- •Entry test 1
- •Укажите правильный вариант временных форм глаголов в скобках:
- •Выберите правильный артикль:
- •Выберите правильный предлог:
- •Выберите соответствующее местоимение:
- •Выберите правильный вариант перевода следующих предложений:
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •Remember the words:
- •The passive voice
- •1. Study the general models of the Passive constructions. Say what tenses are used and translate into Russian:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •1. Read the text, find all sentences with Passive Voice and translate them. Building materials
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •High scale of construction
- •Improve your word power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •Lime and sand
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Housebuilding combine
- •2. Read and translate into Russian using a dictionary. Egyptian pyramids
- •Improve Your Word Power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:
- •Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Fill in the blanks with one of the following prepositions: of, in, to, according, into, between, from.
- •Where did primitive people look for protection?
- •Put the following sentences of the text in a chronological order.
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •1. Read the words. Put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •7. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms:
- •1. Read and translate the text: cement
- •7. Fill in the blanks with one of the following prepositions: due to, of, to, in, on, by.
- •2. Write 10 questions to the text.
- •3. Read and translate into Russian:
- •Improve Your Word Power.
- •Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •1. Pay attention to the different forms of the infinitive and their meaning.
- •2. Read and translate the sentences in which the Infinitive is used as:
- •3. Look for the Complex Object and translate the sentences.
- •4. Look for the Complex Subject. Translate the sentences.
- •5. Translate the sentences with Infinitive:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •Read and translate the text: types of portland cement
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Translate into English:
- •White cement
- •Pozzuolana
- •I. Improve your word power.
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •3. Form the adjectives from the following nouns with the help of the suffixes: -ic, -ive, -ous, -cy, -ness, -ing, -tion.
- •II. Reading Comprehension.
- •1. Read and translate the text “Classes of cement”.
- •Progress test 2
- •2. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов:
- •3. Определите, соответствуют ли следующие утверждения действительности. Поставьте знаки t (True – верно ) или f (False – неверно ).
- •Entry test
- •Выберите правильную форму в следующих предложениях:
- •Поставьте слова в правильном порядке:
- •Укажите правильный вариант перевода подчеркнутых грамматических явлений:
- •I. Improve Your Word Power.
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words.
- •2. Study your active vocabulary:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension.
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •1. Remember what Russian words have the same roots as English ones, match equivalents on the right:
- •The participle
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the forms and functions of the Participle:
- •Insert the appropriate form of the Participle from brackets; translate the sentences.
- •Lime mortar
- •2. Write 10 questions to the text.
- •3. Read and translate into Russian.
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:
- •6. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension:
- •Read and trandlate the text properties of mortar
- •Answer the following questions:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •Ask questions to all points of the following sentence:
- •2. Ask questions to the following sentences in pairs. Use the expressions: I wonder, I want to know, as far as I know, in fact, it’s hard to say, to my mind, in my opinion, I believe, I suppose.
- •Make the sentences interrogative and give short answers:
- •Translate into Russian paying attention to the Nominative absolute Participial Constructions:
- •Special kinds of heavy concrete.
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •1. Read and translate the sentences in which the Gerund is used as:
- •2. Point out the gerunds; translate the sentences:
- •III. Reading Comprehension.
- •Read and translate the text: concrete
- •4. Ask questions to the following sentences in pairs. Use the expressions: I wonder, as far as I know, in fact, it is hard to say, to my mind, I believe, I suppose.
- •5. Say whether it is true or false:
- •VI. Supplementary Reading.
- •1. Read and retell the text: water
- •Water in cement
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:
- •II. Reading Comprehension:
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study.
- •1. Make up sentences with the following word-combinations:
- •2. Translate the following word combinations into English:
- •Gas concrete
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •4. Translate the following words into Russian:
- •5. Chose the adjectives from column 2 to the nouns in column 1:
- •Aggregate
- •3. State what part of speech the –ing forms in bold type belong to ; translate the sentences:
- •Colour of aggregate
- •I. Improve your word power:
- •1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:
- •Reinforced concrete
- •Bonding new concrete to old
- •2. Answer the following questions to the topic:
- •Vocabulary
1. Pay attention to the different forms of the infinitive and their meaning.
1. I like to ask questions. Я люблю задавать вопросы.
2. I like to be asked many questions. Я люблю, когда мне задают много вопросов.
3. They seem to be asking something about the seminar. Кажется, они что-то спрашивают о семинаре.
4. I remember to have asked this question. Я помню, что задавал этот вопрос.
5. I remember to have been asked this question. Я помню, что мне задавали этот вопрос.
2. Read and translate the sentences in which the Infinitive is used as:
1) subject (подлежащее);
Model: To know English is helpful – знать (Знать английский полезно.)
a) To check the result of the experiment is important.
b) To define which of these numerals is greater is not difficult.
c) To answer this question means to find a solution of the problem.
2) adverbial modifier (наречие);
Model: To know English you must work hard – Чтобы знать английский, вы должны упорно работать.
a) To be a good engineer you must study well at the Building Engineering Faculty.
b) The assistant came to instruct students how to produce cement, mortar and concrete blocks.
c) The assistant came to be instructed by the professor.
3) part of a predicate (часть сказуемого);
Model: Our task is to go hand in hand with the latest development in science. – Наша задача – идти в ногу с полезными достижениями в науке.
Automatic control of the entire process is to be performed.
The main idea of this report was to analyze the reason of shrinkage.
The intention of this author has been to show some newly developed methods in construction.
4) object (дополнение);
Model: I expect to be given complete information about properties of sand. – Я рассчитываю, что мне дадут полную информацию о свойствах песка.
I want to buy a new book about artificial building materials.
She was allowed to miss the lecture.
We learnt to change building materials into units of assembly, prefabricated or precast construction members.
5) attribute (определение);
Model: The problem to be discussed is interesting. – Проблема, которая будет обсуждена, интересна.
The device to be bought must be checked beforehand.
Most of the problems in the chapter to follow will be problems of producing Portland cement.
The lecture to be followed by the experiment is to take place at 10 a.m.
3. Look for the Complex Object and translate the sentences.
Models:
1) We know them to have completed the construction of this plant. – Мы знаем, что они завершили строительство этого завода.
2) I want my friend to read the article about concrete construction. – Я хочу, чтобы мой друг прочитал статью о бетонной конструкции.
3) They saw the workers make cement. – Они видели, что рабочие делали цемент.
4) She made me change my opinion. – Она заставила меня изменить мнение.
1. The engineer wanted the new devices to be tested in our lab. 2. We heard him report on the results of his work. 3. I have never seen him make this experiment. 4. They expect us to have accomplished task. 5.We believe them to have been supplied with the best building materials.