- •Intermediate lever
- •14. Media of communication — сми
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllables in each of these words.
- •2. Analyze the structure of the following words.
- •3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the underlined word.
- •4. Word building. Find the missing word forms where possible:
- •5. Highlight the adjectives from the text and give their comparative and superlative degrees.
- •12. Complete the sentences with the phrases and word combinations.
- •13. Work in pairs. Take it in turns to interview each other with the above phrases and word combinations.
- •14. Work in groups. Take it in turns to make questions using the prompts below.
- •15. Match these phrases with their definitions.
- •16. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations.
- •17. A. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •18. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •19. Answer the following questions:
- •20. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions No. 1, 5, 6, 7
- •21. Give the best possible translation of the title and retell the text close to the original.
- •1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
- •2. Fill in each gap with items from the box. Some words can be repeated.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the essential vocabulary from the box.
- •5. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •6. Choose the right article.
- •7. Fill in the prepositions where necessary:
- •8. Do a library research and write a 200-word essay on your favourite work of literature, proving the idea that books can change lives by making people think.
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllables in each of these words.
- •3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the underlined word.
- •4. Choose the right suffix or prefix for each word and translate the words into Russian. Prefixes can be used to alter their meaning. What are the differences in meaning?
- •5. Highlight adjectives in the text and give their comparative and superlative degrees.
- •10. Complete the sentences with the speech patterns.
- •11. Translate into English the sentences with the speech patterns.
- •12. Work in pairs. Practice some dialogues.
- •13. Complete the sentences with the word combinations.
- •14. Translate the following sentences into English using the word combinations and phrases.
- •15. Imagine that the publishers from a provincial town ask you to put them wise how to start a new business. Practice the dialogue and use the following word combinations.
- •16. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •17. Complete the sentences with the items from the box.
- •18. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •19. Answer the following questions.
- •20. Retell the text close to the original.
- •2. Fill in each gap with items from the box.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the essential vocabulary from the box.
- •4. Word-sets. Underline the odd word in each set.
- •5. Translate the sentences into English.
- •6. Write a 200-word essay on one of the given topics.
- •7. Choose the right article: a/the
- •8. Choose the right prepositions from the box.
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllable in each of these words.
- •11. Work in pairs. Practice dialogues.
- •12. Complete the sentences with the phrases and combinations from the text.
- •13. Work in pairs. Take it in turns to interview each other using the word combinations.
- •14. Describe your favourite advertisement using the following phrases and word combinations.
- •15. Translate the following sentences into English using the word combinations and phrases.
- •16. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •17. Match these phrases with their definitions.
- •18. A. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •19. Answer the following questions.
- •20. Retell the text close to the original.
- •1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and word combinations of the essential vocabulary.
- •3. A. Fill the gaps in the sentences with suitable words from the box.
- •5. Choose the right article: a/the
- •6. Choose the right preposition from the box
- •7. Synonyms.
- •8. Antonyms.
- •9. Translate the sentences into English.
- •10. Do a library research and write a 200-word essay on one of the given topics.
- •It was the bad weather that made it possible for the boy to stay home.
- •8. To take a pride in smth
- •1. Anxious adj
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllables in each of these words.
- •8. Give one example to each speech pattern.
- •9. Work in pairs. Practice dialogues using the speech patterns.
- •10. Translate into English the sentences with the speech patterns.
- •13. Practice to write an article in the students newspaper using the following word combinations.
- •14. Translate the following sentences into English using the word combinations and phrases.
- •15. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •16. A. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •17. Answer the following questions.
- •18. Imagine that you are invited to speak on the television. What would you like to say about your future profession?
- •1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the essential vocabulary words from the box. Mind that some of them are repeated more than once.
- •4. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •5. Fill in each gap with prepositions.
- •6. Choos the right articles , a/the,0
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllables in each of these words.
- •3. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the underlined word.
- •4. Word building. Find the missing word forms where possible:
- •5. Use the right suffix or prefix with each word and translate the words into Russian. Prefixes can be used with words to alter their meaning. What are the differences in the meaning?
- •6. Highlight the adjectives from the text and give their comparative and superlative degrees.
- •7. Highlight the irregular verbs from the text, give their four forms and translate them into Russian
- •8. A. Complete the sentences with the speech patterns.
- •9. Work in pairs. You are going to talk about marketing
- •10. Translate into English the sentences containing the speech patterns.
- •11. Work in pairs. Practice the dialogue using the speech patterns.
- •12. Complete the sentences with the phrases and word combinations.
- •13. Work in pairs. Take it in turns to interview each other using the following phrases and word combinations.
- •14. Match the phrases with their definitions.
- •Is.Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations.
- •16. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •19. Give the best possible translation of the title and retell the text close to the original.
- •1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the vocabulary items.
- •3. Word sets: Marketing. Underline the odd word in each line.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the essential vocabulary.
- •5. Translate the sentences into English.
- •6. Complete the text with prepositions in the box. Some prepositions are used several times.
- •In, of, on, from, to, for
- •7. Fill in each gap with the articles, a/the, — the market economy
- •1. Thanksgiving day.
