Phonetic exercises

Exercise 1. Pronounce the words, observe the rules of pronunciation of the stressed vowels.

[ju:] student, institution, numerous,

[a:] classes, department, take part in, advanced, rather, part-time, pass, branch, for example, last, grant, hard, marks, answer

[i] Literature, particularly, Physics, curriculum, deliver (lectures), principle, institute, opinion, interesting, difficult

[i:] leave, school-leaver, complete, weak, easy

[æ] faculty, practical, practice, languages, a graduate, post-graduate, undergraduate, establishment, grammar

[ə:] first-year, third – year (student), term, research, university, learn, German, work

[):] course, according to, more, before, taught, court, law, quarter, foreign

[/\] studies, subject, judge

Exercise 2. Pronounce the words observing the rules of pronunciation of the combinations of consonants.

[t∫] teach, teacher, school children

[t∫ə] lecture, structure, lecturer, nature

[k] Chemistry, technical

[ŋ] young, training, morning, going

Lexical exercises

Exercise 1. Form nouns from the following verbs:

a) to establish, to depart, to develop, to move;

b) to educate, to graduate, to operate, to examine, to specialize, to administrate

c) to correspond, to attend

d) to build, to swim, to read.

What suffixes have you used?

Exercise 2. Use the plural form of the nouns:

a faculty, a life, a class, a curriculum, a datum, a phenomenon

Exercise 3. What part of speech is the attribute in the word-combinations?

the Philology faculty, the Chemistry faculty, the Primary Education faculty, the History faculty, the Psychology faculty

Exercise 4. Translate the following combinations with the verb: “to take”:

To take exams (tests), to take part in ; to take place, to take subjects, It takes me 2 hours;

Exercise 5. Choose the word in a proper way:

“course” or “year”

1. He is only in the first…….

2. The university… lasts 5 years

3. They do pedagogical practice in the second……

4. We take pedagogics …… at this university.

5. I am a second ….. student

“form(grade)” or “class(es)”

1. We attend lectures and …. regularly.

2. He is in the tenth… at school.

3. His ….. consists of 15 boys and 12 girls.

4. They already learn English in the second …

Exercise 6. Give the antonyms to the following words and word combinations using the active vocabulary:

to enter an institute ; to attend lectures; to start reading; to be present at; a full-time department, to pass an exam (a subject); at the end of the term; academic work; compulsory subject; obligatory attendance; early in July.

Exercise 7 Fill in the blanks with the prepositions:

1. The students … our group are very good…… English. They work hard … their grammar. 2. Pete makes many mistakes …. his work. 3. … the end of the term we’ll have 3 exams. 4. It’s time to start reading … your exams. 5. Don’t miss classes, otherwise you may fail… history. 6. This year I have entered … the History faculty. 7. I will graduate … the University in 5 years. 8. I didn’t fail … this subject at the exam. 9. I am good … Physics.

Exercise 8. Change the sentences into negative and interrogative:

1. He is a third-year student.

2. We take this subject in the second year.

3. They learn French.

4. Spanish is taught at this faculty.

5. My friend will live in the hostel.

6. She entered this university last year.

7. I can swim.

8. We have Physical Education lessons in the swimming pool.

9. She misses lectures on Philosophy very often.

10. The university trains engineers.