- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Part I unit 1. The beginnings of russian cinema (1908-1919) the arrival of the kinemo, 1895-1907
- •Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian. Use these words in your sentences.
- •III. Complete each sentence by choosing the best word for each gap.
- •IV. Complete each sentence by using (typing in the gap) the correct form of the verb given in capitals.
- •V. Complete the passage with the following words from the box Translate the sentences:
- •Unit 2. From war to revolution. Entertainment to agitation (1914-1917)
- •Complete the text with the words from the box in the right form. Translate the sentences:
- •Insert the correct preposition:
- •Put the words in the right order to make questions.
- •Choose the right answer:
- •VI. Complete the word families. Make your own sentences with at least two different words.
- •Unit 3. Yevgeni bauer and the melodrama (1913-1917)
- •I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian. Use these words in your sentences.
- •II. Match one noun from each column to form a compound noun. Find these expressions in the text. Translate them. Then use them in sentences of your own.
- •IV. Reorder the words to form questions.
- •V. Substitute the words in italics with their antonyms from the text.
- •Unit 4. The revolution and its aftermath (1917-1919)
- •Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian. Use these words in your sentences.
- •Complete each sentence by choosing the best word for each gap:
- •Match the words to make expressions. Find these expressions in the text. Translate them. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Correct the sentences by crossing out one unnecessary word:
- •Reorder the words to form question:
- •Choose the right preposition. Check your choice in the text.
- •Unit 5. The ‘americanitis’ (1921-1924)
- •Match the words their definitions:
- •Match the words to make expressions. Find them in the text. Make your own sentences with these expressions.
- •IV. Complete each sentence by choosing the best word in each pair:
- •V. Correct the sentence by reordering the words in capitals:
- •These expressions are taken from the text. Find one incorrect collocation in every set.
- •Unit 6. Vertov: documentaries and animation
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete each sentence by choosing the best word for each gap:
- •Match the words on the left with the words on the right to make expressions. Make your own sentences with these expressions.
- •Correct the sentence by reordering the words:
- •Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence:
- •Unit 7. Soviet montage cinema: eisenstein and pudovkin (1925-1928)
- •Complete the sentences using the preposition from the box:
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Perfect:
- •III. Match the adjectives with their definitions. Give the examples.
- •IV. Put the words from the box into the correct column in the table and underline the stressed syllable. Use the dictionary if necessary. Then make your own sentences with these expressions.
- •V. Explain the difference and fill the gaps: a) character/hero, b) crew/audience, c) episode/scene, d) screenplay/scenario, e) collision/denouement, f) to adapt/to film, g) documentary/feature.
- •Unit 8. Comedies and entertainment in the 1920s: from feks to kem
- •Match the words with their definitions. Give your own sentences with these words:
- •Match the two halves of each sentence:
- •Complete each sentence by using (typing in the gap) the correct form of the verb (escape, loose, show, contain, make, explain, return):
- •Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
- •Unit 9. The cultural revolution
- •I. Match the adjectives from the text with the opposites:
- •II. Explain the meaning of these words to your partner in English and then choose the best word to complete the sentences:
- •Use the text to help you match the verbs with their definitions. Then make your own sentences with these expressions:
- •IV. Complete the text using the correct form (Past Simple Active or Passive) of the verbs from exercise II:
- •Part II unit 1. The purges, the second world war and the cold war, or how stalin entertained the people
- •I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian. Make sentences with them.
- •II. Complete the following sentences using the words from the box in the right form. Translate the sentences.
- •III. Insert the correct preposition from the box.
- •V. Put the words in the right order to make questions. Find the answers in the text.
- •Unit 2. Sound film (1929-1934)
- •I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian.
- •III. Complete the text with the words from the box in the right form. Translate the sentences:
- •Insert the correct preposition (against, at, for, on, since, through, up):
- •V. Put the words in the right order to make questions.
- •Unit 3. Political and historical heroes (1933-1939)
- •II. Complete the sentences with the words above:
- •III. Match the words with their definitions. Give your own sentences with these words:
- •IV. Complete each sentence by using the nouns formed from the verbs given in capitals.
- •V. These expressions are taken from the text. Find one incorrect collocation in every set.
- •Unit 4. Peasant and worker heroes (1934-1938)
- •Match the following nouns with prepositions. Translate them, make your own sentences with these expressions.
- •II. Complete the text either with an adverb or with an adjective. Put them in the right form.
