Основы теории английского языка. Сборник упражнение для слушателей программы дополнительного (к высшему) образования «Переводчик в сфере профессиональ

Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации

НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ СТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

И.К. Кириллова, Е.В. Бессонова, О.А. Просяновская

ОСНОВЫ ТЕОРИИ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА: сборник упражнений

Для слушателей программы дополнительного (к высшему) образования «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации»

Москва 2015

УДК 811.111

ББК 81.2англ.

К43

Р е ц е н з е н т ы :

кандидат филологических наук Т.А. Ершова, доцент кафедры ИЯиПК НИУ МГСУ; кандидат педагогических наук Н.С. Мерзлякова,

доцент кафедры общеобразовательных дисциплин Кумертауского филиала ФГБОУ ВПО «Оренбургский государственный университет»

С о с т а в и т е л и :

И.К. Кириллова, Е.В. Бессонова, О.А. Просяновская

Кириллова, И.К.

К43 Основы теории английского языка : сб. упр. для слушателей прогр. доп. (к высшему) образования «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации» ; М-во образования и науки Рос. Федерации, Нац. исслед. Моск. гос. строит. ун-т, каф. иностранных языков и профессиональной коммуникации ; сост. И.К. Кириллова, Е.В. Бессонова, О.А. Просяновская. Москва : НИУ МГСУ, 2015. 64 с.

ISBN 978-5-7264-1078-4

Представлены задания и упражнения по основным темам лексикологии английского языка, направленные на закрепление и совершенствование навыков устной и письменной речи, чтения и интерпретации англоязычного текста, расширение словарного запаса студентов, а также справочный материал для самостоятельной и аудиторной работы.

Для слушателей программы дополнительного (к высшему) образования «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации».

УДК 811.111

ББК 81.2англ.

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2. This animal expression quiz focuses on expressions and words commonly used with animals. Match three related expressions or words to each

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3. Use a word from the box in the correct form to complete each collocation.

1.I could tell Maria was in a good mood by the……smile on her face.

2.The little boy’s eyes………..when he saw his daddy approaching.

3.Let’s put some happy music on to……….the atmosphere. Everyone’s too serious.

4.My grandparents lived through the…………days of civil war from 1936 to 1939.

5.The girl’s eyes……with excitement as she prepared for the party.

6.Mr Garnham’s expression……….as he was told the terrible news.

4. Put these words in order to make sentences.

1.with / cheeks / embarrassment / burning / were / my

2.city / up / has / in / capital/ flared/ the / violence

3.flowed / the / during / discussion / ideas / the

4.divorce / was / footballer’s / the / publicity / surrounded / famous / a / by / blaze / of

5.Answer the questions.

6. Use a dictionary to find collocations using these words in a metaphorical way.

1bright

2warm

3cold

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7. Complete the table with metonyms.

Task 2

The Spell-Checker Poem

More than an exercise in homophonous humor, "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" endures as a cautionary tale for all those who place too much trust in spell checkers.

1. Rewrite this poem with appropriate homophones.

Candidate for a Pullet Surprise by Mark Eckman and Jerrold H. Zar

I have a spelling checker, It came with my PC.

It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no. Its vary polished in it's weigh. My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing, It freeze yew lodes of thyme.

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It helps me right awl stiles two reed,

And aides me when eye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen

Eye trussed too bee a joule.

The checker pours o'er every word

To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker's

Hour spelling mite decline,

And if we're lacks oar have a laps,

We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling

Is checked with such grate flare,

Their are know fault's with in my cite,

Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,

It does knot bring a tier.

My pay purrs awl due glad den

With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet

Of witch won should bee proud,

And wee mussed dew the best wee can,

Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays

Such soft wear four pea seas,

And why eye brake in two averse

Buy righting want too pleas.

2. Select the word that completes the sentence.

1.She wanted to effect/affect the students in a way they'd never forget.

2.He stood outside in the rain completely bear/bare.

3.He used the brake/break to stop quickly.

4.There are two prisoners per cell/sell in that prison.

5.The scent/cent/sent in the air is fabulous!

6.The full payment is dew/due by the end of the month.

7.We took the ferry/fairy to Sardinia last summer.

8.He was fined/find $50 for illegal parking.

9.The X gene/jean is responsible for eye colour.

10.We had a marry/merry time at the pub.

11.She was the soul/sole person to understand him.

12.I don't know whether/weather he will come or not.

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dear — deer

My ……. Richard, you just don't understand! We saw three ……on our hike in the mountains.

foreword — forward

We moved ………. in the line.

Timothy Leary wrote the ………. to Ken's book.

heal — heel

I hurt my …… playing tennis.

Doctors …… thousands of patients a year.

knot — naught — not

He tied a ……. to secure the rope. His efforts came to ……..

leased — least

She was the …… successful of the candidates. They ……. the office for three months.

mail — male

His ….. friends are crazy! I got a lot of ….. today.

patience — patients

Success requires a lot of ……...

There are too many ……. waiting in the emergency room.

plain — plane

The ……… took off at six in the morning. The food was rather ……. in England.

still — steal — steel

I think there should be no punishment for people who …. food to survive. Most cars have some ……. in their body.

2. Choose the word in pa

rentheses to complete each sentence.

1.She worked harder (than, then) she had ever worked before.

2.If I had known your number, I would (have, of) called.

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3.The bingo game has (all ready, already) started.

4.(Whose, Who's) shorts are hanging from the flagpole?

5.The program changes will not (affect, effect) you.

6.What is your (principal, principle) reason for wearing a parrot on your head?

7.(Whose, Who's) hiding in your closet?

8.Last year Beckham (lead, led) the league in goals.

9.Get your facts first, and (than, then) you can distort them as much as you please.

10.The ultimate result of shielding men from the (affects, effects) of folly is to fill the world with fools.

11.Computers are being called on to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework (formally, formerly) eaten by the dog.

12.Kate (implied, inferred) that she had a good alibi, but Jack (implied, inferred) otherwise from her nervous behavior.

13.Although the recording (device, devise) was primitive, (you're, your) voice came across clearly.

14.I was (conscience, conscious) after the collision but (to, too) frightened (to, too) move.

15.(Quiet, Quite, Quit) was restored, and the judge (preceded, proceeded) with the case.

16.Following the ice storms, (there, their, they're) (maybe, may be) a plague of locusts and a swarm of frogs.

17.The handle was (lose, loose) and could (have, of) fallen off at any moment.

3. Select the word in each set that completes the sentence accurately and appropriately (Commonly confused words).

1.adverse or averse

A recent study found that many air fresheners are high in chemicals that have been linked to _____ health effects in high doses.

2.complement or compliment

The malty flavor of buckwheat honey makes it a nice _____ to blue cheese.

3.device or devise

Amazon unveiled the Kindle, its digital-book reading _____, at the end of 2007.

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