- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Contents
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the missed affixes with negative meaning. Consult the dictionary or the text.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •2. Identify if the words in bold are forms of the Participle or the Gerund.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •4. Choose the right word:
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •4. Translate the word-combinations with complex words:
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Determine if the words in bold are forms of the Participle or the Gerund.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate reflexive pronouns.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •4. Sort out the personality qualities and features of appearance from the text into corresponding column according to your opinion.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions and particles.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense and voice.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •4. Match up the antonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Use the words given in brackets to form words that fit in the spaces.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •3. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense and voice forms.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Choose the right word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with correct prepositions or particles.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate word.
- •2. Find mistakes in the sentences below.
- •3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of adjectives and adverbs.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct word.
- •3. Complete the sentences with correct prepositions or particles.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there.
“You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn.
It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance.
He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic.
“No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment.
Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension.
The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes.
In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window.
A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid imminent collision.
He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him.
Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
1. Answer the questions:
Who is Framton Nuttel?
Why did he come to that rural village?
Why did his sister give him letters of introduction?
What did a young lady tell Mr. Nuttel?
What were his emotions?
Whom did Framton see approaching the house?
In what way did he leave the house?
What did Mrs. Sappleton think of the visitor?
How did the young lady explain Framton’s brisk leaving?
2. Discuss the following:
Have you ever met people like Mrs. Sappleton’s niece? What can you say about them? Do you like such people? Why?
Do you think Framton Nuttel had a chance to cure his nerves? Why?
Frank O’Connor MY OEDIPUS COMPLEX
P. 272-281
Exercises
Pre-reading Tasks
1. Do you know what Oedipus complex is? Explain please. If you can’t, find the information in a dictionary or in an encyclopedia.
2. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story. When in doubt refer to the dictionary:
khaki, candlelight, astounding, bullet, wardrobe, rummage, through, treasures, illumine, beyond, rigid, scheme, anxious, ominous, foul, genuinely, smothering, burying, saucer, dawn.
Vocabulary Tasks
1. Find in the story the English for:
велика фігура в одязі захисного кольору; при світлі свічки; грюкання вхідних дверей; тупіт підбитих черевиків; ножі з рукоятками, зробленими з гільз; зверху на шафі; вікно горища виходило на південний схід; завішувати вікно; поліпшувати будинок; дозволити собі; підняти раму; будинки з червоної цегли; забратися у велике ліжко; закам’яніти, дуже замерзнути у нічній сорочці; засинати; молитися за батька; жіночий монастир; він надягнув свій найкращий синій костюм; зняти черевики і взути кімнатні туфлі; схрестити ноги; виглядати стривоженим; нудні відвідувачі; загрозливі слова; нічого подібного; тягти кого-небудь за руку за собою; спиратися на стіну; дати ляпанця; дружня неувага; це було схоже на прогулянку з горою; нечесна гра; змагатися з батьком за мамину увагу; безуспішно намагатися змінити тему; висунути голову з вікна горища; світанок тільки розпочинався; з маминого боку не було місця; великий палець руки; непереконлива причина; шипіти сердито; затулити рота рукою; запалити люльку; пити з блюдця.