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Task 2. Match the words in the first column (see task 1) with the descriptions.
Practise saying the complete sentences like in the model:
The symbol of the Orphanage became a pelican.
Over five-thousand professors and employees are involved in the teaching process.
Task 3. Read and translate the text
HERZEN UNIVERSITY
The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University) is one of the
oldest teacher-training institutions in the country. It is named after the outstanding
writer and philosopher Alexander Herzen.
I am happy and proud to study at Herzen University. It is situated in the same center of
the city, on the picturesque bank of the Moika river next to the Stroganov Palace, and
in front of the legendary Kazan Cathedral.
Its history dates back to the XVIII century. In 1797 count Betskoy established the
Foundling Hospital for illegitimate and poor children. That is why the symbol of the
Orphanage became a pelican giving flesh to its fledgelings.
The Orphanage started training craftsmen, governesses and tutors, teachers and
educators for Russian and national schools. Later it was succeeded by the
Nikolayevsky Women's Orphanage Institute. After the Revolution it was
transformed into a pedagogical institute. Since then over 120-thousand students have
received pedagogical training here, working in many countries of the world.
Nowadays, its faculties and institutes have a student body of more than 15,000
Russian and foreign students. They study at the full-time and part-time departments
as well as by correspondence. In addition, there are around five-thousand professors
and employees who are involved in the teaching process. They are really high skilled
specialists.
Our University trains teachers for primary and secondary schools in such specialities
as physics, mathematics, history, geography, biology, chemistry, philosophy, law,
economics, music, etc. It also trains teachers for nursery, boarding and special
schools for disabled children.
The curricula consist of the subjects students specialize in, social disciplines and
physical training. Professional training includes educational subjects - psychology,
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history of education and pedagogics. All students are taught foreign languages.
Students have to attend different lectures and seminars. In general, attendance at our
higher educational establishments is compulsory. But some students may get a free-
attendance licence or afterwards study according to their individual plans.
Student’s practical work is given much attention to at our University. Students prepare
and give lessons at primary and secondary schools and work as tutors and educators.
Under the Soviets they worked as pioneer-leaders.
There is also a students’ research society at every institute or university which
stimulates their creative thinking and scientific investigation. The research society of
our university has formed many well-known scientists and even new trends in science,
technology.
The university course lasts five or four years. An academic year is divided into two
terms each ending in an examination session. Those who pass the exams successfully
get a scholarship or stipend.
On graduating the students receive diplomas which give them the right to teach in
comprehensive or specialized schools and colleges. The graduates who were taught
at our University are considered to be perfect specialists and are welcomed
everywhere.
Task 4. Get more information about Herzen University and answer the following
questions:
1. When was Herzen University founded?
2. Who was Herzen University founded by?
3. Where is the university situated?
4. When was Orphanage transformed into a Pedagogical Institute?
5. What subjects and disciplines are taught at the university?
6. How many terms is the academic year divided into?
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Discussion
Discussion A Discussion B
1. Do you think everyone should go to
1. What’s the difference between
university?
2. Should university education be free?
3. Do you think university today is
different from one hundred years
ago?
4. Do you think there are many places
that call themselves a university but
aren’t good enough to be
universities?
5. How are the universities in your
country different from each other?
college, school and university?
2. In what ways is life a university?
3. What university would you really like
to study at and why?
4. Will all universities change over to
distance learning one day?
5. Oscar Wilde said: “The exquisite art
of idleness, one of the most important
things that any university can teach.”
Do you agree?
Grammar: Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Passive voice
Task 1. What are you doing at these times? Write sentences as in examples. The
past continuous is not always necessary (see the second example)
1. (at 8 o’clock yesterday evening)
2. (at 5 o’clock last Monday)
3. (at 10:15 yesterday morning)
4. (at 4:30 this morning)
5. (at 7:45 yesterday evening)
6. (half an hour ago)
Task 2. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the past continuous
1. Matt phoned while we … were having lunch at the university canteen……….
2. The doorbell rang while I ……………………………………………….. ……
3. The car began to make strange noise when we ………………………….. ……
4. Jessica fell asleep while she ……………………………………………………
… I was having dinner …
… I was on a bus on my way home …
…………………………………………
…………………………………………
…………………………………………
…………………………………………
5. The television was on but nobody ……………………………………………..
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Task 3. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple
I … saw … (see) Sue in
the town yesterday, but
she ……………….
(not/see) me. She
……………. (look) the
other way.
I ……….. (meet) Tom
at the airport a few
weeks ago. They
……………… (go) to
Paris and I …………..
(go) to Rome. We
……………. (have) a
chat while we ……….
(wait) for our flights.
