- •Английский язык
- •Предисловие
- •Lesson 1 about myself and my family
- •Grammar practice
- •1. Fill the gaps with appropriate pronouns given in the brackets.
- •2. Finish the sentences with the pronouns him/her/them.
- •3. Fill the gaps with appropriate pronouns.
- •4. Use the verb to be in the correct form. Translate the sentences.
- •5. Put the following sentences into negative form and make general questions. Give short answers.
- •7. Translate the sentences paying attention on the combinations with the verb to be.
- •8. Use the verb to have in correct tense.
- •9. Make questions using the verbs to be, to have in correct form.
- •10. Translate the sentences into English. Use the expressions with verbs to be, to have:
- •11. Put in the missing articles (a/ an/ the) where necessary.
- •12. Put the following words in correct order.
- •Reading and translation practice
- •My biography
- •Vocabulary
- •Language activity
- •Answer the questions.
- •2. Read and translate a short story and do tasks below. Doreen’s Family
- •3. There are different types of families such as:
- •4. Match the beginning and the end of the sentences and translate them.
- •7. Make a story about yourself and your family filling the gaps.
- •8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •9. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •Conversation practice
- •1. Read and translate the dialogue. Family Life
- •2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about your families and family relations. Writing practice
- •1. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Michael, who writes:
- •2. Write an essay on the topic “Family Life”. Lesson 2 home, sweet home
- •Grammar practice
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verb to be.
- •2. Combine the two sentences using there is/ there are.
- •3. Put the sentences into negative form and ask the general questions.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the necessary adverbial modifier and answer the questions.
- •5. Put questions to the italic words using Who? What? How many? How much? Where?
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •8. Choose the correct item.
- •9. Ask questions to the given answers.
- •10. Choose the right word.
- •11. Use some, any, every, no or their derivative.
- •12. Complete the sentences. Use on, at or in.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate preposition of place.
- •14. Answer the questions using the numerals in brackets.
- •15. Put cardinal numbers into ordinal.
- •16. Read in English.
- •Reading and translation practice
- •House of my dream
- •Vocabulary
- •Language activity
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •4. Fill the gaps in the text with the words: tenants, deposit, furnished, advance, landlord, share
- •5. Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
- •6. Finish the sentences using the given variants.
- •7. Put the sentences in logical order to form a story.
- •8. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •Conversation practice
- •1. Read and translate the dialogue. Renting a Flat
- •2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about the place he/she lives in. Writing practice
- •1. Write a letter to your friend abroad telling him/her of your home (your grandparents’ house, the place where you stayed in summer).
- •2. Write an essay on the topic “Home, Sweet Home”. Lesson 3 leisure-time activities
- •Grammar practice
- •2. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words.
- •3. Write the words in
- •9. Translate into English paying attention to the use of demonstrative pronouns.
- •10. Write answers to the questions.
- •12. Look at these time expressions.
- •13. Insert prepositions of time.
- •Reading and translation practice
- •Vocabulary
- •Language activity
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Ask the questions to the following answers.
- •3. Look at the proverbs below. Think of Russian equivalents of these proverbs. Do you agree or disagree with the proverbs? Do you follow any of them?
- •4. From the following list of people’s hobbies find out the proper ones to fulfill the table below.
- •5. Here are some people talking about their hobbies. Can you
- •6. Which of the mentioned above activities you find mostly:
- •7. Complete the sentences with the appropriate adjectives:
- •8. Look at the nouns below and write them in the correct
- •10. Complete each of the following sentences with a verb in the right tense and a noun.
- •11. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •Conversation practice
- •1. Read and translate the dialogue. Leisure Time
- •2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about his/her interests and hobbies. Writing practice
- •1. Write a paragraph about you enjoy doing. Use linking words and, but and because.
- •2. Write an essay on the topic “How I Usually Spend My Free Time”. Lesson 4 my working day
- •Grammar practice
- •1. Form adjectives and adverbs with the given suffixes. Translate them into Russian.
- •Translate into Russian.
- •Irregular verbs
- •Рекомендуемая литература
- •Contents
- •Английский язык
Vocabulary
day off unfortunately to mean free time apart from to prepare (for) besides to spend to feel tired to go for jogging to skate to ski to cross one’s mind excellent opportunity to have a chat a relaxing time a concrete hobby to devote perfect dressmaker to teach (taught, taught,) to sew from time to time to enrich wardrobe modern to enjoy to be fond (of) to imagine various genres to prefer to depend (on) to achieve to broaden to care to belong (to) |
выходной к сожалению значить, означать свободное время за исключением, кроме готовиться (к) кроме того проводить чувствовать уставшим заниматься бегом трусцой кататься на коньках кататься на лыжах приходить в голову отличный возможность поболтать время отдыха определенное увлечение посвящать отличный, идеальный портниха учить, обучать шить время от времени пополнить гардероб современный получать удовольствие любить, нравиться представить различные жанры предпочитать зависеть (от) достигать расширять заботиться принадлежать |
Language activity
1. Answer the questions.
What type of character are you?
Are you an out-going person or not?
What is your favourite occupation in leisure time?
Have you got a hobby? If so, what is it?
How long have you had this hobby? Why do you like it?
Is it an expensive hobby?
How much time do you spend on your hobby?
Is it a common hobby in your country?
What is your friend’s hobby? What do passive people do during leisure hours?
Why should leisure be refreshment?
2. Ask the questions to the following answers.
1…………………………………………………..
Yes it is. It is very interesting to have a hobby.
2…………………………………………………..
No it is not. Watching TV is not useful hobby.
3………………………………………………….
My friend is interested in playing computer games.
4………………………………………………….
No she is not. She is not fond of dancing.
5………………………………………………
Reading books is useful because you can learn more about the world around us.
6………………………………………………………
As far as I know Mike is keep up with new cars.
7………………………………………………….
The most popular hobby in our class is playing computer games.
8……………………………………………………
Yes I am. I am good at playing basketball.
9……………………………………….
Yes it is. Collecting stamps is a very popular hobby.
3. Look at the proverbs below. Think of Russian equivalents of these proverbs. Do you agree or disagree with the proverbs? Do you follow any of them?
1. Art is long, life is short.
2. Every man has his hobby-horse.
3. Tastes differ.
4. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
5. There is a time for everything.