- •Английский язык для студентов бакалаврИата
- •Phonetic Symbols
- •Unit 1. Family
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar: Personal and Possessive Pronouns
- •1.4 Fill in the correct pronoun.
- •Grammar: Verb to be – быть, являться, находиться, существовать
- •1.5 Choose and fill in the correct form of the verb.
- •Grammar: Plurals
- •Grammar: there is/are – есть/имеется, существуют
- •My family
- •1.11 Translate the sentences.
- •1.12 Fill in the blanks with the English words.
- •1.13 Complete these sentences with some / any / somebody / anybody / anyone / nobody / anything / nothing / anywhere.
- •1.14 Fill in the gaps with pronouns: some, something, nothing, anything, somewhere.
- •Grammar: Verb to have – иметь
- •1.15 Make sentences with the verb to have. Example: I usually have breakfast at 8 o’clock.
- •1.16 Complete these sentences. Use an expression from the box and put the verb into the correct form.
- •Grammar: Basic forms of the verb
- •Introducing People (formal, informal)
- •Leisure
- •Grammar: Simple Tenses, Active Voice
- •Waited, lived, wanted, stayed, shipped, equipped, entered, functioned, defended, stopped, attended, trained, closed, sailed, hoped, answered
- •1.21 Complete the sentences with verbs from the list in the correct form (Present or Past Simple). Speak get up play sleep watch finish boil go write rise be phone
- •1.22 Write questions for these answers.
- •1.23 Write questions for these answers. Use a word from the list to start each question: when, who, what, where, how.
- •Grammar: Conditional and time clauses with if, when/as soon as
- •At the Shop
- •Unit 2. Higher education
- •Vocabulary
- •2.3 Read these numerals according to the models:
- •Higher education in great britain
- •Colleges and universities in the usa
- •Draft diploma form instructor
- •Grammar: Degrees of Comparison
- •2.8 Change the adjectives according to the model.
- •Grammar: Conjunctions of Comparison
- •2.9 Translate the sentences.
- •2.10 Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
- •2.11 Translate the word combinations with most.
- •2.12 Answer the following questions.
- •Grammar: Simple Passive
- •2.13 Translate the sentences.
- •2.14 Rewrite these sentences, putting the verbs in the passive. Keep them in the same tense, and remove they, we, etc.
- •2.15 Learn the names of the faculties.
- •History of the university
- •Past Participle
- •Grammar: Quantifiers
- •2.21 Fill in (very) little, a little, (very) few or a few.
- •St petersburg state marine technical university
- •1.Are you a part-time or full-time student? 2.What year are you in? 3.What classes do you have? 4.What lectures do you attend? 5.Do you ever miss lectures? 6.How many exams will you have in winter?
- •2.24 Put the verb into the correct form.
- •2.25 Put the verb into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.
- •Student life
- •2.28 Read the text and tell your partner about your group and studies. Our group and our studies
- •2.30 Read and pay attention to prepositions of position: in, on, at.
- •2.31 Put in the correct prepositions in, at, on. Translate the sentences.
- •Academic mobility
- •At the Airport
- •Crossroads hotel
- •The russian federation
- •The father of russian cities, novgorod
- •3.6 Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
- •3.7 Put these words in the correct order to make questions.
- •3.8 In this exercise you have to read a sentence and then write another sentence with the same meaning.
- •Saint-petersburg
- •The capital of fountains
- •Famous russian museums
- •Grammar: Modal Verbs and theirEquivalents
- •3.18 Choose the English equivalents.
- •3.19 Translate the sentences.
- •3.20 Complete the sentences with the proper modal verb. A) Permission
- •3.21 Obligation and advice. Choose the best for these sentences.
- •Russian nobel prize winners
- •Unit 4. The world of culture
- •Vocabulary
- •The world heritage
- •The role of museums
- •Grammar the Infinitive, its forms and functions
- •Grammar: Objective Construction (Complex Object – cложное дополнение)
- •4.11 Translate the sentences.
