- •Unit V grammar The main forms of the verbs
- •The Past Indefinite Tense
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Give the past form of the verbs, arrange them according to the pronunciation of the endings:
- •2. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Past Indefinite Tense. Translate the sentences.
- •3. Put in there was / there wasn’t / was there? / there weren’t / were there?
- •4. Open the brackets, use the Present Indefinite Tense or the Past Indefinite Tense. Translate into Russian.
- •5. Read and translate the text about scientists’ observations of the origin of thunderstorm.
- •6. ‘Jigsaw reading’. Put the sections of this story into the correct order. Read, translate and give its short summary.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Местоимение other и его производные (other and its derivatives – another, the others, others)
- •Grammar exercises
- •8. Read, translate and explain the usage of the word other and its derivatives.
- •9. Choose the right variant.
- •The Past Participle
- •Grammar exercises
- •10. Write three forms of the following verbs.
- •11. Translate into Russian.
- •12. Translate the following text. Chose the right variant given below: the Participle I or the Participle II.
- •12. Translate into English.
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •Grammar exercises
- •13. Read and translate. Pay attention to the verbs in the form of the Present Perfect Tense. Write the first two principal forms of these verbs.
- •14. Complete the sentences with a verb from the list. Use the Present Perfect Tense. Translate into Russian.
- •15. Speak on computer technology, the work of computer software engineers and computer hardware engineers, and the Internet (use 5-6 sentences).
- •16. Read and translate. Copy out the sentences with the verb to have and define its form.
- •17. Write for or since. Translate into Russian.
- •18. Put the verbs in the form of the Present Perfect Tense or the Past Indefinite Tense. Translate these sentences.
- •19. Translate into English.
- •20. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •Active Vocabulary
- •26. Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •27. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •28. Read and translate the following text to learn about the origin of science. Origin of Science
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •30. Match each word in a with the Russian equivalent in b:
- •31. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •32. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
- •33. Answer the following questions:
- •34. Complete the following sentences:
Text and vocabulary exercises
29. Find in the text equivalents to the following phrases:
приблизительно с шестого века; не говоря уже о инженерном искусстве; имели немного больше, чем элементарное понимание; больше не довольные богами; начали искать основной принцип; видим признаки … того, что, возможно, можно было бы назвать; буквально переводится как; пока не было продемонстрировано впечатляющим образом; происхождение человечества; часто вступала в конфликт с; трудное испытание и ошибки научного процесса; поиск причин и принципов; обнаружить запах ереси в научных сообщениях о; происхождение и строение земли; упорное построение теорий; вышла победителем; которые соответствуют известным фактам.
30. Match each word in a with the Russian equivalent in b:
A B
1. intimidation a. уничтожение, разрушение;
2. divination b. запугивание
3. assassination c. корректировка; изменение
4. forecasting d. гадание, ворожба
5. falsifiable e. общество
6. oneiromancy f. могущий быть проверенным, доказанным
7. prediction g. толкование снов
8. verifiable h. прогнозирование
9. society i. внутренности
10. entrails j. предсказание
11. revising k. опровергаемый
31. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
1. The Babylonian and Sumerian civilizations had rather more than rudimentary grasp of education, chemistry and applied mathematics, not to mention engineering. 2. From around the fifth century we see signs in the ancient Greek world of what, perhaps, could be called scientific revolution. 3. The great Thales, of Miletus proposed that the prime substance was water. 4. Democritus proposed the first atomic theory – the word atom means ‘divisible’. 5. We see glimmerings of the scientific method in the acceptance of ‘truth by authority’ when we read the works of the pre-Socratic philosophers. 6. Science has often come into conflict with politicians. 7. At the end of the nineteenth century science emerged as a victor, as the key intellectual discipline for the twenty first century and beyond.
32. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
century recognizable prime substance engineering predictions recognizable air |
1. The Babylonian and Sumerian civilizations had rather more than rudimentary grasp of medicine, astronomy and applied mathematics, not to mention _____. 2. The great Thales, of Miletus proposed that the ______ was water, Anaxagoras believed it to be _____. 3. The word atom was demonstrated in spectacular fashion by Ernst Rutherford in the twentieth _____. 4. What we read in the works of these pre-Socratic philosophers is not ____ science. 5. With advent of Euclid and Archimedes we find ourselves on the terra cognita of _____ science. 6. The scientific method produces results, from which _____ can be made.
