- •First term Topic 1. English Is a Language of Communication
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Make up sentences using the following phrases, as in the model.
- •2. Complete the sentences. Put am, is, are, or have, has into the gaps.
- •3. Answer the questions. Give short and full answers where it is possible.
- •4. Put questions to the following sentences.
- •5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English in writing.
- •Topic 2. About Myself
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Circle the articles in the following sentences.
- •2. Read the text about the Forrester family. Put a, the or nothing into the gaps. Explain your choice.
- •3. Mr. Forrester talks about his holidays. Put a, the or nothing into the gaps. Explain your choice.
- •4. Change the numerals as in the example.
- •5. Write the following numbers in words.
- •Topic 3. My Working Day The Man with 13 Jobs
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Rewrite the following sentences using personal pronouns.
- •2. Translate the English phrases into Russian.
- •3. Rewrite the following phrases using the possessive case.
- •5. Write answers to the following questions using the words in brackets and put the apostrophe in the right place.
- •Topic 4. My Day Off Relaxing Sundays
- •Grammar
- •5. Put the sentences in plural and write them down. Pay attention to the changes of the verb.
- •Topic 5. My House (Flat)
- •Grammar
- •1. Write questions with “how much…“ or “how many…“.
- •2. Insert much, many or a lot in the blank spaces.
- •3. Connect these sentences with “although“. Make one sentence.
- •4. Match a line in a with a line in b and a line in c.
- •Topic 6. Shops and Shopping Shops and Shopping in London
- •Grammar
- •1. Form the degrees of comparison.
- •3. Complete the following conversations by supplying the comparative form of the adjective in brackets in a and its opposite in b.
- •4. Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjective.
- •5. Translate the sentences with comparative structures.
- •Topic 7. Diversity of Hobbies
- •Second term Topic 8. At the Theatre
- •Grammar
- •1. State the number of the sentences in Present Simple Tense.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the right form of the verb.
- •4. Choose the right variant for each sentence.
- •5. Use the required tense instead of the infinitive in brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •Topic 9. Cinema in Our Life
- •Grammar
- •1. Write the Past Simple form for the following verbs.
- •2. How do you pronounce “ -ed“ in the verbs above? Next to the Past Simple form write [ t ], [ d ], [ıd ].
- •3. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then give true answers.
- •5. Put did, was, or were into the gaps.
- •6. Ask questions as in the example.
- •7. Communicative situations.
- •Grammar
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets in the future form.
- •2. Make the following sentences negative.
- •3. Change these sentences to the “going to“ future.
- •4. Read and say what you (he, she) will do or will not do.
- •Topic 10. At the Museum
- •Grammar
- •1. Answer the questions. Give short and full answers.
- •2. Make these sentences negative and interrogative.
- •3. Choose the correct form of the verb. Translate your variant.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Topic 11. Sport in Our Life
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Make the following interrogative and negative.
- •2. Change the following into the Past Continuous Tense.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.
- •2. Choose the right variant.
- •3. State the tense of the verbs.
- •Topic 12. Education in Our Life
- •Grammar
- •1. State the type of the questions and answer them correctly.
- •2. Put the questions to the italicized words.
- •3. Make up questions using the following words.
- •4. Add tags to the following.
- •Topic 13. Travelling
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Use Participle II of these verbs in the sentences below.
- •3. Complete the sentences.
- •4. Answer the questions using the Present Perfect tense.
- •5. Translate the sentences into English.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Connect the sentences with “ before “ using the Past Perfect Tense.
- •2. Complete the following sentences.
- •3. Put the verb “to write” in the appropriate form.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Put the verbs in the brackets into the Future Perfect Tense, and fill the spaces by replacing the auxiliary.
- •2. Test. Choose the right tense of the verb.
- •Topic 14. Mass Media
- •The Internet
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Rewrite the following sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the future.
- •2. Change the verb from the past tense into the “going to” form.
- •1. Give the modal meaning of the verbs.
- •2. Change the following sentences using the equivalents of the modal verbs and the Past or Future Simple Tense.
- •3. Rephrase the following situations using an appropriate modal verb as in the example.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Complete the following sentences using modal auxiliary verbs.
- •2. Put the modal verbs in the gaps and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •3. Add the short form construction using the words and neither to each of the following negative statements. Use the subjects shown in brackets.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Put the verb in brackets into the right form.
- •Topic 15. My College of Technologies and Design
- •1. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Act the dialogue. College Life
2. Test. Choose the right tense of the verb.
1. – Can you come to me on Friday?
- Sorry, I’d love to, but I … for Paris tomorrow.
a. leave b. am leaving c. will leave
2. Let’s go to the snack bar.
- What … we … for lunch?
a. are … going to have b. are … having c. shall … have
3. - Have you finished your translation?
- I … the translation by 9 o’clock tomorrow.
a. shall have finished b. have finished c. had finished
4. In three months he … here for a year.
a. has been b. will have been c. was
5. I … Dick today.
a. haven’t seen b. hadn’t seen c. didn’t see
6. Were you tired after the skiing trip yesterday? - Yes, I … .
a. were b. did c. was
Topic 14. Mass Media
Mass media play an important role in our life. They are usually defined by encyclopedias as any of the means of communication, such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, etc. that reach and influence a very large audience, at least as large as the whole population of a nation. The term was coined in 1920s with emerging of nationwide radio networks and of mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. I believe mass media are so influential because they can be used for various purposes: popularisation, for business or social concerns (advertising, marketing, public relations, and political communication), education, entertainment, video and computer games, journalism, public service announcements. Media include radio and television, films, various types of discs or tapes used for music and computer, Internet, publishing on paper (books, magazines, and newspapers).
Mass media play a crucial role in forming public opinion. They do it in a number of ways: first, they communicate the world to individuals. Much of the news media is made up of newsgathering by large organizations. Just four main news agencies — AP, UPI, Reuters and Agence France Presse — claim together to provide 90 % of the total news output of the world's press, radio and television. Second, they reproduce modern society's self-image by forcing attention to certain issues. They build up public images of political figures. They are constantly presenting objects suggesting what individuals in the mass should think about, know about, have feelings about. Because some of the media produce material which often is good, impartial, and serious, they have respect and authority. If we look into the reasons why the mass media shape public opinion, we will see, first of all, that in practice the ethics of the press and television provides a vital support for the existing order. Second, many of the mass media in practice cater for the tastes of some social group. Shaping the public opinion inside this group, they create the audience which supports them financially by buying the newspaper or watching the TV channel.
But how much do the media influence the modern society? Early critiques suggested that the media destroys the individual's capacity to act autonomously. Later studies, however, suggest a more complex interaction between the media and society. People actively interprete and evaluate the media and the information it provides.
Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. Mass media are means of communication, such as radio, television, newspapers,
magazines, which create a very large audience.
2. Mass media are so influential as they are used for popularisation for business and
social concerns, education, entertainment, advertisements, and so on.
3. Mass media play a crucial role in forming public opinion, because, first, they
communicate the world to individuals, second, they reproduce the modern society's
self-image, third, they cater for the tastes of some social group.
4. The four main news agencies provide 90 % of the total news output of the world's
press, radio and television.
5. Mass media constantly force attention to certain issues, build up images of political
figures and present various objects suggesting what people should think about
them.
6. As some amount of the information they present is impartial and serious, they have
respect and authority.
7. They create the audience which supports them financially.