- •The Clichés for Rendering a Newspaper Article
- •Dictionary in use
- •1. Read and remember English letters, sounds and phonemic symbols.
- •2. Spell your names in English, using the alphabet. Pronounce each letter.
- •3. Look up the pronunciation of the words society, people, hierarchy in a dictionary. Как работать со словарем
- •3. Translate the sentences into Russian using a dictionary:
- •5. Translate the proverbs into Russian:
- •6. Put the words in the dictionary (I.E. Alphabetic) order:
- •7. Define the initial form of these words:
- •8. Translate the following collocations:
- •1. Write the correct pronouns for these sentences.
- •2. Write the correct reflexive pronouns for these sentences.
- •3. Write the correct possessive adjectives for these sentences.
- •4. Write the correct possessive adjective or pronoun for these sentences.
- •2. Interrogative sentences
- •4.Exclamatory sentences
- •Interrogative sentences (am/is/are)
- •1. Write questions from these words. Use am/is/are:
- •2. Write questions with What/Who/How/Where/Why . . . ? Use am/is/are:
- •3. Ask the questions (Read the answers to the questions first):
- •4. Write positive or negative short answers (Yes, I am / No, he isn't etc.).
- •5. Make four different types of questions questions from these statements:
- •6. Rewrite these sentences without using to or for.
- •7. Rewrite these sentences in the correct order.
- •Saratov state technical university (sstu)
2. Interrogative sentences
a.general question (rise) –
Is your sister a good pupil?
b.alternative question -
Is your sister a good pupil or a good student?
Is your sister a good or a bad pupil?
Is your sister a good pupil or is your brother a good pupil?
= Is your sister or is your brother a good pupil?
Is your sister a good pupil or is his sister a good pupil?
= Is your sister or is his sister a good pupil?
c.special question (low fall)
Whose sister is a good pupil? Who is a good pupil?
d.disjunctive question
- Your sister is a good pupil, isn’t she?
3.Imperative sentences (affirmative, negative )
Close the door. Don’t close the door.
4.Exclamatory sentences
What a nice day!
Interrogative sentences (am/is/are)
Making questions
• Questions are formed for all tenses except present simple and past simple by
changing the position of the auxiliary verb {am, was, will, etc.) and the
subject (I, you, she, he, etc.):
You 're going à Are you going?
He has gone à Has he gone?
• Questions are formed for the present simple and past simple by using do,
does, or did:
They work here. Do they work here?
She lived here. Did she live here?
positive question
I am Am I?
he
she is Is he/ she/ it?
it
we
you are Are we/you/they?
they
-‘Is your mother at home?’ – ‘No, she’s out.’
-‘Is it cold in your room?’ – ‘Yes, a little’
-Those shoes are nice. Are they new?
-Are books expensive in your country?
-‘How old is Joe?’ – ‘He’s 24.’
-‘What colour is your car?’ – ‘It’s blue’
what’s=what is who’s=who is how’s=how is where’s=where is
-What’s the time? -What’s that man?
-Where’s Jill? -How’s your father?
short answers
Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
Yes, he/she/it is. No, he’s/she’s/it’s not. or No, he/she/it isn’t.
Yes, we/you/they are. No, we’re/you’re/they’re not. or No, we/you/they aren’t.
-Are you tired? Yes, I am.
-Are you hungry? No, I’m not but I’m thirsty.
-Is he English? Yes, he is.
-Is Ann at work today? No she isn’t.
-Is this seat free? Yes, it is.
-Am I late? No, you are not.
1. Write questions from these words. Use am/is/are:
(your mother at home?) ……Is your mother at home……?
(your parents at home?) .................................................................... at home ?
(this hotel expensive?) ...................................................................................?
(you interested in art?) ....................................................................................?
(the shops open today?) ....................................................................................?
(the park open today?) .....................................................................................?
2. Write questions with What/Who/How/Where/Why . . . ? Use am/is/are:
(what colour your car?) What colour is your car?
(where my key?) Where .......................................................................................?
(where my socks?) ...................................................................................................?
(how old your father?) How ..............................................................................?
(what colour his eyes?) ........................................................................................?
(why John angry with me?) .............................................................................?
7 (how much these shoes?) .........................................................................................?
8 (who your favourite actor?) .....................................................................................?
9 (why you always late?) .........................................................................................?