- •Т. А. Бойцова, а. В. Соснин
- •© Т.А. Бойцова, а.В. Соснин, 2012
- •Part II English Punctuation
- •Capitalization.................................................................................................44 Part III Structural Aspects of Writing
- •Part IV Some Notes on Style
- •Using Jargon Appropriately.........................................................................88
- •What kind of skill is writing ?
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters for [f]:
- •The Phoneme [k] – (c, k, ck, ch, qu(e))
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters for [k]:
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters: (tch, ch, t)
- •The Phoneme [g] – (g, dg(e), j)
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters:
- •The Reduplication of Consonants
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters:
- •Insert the missing letters for the sounds given in brackets:
- •The Final Letter “y”
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters “y” or “I”:
- •The Mute Final “e” The mute Final “e” and its Functions
- •Exercises
- •Insert the letter “e”where necessary:
- •Affixation (Prefixation and Suffixation)
- •I. Prefixation
- •Negative prefixes
- •Exercises
- •II. Suffixation
- •The Suffix -tion, -sion
- •To scan – scansion
- •Write corresponding nouns from the following verbs by adding the suffixes -tion, -sion:
- •Exercises
- •Insert the missing letters “a” or “e”:
- •The Suffixes -able, -ible
- •Guiding Principles
- •If the stem ends in [s] -c or [d] -g, the final mute letter “e” is retained before -able:
- •Exercises
- •The Suffix -ous (-ious, -eous, -uous)
- •Study and Memorize the Following List
- •Exercises
- •Insert e or I :
- •Insert the proper vowel wherever necessary:
- •General Review
- •Part II English Punctuation Punctuation marks
- •Exercises
- •Apostrophe
- •Quotation Marks
- •Punctuation of Compound and Complex Sentences Comma and Semicolon
- •Capitalization
- •Exercises
- •Part III structural aspects of writing paragraph
- •2. A) Read the following passage.
- •Description
- •Technical description a Sitting Room
- •Description of a place or scene (Suggestive Description)
- •1. A) Read the above passage carefully paying attention to the choice of the
- •Vocabulary.
- •Character Sketch
- •Description of an Old Man
- •1. Study the passage below and describe the impression Charles Strickland produced on the author at their first meeting.
- •4. Write a descriptive sketch of a) your relative; b) an interesting person whom you know. Summary
- •How to Avoid Foolish Opinions
- •2. Study the following article carefully and make an outline of its essential points. Modern Constitutions
- •3. Consider a summary of this article written in Russian. Does it cover all the key points of the article? Write a summary in English.
- •Words and Phrases to Use in a Résumé
- •1. Make a résumé of the article below. The following questions might help you:
- •How to find true love Or, Rather, How It Finds You
- •Composition and essay
- •Technical / scientific essay
- •Important Development Projects in Russia: their Impact on the Area and People’s Lives. The Shtokman Gas Field – Thinking the Unthinkable
- •References
- •Part IV some notes on style active or passive voice ?
- •Avoiding male-only pronouns
- •Writing With Finesse
- •Suggestions on self-assessment
- •Supplement Words Frequently Misspelt
- •Wednesday
- •Word List For Special Study
- •References
- •Татьяна Алексеевна Бойцова
Exercises
Spell the following words:
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[punC] |
[klinC] |
['kxpCq] |
['reCid] |
[JC] |
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[riC] |
[inC] |
[sxCql] |
[Cink] |
[filC] |
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[sAC] |
[klAC] |
[wiC] |
[Cin] |
[mIC] |
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[iC] |
[bAnC] |
[rIC] |
[Cak] |
[krAC] |
Insert the missing letters: (tch, ch, t)
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(a) |
_ase |
_ill |
a_ievement |
wa_ful |
atta_ment |
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_ose |
_oose |
ha_et |
tea_er |
mis_ief |
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_alk |
wi_ |
cen_ury |
ca_ing |
ri_ness |
(b) mu_ _eese
a wide _oice of _ocolate
a _eap wa_
some fea_ures of fu_ure
an approa_ing coa_
a lec_ure on ancient architec_ure
a _arming sculp_ure
na_ural approa_
(c) 1. We ca_ fish in the di_es. 2. Ri_ard is a good crea_ure. 3. Is this _imney from the ki_en? 4. The Fren_ soldiers sear_ed the bea_.
Couple the matching words. Transcribe the root vowel and read the coupled words:
Model:
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[i]
[J]
Rich – reach
Peach, inch, pinch, bench, pitch, each, punch, bunch, such, latch, match, Scotch, lurch, search, scorch, march.
Find and correct the misspelt words:
launch
much
attatch
strecher
achieve
porch
ostrich
reproach
linch
sloutch
toutch
pinch
fortune
witch
mixture
Write out of the text you are working at all the words with the phoneme [C]. Practise spelling them.
The Phoneme [g] – (g, dg(e), j)
Rule I.The consonant phoneme[G]is represented by the letter “g” in the initial and medial position before the vowels represented by the letters “e”, “i”, “y” (a); in the final position , when followed by the silent “e” and preceded by a long vowel, diphthong or a consonant (b); in the endings –age, -ege (c):
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(a) |
gem |
vegetable |
(b) |
huge |
(c) |
manage |
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gyp |
egypt |
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siege |
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college |
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gin |
margin |
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change |
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foliage |
Rule II.The consonant phoneme[G] is represented by the letter combination “dg”(e) in the final position if the preceding letter represents a short accented vowel (a); in the middle of a word in derivatives and compounds (b); and in some words ending in -er, -et (c):
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(a) |
judge |
(b) |
judgement |
(c) |
badger |
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edge |
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edgeway |
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fidget |
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lodge |
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lodgement |
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budget |
Notice:porridge, knowledge, cartridge in which ‘dg”(e) follows a letter representing an unaccented vowel sound.
Rule III. The consonant phoneme [G] is represented by the letter “j” in the initial (a) and medial position (b) before vowels represented by any letter but “y”.
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(a) |
jack |
joke |
(b) |
prejudice |
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jelly |
just |
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majority |
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jangle |
jest |
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pyjams |
Exercises