- •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 materials were used in Egypt? 2. Why did stone become the material of the temples and palaces? 3. Why were the less pretentious dwellings built of brick? 4. What buildings were constructed in Mesopotamia? 5. What building material was used in Greece? 6. A fortunate combination of lime, limestone, clay and pozzuolana gave Rome stone and cement, didn’t it? 7. What architecture was characteristic for buildings of all types in Northern Europe, Switzerland, and Russia? 8. What are the main building materials? 9. What do we call binding materials? 10. What do we use the main materials for? 11. What are binding materials used for? 12. What materials do we call natural building materials? 13. What are they? 14. Are the new materials of construction characterized by increased strength? 15. Why is construction growing from year to year in our country? 16. Why is it necessary to use the new building methods and the new building materials? 17. What helps to develop modern architecture, speed up construction work and decrease its cost? 18. Why is it important to build thousands of new blocks of flats, schools, hospitals and a large number of industrial enterprises nowadays? 19. Are millions of Belarusian people lucky to get new flats and houses every year? 20. Do the newly built blocks of flats have all modern conveniences? 21. What makes our life more and more comfortable?
12. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. Where gypsum abounded, as in Africa, sun-dried bricks were easily and cheaply made. 2. Stone became the material of the temples and palaces because of its structure. 3. In Egypt large brick buildings were constructed. 4. The arch and dome came into being in the absence of stone and wood to span their areas. 5. Greece possessed perfect clay for columns and beams, and the arch and dome received much attention. 6. A fortunate combination of lime, limestone, clay and pozzuolana gave Rome stone and cement. 7. Wooden architecture was characteristic for buildings of all types in Mesopotamia. 8. All building materials are divided into two groups. 9. We use main building materials for bearing structures. 10. For the interior finish of a building we use binding materials. 11. Natural building materials are stone, clay, sand, lime and timber. 12. Cement, clay products and concrete are examples of secondary building materials. 13. Now the scale of construction is growing from year to year in our country. 14. This requires the use of the new technologies and study abroad. 15. New building materials play a very important role in the work of architects and builders. 16. We are now building thousands of new blocks of flats, schools, hospitals and a large number of industrial enterprises. 17. A great percentage of the houses are constructed by the highly qualified workers. 18. The newly built blocks of flats have all modern conveniences, making our life more and more comfortable.
13. Choose a word to put into each gap:
Stone, buildings, construction, clay, artificial, marble, concrete, dwellings, house-building, bearing, bricks, flats, wood, binding.
1. Where ... abounded, as in Egypt, sun-dried ... were easily and cheaply made. 2. The less pretentious … were built of brick. 3. The arch and dome came into being in the absence of ... and ... to span their areas. 4. Greece possessed perfect ... for columns and beams. 5. Wooden architecture was characteristic for ... of all types in Northern Europe, Switzerland, and Russia. 6. We use main building materials for ... structures. 6. … materials are used for making ... stones and for joining different planes. 7. Cement, clay products and ... are examples of artificial building materials. 8. The scale of ... is growing from year to year in our country. 9. A great percentage of the houses are constructed by ... plants. 10. Millions of Belarusian people get new ... and houses every year.