- •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.
Communication
Modern ways of communication take __6__ the world. Over fifty
million text messages are sent each day in the UK and this figure
continues to go __7__.
An average office worker deals with forty-six phone calls, twenty-five e-
mails, sixteen voicemails, twenty-three items of post and nine mobile
calls every day. Specialists advise people to put__8__ their mobile
phones or leave them at home sometimes, and write one long e-mail
instead of three short ones.
IV. Look at the words and phrases in the list. Label them ‘a’ for changes
In quantity or ‘b’ for changes in quality.
improve/deteriorate rise/fall get better/get worse go up/go down
V. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
The number of fast-food restaurants is going up/getting better steadily.
The quality of food that most people eat in the UK has got worse/fallen
recently.
The amount of traffic has risen/improved over the last few years.
The average speed in cities has deteriorated/fallen in the last thirty
years.
The air quality in most cities is deteriorating/going down rapidly.
The price of air travel has improved/gone up in the last ten years.
GRAMMAR 1
Infinitive
Forms of Infinitive(transitive verbs)
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Active |
Passive |
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Simple |
to irritate |
to be irritated |
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Continuous |
to be irritating |
- |
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Perfect |
to have irritated |
to have been irritated |
Forms of Infinitive(intransitive verbs)
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Active |
Passive |
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Simple |
to study |
- |
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Continuous |
to be studying |
- |
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Perfect |
to have studied |
- |
Non-perfect Infinitive (Simple and Continuous) expresses the action simultaneous with the action of the predicate.
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Non-perfect Infinitive Examples |
Translation |
Meaning |
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1 |
I am glad to see you. |
Я рад видеть тебя. |
simultaneous action in the present |
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2 |
I was glad to see my new friend.
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Я был рад видеть своего нового друга. |
simultaneous action in the past |
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3 |
I will be glad to see all of you at my place.
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Я буду рад видеть всех вас у себя дома. |
simultaneous action in the future |
Perfect Infinitive expresses the action preceding the action of the predicate.
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Perfect Infinitive Examples |
Translation |
Notes |
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1 |
I am glad to have studied at this institute. |
Я рад, что учился в этом институте. |
the action precedes the present tense of the predicate |
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2 |
I was glad to have studied at this institute. |
Я был рад, что учился в этом институте. |
the action precedes the past tense of the predicate |
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3 |
I will always be glad to have studied at this institute. |
Я всегда буду рад, что учился в этом институте. |
the action precedes the future tense of the predicate |
Functions of Infinitive
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Functions |
Examples |
Translation |
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1 |
Subject Подлежащее |
To read much is to know much.
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Много читать значит много знать. |
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2 |
Part of simple predicate Часть простого сказуемого |
I’ll read much in summer. |
Летом я буду много читать. |
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3 |
Part of a compound verbal predicate Часть сложного глагольного сказуемого |
We must read much. |
Мы должны много читать. |
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4 |
Predicative Часть сложного именного сказуемого |
My wish is to read much. To read much is my wish. |
Мое желание – много читать. |
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5 |
Object Дополнение |
I decided to read more.. |
Я решил читать больше. |
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6 |
Attribute Определение |
In my group I was the first to read this book. |
В моей группе я первым прочел эту книгу (я был первым, кто прочел…). |
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Adverbial modifier Обстоятельство
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I bought an electronic reader to read interesting books. |
Я купил электронный ‘reader’, чтобы читать интересные книги. |
Constructions with Infinitive
Complex Object
Infinitive can be used in Complex Object (cложное дополнение).
Such sentences have the same model as described in the grammar section of Module 3 devoted to Participle.
I II III
Subject(подлежащее) Predicate(cказуемое) Сomplex Object
Complex Object consists of two parts: