- •Часть I
- •Chapter 1 Country Beginnings
- •I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •VI.State the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •VII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •VIII.State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •IX.Reproduce the following sentences in reported speech.
- •X.Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •XI. Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •XIII. Give the literary translation of the extract: p. 9. “Margaret Lacey…Her whole life.”
- •XIV. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words from Appendix 1.
- •XV. Answer the following questions.
- •XVI. Make up dialogues between:
- •XVII. Give the retelling of the text as if you were:
- •Chapter 2 Morning at Elm Hill
- •I Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Give the literary translation of the extract: p.15. “She was an ambitious woman… did not like children”.
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1.
- •Chapter 3 Anna Meets Her Class
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Give the literary translation of the extract: p.22. “There were only fourteen members… for any length of time.”
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Chapter 4 Pavements and Parents
- •Reproduce the dialogues of the chapter in indirect speech using the word combinations of the previous exercise and Appendix 2.
- •Write out, translate, transcribe and pronounce all the names of plants mentioned in the chapter. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.
- •XIV.Give the literary translation of the extract: p.26. “It was soon after this that Anna… the bell put a stop to her speculations.”
- •XV.Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •XVI.Answer the following questions.
- •XVII.Make up dialogues between:
- •XVIII.Give the retelling of the chapter as if you were:
- •Chapter 5
- •I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •XIII.Give the literary translation of the extract: p.39. “They were certainly a rum lot… that he had.”
- •Reproduce the dialogues of the chapter in indirect speech using the word combinations of the previous exercise and Appendix 2.
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Chapter 6 Genuine Articles
- •Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate, transcribe and pronounce them.
- •Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words.
- •Explain the use of tenses in the following sentences.
- •Explain the form and the meaning of the Infinitive in the following sentences.
- •Explain the form of the Gerund in the following sentences.
- •Explain the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 7 Occupational Hazzards
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 8 An Everyday Young Man
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •XI. Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •XII Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 9 Plays and Pipe Dreams
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •VIII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences
- •IX .State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •X.Translate from English into Russian.
- •XI.Translate from Russian into English
- •Chapter 10 Country Christmas
- •X. Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •XI. Give the literary translation of the extract: p.71. “Young Edward Merchant… as welcoming as she could.”
- •XII Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Make up dialogues between:
- •XII.Retell the text as if you were:
- •Appendix 1 Phrases expressing agreement and disagreement
- •Appendix 2 Reported speech
- •Использованная литература
- •Appendix 3
Chapter 1 Country Beginnings
I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
Good nature
Fair good looks
The birth of younger brothers caused her no jealousy
Practical and sensible upbringing
The simple virtues of truthfulness and neighbourliness
To value greatly
All one’s past is an open book
Straight-backed
Long-legged
A mop of curly hair
Average academic abilities
Patient and cheerful disposition
Boisterous health
To take up teaching
To do work with zest and efficiency
To do something useful in the world
To be brought up in the tradition of useful service
To daunt smb.
To depress smb.
To lift one’s spirits
To seem doubly dear
II.Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.
To raise one’s mood, to work with great effort and good results, all your deeds are known by people, a pleasant appearance, to choose a career of a teacher, a very strong health, to upset somebody.
III.Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate and transcribe them.
To hurl, to adjust, to lie, to lay, to hang, to twitch, to sit, to seat, to bargain, to accompany, to blow, to spread, to toss, to murmur, to envy, to outbreak, to run, to bake, to mend, to cycle, to endure, to bring up, to daunt, to think, to smell.
IV.Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words, use them in the sentences of your own.
Perpetual, mauve, dimension, fascinated, spacious, gesture, cretonne, anxious, grudgingly, conciliatory, privet, rural, horizon, burly, giant, cheerfulness, hefty, good-tempered, courtship, jealousy, virtues, wholeheartedly, wisdom, clack-clacking, acre, queue, immaculate, philosophically, honeysuckle, throng.
V.Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.
She had travelled across London and had felt the oppression of spirits which row upon row of streets always produced on her.
]Margaret Lacey, … was now approaching fifty…
Her father had been a miller and had lived and worked all his life in a tall lovely building which stood by the … river Low.
… in her dinner hours she would go into the library…
… the girl realized … that by the time it had turned golden she would be teaching, and would not be there to see all the days of harvest.
VI.State the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
She twitched the curtain aside to show a rail containing three… hangers.
She pressed her back against the wall to allow Mrs. Flynn to pass…
… you will have to face a bus journey every day.
There will be books to mark and handwork to prepare.
… I must have somewhere to bring friends…
…they seemed to be fluttering in welcome.
…she would not be there to see all the days of harvest.
…Where modern poets could be found…
VII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
I hadn’t bargained for letting two rooms.
…wryly watched her meals being whittled away…
It began whirring before striking ten o’clock…
… in work which she was capable of doing with zest…
Working with children will stand you in good stead…