- •I. Read the new words and translate the sentences.
- •II. Read the following words using the transcription and find their Russian equivalents:
- •III. Find pairs of words having the opposite meaning:
- •IV. Find the word which has another meaning:
- •V. Find in the right column Russian equivalents of the English words:
- •1.Circle the correct words.
- •2. Tick the correct sentences and correct the wrong ones.
- •3. Complete Michel’s message to the English Contacts website with the verbs below.
- •4. Now write a short introduction about yourself for the English Contacts website.
- •5. Contrast the Present Simple with the Present Continuous Tense, and explain the difference.
- •Личные местоимения (Personal pronouns)
- •6. Use personal pronouns either in the Nominative or in the
- •7. Supply the missing possessive pronouns.
- •Дополнительный словарь:
- •VI. Write a story about yourself. The questions below can help you. The text above can help you:
- •IV. In pairs, ask and answer questions about your interests. Use the given words if necessary.
- •V. Look at the ideas below. Which three are the most important to your identity?
- •VI. Talk about your choices in Exercise V with the rest of the class.
- •VII. Write six questions to ask your partner. Use the prompts below.
- •VIII. Listening
- •IX. Reading.
- •I. Try to answer the following questions. If you can’t, find the meaning of the words after the questions in the dictionary and then try to do it again.
- •II. What does university life mean to you? Find advice in the right column to the statement in the left column.
- •III. Read the information below and say whether it is useful or not.
- •I. Translate and transcribe the following words. Use the dictionary if necessary.
- •II. Match words 1-6 with their opposite meanings a-f.
- •III. In pairs, ask and answer questions about your home cities. Use the words from the previous exercise.
- •IV. Tell the group about the city (town, settlement) you live in.
- •II. Analyze the following Letter of Application. Then choose the appropriate phrase from each pair in the box to complete it.
- •153003, Иваново, ул. Рабфаковская, 34
Дополнительный словарь:
a first-year student студентка первого курса
slim стройная
fair светлый
hair волосы
blue синий, голубой
eyes глаза
to listen слушать
everyday обычный
the United Kingdom Великобритания
mathematician математик
housewife домохозяйка
to do well успевать
maybe может быть
chance случай
kind добрый
Europe Европа
France Франция
Germany Германия
Belgium Бельгия
The Netherlands Нидерланды
VI. Write a story about yourself. The questions below can help you. The text above can help you:
1. What is your name?
2. Where and when were you born?
3. How old are you?
4. Have you got a family?
5. How many people are there in your family?
6. Do you have any brothers, sisters, grandparents in your family?
7. Where do you live?
8. Did you study well at school?
9. What was your favourite subject?
10. What school did you finish?
11. Did your teachers at school help you to choose your future profession?
12. What do you like to read?
13. What sport do you go in for?
14. What are you going to be?
VII. Try to draw your family-tree and try to describe the members of your personal family-tree.
Unit 2. Who am I? What am I?
I. What kind of person are you? Which words describe and do not describe you? Use the dictionary if necessary.
Lazy talkative quiet pessimistic stupid tolerant jealous proud polite
romantic punctual musical cheerful arrogant bossy quiet selfish helpful
clever shy lively generous rude optimistic friendly boring confident
II. Match adjectives 1-6 with their opposite meanings a-f.
|
1. stupid 2. lazy 3. arrogant 4. quiet 5. lively 6.rude |
a. modest b. talkative c. boring d. polite e. hard-working f. clever |
III. Choose the correct answer.
1. Jessica is a very _____ girl. She loves meeting new people.
a) generous b) selfish c) friendly
2. The British are quite _____. They feel uncomfortable with strangers.
a) confident b) cheerful c) shy
3. Tom is extremely _____. He thinks he is better than everyone else.
a) arrogant b) tolerant c) helpful
4. My brother is always _____. He is very positive about his future.
a) jealous b) optimistic c) serious
5. Dan is very _____. He always has a smile on his face!
a)cheerful b) ambitious c) tolerant
6. Anna is _____ person. She always tells other people what to do.
a) lively b) talkative c) bossy