- •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.
V. Paraphrase the sentences using the infinitive without particle to
after the verbs of physical perception instead of the subordinate
clause.
I watched how my friend made her way through the crowd.
He noticed that the teacher switched on the CD-player.
She heard that the town clock struck three.
I saw how she moved away from us, through the hotel doors.
The student didn’t hear how the teacher asked everyone to close the
textbooks.
I noticed that the girl flushed.
We have never seen that she took care of the child.
I heard how the door bell rang.
VI. Make sentences using Infinitive.
Note the absence of particle to. Why is it absent?
what, this, her, say, made?
without, her, let, my sister, a word, go.
we’d, the summer, abroad, spend, rather.
not, the problem, solve, at once, why?
rather, and, a comfortable life, lead, I’d, slow down, in the country.
GRAMMAR 2
Gerund
Forms of Gerund
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Active |
Passive |
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Non-perfect |
studying |
- |
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irritating |
being irritated | |
|
Perfect |
having studied |
- |
|
having irritated |
having been irritated |
Non-perfect Gerund expresses the action simultaneous with the action of the predicate.*
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Non-perfect Gerund Examples |
Translation |
Notes |
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1 |
The child likes studying English.
|
Ребенку нравится учить английский язык.
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simultaneous action in the present
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2 |
The child liked studying English. |
Ребенку нравилось учить английский язык.
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simultaneous action in the past |
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3 |
The child likes being read fairy- tales. |
Ребенку нравится, когда ему читают сказки. |
simultaneous action in the present |
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4 |
The child liked being read fairy-tales. |
Ребенку нравилось, когда ему читали сказки. |
simultaneous action in the past |
* Non-perfect Gerund can express the action preceding the action
of the predicate if it is used
after the verbs remember, thank, forget, excuse, etc.
after prepositions on, after, before, without.
Example. I remember seeing her once.
After arriving in the city, we decided to go sightseeing.
Perfect Gerund expresses the action preceding the action of the predicate.
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Perfect Gerund Examples |
Translation |
Notes |
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1 |
We are proud of having invited this foreign expert to our conference. |
Мы гордимся, что пригласили этого зарубежного специалиста на нашу конференцию. |
the action precedes the present tense of the predicate |
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2 |
We were proud of having invited this foreign expert to our conference. |
Мы гордились, что пригласили этого зарубежного специалиста на нашу конференцию. |
the action precedes the past tense of the predicate |
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3 |
We are proud of having been invited to the conference. |
Мы гордимся, что нас пригласили (мы были приглашены) на конференцию. |
the action precedes the present tense of the predicate |
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4 |
We were proud of having been invited to the conference. |
Мы гордились, что нас пригласили (мы были приглашены) на конференцию. |
the action precedes the past tense of the predicate |
Functions of Gerund
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Functions |
Examples |
Translation |
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1 |
Subject Подлежащее |
Listening to music is his favourite occupation. |
Слушать музыку – его любимое занятие. |
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2 |
Part of a compound verbal predicate Часть сложного глагольного сказуемого |
His favourite occupation is listening to music. |
Его любимое занятие – слушать музыку. |
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3 |
Predicative Часть сложного именного сказуемого |
He began listening to music when he was eight. |
Он начал слушать музыку в восемь лет. |
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4 |
Prepositional/non-prepositional object Дополнение c предлогом/без предлога |
He was tired of listening to loud music. He enjoys listening to music.
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Он устал слушать громкую музыку. Он получает удовольствие, когда слушает музыку. |
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5 |
Attribute Определение |
He has a habit of listening to music at night. |
У него привычка слушать музыку вечером. |
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6 |
Adverbial modifier with a preposition Обстоятельство с предлогом
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In listening to music he didn’t notice anything around him. |
Когда он слушал музыку, он ничего вокруг не замечал. |
Constructions with Gerund
Gerund can be used with a noun or with a pronoun in the possessive case. This construction is similar to a subordinate clause (придаточное предложение) and is translated into Russian with a subordinate clause.
Example. Do you mind my coming late? Ты не возражаешь, если я приду
поздно?