- •All tenses compared
- •I. In every sentence given below define the predicate. Translate these sentences:
- •II. Define the tense of the predicate:
- •III. Choose the right translation of the predicate:
- •IV. Choose the right variant of the verb forms given in the brackets:
- •V. Choose the right article:
- •VI. Choose the right preposition:
- •VII. Choose the right pronoun:
- •VIII. Choose the right translation:
- •My future speciality
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partners.
- •19. Group work:
- •From the history of human dwellings
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Construction
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Residential and industrial buildings
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Types of buildings
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Building a house
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Foundations
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Interior construction of a house
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •The last steps in finishing a house
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •From the history of building materials
- •1. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize them:
- •3. Make up your own sentence with the words given above. Use as many words as you can in this sentence.
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
- •7. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
- •14. Find out from your partner:
- •19. Group work:
- •Useful phrases for discussion
- •1. Introducing a point
- •2. Expressing doubt
- •3. Expressing a personal opinion
- •4. Expressing support
- •5. Giving a summasry
- •6. Expessino disagreement
- •7. Expressing pros and cons
- •Contents
11. Answer the following questions:
1. What do types of buildings depend upon? 2. In what way may be they classified? 2. What are the common and necessary conditions? 4. What is the function of group housing? 5. The evolution of techniques is conditioned by several factors, isn’t it? 6. What is modular design? 7. Why is it used? 8. What is the aim of entire apartment assemblages? 9. What methods are used to produce reinforced concrete homes? 10. Where are large sections manufactured and erected? 11. What is necessary to first in order to build a house? 12. Why is the foundation laid? 13. What is the upper part of a structure? 14. What elements are integral? 15. Who starts to decorate the structure? 16. When is a building considered to be finished? 17. What do we call the built-in space of an apartment? 18. Should rooms be both efficient and visually satisfying? 19. What must be determined? 20. Where can be drawers and shelves concealed?
12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. Types of buildings may be classified according to a special rule. 2. One of the necessary conditions of a building is its adaptability to particular human activities. 3. The apartment houses are mostly built to suit people who live in them. 4. The techniques of construction are influenced only by the availability and character of materials. 5. Large housing programmes have tended to stimulate technological change in the building industry. 6. Modular design is of no use in our country. 7. The techniques of assemblage are very expensive. 8. The high degree of mechanization and standardization is successfully achieved by good work of engineers. 9. Large sections manufactured in all building factories are of great use in residential construction. 10. In order to build a house it is necessary to have a project. 11. Floors are used for a flat to be warm. 12. Roofs protect people from cold. 13. When a structure is ready special specialists are invited to decorate it. 14. When decoration work is over a commission comes to decide if the dwelling is ready for living. 15. The built-in space of an apartment is not convenient by the living standards. 16. Rooms should be both efficient and adaptable for living in them.
13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
Public, resultant, technological, private, meaningful, stability, assemblages, techniques, standardization, the load, the firmness, reinforced concrete, interchangeability, foundation, roof, mechanization, precast, built-in, the evolution, permanence, freeing, modular, a building.
1. Among the common and necessary conditions are … and … of the construction. 2. Group housing provides home for many families and is at once … and … . 3. The … of construction are influenced by the total … development of society. 4. One of the factures influenced … of techniques is the desire to produce … form. 5. … design has led to … of elements, … of parts and increased possibilities for mass production, with … economies. 6. Entire apartment … are available and are being used to an increasing extent. 7. The high degree of … and standardization is successfully achieved by … blocks and units. 8. A … is laid to carry … of a structure and to keep the walls and the floors from the contact with soil. 9. … ties a building and gives … to the structure. 10. Doors, windows, stairs, lifts are integral elements of … and they are always … or prefabricated. 11. There is a considerable trend toward … furniture. 12. Drawers and shelves can often be concealed behind walls, … valuable floor space.