- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Look through the text and write out the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Give short answers to the following questions:
- •9. Translate the following sentences:
- •5. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the participle:
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •2. Translate the following chains of words. Define what parts of speech they are
- •3. Look through the text and find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations; use tem in the sentences of your own.
- •10. Translate the following sentences:
- •11. State the power change that takes place in each of the following devices.
- •12. Retell the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and expressions. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Work in pairs. Put questions to your partner and he (she) will answer them.
- •8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words need and turn:
- •9. Put all possible questions to the following sentences:
- •10. Define the following words according to the model given below.
- •Exercises
- •Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the gerund:
- •7. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. Put 5 questions to the text beginning with what.
- •9. Speak on the story told by the early Scandinavians.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •2. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations, use them in the sentences of your own:
- •5. Find the gerund in the text, define its function.
- •7. Put questions to the words in bold type.
- •8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to both, both...And:
- •9. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •10. Translate into Russian:
- •11. Form five sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I and II:
- •12. Describe Franklin's kite experiment.
- •13. Give a short summary of the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and Expressions
- •3. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations, use them in the sentences of your own:
- •7. Make up a story of Franklin's kite experiment using the following sentences and sentences of your own (our sentences are given in a disorderly way):
- •10. Use the following expressions in sentences of your own:
- •11. Speak on magnetism.
- •Exercises
- •8. For the names of the countries given in Column I find the names of the nations given in Column II:
- •10. Speak on:
- •11. Make an outline of the text.
- •12. Retell the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Define the functions of the participle and the gerund in the text.
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Fill in the blanks with suitable words and word combinations given below:
- •6. For the verbs in (a) find suitable nouns in (b).
- •7. For the nouns in (a) find suitable attributes in (b):
- •8. (A) Translate the following word combinations:
- •11. The following statements are not true to the fact. Correct them:
- •12. Retell the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Translate the following word chains into Russian, define what part of speech the words are.
- •4 Translate into Russian:
- •8. Form 10 sentences using the following words:
- •10. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •11. Retell the text.
- •12. (A) Fill in the blanks with prepositions, if necessary; (b) retell the text:
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Look through the text and find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Use them in your own situations.
- •3. Write out antonyms to the following words:
- •4. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the infinitive
- •5. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •6. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the infinitive:
- •7. Fill in the blanks with the words one or for:
- •8. Write out from the text all the sentences where the infinitive is used, and define its function.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •3. According to the models given below form sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I, II, III, IV,
- •5. Work in pairs, ask your fellow-students the following questions:
- •6. Form six sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I and II:
- •7. Explain why:
- •8. Define the meaning of the following words:
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •2. Translate the following sentences using the infinitive constructions:
- •Find in (b) synonyms to the words in (a):
- •5. Translate the following questions into English and answer them:
- •7. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. What are the different meanings of the following words?
- •10. Speak on the work of the following scientists using the words given below:
- •Exercises
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Compare:
- •6. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions if necessary and make up sentences with the following infinitives:
- •9. Translate the following sentences:
- •10. Speak on:
- •Conditional Sentences
- •2. Translate the following sentences:
- •3. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the word provided:
- •Exercises
- •1.Learn the following active words:
- •5. Complete the following sentences:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with among or between:
- •8. Put all possible questions to the following sentences:
- •10. Form new words of the same root, define what parts of speech they are:
- •11. Speak on:
- •Exercises
- •1.Learn the following active words:
- •2. Look through the text and find the examples illustrating modality.
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Translate the following phrases into English using the word combinations given below:
- •5. Define the meaning of the prefixes in the following words and translate them into Russian:
- •6. Translate the following sentences:
- •7. Work in pairs. Put questions to your fellow-student and let him answer them:
- •8. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •10. Complete the following sentences:
- •11. Speak on the heating effect of an electric current.
- •12. Translate the following text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with where, which, when, who, that:
- •5. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the words in bold type:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with either should or would:
- •Exercises
- •12. Look at Fig. 11, name a, b, c, d, e and describe the figure.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •2. Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the impersonal construction:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Complete the following sentences:
- •5. Define the meaning of the following words:
- •6. Choose the right term and explain the statement:
- •7. Translate the following text:
- •8. Look at Fig. 12 and speak on power generation in Russia.
