- •Contents
- •Practice
- •Conversational English
- •Hurry Up! The car is coming!
- •I'll Do That, If I Remember
- •Just for Fun
- •Conversational English
- •How's peter getting on?
- •Text III “gap year”
- •Do you want to travel and work in other countries for a year at this age?
- •Practice
- •Conversational English
- •I enjoyed my holidays
- •Just for Fun
- •Practice
- •William the Conqueror b) Roger Bacon c) Kapitza
- •Conversational English
- •It Must be Сaught at Once!
- •Just for Fun
- •Text V students’ stories (1)
- •A funny thing happened to me
- •Practice
- •Conversational English
- •She Thanked Me for the Present I'd Sent Her
- •Text VI students stories (2)
- •Comprehension check
- •Conversational English
- •Has he recovered yet?
- •Just for Fun
- •Text VII
- •Some types of secondary schools found in england
- •Text VIII schooldays
- •Practice
- •Knowledge is power.
- •Conversational English
- •Just for Fun
- •Part II work book Text I (a letter to my brother) Grammar summary
- •Text II-III (studying at a british university) (gap years) Language summary
- •Чтение сочетаний согласных букв
- •Согласные буквы имеющие два чтения
- •Text IV (oxbridge) Grammar summary Passive Voice
- •Text V–VI (students’ stories) Language summary
- •Grammar summary
- •Text VII–VIII (some types of secondary schools found in england/ schooldays) Grammar summary
- •Lying in the sun
- •Латинские сокращеия
- •Question
- •Short answer Positive
- •Present Continuous
- •Present perfect simple
- •Past Continuous
- •Past Perfect
- •Литература
Чтение сочетаний согласных букв
ck /k/ luck th / / this kn /n/ knife
sh / / she th / / thin ng / / long
ch /t / chess ph /f/ phone nk / k/ think
tch /t / catch qu / kw/ question
wh + o /h/ who
wh + остальные гласные /w/ what
wr в начале слова перед гласными /r/ write
Согласные буквы имеющие два чтения
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1. перед е, i, у читается /s /: nice, city, icy; 2. в остальных случаях /k /: come, cup. |
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1. перед e, I, y читается /d /: large, engine, gymnasium; исключения: get, give, begin; 2. в остальных случаях / /: good, gay. |
Replace the underlined verbs with different verbs that have the same meaning in the context.
Who is giving the lecture?
Did she receive a grant for her course?
Is it more difficult to obtain a place at university?
You have to pass the exams before you can enter university.
He’s studying physics, I think.
I think they’re carrying out some research into the cause of asthma.
I didn’t take any notes in the lecture yesterday.
The course goes on for three years.
Read these sentences spoken by university students. What is each person studying?
We have to know every bone in a person’s body.
I’m concentrating on the modernist style and the work of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The way we use fertilizers is much more precise than twenty years ago.
We’re going to concentrate on Freud and Jung this term.
I’ve been reading some books on time management.
Expressionism was really a reaction to the work of the Impressionists.
We’ve spent a lot of time on American foreign policy and how it has been affected by various domestic problems.
You must know this case – it’s one of the most famous in legal history.
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Mark the stress on each of your answers, check and practice saying the words
How similar is university education in own country? Answer these questions. Compare your answers with someone else’s from your own country and , if possible, with someone’s from a different country.
Do you need to pass exams before you can go to university?
Do some students get a grant to study at university?
Is the tuition free if you go to university?
Do most students go to university at the age of 18 or 19?
Do more students go to university in your country than in Britain?
Do most degree courses last three years?
What is your equivalent of the British BA or BSc?
Do you have similar postgraduate degrees in your country?
In the article (GAP YEARS) Bill uses the following words and expressions.
Absolutely at all only actually do really even |
Look back at the text to see how these words are used to make his writing more emphatic.
Look at the sentences below and add one of the words from the box where you see symbols *. There may be more than one possibility.
1.A: Shall we go?
B: Go? I’ve * just arrived!
2.A: ‘Bye. I* hope you’ll enjoy the film.
B: I’m sure we will. See you later.
3 A: Did you get a lot of work done while I was out?
B: I finished it! I * managed to sort out my paper.
4 A: Was the film good?
B: It was* brilliant!
5 A: It was a nice wedding, didn’t you think?
B: Yes, but I’m afraid I didn’t like Lisa’s dress * .
6 A: Does this look OK?
B: Yes, great. I * like you in red.
7 A: How are you getting on with Alice these days?
B: I can’t * believe it. She’s invited me to lunch!
Find the word in each row containing the sound given at the beginning of the row.
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a) turn |
b) tinned |
c) through |
d)though |
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a) shelf |
b)past |
c) insist |
d) sight |
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a)while |
b) wild |
c) watch |
d) wide |
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[ou] |
a) room |
b) role |
c) roar |
d) rest |
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[e] |
a) bird |
b) bench |
c) believe |
d) belong |
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[k] |
a) knife |
b) joke |
c) invent |
d) cost |
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a) team |
b)tired |
c) thank |
d) touch |
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[u] |
a) love |
b) nice |
c) novel |
d) look |
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a) chalk |
b) champion |
c) care |
d) centre |
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[i:] |
a) medal |
b) map |
c) mean |
d) match |
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[ou] |
a) serve |
b) simple |
c) since |
d) snow |
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[a:] |
a)slave |
b) sharp |
c)smile |
d) small |
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[æ] |
a) aloud |
b) attention |
c) athlete |
d) although |
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a) daylight |
b)dictionary |
c) daughter |
d) distance |
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b) colour |
c) caught |
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a) literature |
b) music |
c) art |
d) painting |
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a) subject |
b) chemistry |
c) biology |
d) physics |
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a) French |
b) German |
c) English |
d) foreign |
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a) disease |
b) flu |
c) hepatitis |
d) Aids |
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a) alligator |
b) dog |
c) elephant |
d) animal |
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a) the Amazon |
b) the Volga |
c) the Themes |
d) river |
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a) money |
b) credit card |
c) finance |
d) currency |
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a) parents |
b) mother |
c) father |
d) Dad |
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a) London |
b) capital |
c) Moscow |
d) Paris |
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a) Asia |
b) Europe |
c) America |
d) world |
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a) woman |
b) gentleman |
c) baby |
d) person |
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a) teacher |
b) artist |
c) doctor |
d) profession |
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a) faculty |
b) university |
c) chair |
d) deanery |
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a) storm |
b) rain |
c) nature |
d) snow |
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a) school |
b) building |
c) university |
d) hospital |
