Фуллер отправился в свой офис. Когда он вошел в офис он обнаружил несколько деловых писем на его столе. Джеф сел и начал просматривать письма. Внезапно зазвонил телефон. Он поднял трубку и услышал голос своего шефа. Шеф попросил мс.Фуллера зайти к нему в офис и побеседовать о результатах поездки. После разговора с босом Фуллер вернулся в свой офис и продолжил работать.

Мс.Фуллер пришел домой позже чем обычно. Его жена и дети ждали его. Они пообедали вместе. После обеда мс.Фуллер рассказал своей жене и детям о его деловой поездке и о его друзьях в Чикаго. Затем Джеф просматривал газеты и смотрел телефизор. В пол-одиннадцатого выключил телевизор и отправился в кровать.