- •9. Retell the text.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •2. Translate the following sentences:
- •3. Define the function of the words in bold type:
- •4. Translate the following sentences:
- •6. Define the function of the words one and bat:
- •7. Form sentences using the following word combinations.
- •8. Fill in the blanks with the following expressions:
- •9. Complete the following sentences:
- •11. Speak on:
- •12. Translate the following text:
- •Exercises
- •1.Learn the following active words:
- •2. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the participle:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Make up six sentences using the following nouns qualified by adjectives.
- •6. Translate the following text without consulting a dictionary and retell the text.
- •If There Were No Electricity
- •7. Describe the following:
- •9. Form statements which are not true to the fact. Ask your fellow-students to correct them.
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •3. Define the function of the word do in the following sentences:
- •4. Translate the following questions and answer them:
- •Exercises
- •1 Learn the following active words and expressions and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •10. Translate the following word combinations and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •Exercises
- •1. Learn the following active words:
- •2. (A) Give headings to each paragraph of the text.
- •3. Translate the following sentences:
- •4. Define the non-finite forms of the verb met in the text.
- •5. Put 10 questions to the text.
- •6. Translate the following sentences:
- •7. Speak on:
- •Exercises
Exercises
1. Learn the following active words and use them in the sentences of your own:
Advantage (n) преимущество
alternating current переменный ток
decrease (v) понижать(ся), уменьшать(ся)
determine (v) определять, устанавливать
direct current постоянный ток
direction (n) направление
increase (v) повышать(ся), увеличивать(ся)
liquid (n) жидкость
particle (n) частица
pole (n) полюс
solid (n) твердое вещество
statement (n) утверждение
subject (n) предмет, тема
terminal (n) клемма
voltage (n) напряжение
The Infnitive Constructions
The Subjective Infinitive Construction |
1. He is supposed to work at this plant. 2. She seems to know English well. |
The Objective Infinitive Construction |
1. We suppose him to work at this plant. 2. I saw the water boil. |
2. (a) Translate the following sentences; (b) define the infinitive constructions:
I. Lightning was proved to be a discharge of electricity. 2. The reader is certain to know that alternating voltage can be increased and decreased. 3. Heat is known to be a form of power. 4. We know the electrons to flow from the negative terminal of the battery to the positive one. 5. This scientist is said to have been working on the problem of splitting atoms. I heard this instrument meet the industrial requirements. The students saw the thermometer mercury fall to the fixed point. 8. Coal is considered to be a valuable fuel. 9. We know many articles to have already been written on that subject.
3. According to the models given below form sentences combining suitable parts of the sentence given in Columns I, II, III, IV,
Models: (a) The current is known to consist of moving electrons.
I |
II |
III |
IV |
Professor Rihman
Amber
Lomonosov
Electrical effects
The Fahrenheit scale |
was observed
is known
is said
is known
are known |
to have started
to have been ob-served to have been killed
to attract and to hold to be used |
by man of 25 centuries ago. for Moscow on foot. minute, light ob-jects after rubbing. In English-speaking countries. by a stroke of lightning. |
(b) We know lightning to be a discharge of electricity.
I |
II |
III |
IV |
We know |
Galileo |
to be |
positive and negative. |
the charges |
to have invented |
important effects. |
|
the electric current |
to flow |
an airthermometer. |
|
alternating current |
to produce |
first in one direction and then in another . |
|
Russian scientists |
to have been |
to the science of electricity |
|
static electricity |
to have greatly contributed |
the only electrical phenomenon observed by man |
4. Translate the following sentences using the infinitive:
1. Чтобы быть хорошим инженером, необходимо много читать и учиться. 2. Пирометр используется для измерения температуры горячих металлов. 3. Человек научился расщеплять атомы для того, чтобы получить большое количество энергии. 4. Ученые пытаются решить проблему, связанную с новыми явлениями электричества. 5. Громоотвод — это металлическое приспособление для защиты зданий от молнии. 6. Проводить опыты с атмосферным электричеством было очень опасно в то время. 7. Намагнитить предмет — это значит поместить его в поле магнита.