- •Министерство образования Республики Беларусь
- •Кафедра белорусского и иностранных языков
- •Гомель 2003
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •Read the words and study their meaning:
- •Read the word combinations, give their Russian equivalents
- •Read the following sentences with new words
- •Insert the suitable word from active vocabulary:
- •5. Make up sentences using new words and expressions.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •A home in england
- •Food and eating habits.
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises.
- •1. Read the words and word combinations and memorize them.
- •1. Places to eat:
- •2. At a restaurant/ cafe/ pub:
- •3. Meals and courses:
- •4. Quality of food / general appearance:
- •4.Make up sentences of your own, using the following expressions:
- •Eating out
- •1.After you read these texts, answer the questions:
- •2. Ask your groupmates all kinds of questions concerning eating traditions in Belarus and abroad:
- •3. Look through the text “At a pub” and compose a dialogue, discussing pubs:
- •4.1. Read the dialogues and answer the questions:
- •4.2. Read and reproduce the dialogues, using the prompts in the boxes.
- •I should very much like some cookies, please.
- •4.3. Each reply from the given list is a waiter's reply. Imagine you're a visitor of a restaurant and answer it.
- •4.4. Discuss the following situations in pairs:
- •5. Speak on the topic. Travelling and tourism
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises.
- •Read the words and study their meaning.
- •6. Entertain развлекаться, забавляться.
- •25. To board one/s plane (boat, ship), on board
- •Read the words combinations, give their Russian equivalents
- •3 Read the following sentences with new words
- •4 Insert the suitable word from the active vocabulary.
- •5 Make up sentences.
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises.
- •1. Read the words and study their meaning.
- •2. Read the word-combinations , give their Russian equivalents and memorize them:
- •3. Read the following sentences with new words and put all kinds of questions to them:
- •4. Insert the suitable word from the active vocabulary.
- •5. Make up sentences with new words.
- •Spending Money : Shopping
- •2. Read the text again. As you read it note down any thing about ways in which shopping in our country differs from that of Britain and other English – speaking countries.
- •3. Speak on the topic “Shopping” ecology. Environmental pollution
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises.
- •1. Read the words and study their meaning.
- •2.Read the word combinations, give their Russian equivalents and memorize them
- •3.Read the following sentences with new words and put all kinds of questions to them
- •5. Make up sentences :
- •1.Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •3. Give answers to these questions.
- •4. Look through the text and discuss the problem of:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •2. Read the word-combinations, give their Russian equivalents and memorize them:
- •3. Read the following sentences with new words and put all kinds of questions to them:
- •4. Insert the suitable word from the active vocabulary:
- •5. Make up sentences with the following words:
- •1.Read the text and be ready to answer the questions that follow it: mass media
- •2.Ask your groupmate all kinds of questions about a key role of mass media in shaping our views.
- •3.Look through the text and discuss advantages and disadvantages of all the mass media.
- •4.1.Read the text and answer the questions:
- •4.2.Read the text and speak on the following:
- •4.3.Read the text and say what new facts you have found in it:
- •5.Speak on the topic “Mass Media”.
- •Vocabulary and speech exercises.
- •Engineering – инженерное дело; техника
- •Практическое пособие
- •Авторы - составители: Пузенко Иван Николаевич
Vocabulary and speech exercises.
1. Read the words and study their meaning.
1. to go shopping делать покупки
Do you often go shopping ?
2. bargain удачная (выгодная) покупка
Many people go to the market in search of bargains.
3. to be on sale быть в продаже
Milk , butter , cheese are on sale at the dairy shop.
4. customer покупатель
5. shop - assistant продавец
syn salesgirl
The shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants.
6. cash-desk касса
syn check-out counter
Could you show me where the cash-desk is ?
7. purchase покупка
You pay for the purchase at the cash-desk.
8. grocery бакалея
Sugar , tea , salt , flour are sold at the grocery.
9. department store универмаг
A department store is composed of many departments.
10. ready-made clothes готовая одежда
There was a good selection of raincoats in the ready-made clothes department.
11. to try on примерять
Would you like to try on this dress ?
12. fitting-room примерочная
13. knitwear трикотаж
In the knitwear department we can buy woolen cardigans and pullovers.
14. self-service самообслуживание
Supermarkets are self-service shops.
15. cash наличные деньги
16. charge оплата чеком
Is it cash or charge ?
17. to stock иметь в продаже
The shop stocks only cheap goods.
18. to pick up приобретать
The customers are happy if they can pick up a bargain.
2. Read the word-combinations , give their Russian equivalents and memorize them:
2.1 Pick up a bargain , men’s and women’s, clothing stores , sell goods , pay for the purchase , buy shoes , go from counter to counter , be composed of many departments, take customers to different floors , things for sale , choose suits , reasonable prices , self-service shop.
3. Read the following sentences with new words and put all kinds of questions to them:
You can buy all sorts of meat at the butcher’s.
I want a pair of brown gloves , size 6.
All the things for sale are on the counters.
The Department store sell the most comfortable furniture.
Sometimes many people go to the market in search of bargains.
In a self-service shop the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy.
The shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants.
Shopping is a pleasant pastime when you can afford to buy the things you like.
Most of the shops open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 or 9 at night.
In big shops the customer does not pay the shop-assistant but takes the bill to the cash-desk and pays cashier.
There is a tendency in England and America for the small shops to disappear.
4. Insert the suitable word from the active vocabulary.
1. For some people . . . is a pleasant pastime.
2. In a super-market . . . serves himself and pays at the . . . on leaving the shop.
3. Manufactured goods . . . at department stores.
4. At the check-out counter . . . of the purchases are added up.
5. You pay money to the . . . and he gives you back the change.
6. We bought some pork and beef . . . .
7. . . . showed us a number of suits.
8. The last suit was just my . . . and fitted me perfectly.
9. Let’s walk round the shop first and see what . . . . . . today.
10. We . . . the money at the cash-desk , give the receipt back to . . . and then get our . . . .