Английский язык. Практикум по грамматике для студентов 2-го курса, уровень высшего образования «бакалавриат»
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my stories, my paintings and my philosophy,” he said. |
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into filmmaking. He won an international film award, which |
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changed his life 180 degrees. He now performs on television, |
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Firebrace spent his twenties on the land hunting rabbits and |
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kangaroos, and listening to his |
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swapping them with other tribal people. “All my stories are |
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selected for their meanings and positive messages. The only |
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Firebrace says he is a “travelling storyteller” and gets his stories by |
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to be white and said: “That was sad but it…gives me compassion |
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for other people.” |
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way to make change is to go out there and give people another |
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Francis Firebrace is an Aboriginal storyteller of the Yorta Yorta |
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people in Australia. As well as telling |
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Answer the questions.
1.What do you know about Francis Firebrace?
2.Would you like to meet Francis Firebrace?
3.What would you like to know about Francis Firebrace and why?
4.What did you learn from this text about Francis Firebrace?
5.What questions would you like to ask Francis Firebrace?
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Write five questions about Francis Firebrace in the table.
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Tasks for individual work.
1.VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2.INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about Francis Firebrace. Talk about what you discover.
3.FRANCIS FIREBRACE POSTER: Make a poster showing the different stages of the life of Francis Firebrace.
4.MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Francis Firebrace. Include an imaginary interview with him. Write about what he does every day and what he thinks about.
5.LETTER: Write a letter to Francis Firebrace. Ask him three questions about his life. Give him three suggestions on what he should do in his future.
Useful resources:
1.http://englishvoyage.com/exercises/
2.http://www.study.ru/test
3.https://englsecrets.ru/testy
4.https://lengish.com/grammar/category-2.html
5.https://s-english.ru/uprazhneniya
6.https://www.native-english.ru/tests
7.http://www.interactive-english.ru/uprazhneniya/
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II.SIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
I.Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives. tall, beautiful, long, short, popular, hot, important, wonderful, cold, nice, large, big, interesting, wide, strong, comfortable, happy, warm, high, heavy, necessary, low, pleasant, hard, busy, famous, easy, bright, active, careful.
II. Translate into Russian.
1.Mary is as young as Ann.
2.Pushkin street is as long as Lermontov street.
3.The Baltic Sea is not so warm as The Black Sea.
4.This book is not so interesting as that one.
5.This road is worse than any other.
6.Football is more popular than the basket-ball.
7.The more you study the better you pass your exams.
8.The longer is the night, the shorter is the day.
9.The less we speak English the worse for us.
10.The earlier you get up the more you can do.
III. Complete each sentence with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in brackets.
1.Winter is ….. (cold) season.
2.Moscow is ….. (large) than St. Petersburg.
3.My friend's car is ….. (new) than my car.
4.It was ….. (bad) cold I've ever had.
5.Where is it ….. (beautiful), in the mountains or near the sea?
6.It was ….. (good) meal I've ever had.
7.In spring the day are ….. (long) than in winter.
8.The Russian grammar is ….. (difficult) than the English one.
9.Everest is ….. (high) mountain in the world.
10.Even ….. (long) day has an end.
IV. Choose the right variant.
1.Martin was (more talented / the most talented) student in the class.
2.Do you feel (better / the best) today than yesterday?
3.Jane’s notebook is (cheaper / the cheapest) than mine.
4.This is (more delicious / the most delicious) cheesecake I have ever had!
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5.There are nine planets in our solar system and Pluto is (farther / the
farthest).
6.I think my cat is (prettier / the prettiest) of all the cats in the world.
7.This week the weather is (hotter / the hottest) than last week.
8.Our new house is (more expensive / the most expensive) than the old one.
9.Chemistry was (harder / the hardest) subject at school.
10.Nick is (happier / the happiest) boy that I know.
V. Answer the questions.
1.Are the Alps as high as the Urals?
2.Is the Moscow underground the best in Russia?
3.Is the Volga longer than the Don?
4.Is Australia the largest island in the world?
5.Where is it warmer: in Italy or in Sweden?
6.Where is it better to live: in the city or in the country?
7.Which is the biggest city in Great Britain?
8.Which is the most beautiful square in Kemerovo?
9.Which is the shortest month of the year?
10.Is Hyde Park the most popular park in London?
VI. Paraphrase the sentences using constructions “as… as”, “not as… as”.
1.Tim is very tall and Jane is very tall too.
2.This bag is heavy and that bag is heavy too.
3.Sara is stronger than me.
4.Our hotel is more expensive than yours.
5.His blue suit is very smart and his black suit is also very smart.
6.My cat is younger than my dog.
7.Russia is bigger than India.
8.I know that your job is important, but my job is important too.
9.The bicycle is fast, but the car is faster.
10.Tom is lazy, but his brother is lazy too.
VII. Write comparisons using the prompts below.
1.Jane has a bit ….. (curly) hair than me.
2.This bag is less ….. (heavy) than that one.
3.Joanne is much ….. (patient) with the children than I am.
4.I am much ….. (happy) now that I have passed the test.
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5.Julie has a bit ….. (long) hair than Susanna.
6.Richard is as ….. (tall) as his father.
7.Apples are not so ….. (expensive) as oranges, and they are ….. (cheap) than pears.
