- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Find equivalents:
- •II. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Speak about the University you study using the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the verbs corresponding to the following nouns:
- •II. Give the English equivalents for:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Find the corresponding synonyms in the right-hand column:
- •III. Memorize the following word-combinations.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Translate into English:
- •VI. Speak about the University’s academic activity using
- •Grammar exercises The Noun: Singular and Plural
- •I. Read and memorize the following:
- •II. Give the plural of the following nouns:
- •III. Give the singular of the following nouns:
- •IV. Choose the correct verb:
- •V. Choose the correct noun:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •The Noun: Common and Possessive Case
- •VII. Replace the «of phrase» by the Possessive Case:
- •VIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •IX. Complete the following sentences using the words
- •X. Use the italicized noun or noun phrase in the first sentence as a modifier in the second sentence:
- •XI. Translate into English:
- •The Article
- •XII. Insert a, an or the if necessary:
- •XIII. Explain the use of the article:
- •XIV. Insert the article where necessary. Retell the passage:
- •XV. Translate into English:
- •The Verb «to be» in the Present Indefinite Tense
- •XVI. Answer the following questions:
- •XVII. Give short answers in the affirmative or negative:
- •XVIII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XIX. Fill in the blanks with am, is or are:
- •XX. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •The Verb «to have» in the Present Indefinite Tense
- •XXI. Answer the following questions:
- •XXII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XXIII. Fill in the blanks with have or has:
- •XXIV. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •XXV. Translate into English:
- •XXVI. Make the following interrogative and negative:
- •XXVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Choose the correct verb:
- •II. Change the number of the italicized nouns and make all necessary changes:
- •III. Choose the correct form of the verb:
- •V. Use it is or there is/are in the following sentences:
- •VI. Translate into English:
VII. Speak about the University you study using the following words and word-combinations:
establishment of higher learning; economist; manager; various fields of national economy; to provide; high quality training; to coordinate; economic and managerial training programmes; contemporary knowledge of economics; to equip students with; excellent professional skills; to transform; commercial school; to found; in the field of industry and trade; prominent scientists; public figures; to make decisions.
Reading drills
1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
а) stress the first syllable:
building, hostel, lecture-hall, library, literature, reading-room, specialist, access, entrance, private, different, day-time, marketing, management, banking, graduate, branch, agriculture, ownership, offer;
b) stress the second syllable:
facility, laboratory, prepare, preparatory, computing, collection, per cent, technology, assistance, admit, department, accounting, finance, prefer, enroll, agrarian, combine, canteen, successful;
c) stress the third syllable:
academic, education, correspondence, international, information.
Text B
Kyiv National Economic University is more than 90 years old. It has three academic buildings with all education facilities1, four hostels and a sport centre. There are well-equipped laboratories and studies2, lecture halls and computing centres. The University’s library has the largest collection of literature on economics in Ukraine. The students have free access3 to the library, reading-rooms, laboratories, medical assistance and sport facilities.
More than ten thousand future specialists get their training here. They are admitted to the University4 on the basis of their results at the entrance examinations5. The students may enroll in day-time, evening or correspondence departments6.
At present the University has 7 faculties at the day-time department: marketing, management, international economics and law, accounting, finance, information systems and technologies, and agrarian management. The graduates7 of the University work at various branches of industry and agriculture, state and private organizations with different forms of ownership8, finance and banking system.
About 50 per cent of young people prefer to combine studies with work9. They are admitted to the evening or correspondence departments after passing successfully their examinations10.
There is also a preparatory faculty11 at the University. It offers programmes aimed to prepare applicants for entrance examinations.
Comments
1. education facilities — навчальне обладнання, умови для занять
2. a study — кабiнет
3. ... have free access ... — можуть безкоштовно користуватися
4. to be admitted to the University — вступити до унiверситету
5. entrance examinations — вступнi іспити
6. to enroll in day-time (evening, correspondence) department — вступити на денне (вечiрнє, заочне) вiддiлення
7. a graduate — випускник вищого навчального закладу
(амер. випускник будь-якого навчального закладу)
to graduate from — закінчувати вищий навчальний заклад
8. with different forms of ownership — з рiзними формами власностi
9. to combine studies with work — поєднувати навчання з роботою
10. to pass examinations — скласти іспити
11. preparatory faculty — тут. факультет довузiвської пiдготовки