5. Make up dialogues using phrases from phonetic exercises according to the following model:

Model: \This is an 'old ^park.

/Is it?

It ^is.

Test 4

1. Ask to repeat the following statements using alternative questions.

Model: This 'text is ´difficult | but 'not `easy. ||

—´Sorry, | 'is this 'text ´difficult | or `easy?

1. Aberdeen University is old but not new. 2. She studies German but not English. 3. She has sisters but not brothers. 4. He has got a seminar in history but not in pedagogics. 5. She is sure to fail in physics but not in Russian. 6. She has got many mistakes in her reading but not few. 7. There is much work to do but not little. 8. There are 15 faculties at our University but not 14. 9. The history of our University dates back to 1872 but not to 1870. 10. Today according to tlie time-table we have two seminars but not two lectures. 11. She knows the system of education in ancient Rome but not in ancient Greece. 12. He likes football but not hockey.

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2 Make up alternative questions using the following sentences.

Model: She 'lives in `Moscow. She 'lives in `Kiev. 'Does she 'live in ´Moscow | or in `Kiev? ||

1. This text is difficult. This text is easy. 2. She studies German. She studies English. 3. They go to the Crimea every year. They go to the Caucasus every year. 4. Your family is big. Your family is small. 5. There are five members in Ann's family. There are six members in Ann's family. 6. You study at the Institute. You study at the University. 7. She has passed her exam in English. She has pas­sed her exam in history. 8. It takes Helen an hour to get to the Institute. It takes Helen half an hour to get to tlie Institute. 9. Peter is a hard-working student. Peter is a lazy-bones. 10. There is much milk at home. There is little milk at home. 11. There are many students in tlie room. There are few students in the room. 12. There is mucli snow in Moscow in winter. There is little snow in Moscow in winter.

3. Read the text, mark the stresses and tunes, prepare it for test reading.

There are twenty-two universities in Great Britain: sixteen in England, four in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland.

A University consists of a number of faculties: medicine, arts, philosophy, law, music, natural science, economics, engineering, agriculture, commerce and education. After three years of study a student may proceed to a Bachelor's degree, later to the degrees of Master and Doctor.

The leading universities in England are: Oxford, Cambridge and London. English universities greatly differ from each other. They differ in date of foundation, history, tradition, internal government, methods of instruction, ways of student life, size, etc. Each universi­ty has its own problems, each looks at tliem in its own way.

4. Read the story and render it.

My friend Tom is very capable and he can do some very diffi­cult tilings. But the easier the thing, the less capable he feels to do it. For instance, he can drive a car, sail a boat, drive a tractor but be cannot ride a bicycle. Isn't that a funny thing?

Tom is a good sportsman. He can play basketball, volleyball, football and tennis. He can also run, skate, and ski very well. But lie cannot swim. Isn't it strange?

He learns languages easily too. He can speak English, German, Italian, and French. He can speak, write, and read these languages. He can read and write Chinese but he cannot speak it. He cannot speak a word. How ridiculous!