- •Easy reading
- •Предисловие
- •How to analyze the text
- •Comprehension Quiz
- •Means of communicating ideas
- •Choose the phrases you like more so as to make a structure of any text analysis. Prepare two variants: one long (300-350 words), another short (100-150 words). Unit 1
- •The story of an hour
- •1. Learn the meaning of the following words and reproduce the situations in which they are used:
- •2. Substitute the italicized words with synonyms:
- •8. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •9. Imagine you are Mr. Mallard. Write a passage (150 words) describing his view of the situation. Unit 2
- •The hero of drummond street
- •6. Explain the meaning of the following expressions. Make up sentences using them:
- •7. Discussion:
- •8. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •9. Write a passage (150 words) describing the whole story as if you were a) the Drooler or b) the reporter. Unit 3
- •Discussion.
- •Three is a lucky number
- •The crime in this text is murder, but there are unfortunately many others, consult the dictionary and match crimes to their definitions, translate the words on the left.
- •Discussion
- •Unit 5
- •A shocking accident
- •V. Answer the following questions.
- •VI. Read the following sentences and answer the questions that follow.
- •VII. Discussion.
- •VIII. Imagine that Jerome keeps a diary. Write his entries for these three days:
- •Unit 6
- •Tipsy and the board of health
- •1. Learn the meaning of the following words and reproduce the situations in which they are used:
- •2. Find synonyms for the following words. Make up your own sentences using these words or their synonyms.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:
- •9. Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.
- •Unit 7
- •Hills like white elephants
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences. Choose the expressions that are slang. What does the author use them for?
- •VII. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •VIII. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Jig; b) her partner; c) the woman from the bar. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •IX. Discussion.
- •Unit 8
- •The absence of emily
- •Consult the text or a good dictionary and insert the prepositions if necessary.
- •Discussion
- •In written form summaries the story in 20 sentences so as your summary to be a short text, remember to use conjunctions to make it pleasant to read. Be prepared to present your summary in class.
- •Unit 9
- •Ten indians
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences. Choose the expressions that are slang. What does the author use them for?
- •VI. There are words in English that are pronounced in a similar way but differ a lot in their meanings. Study the meanings of “beech” and “beach” and fill in the blanks with a suitable word:
- •VIII. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right:
- •Unit 10
- •Campbell’s crossing
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions or adverbs where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences.
- •VI. Find the notions defined below in the text. Fill in the gaps in the sentences that follow with these notions.
- •VII. Replace the words underlined with an expression from the text based on the word(s) in brackets. Make any necessary grammatical changes.
- •XI. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •X. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Flora; b) Angus; c) an Inverlochie’s dweller. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •XI. Discussion.
- •Unit 11
- •The garden party
- •Discussion.
- •Unit 12
- •Miracles do happen
- •IV. Fill in the sentences with the words or their derivatives from the previous exercises.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. All the expressions are taken from the text. Translate the sentences.
- •VI. Replace the words underlined with an expression from the text based on the word(s) in brackets. Make any necessary grammatical changes.
- •VII. Supply the missing words. In each case the first letter of the missing word is given. All these expressions are taken from the text.
- •XI. Put 10 questions to the contents of the story. Work them out so that they can serve as a plan for further coherent retelling of the story. The first one is made up for you.
- •X. Render the contents of the story as if told by: a) Else; b) Michael; c) Hermann. Resort to the questions you’ve made up.
- •XI. Discussion.
- •Unit 13
- •The metro
- •Comment on the following ideas, agree or disagree, give your own opinion, mind to support it with arguments.
- •Reading comprehension quiz.
- •The metro
- •Translate the following words and word combinations; insert them into the sentences below:
- •Below you will find some more words from this text and their synonyms which were mixed, match each word with the correct synonym. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Even when words are synonymous it doesn’t always mean that they are interchangeable; in the sentences below choose one word in italics that fits the sentence best.
- •Reading Comprehension Quiz
- •Write an essay (300-400 words) on the following topic: One never knows what might happen next.
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Translate the following words and word combinations; insert them into the sentences below:
adv. amicably, adj. enduring n. hawkers
n. antithesis, to emerge adj. homicidal
to brief sb., to fiddle around n. indiscretion
to crave for, adj. frantic n. memorabilia
to curse, adj. grotesque, at sb’s wits' end
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The taxi driver amicably offered the poor lady a free ride.
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Even though they are identical twins, Joe and John are the antithesis of each other.
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I couldn't believe that homeless people were living in that bleak alley.
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"Can you brief me on the condition of the patient?" the doctor asked the nurse.
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The woman brusquely pointed out the thief in the line up of criminals.
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It was so cramped on the bus that we had to sit on our bags.
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My sister craved for peaches through her whole pregnancy.
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My uncle was cursing as the Christmas lights fell off the roof.
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The mouse finally emerged from under the fridge.
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The minister wished the newlyweds enduring happiness and love.
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I envisage my first home as an old farm in the country.
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Ben fiddled around with the wires until he got the computer working again.
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The people grew frantic as the tornado got closer to the city.
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I bought this necklace from some hawkers in Amsterdam.
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The police were extremely concerned, because the criminal that got away was homicidal.
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When painting, artists often blend many hues.
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His indiscretion cost him his marriage.
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They sell lots of 1950's memorabilia in the front lobby of the diner.
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This year's Christmas bonus was a trifle compared to last year's.
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I am at my wits' end trying to keep these ants out of the house.
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The woman wrung her hands while the policeman wrote up her speeding ticket.
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Find the contextual meaning for each given word and compare it with other meanings of the same word in a good dictionary. Prepare two sentences for each of the given words, showing their difference in the meanings. Adj. bleak, adv. brusquely, adj. cramped, to envisage, adj. exquisite, n. evidence, n. hue, n. trifle, to wring, to relieve.
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Below you will find some more words from this text and their synonyms which were mixed, match each word with the correct synonym. Use them in the sentences of your own.
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to extricate
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adj. festooned
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to fetch
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to glower
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n. hocus pocus
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n. imperative
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adj. insulated
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to lash
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adj. nonchalant
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adj. poignant
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n. precision
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adj. stern
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adj. stunned
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to terminate
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to yearn for
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decorated
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magic
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emotionally moving
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very important
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protected
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run and get
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strict
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astonished
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put an end to
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accuracy
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to lounge for
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to free sb. from sth.
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to give an angry look
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to hit violently
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