- •Irkutsk
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- •«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
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- •Автор-составитель: Хлызова Наталья Юрьевна
Correct the mistakes:
The story under analysis is a sample of the emotive poem. Mark Cheever tells this story of the Asian family. The plot centers around the family hearth as the war looms. The prevailing prose system used is dialog intermingled with description in order to characterize every member of the family. The atmosphere of the story is relaxing. The text is based on the effect of climax, but suspense and parallel constructions also play very important role in the story. It is clear that the theme of this text is starving and the way it effects people wherever they live. But in fact there are no concrete words about war, the author masterfully shows people’s fear to voice this scary word. As they say don’t take devil’s name in vain, not to bring disaster upon your home. Here suspense is taking place. Throughout the story there are only indications of the war, such as: “We’ll all spend the rest of our lives in uniform”, “Antwerp, Liège, Amiens, Beauvais, They’re all ruins now.”, “They don’t have coffee, they don’t have butter. They don’t have whisky, they don’t have homes. At one meal we eat more meat than anybody in Europe sees in six months.”, Maybe I’ll have to go to Asia. I’ll be in the first draft, I always imagine soldiers as and so on. We don’t know about what exactly war they were talking, but the words: “After the World War when there was all that trouble in Armenia” we can guess that it was The second World War. The episode that old Mrs. Towle told about the intruder on the pier is also the implication to the fact the something bad broke into their posh life. The place indication is also implied on the reader through the words: “the Adirondacks* were more beautiful than anything in Asia” , “big house in Westchester”, “Long Island”, we understand that it is China. In the very beginning there is a description of the war that is where Climax starts growing.
Write a brief critical/complimentary assessment of the story. Cliché for retelling
I would like to tell you a story ... written by ... . The facts are as the followed:… The book is about ... who ... .
The story I would like to speak about is written by ... . We know that the author ... The book is devoted to ... .
I've read a very unusual (exciting, sad, thrilling, exaggerated, etc.) story by ... .
It touches upon (deals with) the problems/issues of ... .
The narration begins with ....
The author draws the reader's attention to ....
The author shows ….
The text shows/tells/teaches us….
It reflects….
It gives a real picture of the life.
He makes the reader believe.....
It serves to stress ....
It prepares the ground for ....
The emotional state of the character is revealed ....
The author's presentation of....
The main idea of the story is …..
It’s quite obvious that ….
I think/believe/suppose/consider
It seems to me ….
As far as I know/ understand from the text….
Frankly-speaking/honestly-speaking/generally- speaking
Judging by the text ….
The point/problem/issue is that …
In other words; in short; in fact; otherwise; after all
No wonder (that)
Nothing of the kind
By the way