8.I spent ….. (little) money than you but I spent ….. (much) than my mother did.
9.Now her hair isn't as ….. (long) as it used to be.
10.The ….. (much) snow you have in winter, the ….. (good) crop you have in summer.
VIII. Match the phrasal verbs to the definitions.
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back up – |
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output produced by a printer, generally on continuous |
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to connect to an electrical power source. |
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look for – |
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to depart; leave. |
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look up – |
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to establish communication and initiate interaction |
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print out – |
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to inform or report by telephone. |
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shut down – |
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to make a copy of (a data file), esp for storage in |
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book or the like. |
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h. to seek; search for. |
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to set down in writing; record; note. |
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IX. Choose the correct preposition according to the meaning of the phrasal verb.
1.I was looking (after, for, of) my keys for half an hour in the morning.
2.Their car has broken (down, off, up) so that they had to take a taxi.
3.Everyone knows that it is not easy to bring (for, of, up) children nowadays.
4.“Hey, come (in, after, on), or we are going to be late!”
5.He had to get (in, for, up) very quickly in the morning not to be late for the meeting.
6.Please, turn (off, up, on) the light, it’s too dark already, and turn (on, off, in) TV, let’s talk.
7.If you are sure that you are right – then go (on, after, for) talking.
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8.He felt nervous to come (on, in, out) and see what was behind the door.
9.She wanted to find (up, out, in) the truth about her friend as soon as possible.
10.He had to sit (up, down, on) to have a better view of a picture.
X. Complete the sentences with an appropriate preposition: in, in, down, down, for, off, on, up, up, up.
1.Plug the TV set ….. over there.
2.Columbus was looking ….. a shorter route to India when he discovered America.
3.Look ….. the answer in the encyclopedia.
4.Did you remember to shut ..… your computer?
5.Did he call ..… his decision this morning?
6.He always backs ..… files onto floppy disks.
7.Write ….. your name.
8.They took ….. yesterday for California.
9.Turn ..… the light. It’s too dark.
10.The sound wasn’t loud. He turned the volume ..… .
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee – an inventor of the World Wide Web
Read the text and fulfill the exercises.
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. He received a knighthood from the British Queen for his efforts (so he is called ‘Sir’). He is director of W3C, which looks after the Web’s development. A leading British newspaper ranked him as the world’s greatest living genius. Today’s world would be very different without his discovery.
Berners-Lee was born in 1955 to parents who were mathematicians and computer scientists. He grew up with numbers and electronics and managed to build his own computer. He went to Oxford University and was banned from using the computers for hacking. Berners-Lee graduated with a degree in physics. His first jobs after graduating were as a computer programmer and software developer.
Berners-Lee spent the 1980s on a project based on sharing and updating information online. In 1991, he put the first website online. It
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explained what the World Wide Web was and how it was used. He gave his idea to the world for free. In 1994, Berners-Lee founded W3C to set standards and improve the quality of the Web.
Berners-Lee now spends his time between W3C and as a professor of computer science in England. He also writes about the future of the Web. In 2004, he was named as the first ever winner of the Millennium Technology Prize. He has a string of other awards and is listed as one of ‘Time’ magazine’s 100 most important people of the 20th Century.
Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right.
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Choose the correct form of the words in italics:
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is a British / Briton computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. He received a nightcap / knighthood from the British Queen for his efforts (so he is called ‘Sir’). He is director of W3C, which looks up / after the Web’s development. A leading British newspaper ranked him as the world’s greatest living genius. Today’s world would be very different without his discovered / discovery.
Berners-Lee was born in 1955 to parents who were mathematics / mathematicians and computer scientists. He grown / grew up with numbers and electronics and managed to build his own computer. He went to Oxford University and was banned / binned from using the computers for hacking. Berners-Lee graduated with a degree in physics. His first jobs after graduating were as a computer programmer and software development / developer.
Berners-Lee spent the 1980s as / on a project based on sharing and updating information online. In 1991, he put / took the first website online. It explained what the World Wide Web was and how it was using / used. He gave his idea to the world for free. In 1994, Berners-Lee founded W3C to / by set standards and improve the quality of the Web.
Berners-Lee now spending / spends his time between W3C and as / was a professor of computer science in England. He also wrote / writes about the future of the Web. In 2004, he was named as the first ever winner of the Millennium Technology Prize. He has a string / rope of other awards and is listed as one of ‘Time’ magazine’s 100 most important people of the 20th Century.
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numbers and electronics and managed to build his own computer. |
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He went to Oxford University and was banned |
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physics. His first jobs after graduating were as a computer |
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programmer and software developer. |
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from using the computers for hacking. Berners-Lee graduated with |
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Web’s development. A leading British newspaper ranked him as |
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genius. Today’s world would be very different without his |
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for free. In 1994, Berners-Lee founded W3C to set standards and |
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Answer the questions.
1.What do you know about Tim Berners-Lee?
2.Would you like to meet Tim Berners-Lee?
3.What would you like to know about Tim Berners-Lee and why?
4.What did you learn from this text about Tim Berners-Lee?
5.What questions would you like to ask Tim Berners-Lee?
Write five questions about Tim Berners-Lee in the table.
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Tasks for individual work.
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
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