- •Vocabulary
- •2.1 Family
- •3.6 Give English equivalents of the following verbs, all of which have one and the same prefix.
- •3.7 Fill in the correct family member.
- •3.12 Fill in the missing words and word combinations from the list below.
- •3.13 Match the phrases in column a with those in column b. More than one answer is possible.
- •Would you prefer to be the only child or one of two or three children?
- •3.14 A) Match the verbs to the nouns.
- •3.15 Complete the sentences with the word combinations from the box.
- •My Household Chores
- •3.16 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1. Open the brackets. Put the right forms, active or passive, of the verbs.
- •4.2 Present Continuous or Present Simple?
- •4.3 Put in the right article.
- •4.4 Translate into English:
- •4.5. Choose the right variant a,b, c to fill the spaces in 1-10
- •4.6. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer a, b, c or d best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning.
- •5. Listening
- •5.1 Modern Families
- •5.2 Working mothers
- •7.8 Read and translate the text. Headline it.
- •7.9 Study the information in the text. Mind the constructions with should.
- •7.10 Match the words from the text with their synonyms.
- •7.12 Train the phrase - (I/you/he/she/they should…..) and give your own examples.
- •7.13 Comment on all the rules formulated by j. G.Thurber. Add your own rules even though you haven't got j.G. Thurber's experience yet.
- •7.14 Read and translate the article. Divide the text into several parts and choose in each part a sentence which best introduces or summarizes the information. Make a short summary of the article.
- •7.15 Read and translate the text.
- •7.16 Make up a list of dangerous consequences, using the information of the text and steps which help to prevent them.
- •7.17 Express agreement or disagreement with the following.
- •8. Writing
- •Оформление конверта
- •8.2 This is part of a letter from your English pen-pal.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Phonetic exercises
- •1.1 Mind the pronunciation of the following words.
- •1.3 Fill in the puzzle spaces with the words represented by their phonetic symbols.
- •2. My Flat
- •3.8 Match the words to make compounds.
- •3.9 Use the proper word.
- •3.15 Use the required word in each gap.
- •3.16 Complete the sentences using the words from the Key Vocabulary:
- •3.17 Complete the sentences with the words and word combinations from the box:
- •The House of My Dream
- •3.18 A) Which of these items are in your house? In which room?
- •3.19 Do the following crossword puzzle.
- •3.20 Look at the plan of a flat and decide how you would arrange it. Imagine that you discuss it with someone of your family. Make use of the phrases below.
- •3.23 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1 Choose the right variant.
- •4.2 Present, Past or Future Continuous?
- •4.3 Put 4 types of questions to the given sentence:
- •4.4 Match two parts of the sentences correctly:
- •4.5 Translate into English:
- •4.6 Present, Past or Future Continuous?
- •4.7 Put 4 types of questions to the given sentence:
- •4.8 Match two parts of the sentences correctly:
- •4.9 Translate into English:
- •4.10 Translate into English. Pay attention to there is|are where necessary.
- •5. Listening
- •6. Speaking
- •7. Reading
- •7.4 Answer the questions.
- •8. Writing
- •8.1 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-pal Tom who writes:
- •In your letter:
- •8.2 Write a letter to your pen-pal Mary, who has just moved to a new house. In your letter ask Mary about her new place of living.
- •8.3 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-pal James who writes:
- •Vocabulary
- •2.2 Find the term diy in the text, look through its definition and give the Russian definition of this term:
- •3. Vocabulary exercises
- •3.1 Translate the following international words without a dictionary:
- •3.8 Choose the verb which completes all the expressions in each box.
- •3.9 Which of the following verbs doesn’t collocate with the noun “hobby”.
- •3.10 Cross out the odd word:
- •3.11 Use the required preposition.
- •3.12 Match the words to make pairs of synonyms or antonyms.
- •3.13 Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things.
- •3.14 Match each hobby with the benefits people get from it. More than one answer is possible.
- •3.15 Make sentences with the words from the table. Say what you like or dislike doing when you have leisure time.
- •3.17 Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list below. The difference between a pastime and a hobby
- •3.18 Complete each sentence in a logical way using the words from the Key Vocabulary.
- •3.19 Answer the questions.
- •4. Grammar exercises
- •4.1 Put in model verbs or their equivalents.
- •4.2 Complete the dialogue with can or can’t
- •4.3 Translate into English.
- •4.4 Past Perfect or Past Simple? Put in a suitable verb, mind the form of the verbs!
- •4.5 Make up one sentence using Past Perfect.