- •4.12 Fill in the particle to before the Infinitive where necessary and translate the sentences.
- •4.13 Read the text and say what kind of art you are interested in.
- •Leonardo da vinci (1452-1519)
- •Architecture
- •The master
- •Sergey rachmaninoff
- •Rock and pop music
- •Literature
- •F.M.Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
- •Charles dickens (1812-1870)
- •4.29 Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the prepositions at the end of relative clauses.
- •Unit 5 sport and fitness Health and fitness
- •Vocabulary
- •Dieting
- •Do you care about your health?
- •Grammar: Substitutes one (ones), that (those)
- •5.7 Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the words: one (ones), that (those).
- •Vocabulary
- •The olympics
- •Making, accepting and refusing requests
- •Unit 6. My future profession
- •Vocabulary
- •What is engineering
- •Mechanical engineering
- •Naval engineering
- •Marine engineering
- •6.15 Pay attention to phrasal verbs, guess their meaning from the context of the sentence.
- •Landmarks of science
- •Steve jobs
- •Appendix 1
- •Irregular verbs
- •Appendix 2 active voice
- •Passive voice
- •Appendix 3
- •Some ways to open a letter
- •Addressing an envelope
- •Some types of business letter
- •Some examples of business letter
- •1. Memo
- •2. Letter of application
- •3. Letter of complaint
- •4. Fax Message
- •5. Cv / resume
- •Practice
- •Appendix 5. Speech patterns
- •Английский язык для cтудентов бакалаврИата
Some ways to open a letter
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Dear Sirs |
– |
to a company |
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Dear Sir / Madam |
– |
to a person if you do not know his/her name |
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Dear Mr / Mrs Smith |
– |
to a man / a married woman |
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Dear Miss Smith |
– |
to an unmarried woman |
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Dear Ms Smith |
– |
to a married or unmarried woman |
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Dear John Hi John! |
– – |
to someone you know quite well to a friend |
Note: It is wrong to open a letter with ‘Dear Mr John’ or ‘Dear Mr John Smith’.
The way you close a letter depends on how you open it:
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Dear Sirs/Sir/Madam |
– |
Yours faithfully |
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Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/MsSmith |
– |
Yours sincerely |
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Dear John |
– |
Best wishes |
Addressing an envelope
Person sending
the letter (or on
back of envelope)
Name and address of person receiving the letter
Mr. James A. Davies
1007 7th Avenue
New York
NY 23300
USA
Mr. Frank Phillips
98 Cator Road
London
SE497LS
Great Britain
Stamp
Some types of business letter
letter of application (for a job) – заявление о приеме на работу
letter of complaint – письмо-жалоба
letter of inquiry (asking for information) – письмо-запрос
letter of confirmation – письмо-подтверждение
letter of invitation – приглашение
letter of congratulation – поздравительное письмо
letter of order – письмо-заказ
letter of guarantee – гарантийное письмо
letter of introduction – рекомендательное письмо
memo – служебная записка персоналу
fax message – факс
curriculum vitae (CV)/resume – резюме
letter of apology – письмо-извинение
reply to a business letter – письмо-ответ на деловое письмо
Some examples of business letter
1. Memo
To : All the staff
From : J.Tramp, R&D Director
Subject : the Chairman of the corporation visit
Date : 28 August 2006
The chairman of our corporation Mr. Smith is visiting our company next Monday, 4 September. He is coming to see our new laboratory. Mr. Smith will be here at 10.30 a.m. and you are all kindly requested to be at the welcome reception for him at the Conference Hall.
J.T.
2. Letter of application
Dear Sir / Madam,
I am writing to apply for the job of information officer, which was advertised in “The Daily News”.
I am 20 years old, and I am studying at university. I have just completed my second year. ............................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
I look forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Ann Brand
Ann Brand