- •Министерство образования и науки российской федерации
- •Предисловие
- •Social issues
- •Vocabulary
- •I. What do you think the age range is for each time of life?
- •III. Do you think there is an upper or lower age limit for:
- •II. 1. Decide which two factors in the list you think are not important
- •V. Match the time expressions in bold to their meanings a-j.
- •VI. Ask a partner the questions from task V.
- •VII. Complete the expressions.
- •VIII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in
- •Age of Content
- •I. Read the dialogues. Choose the right answer (sometimes there are
- •II. What is the difference in meaning? Check with the rules above.
- •III. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Future Simple, Future
- •IV. Choose the correct verb forms in these sentences. Sometimes two
- •V. Complete the sentences with the verb in either the Future Perfect or
- •I. Complete the First Conditional sentences:
- •II. Put the words in the correct order in the Second Conditional
- •III. Match the sentences halves:
- •IV. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct tense.
- •I. Read the article. The article is written in a quite formal, scientific
- •II. Read the text again. Choose a, b or c.
- •III. Choose the best variant to express the main idea of the article.
- •III. The following is the summary of the article. Put the lines of the summary in the correct order.
- •IV. Discuss in pairs what you would do if you were the writer.
- •Vocabulary and grammar in use
- •I. Translate into English.
- •I. Discuss in small groups what is likely to happen in 20 years’ time.
- •II. Make a presentation on one of the subjects of the topic.
- •Vocabulary
- •Part 1 clothes
- •I. Discuss.
- •I. Put the items of clothing in the right section.
- •II. Match sentences 1-10 with a-j.
- •III. Complete the text with the words from the list.
- •I. Put the adjectives from the list below into the right categories of the
- •II. Put the groups of words in the right order. Use a/an where necessary.
- •III. Right or wrong? Correct the wrong adjective order.
- •II.Write the endings for each phrase.
- •I. A. Guess which of the two people said the sentences below, then
- •I. Read the article quickly. Find the information about:
- •Clothes to Die for
- •II. Read the text again carefully. Translate p.P. 2, 5, 6 and 7.
- •III. Match the phrasal verbs from the text and their equivalents.
- •IV. Answer the questions.
- •V. Match the headings to the paragraphs.
- •II. Use look, sound, smell, taste and feel to give your opinion about the
- •III. Complete the text with the words from the list.
- •I. Listen to a trainee chef talk about her future plans and answer the questions. (Total English Pre-Intermediate Unit 3 Recording 2)
- •II. Listen to a man talking about his plans and choose the right variant.
- •I. Read the text and answer the question.
- •Were School Dinners Really So Bad?
- •II. Mark the sentences true or false.
- •IV. Do the ‘House’ quiz in 5 minutes.
- •I. Critisize yourself. For each situation write two sentences, one beginning I should have and one beginning I shouldn’t have.
- •Never again …
- •I. Decorating a room
- •II. Talk to a partner.
- •I. Write the words from the list in the correct column in the chart.
- •II. Complete with a/an or some.
- •III. In which sentences in task II could you also use a piece of?
- •IV. Choose the correct form.
- •I. Do you know anything about the philosophy of feng shui? Where is it
- •II. In pairs, read the text and remember how you can put feng shui ideas
- •Into practice. A read about the living room, b read about the
- •Feng Shui
- •III. Discuss. Do you think feng shui is sensible, impractical, or
- •Vocabulary and grammar in use
- •I. Translate into English.
- •I. Make up a dialogue.
- •II. Make a presentation on one of the subjects of the topic.
- •Addictions
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Discuss.
- •I. Look at the adjectives in bold. What do they mean? Complete the
- •II. Make personal sentences with as many adjectives from task I as
- •III. Form nouns by adding the suffixes –ility, -ion, -ment.
- •I. Explain the difference between a and b.
- •II. Right or wrong? Correct the wrong sentences.
- •III. Complete the sentences with used to/didn’t use to, (don’t) usually,
- •IV. Tell a partner about …
- •1. A personal pronoun in the objective case or a noun
- •2. Participle I.
- •I. Give all the forms of Participle I of these verbs.
- •II. Point out Participle I and state its form. Translate into Russian.
- •III. Use the right form of Participle I instead of the infinitive in brackets.
