- •Unit 2. Higher education
- •Vocabulary
- •2.3 Read these numerals according to the models:
- •Higher education in great britain
- •Colleges and universities in the usa
- •Draft diploma form instructor
- •Grammar: Degrees of Comparison
- •2.8 Change the adjectives according to the model.
- •Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison
- •2.9 Translate the sentences.
- •2.10 Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
- •2.11 Translate the word combinations with most.
- •2.12 Answer the following questions.
- •Grammar: Simple Passive
- •2.13 Translate the sentences.
- •2.14 Rewrite these sentences, putting the verbs in the passive. Keep them in the same tense, and remove they, we, etc.
- •2.15 Learn the names of the faculties.
- •History of the university
- •Past Participle
- •Grammar: Quantifiers
- •2.21 Fill in (very) little, a little, (very) few or a few.
- •St petersburg state marine technical university
- •1.Are you a part-time or full-time student? 2.What year are you in? 3.What classes do you have? 4.What lectures do you attend? 5.Do you ever miss lectures? 6.How many exams will you have in winter?
- •2.24 Put the verb into the correct form.
- •2.25 Put the verb into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.
- •Student life
- •2.28 Read the text and tell your partner about your group and studies. Our group and our studies
- •2.30 Read and pay attention to prepositions of position: in, on, at.
- •2.31 Put in the correct prepositions in, at, on. Translate the sentences.
- •Academic mobility
- •At the Airport
- •Crossroads hotel
Draft diploma form instructor
1.A person who teaches at a British university is called a tutor but at an American university a teacher is called an __. 2.Fill in the application __ and send it, with a letter, to the college. 3.He has passed the certificate course and now he is doing a __. 4.When you do a task, first do a __ then write it out again.
Grammar: Degrees of Comparison
|
Adjective |
Comparative |
Superlative |
I |
long easy big |
longer than easier than bigger than |
(the) longest (the) easiest (the) biggest |
II |
interesting |
more interesting than |
(the) most interesting |
III |
good bad far |
better than worse than farther than further than |
(the) best (the) worst (the) farthest (the) furthest |
IV |
much many |
more than |
(the) most |
little |
less than |
(the) least |
2.8 Change the adjectives according to the model.
Model: This text is difficult. – That text is more difficult, and that text is the most difficult of all. |
1.This problem is interesting. 2.This lecture is good. 3.This engine is powerful. 4.This border is long. 5.This area is large. .6.This answer is bad. 7.This test is useful. |
Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison
than |
— чем |
as … as |
— так же (такой же) … как |
not so / as … as |
— не так (не такой) … как |
the … the |
— чем …, тем |
2.9 Translate the sentences.
1.Tom is as intelligent as Mark. 2.The Moskva river is less navigable than the Neva. 3.The more we study, the more we know. 4.Jane is not as pretty as Alice. 5.The more attentive we are at the lessons, the more we learn. 6.The voyage to Odessa is as beautiful as the voyage to Sochi. 7.This shipyard is not so well-known as the Admiralty shipyard. 8.Russia has more natural resources than any other country in the world.
2.10 Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
1.Mary is a (bad) student than Lucy. 2.The Alps are (high) than the Urals. 3.The (tall) trees in the world grow in California. 4.It is as (cold) today as it was yesterday. 5.Today the weather is (cold) than it was yesterday. 6.This is the (beautiful) view I have ever seen in my life. 7.She is not so (busy) as I am. 8.She speaks Italian (good) than English. 9.Chinese is (difficult) than English. 10.This book is (interesting) of all I have read this year. 11.The station is (far) from the beach than our hotel.
2.11 Translate the word combinations with most.
Model:
|
The most difficult exam (самый) Most of the exams (большинство) |
most of the subjects, most of our undergraduates, the most interesting subject, most of the seminars, the most useful activity, most useful activities, most of our studies.
2.12 Answer the following questions.
l.What subject do you like best? 2.What was your best subject at school? 3.Is mathematics more difficult for you than physics? 4.What is the most difficult subject for you? 5.And what subject is the easiest? 6.Who is the best student at English in your group? 7.Who is the oldest in your family? 8. Who is the youngest?