1. Choose the correct answer: a, b, c, d choice
1. Water ________ at 100 degrees celcius.
a) to boil b) boil c) is boiling d) boils
2. The water _________. Can you make a cup of tea?
a) to boil b) boil c) is boiling d) boils
3). We need an umbrella. It ________.
a) has been raining b) rains c) has been rained d) is raining
4). Is it raining? No, but the ground is wet. It ________.
a) has been raining b) rains c) has been rained d) is raining
5). You meet somebody who is a writer. You ask, “How many books ______you _________?”
a) do/write b) did/ write c) written d) have/written
6). Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it. He ________ his key.
a) lose b) has lost c) lost d) loses
7). He told me his name but I _________ it.
a) forgot b) have forgot c) have forgotten d) forgets
8). Julia is very good at languages. She _________ four languages very well.
a) speaks b) is speaking c) speak d) spoke
9). The train is never late. It always _________ in time.
a) leaving b) leave c) has left d) leaves
10). “Would you like something to eat?” – “Why not. I _________ lunch yet.”
a) hasn’t b) haven’t c) haven’t had d) hadn’t
11). Bob is a friend of mine. I _________ him for a long time.
a) have known b) know c) knows d) am knowing
12). Bob is a friend of mine. I __________ him well.
a) have known b) know c) knows d) am knowing
13) “Is Paul in hospital?” – “Yes, he _________ there since Monday”.
a) is b) was c) has been d) were
14). My sister is a writer. She _________ four books until now.
a) has written b) wrote c) write d)writes
15). I’m hungry. I _________something to eat.
a) wants b) want c) am wanting d) wanted
16). I __________ the manager tomorrow morning.
a) have seen b) see c) saw d) am seeing
2. Fill in the missing word
1). Excuse me, do you ________ where Richard is?
2). It ________ not usually rain in August.
3). I get up at seven _________ every Monday.
4). Tom and Ann __________talking in a café.
5). _________ your English getting better?
6). Is Sally here? No, she has __________to the market.
7). Is Fred coming to the cinema with us? No, he _________already seen the film.
8). Tom has been reading a book _________ two hours.
LESSON TWO (parts 1, 2)
“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”
Christopher Morley
LESSON TWO. Part one
1. Phonetics
1.1. Rules of reading and rhythm
Study Phonetic reference
Practice in Reading
Task 1: Read the tongue twisters.
Notes:
1). You should read English sounds much more distinctly than Ukrainian ones. Stress those words which seem to be most important in sense.
2). English sentences are read quicker because the words are connected, not each of them is stressed. Practice the reading.
We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
On the beach I saw six small seals.
Three grey geese in the green, green grass.
The rat ran by the river with a lump of raw liver.
Peter Piper picked up a piece of pink paper.
There’s no need to light a night – light on a night like tonight.
Pink silk socks with seven spots are lying on the sofa.
Thirty three yellow flowers for thirteen lucky thieves.
Task 2: Compare the reading of the pairs of words.
e, i: seat-sit, beet-bit, clean – skin, seal – six, me – think, these – this;
a, e: black -deck, latter – letter, have-never, Jack-Ben, candy-ten;
ar, u: car-bug, art-fun, park-run, dark – duck, cart - cut;
ir / -er / -ur in the stressed and -er/-or/-ar in the unstressed position: bird-corner, girl-computer, burglar-doctor, herb-summer.
Task 3: Read some sayings and verses then translate them:
- Step by step one goes far.
- As smug as a bug in a rug.
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- As busy as a bee.
- Just think and think, what horses get to drink.
- In the night I slept,
After dinner I swept,
In the evening I met
My dear cousin Ted.
- Hearts like doors will open with ease to very, very little keys;
And don’t forget that they are these:
“We thank you all” and “If you please.”
- Flowers here, flowers there, flowers growing everywhere.
- Always in a hurry, always behind.