- •IV. Paraphrase the sentences using Complex Object with Participle
- •Instead of the subordinate clause.
- •I. Point out Participle II and state its function. Translate into Russian.
- •III. Read the text and check your answers. Are you surprised by
- •Caffeine – Fact or Myth?
- •I. Read an article about a singer. Find out:
- •Confessions of a Coffee Addict
- •II. Find phrases in the text that mean …
- •Vocabulary and grammar in use
- •I. Translate into English.
- •I. Make a dialogue.
- •II. Make a presentation on one of the subjects of the topic.
- •Fast world
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Discuss with a partner.
- •Communication
- •IV. Look at the words and phrases in the list. Label them ‘a’ for changes
- •In quantity or ‘b’ for changes in quality.
- •V. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
- •Infinitive
- •1. A personal pronoun in the objective case or a noun
- •2. Infinitive.
- •I. Give all the missing forms of the infinitives.
- •II. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the forms of
- •Infinitive.
- •III. Use the right form of the infinitives in brackets.
- •IV. Complete the sentences using Infinitive as
- •V. Paraphrase the sentences using the infinitive without particle to
- •VI. Make sentences using Infinitive.
- •I. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the forms of
- •II. Use the right form of Gerund.
- •III. Complete the sentences using Gerund as
- •IV. Complete the sentences using Gerund.
- •I. Put the verbs in the right column.
- •II. Put the verbs in the right form: … -ing or to … . Sometimes two
- •III. Right or wrong? Correct the wrong sentences.
- •II. Read the text again. Mark the sentences true or false. Correct the
- •III. Read the text again and translate the parts in bold.
- •I. Discuss.
- •II. Make a presentation on one of the subjects of the topic.
Vocabulary and grammar in use
I. Translate into English.
Когда-то здесь был парк, а сейчас – новый супермаркет.
Он не привык к ограничениям, но ему придется бросить
курить из-за проблем с легкими.
Этот художник невероятно талантлив! Мы очарованы его
картинами.
Она одержима идеей о карьере актрисы.
Картина была великолепна. Очарованные посетители выставки
долго смотрели на нее.
Посоветовавшись с врачом, я сократил количество чашек кофе с
шести в день до двух.
Не зная, как бороться с пагубным пристрастием мужа, она решила
проконсультироваться со специалистом.
Не все болеутоляющие средства содержат кофеин.
Смущенная девушка не знала, что ответить.
Какое влияние эта привычка имеет на жизнь твоей семьи?
COMMUNICATION
I. Make a dialogue.
A friend of yours is addicted to computer games/the Internet/shopping/watching soap operas on TV, etc. Try to convince him/her to give it up.
II. Make a presentation on one of the subjects of the topic.
MODULE 4
Fast world
Vocabulary
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LEAD-IN
I. Discuss with a partner.
Are you the type of person who is always in a hurry? Do you know any
people who are?
Do you usually arrive on time for things? How do you feel if you’re
late?
What time is the rush-hour in this city? What is it like?
Do you usually speed up or slow down when you see an amber traffic
light? Why?
Do you think speed cameras on roads are a good idea? Why/why not?
Which of you lives a faster life?
BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY
I. Complete the sentences using the correct word or phrase from the list.
a top speed of speed limit fastest-selling can run at move
rush- hour
Cheetahs ____ 80 kilometres an hour.
A Mclaren Formula One car has ____ 400 kilometres an hour.
The ____ on motorways in Spain is 100 kilometres an hour.
The Harry Potter books are the ____ children’s books in history.
Mexico City has the worst ____ in the world.
Snails ____ at 0.0028 m in a second.
British roads have had ____ since 1992.
II. Two of the sentences above are false. Discuss which ones.
III. Complete the texts using the postpositions of the phrasal verbs given
in the text from the list. Use the appropriate tense-form of the verbs.
behind down off up(2) on(2) over
Text 1
Slow or Fast?
Are you always in a hurry? Do you often get __1__ with your work?
Do you have to stay late in the office to catch __2___ with your work?
Do you panic when you can’t arrive on time? Why? Stop worrying! The
world is 25 billion years old. It will go __3__ with or without you. You
need to slow __4__ , not speed __5__ ! Join the Slow Living
Movement and see a better, slow world. Join today! Or tomorrow … or
next week or …
Text 2