- •3A Education
- •1. Read the dialogues and guess who is speaking and where they are.
- •2. Act out the dialogue.
- •3. Make up your own dialogues using patterns from the dialogue.
- •4. Form Participle II and translate into Russian:
- •5. Translate into Russian.
- •6. Translate into Russian paying attention to the functions of Participle II
- •6. Translate into Russian with “used to”.
- •7. Compare active & passive forms.
- •8. Write passive sentences in Simple Present.
- •9. Use Personal Passive.
- •10. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
- •12. Read and translate:
- •13. Translate paying attention to the...The:
- •15. Translate into Russian.
- •17. Use the proper form of the adjectives.
- •18. Translate into English.
- •19. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple form.
- •20. Make up general questions using do or does:
- •21. Translate into English using Present Simple.
- •22. Translate into English using Present Simple.
- •Формы глагола в Future Simple
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple or Future Simple form.
- •24. Rewrite the text using Past Simple.
- •25. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Present Simple, Past or Future Simple form.
- •26. Mario goes to Ireland to study English. Listen to the interview and complete the form.
- •28. Listen to Melissa talking about her school days. What does she do now? Mark the sentences true or false.
- •29. Listen to a radio programme about inventions. Complete the sentences with the invention: bullet-proof vest, windscreen wipers, Tipp-ex, disposable nappies, dishwasher.
- •Education in Great Britain
- •High Education in Great Britain
- •The Benefits of Higher Education
- •Vocabulary study
- •1. Remember word combinations.
- •2. Read the dialogue on page 1 & act it out. Discussion
- •5. Final discussion on the text.
- •Russian Education System
- •Russian Higher Education
- •6. Complete the following sentences.
- •7. Final discussion on the text.
- •8. Comment upon the following statements.
- •9. Think about a good or bad learning experience you have had (at school or at university). Kazan National Research Technological University (knrtu)
- •10. Find in the text the equivalents to the word combinations below.
12. Read and translate:
new – newer – (the) newest; young – younger – (the) youngest; wide – wider – (the) widest; thick – thicker – (the) thickest; low –lower –(the) lowest; early – earlier – (the) earliest; near – nearer – (the) nearest; late – later – (the) latest; difficult – more difficult – (the) most difficult; necessary – more necessary – (the) most necessary; typical – more typical – (the) most typical; practical – more practical – (the) most practical; good – better – (the) best; many – more – (the) most; little – less – (the) least.
the + comparative degree the + comparative degree – «чем … тем» |
13. Translate paying attention to the...The:
a) the more …, the less …(чем больше....,тем меньше…)
the more different …, the better …
the higher …, the colder …
the smaller …, the better …
b) The more we study, the more we know.
The more we know, the more we forget.
The more we forget, the less we know.
The less we know, the less we forget. Why study?
The more experiments are made, the better results are received.
The more people know about the nature, the better they can control it.
The more people learn about the Solar system, the more they know about it.
14. Form the comparative & superlative degrees of the following adjectives & adverbs.
1. large, tall, long, easy, hot, big, cold, nice, bad, strong, short, wide, good, happy, high, low, busy, well, little, many, far
2. wonderful, necessary, quickly, interesting, comfortably, popular, active, famous, pleasant, beautiful, slowly, clearly.
As…as – так(ой ) же, как и … |
(not) so … as – не так(ой ) же, как |
My brother is as tall as yours. – Mой брат такой же высокий, как твой.
This student isn’t so good as that one. – Этот студент не такой успешный, как тот.
15. Translate into Russian.
1. This book is not so interesting as that one. 2. The Baltic Sea is not so warm as the Black Sea. 3. The more you read, the more you know. 4. My brother is not as tall as you are. 5. The earlier you get up, the more you can do. 6. Today the wind is as strong as it was yesterday. 7. Your room is as light as mine. 8. John knows Russian as well as English. 9. Mary is not so lazy as her brother. 10. The longer the night is, the shorter the day.
16. Open the brackets & use the proper degree of comparison.
1. Winter is (cold) season of the year. 2. Moscow is (large) than St. Petersburg. 3. Which is (long) day of the year? 4. The Alps are (high) mountains in Europe. 5. Even (long) day has an end. 6. It is one of (important) questions of our conference. 7. Your English is (good) now. 8. Who knows him (well) than you? 9. We have (little) interest in this work than you. 10. Health is (good) than wealth. 11. He worked (well) of all. 12. Today he worked (slowly) than usually.
17. Use the proper form of the adjectives.
1. Winter is (cold) season. 2. Moscow is (old) than St. Petersburg. 3. What is (short) month in the year? 4. It was (bad) mistake I've ever made. 5. In summer the days are (long) than in winter. 6. It is (cold) today than it was yesterday. 7. The Russian grammar is (difficult) than the English one. 8. It was (good) film I've ever seen. 9. Steel is (strong) than wood. 10. Your house is not so (new) as mine.