I ………. (cycle) home
yesterday when a man
………….. (step) out
into the road in front of
me. I ………. (go) quite
fast, but luckily I
………. (manage) to
stop in time and
…………… (not / hit)
him.
Task 4. Put the verb into the correct form past continuous or past simple
1. Jenny …was waiting... (wait) for me when I …arrived… (arrive).
2. ‘What …………….. (you / do) at this time yesterday?’ ‘I was asleep.’
3. ‘…………………… (you / go) out last night?’ ‘I was too tired.’
4. How fast ……………… (you / drive) when the accident …………… (happen)?
5. Sam …………… (take) a picture of me while I ……….….. (not / look) at him.
6. We were in very difficult position. We ……………… (not / know) what to do.
7. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last ………. (see) him, he …………… (try)
to find a job.
8. I …………….. (walk) along the street when suddenly I ………… (hear) footsteps
behind me. Somebody …………. (follow) me. I was scared and I ……………
(start) to run.
9. When I was young I ……………. (want) to be a pilot.
10. Last night ………….. (drop) a plate when I ……………….. (do) the washing-up.
Fortunately it ………………. (not / break).
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Task 5. Complete the sentences using one of the verbs in the correct form, present
or past (Passive Voice)
cause damage hold invite make overtake show surround translate write
1. Many accidents …are caused… by dangerous driving.
2. Cheese ………………. from milk.
3. The roof of the building ……………… in a storm a few days ago.
4. You …………………… to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?
5. A cinema is a place where films …………..……………… .
6. In the United States elections for president ……………………. every four years.
7. Originally the book ……………….. in Spanish, and a few years ago it
…………. Into English.
8. Although we were driving fast we ………………………. by a lot of other cars.
9. You can’t see the house from the road. It ……………….. by trees.
Task 6. Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past
1. Ask about glass. (how / make) … How is glass made? …………………………..
2. Ask about television. (when / invent) ……………………………………………..
3. Ask about mountains. (how / from) ……………………………………………….
4. Ask about antibiotic. (when / discover) ……………………………………………
5. Ask about silver. (what / use for) ………………………………………………….
Task 7. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active
or passive
1. It’s a big factory Five hundred people … are employed… (employ) there.
2. Did somebody …clean… (somebody / clean) this room yesterday?
3. Water ……………. (cover) most of the earth surface.
4. How much of the earth’s surface ……………….. (cover) by water?
5. The park gates …………….. (lock) at 6:30 p.m. every evening.
6. The letter …………… (send) a week ago and it ……………. (arrive) yesterday.
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7. The boat hit the rock and …………….. (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody
……………. (rescue).
8. Robert’s parents ………….. (die) when he was very young. He and his sister
…………… (bring up) by their grandparents.
9. I was born in London but I …………… (grow up) in Canada.
10. While I was on holiday my camera …………… (steal) from my hotel room.
11. While I was on holiday my camera …………… (disappear) from my hotel room.
12. Why ………………….. (Sue / resign) from her job? Didn’t she enjoy it?
13. Why ………………….. (Ben / fire) from his job? Did he do something wrong?
14. The company is not independent. It …………. (own) by a much larger company.
15. I saw an accident last night. Somebody …………. (call) an ambulance but nobody
……………… (injure), so the ambulance ………….. (not / need).
16. Where……………… (this pictures / take)? In London? ………….. (you / take)
them, or somebody else?
17. Sometimes it’s quite noisy living here but it not a problem for me — I …………….
(not / bother) by it.
Task 8. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people etc.,
write a passive
1. Somebody cleans the room every day. …The room is cleaned every day. ….
2. They cancelled all fights because of fog. ………………………………………
3. People don’t use this road much. ………………………………………
4. Somebody accused me of stealing money. ……………………………………….
5. How do people learn English? ………………………………………
6. People warned us not to go out alone. ………………………………………
Task 9. Read the situation and write sentences from the words in brackets
1. You went to Sue’s house but she wasn’t there.
(she / go / out) …She had gone out…………………………………………………….
2. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.
(it / change / a lot) ………….…………………….…………………………………….
3. I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn’t come.
(she / arrange / to do something else) ………………………………………………….
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4. I was nice to see Daniel again after such a long time.
(I / not / see / him for five years) ………………………………………………………
5. You went to cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
(the film / already / start) ………………………………………………………………
6. I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn’t hungry.
(she / just / have / breakfast) …………………………………………………………..
Task 10. For each situation write a sentence ending with never … before. Use the
verb in the brackets
1. The man sitting next to you on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight.
(fly) …He’d never flown before……………………………………………………
2. Somebody sang a song. I didn’t know it.
(hear) I ……………………………………………………………………… before.
3. Sam played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first
game.
(play) He …………………………………………………………………………….
4. Last year we went to Mexico. It was our first time there.
(be there) We ………………………………………………………………………..
