- •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
Crossroads hotel
Registration form
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Surname ________________ First name(s) _____________ Nationality ______________ Date and place of issue _____ Passport number __________ _________________________ Address _________________ Date of departure __________ Date of arrival ____________ Signature ________________ |
The Oak Tree School of English
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Enrolment form – PLEASE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS Mr/Mrs/Ms* ______________ ___ Family name _________________ First name ___________________ Date of birth _________________ Nationality __________________ Language(s) __________________ Address in your country _____________________________________ Occupation _______________________________________________ Reason for learning English: Business/pleasure/exams/other * (if other, please specify) ____________________________________________ How many hours a day do you want to study? ___________________ How long are you going to stay at the school? ___________________ What date do you want to start? ______________________________ *Delete where not applicable |
2.36 Grammar revision. Active / Passive Voice. Complete the information from the leaflet about the United World Colleges (UWC) with correct form of the verbs.
The Colleges (be) ___ international communities where young people of all races (give) ___ the opportunity of living and studying together.
The students (learn) ___ about each other’s country and societies.
Two of the Colleges – Singapore and Swaziland – (provide) ___ secondary education for students aged 11 to 19.
The Colleges of Canada, Italy, the UK and the USA (offer) ___ two-year upper-secondary courses to students aged 16-19.
Waterford Kamhlaba College (found) ___ in 1963. It was the first school in South Africa (open) ___ to all races and religions.
TEST 2
Complete the dialogue with the words given.
a) Thank you very much. b) I’m sorry. c) Excuse me.
A ………. (1). I think that’s my suitcase.
B ………. (2). My suitcase is red, too.
A Is this yours?
B Yes, it is. ………. (3).
TELEPHONING
Making a personal call
Hi, it’s Pete.
Can I speak to Frank?
Could I leave a message?
Answering a personal call
Hello, this is Frank Green.
Who’s this (US) / that (UK)?
I’m sorry, Mary’s out at the moment.
Can I take a message?
Sorry, you’ve got the wrong number.
Making a business call
Could I have the sales department?
Can you ask him/her to call me back, please?
Could I speak to Ms Howe, please?
Answering a business call
Can I help you?
Thank you, goodbye.
Can I take a message?
I’m sorry, there’s no answer.
Can you hold, please?
I’m sorry, the line’s busy.
Who’s calling, please?
CULTURE NOTE: In Britain and the USA, people usually give the reason for their call first and make small talk afterwards.