- •Irkutsk
- •Content
- •«Goodbye, my brother»
- •Read the story.
- •Match the words to their definitions:
- •Give the synonyms of the words:
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Say if the statements are true or false. Provide evidence:
- •Replace Russian words by their English equivalents:
- •Insert prepositions or adverbs.
- •Perform the dialog. Express the feelings of the characters:
- •Match the words with opposite meaning:
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Fill in the blanks with the words given bellow that go with the meaning of the sentences in a proper grammar form:
- •Insert prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •Speak about the characters of the story:
- •Make a summary of the story.
- •Discuss the following questions:
- •Correct the mistakes if necessary:
- •Replace Russian words by their English equivalents. Ask 8-10 special questions to cover the contents.
- •Retell the story in the name of Roxanne Milbank.
- •Title the main parts of the story:
- •«The seaside houses»
- •Think of the idea of the story. What is the author message to the reader?
- •Put the parts of the story in a proper order:
- •Discuss the following questions:
- •Comment on the statements from the story:
- •Write a letter to the narrator of the story warning him about the narrator of the story of his actions.
- •Read the story.
- •Match the words to their definitions:
- •Match the verbs with the nouns:
- •Write down all domestic chores mentioned in the story.
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Read the following sentences and try to choose the best answer. Prove your idea.
- •Speak about the characters:
- •Who said that? Answer the questions:
- •Make a summary of the story.
- •«A call loan»
- •Give synonyms of the following words:
- •Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the vocabulary. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Find ten factual mistakes and correct them:
- •«My first car»
- •Give antonyms of the following words:
- •Insert prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Correct the mistake:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Say if the statements are true or false. Provide evidence:
- •Summarize the story.
- •Look through the text once again and explain the author’s ideas:
- •A dollar on the conscience
- •Customer, store, note, conscience, storekeeper, purse, coin, bundle, counter, bargain.
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •Act out the dialog. Analyze the situation:
- •Retell the story in the name of Mr. Levering.
- •Look through the text once again, and comment on the author’s expressions:
- •Put the extracts into the right order:
- •Discuss the following, giving your arguments for or against.
- •«The purple dress»
- •Give the derivatives where possible:
- •Cross out the word that doesn’t belong in the same group:
- •Read the text again, study the meanings of the following words and word combination and define their contextual meaning. Give your own sentences to illustrate it:
- •Choose the right answer:
- •Speak about the characters of the story:
- •Who said that? Answer the questions:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Make a summary of the story.
- •Put a proper preposition or an adverb if necessary:
- •Find 10 factual mistakes and correct them:
- •Comment on the sentences from the story:
- •«A flutter in eggs»
- •Choose the right answer:
- •Fill in an appropriate word:
- •Retell the story in the name of Lucille Arral.
- •Title the extracts from the story:
- •Summarize the story.
- •Find in the text the indications of the food. Put them down.
- •Put the parts of the story to the right order:
- •Say if the statements are true or false. Provide evidence:
- •Correct the mistakes:
- •Write a brief critical/complimentary assessment of the story. Cliché for retelling
- •References:
- •Useful links:
- •Автор-составитель: Хлызова Наталья Юрьевна
Discuss the following, giving your arguments for or against.
Customers are supposed to tip 10% of the cost.
Money doesn't get dirty.
XII. Answer the question in writing:
1. Why did not the author give the customer a name? Include one example from the text to support your answer.
«The purple dress»
by O. Henry
Read the story.
Give the Russian variant of the title.
Complete the sentences using the words from the story:
______is a popular trend in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior.
______is a close-fitting waist-length garment, without sleeves or collar and buttoning down the front.
______is a person whose occupation is making fitted clothes such as suits, pants, and jackets to fit individual customers.
______is a strip of gathered or pleated material sewn by one side onto a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.
______is threads of silk, cotton or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments.
______is a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.
______is the end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on.
______is a large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.
______is a shoe worn over a normal shoe, typically either of waterproof material to protect the normal shoe in wet weather or of fabric to protect a floor surface.
______is to mend (knitted material or a hole in this) by weaving yarn across the hole with a needle.
Give the derivatives where possible:
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Verb
Noun
Adjective/Participle
Adverb
darn
crank
sew
plaited
knit
stylishly
trimmed
luxuriously
Cross out the word that doesn’t belong in the same group:
collar, sleeve, vest cuff;
robe, band, coat, skirt;
basque, lace, ribbon, braid;
puff, velvet, silk, cheviot;
tailor, dresser, clerk, seamstress;
trimmed, draped, plaited, wrapped.
Read the text again, study the meanings of the following words and word combination and define their contextual meaning. Give your own sentences to illustrate it:
to get a fit;
look awful swell;
store folks;
to shop in carriages;
sly boots;
an educated wink.