- •1. Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words. Mark the main stressed syllables in each of these words.
- •10. Translate the following sentences into English using the Speech patterns.
- •11. Complete the sentences containing the word combinations.
- •12. Match the expressions to their meanings.
- •13. Work in pairs. Compose short dialogues between Martin and the editor, using the following word combinations.
- •14. Translate the following sentences into English using the word combinations.
- •15. Decide whether the following statements true or false.
- •16. Compose a dialogue between Martin and Maria when he came back. Use the following expressions in the dialogue:
- •17. Explain what is meant by:
- •1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word combinations.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with prepositions in the box.
- •5. Chose the right article a/the where it is necessary.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Vocabulary tasks a Word search
- •2 Definite article: the
- •3 No article
- •1 Countable nouns
- •2 Uncountable nouns
- •3 Countable or uncountable
- •4 Quantifiers
- •1 Comparative and superlative: adjectives
- •Irregular quantifiers
- •7 Intensifiers
- •8 Gradable/ungradable adjectives and adverbs
- •1 Present Simple
- •1 Past simple
- •1 Used to/would
- •2 Used to
- •I'm going to buy him a cd.
- •3 Present continuous
- •4 Present simple
- •2 Infinitives
- •2 Infinitive
- •I was happy to do it.
- •If you heat ice, it melts.
- •If only my dad didn't snore!
- •3 Wish/hope
- •1 Reporting questions
- •3 Indirect questions
- •4 Impersonal statements
- •1 Ability
- •2 Permission
- •4 Obligation
- •5 Lack of obligation
- •1 Possibility
- •2 Deductions
- •1 Defining clauses
- •1 So much/many, so little/few (that)
- •2 So/such (that)
- •3 Too/enough
- •1 Addition
- •2 Nouns from adjectives
- •3 Noun form verbs
- •4 Verb form adjectives
- •5 Making words negative
- •6 Compound nouns
- •2 Noun 4- verb -ing
- •7 Compound adjectives
- •1 Past participle (-ed)
4 Impersonal statements
Use
When we do not know if information is true or do not
want to state where the information came from.
Present situations
* said/believed/known/thought + that clause OR 4- to
+ infinitive
It is said that Italians are very passionate.
Italians are said to be very passionate.
Past situations
*said/believed/known/thought + that clause OR 4- to
+ past infinitive (have + past participle)
It is believed that the ship sank.
The ship is believed to have sunk.
File 17: The causative
*activities we arrange for other people to do for us
I had my hair coloured.
Dad's going to have his car serviced.
I get my hair cut at Tony's salon.
! Get more common in the imperative form.
Get your hair cut!
File 18: Modal verbs 1
1 Ability
*can for present/future ability
Can you swim?
*could/was able to for past ability
1 could play the guitar when I was five years old.
2 Permission
*can and may for requesting permission
May I go out tonight?
*can't, may not, not allowed to for lack of permission
I can't/I'm not allowed to drive a car. I'm only 14.
! May is very formal. In questions, it is polite and is
used quite frequently.
May I help you?
In negatives, may not is rarely used as it sounds
very formal.
3 Advice/criticism *should, ought to for advice
You should/ought to see a doctor. *shouldn't/oughtn't to for criticism of a past action You shouldn't have done that ! Should and ought to have the same meaning, but should is used more frequently.
4 Obligation
*must for strong obligation or necessity
imposed by the speaker
Policeman: You must come to the police
Station.
*mustn't for strong prohibition imposed by
the speaker
You mustn't drink and drive.
*have to, have got to, need to for reporting/
asking about rules/regulations/obligations
Do we need to/have to get visas to go
to the USA?
*had to for past obligation
I had to tidy my room yesterday.
5 Lack of obligation
*don't have to, don't need to and needn't for
lack of obligation in the present/future
We don't have to be home until midnight!
*didn't need to for actions that were not
necessary
We didn't need to wait for the plane as it took
off immediately.
*needn't have + past participle for actions
which were done unnecessarily
You needn't have worried. I was quite safe.
File 19: Modal verbs 2
1 Possibility
*may/could/might + bare infinitive for something
that is possibly true but we don't know.
Susan's not in. She may /could/might be next door
*may have/could have/might have + past
participle for something that has possibly
happened
I'm not sure where she is. She may /could/
might have gone to the cinema.
*may /could /might + be + -ing for something
that is possibly happening now
She could be watching a video.
! There is no evidence for any of these
assumptions.
2 Deductions
*must + bare infinitive for deductions in the
present
He must be a doctor. He has a stethoscope!
*must have + past participle for deductions
in the past
The police arrested the man. He must have
committed a crime.
*must have + been + -ing for the continuous
past
They couldn't find him. He must have been
hiding.
! There is usually some evidence for these deductions.
e.g. the doctor's stethoscope.
*can't + bare infinitive for assumptions in the present
She can't be a nurse. She isn't wearing a uniform.
*can't have/couldn't have + past participle for things
we are sure did not happen
He can't have passed his driving test. He looks upset.
*can't have + been + -ing for the continuous past
He crashed. He can't have been driving carefully.
File 20: Relative clauses