- •III. Insert the necessary words from the list. Translate them:
- •Choose the right form of the words (Participle I or II). Translate the sentences.
- •Unit 5. Soviet musicals (1934-1941)
- •I. These words are taken from the text. Match the words to make expressions. Make your own centences with them:
- •II. Complete the sentences by choosing the right word for each gap.
- •III. In each sentence add missing prepositions (between, by, for, from, of, through X 2, to X 2 ):
- •IV. Complete each sentence with the right verb form in capitals.
- •Unit 6. The purges in the cinema (1937-1939)
- •Match the words to make a word combination. Find them in the text. Translate them, make your own sentences with them.
- •Insert the necessary preposition (because of, during, for, from, in X 4, of X 2, on, to, under, until, with).
- •Put the words in the right order to make questions. Then answer them.
- •Unit 7. Soviet war films (part 1)
- •Match the words with their definitions. Make your own sentences with these words:
- •III. Complete the sentences using a suitable preposition (with X 2, up, by, for, in, of):
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of the verb (active or passive).
- •V. Fill in the following abstract with the missing words.
- •Unit 8. Soviet war films (part II)
- •Conclusion
- •Keys to exercises part I unit 1.
- •Unit 2.
- •Unit 3.
- •Unit 4.
- •Unit 5.
- •Unit 6.
- •Unit 7.
- •Unit 2.
- •Unit 3.
- •Unit 4.
- •Unit 5.
- •Unit 6.
- •Unit 7.
- •Unit 8.
- •Bibliography
I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions and translate them into Russian. Make sentences with them.
1. conspiracy a) (n.) an action to remove your opponents from an organization or place
2. ardent b) (n.) a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc. that should be the same
3. purge c) (n.) strong dislike or hatred
4. repercussions d) (n.) being one of the parts of something
5. discrepancy e) (adj.) showing strong positive feelings about an activity and determination to succeed at it
6. constituent f) (n.) a secret plan made by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal
7. animosity g) (n.) the effects of an action or event, especially bad effects that continue for some time
II. Complete the following sentences using the words from the box in the right form. Translate the sentences.
undermine conspiracy stipulate vilification constituent demote ardent collate discrepancy purge hamper versatile xenophobia aesthetics |
The treaty will give even greater powers to the country’s 15 ____ republics.
The Stalinist ______of the military commanders took place in the 1930s.
He was charged with _______ to commit criminal damage.
Newman had realised that, because of cultural inequalities, many people were not _______ followers of drama as presented in the Theatre.
Meryl Streep is a wonderfully ________ actress.
In an atmosphere of growing _______ many foreigners were deported or even imprisoned.
She always refused to discuss the _______ in her biography.
III. Insert the correct preposition from the box.
of into with over on up to |
The Cultural Revolution consolidated State and Party control ______ culture.
By 1932, the Cultural Revolution that had begun in 1929 had led ____ all artistic movements being streamlined into monolithic artistic unions.
Some foreigners were attracted to Moscow to assist _____ the ambitious industrialization projects in the country.
Mark Donskoy turned Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy ____ film just after the writer’s death in 1936.
Alexander Ptushko and Alexander Rou made numerous films for children, based _____ adventure stories and fairy tales.
In February 1933 the Main Directorate of Cinema (GUK) was placed in charge _____ cinema matters.
The Tajik and Turkmen studios were set ______ in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
IV. Match the words on the left with words on the right to make expressions. Find them in the text. Translate and make your own sentences with them.
soviet realism
cold animation
cosmopolitan war
cultural affairs
puppet revolution
socialist campaign
cinema citizenship
V. Put the words in the right order to make questions. Find the answers in the text.
USSR / When / in / Film / did / participate / Festival / the / the / Venice?
first / spring / festival / hosted / What / city / international / its / film / in / 1935?
were / Where / validated / Soviet / films?
did / the / Conference / adopt / on / Creative / All-Union / Cinema / Affairs / What / in / 1935?
did / the / foreigners / visit / Soviet / Union / many / Why?
When / the / industry / was / reorganized / cartoon?
the / expedition / of / the / Arctic / Who / filmed / Cheliuskin / icebreaker?
Complete the word families. Make your own sentences with at least two different words.
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verb |
noun (person) |
noun (thing, concept) |
adjective |
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launched |
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endanger |
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exploring |
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editing |
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narrative |
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aesthetics |
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recruit |
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character |
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popularity |
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liquidation |
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