Task 11. Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right.
These sentences are in the order in which they happed – so (a) something
happened before (b); (b) before (c), etc. But your paragraph begins with the
underlined sentence, so sometimes you need past perfect
1.
(a) Somebody broke into the office
during the night.
We arrived at work in the morning and
found that …somebody had broken… into
(b) We arrived at work in the morning.
(c) We called the police
2.
(a) Laura went out this morning.
(b) I rang her doorbell.
the office during the night. So
………………………………. the police.
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(c) There was no answer.
3.
(a) Jim came back from holiday a few
days ago.
(b) I met him a few days ago.
(c) He looked very well.
4.
(a) Kevin sent Sally a lot of emails.
(b) She never replied to them.
(c) Yesterday he got a phone call from
her.
(d) She was very surprised.
I went to Laura’s house this morning and
found and rang her doorbell but ……… no
answer. ………………………… out.
I met Jim a few days ago. ….…. just
…………………………. from holiday.
………………………………. very well.
Yesterday Kevin ……..……. from Sally.
………………………… .very surprised.
……………………… lots of emails but
………………………………………… .
Task 12. Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done) or past
simple (I did)
1. ‘Was Paul at the party when you arrived?’ ‘No, he …had gone… (go) home.
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ……………….. (go) strait to bed.
3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody …………… (go) to bed.
4. Sorry, I’m late. The car ……………… (break) down on my way here.
We were driving along the road when we ………………. (see) a car which
…………… (break) down, so we ………………… (stop) to help.
Task 13. Read the situations (in reported speech) and turn them into dialogues
a) Remember how some words are turned into reported speech. Learn helpful
words used in reported speech:
“Yes” — to agree, to answer in the affirmative, to confirm.
“No” — to disagree, to answer in the negative.
“Thank you” — to thank smb. for doing smth.
“Sorry” — to apologise.
“Let’s do smth” — to suggest doing smth.
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“Hello” — to greet smb.
“Good-bye” — to say good-bye to smb.
To ask, to explain, to exclaim, to offer, to wonder, to add, to suppose, to advise,
to warn.
b) Learn the example how to turn conversations into reported speech, then turn
the conversations in reported speech.
Example:
Student: “Can you tell me how to get to Herzen University?”
Stranger: “I see you are a stranger here.”
Student: “Yes, I only came yesterday.”
Stranger: “Can you see that beautiful building over there with
a monument in front of it?”
Student: “Of course”
Stranger: “Walk in that direction. It won’t take you long. ”
Student: “Thank you very much.”
Reported speech:
A student asked a stranger if he could tell him how to get to Herzen University. The
stranger supposed that the student was a stranger there. The student confirmed it and
explained that he had come the day before. The stranger asked the student if he could
see the beautiful building with a monument in front of it. The student answered in the
affirmative. The stranger suggested going in that direction and explained (that) it
wouldn’t take the student long. The student thanked the stranger.
Conversation 1.
Mary: I don’t want to go to the canteen alone. Will you join me for lunch?
Ann: I’d love to.
Mary: When will you be free?
Ann: In a quarter of an hour.
Mary: All right, then, we’ll go together.
Conversation 2.
John: I’ve got two tickets for a new film. Would you like to go?
Mary: I’m afraid I’ll be busy this evening. What time does it begin?
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John: At half past eight.
Mary: Oh, That’s all right. I think I’ll have enough time to do all I’m planning to.
Conversation 3.
Nick: Did you attend a tutorial in Ancient Greek yesterday?
Tom: No, I didn’t. I played truant and went to the cinema instead. I will be able to
find a good excuse to explain my absence.
Nick: You shouldn’t do it again. Our teachers are very clever, wise and
experienced. They will uncover our tricks. Our tutors will easily guess that our good
excuses are simply lame excuses. You can be expelled from the university!
Tom: Right you are! Thank you for your advice! I mustn’t miss classes or I will lag
behind the group.
Conversation 4.
Julia: Hello, Bob! I haven’t seen you for ages! How are you?
Bob: Hello, Julia. I’m all right, thank you.
Julia: Did you enter the university?
Bob: Yes, I did. I’m a first-year student. I’m going to study “Public Relations” or
“Advertising”, I’ll choose later. I am happy! And what about you?
Julia: As for me, I entered the university of Culture. I’m going to be a specialist in
tourism. Sorry, Bob, I am in a hurry! Can I call you in the evening?
Bob: Sure. My telephone number hasn’t changed. I’ll be glad to talk with you. Bye!
Julia: Bye, Bob.
Writing
Task 1. Read information about your faculty on the site of your university, make
notes of the main facts and translate them into English
Task 2. Answer the questions and write an essay about your faculty
1. What is the name of your faculty?
2. When was your faculty founded?
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