- •I left the room after I had written the test.
- •4.6 Future Simple or Future-in-the Past?
- •4.7 Combine the separate words into sentences. Use Present Perfect.
- •4.8 Complete the sentences with Present Perfect.
- •4.9 Choose the right variant among the given ones.
- •4.10 Put the right forms of the verbs.
- •5. Listening
- •5.1 Time out
- •5.2 Extreme sports
- •5.3 Popular television
- •7.5 Find in the text the following words and word combinations.
- •7.6 Answer the questions.
- •7.8 Read and translate the text.
- •7.9 Post-reading discussion.
- •7.10 Quiz.
- •7.13 Read and translate the text.
- •7.14 Compare your definitions with those given in the dictionary.
- •7.15 Speak on the popular sports and leisure activities in Russia. Use the vocabulary from the text above.
- •7.16 Read and translate the text.
- •7.17 Find in the text equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •7.18 Answer the questions.
- •7.19 Read and translate the text.
- •7.25 Read and translate the text.
- •7.26 Choose the best answer.
- •7.27 Insert the proper prepositions.
- •7.28 Answer the following questions.
- •7.29 Give the main points of the text in a few sentences.
- •8. Writing
- •8.2 Translate the letters into English. Mind the rules of letter writing.
- •8.3 You have received a letter from your English-speaking friend called Kate who writes:
- •8.4 Вы получили письмо от своей австралийской подруги Марии. Она хочет знать:
- •8.8 Here is an advertisement and two letters asking for information. Read the letters and fill in the chart.
- •8.9 First read the model letter asking for detailed information about Safari and Leisure Park in Namibia.
- •1. Наиболее употребительные выражения, используемые в начале письма
- •2. Наиболее употребительные выражения, используемые в конце письма
- •3. Наиболее употребительные заключительные формулы вежливости
3.15 Make sentences with the words from the table. Say what you like or dislike doing when you have leisure time.
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Swimming
Walking
Reading
Listening
Writing
Working
Playing
letters to friends
in the garden
to good music
football
in the sea
in the park
detective stories
is one of my
is not among my
is my favourite
hobbies
interests
weekend activity
occupation
way of spending my time
3.16 Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B. Tick (٧) the phrases which apply to you.
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A
B
1. I study a lot. I have no
2. Playing computer games is
3. I joined the club
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Dancing is
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I go in for sport
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I am crazy about
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I love theatre. I attend
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I am keen on
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I enjoy
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I love
a. to keep fit
b. a drama society
c. fun
d. doing crossword puzzles
e. leisure time
f. amusing
g. to meet interesting people
h. knitting
i. pop music
g. poetry and art
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3.17 Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list below. The difference between a pastime and a hobby
Both words are perhaps used to denote the same _________– something that you do for pleasure and _________ during _________ . However, you have more personal interest, almost an emotion, invested in a _________ . A _________ is something you do when you have nothing better to do at the moment. You may do _________ , read novels, _________ , or teach your younger brother how to dig in volleyball – they may not necessarily be _________, but they help you _________ on a dull afternoon.
_________________________
pastime, spare time, pass the time, activity, hobby, hobbies, watch TV, crossword puzzles, relaxation
3.18 Complete each sentence in a logical way using the words from the Key Vocabulary.
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A hobby is _________.
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People can collect different things: _________.
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Hobbies popular among stronger sex are _________.
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Women prefer _________.
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Hobbies dealing with making things are: _________.
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Stays-at-home are fond of _________.
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Teenagers are keen on _________.
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I have little spare time but _________.
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The Internet is very popular nowadays because _________.
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Never run such hobbies as _________ because _________.
3.19 Answer the questions.
1. What do you usually do in your free time? 2. Do you often watch TV? 3. What is your favourite TV channel? 4. What is your favourite TV program? 5. Do you often read books? 6. What is your favourite literary genre? (tragedy, comedy, short stories, fantasy, mystery, crime fiction, detective stories, love stories, thrillers, psychological novels, historical novel, science fiction, sea stories, fairy tales, myths and legends) 7. Who is your favourite writer? 8. Do you often go to the cinema? 9. What is your favourite film genre? (action films, adventure films, comedies, crime (gangster) films, drama, historical films, horror films, musical films, science fiction, war films, westerns, love story) 10. Who is your favourite actor/actress? 11. Who is your favourite film director? 12. Do you do any sport regularly? 13. What is your favourite sport? (alpinism and mountain climbing, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, biathlon, billiards, boating, body building, bowling, camping and hiking, checkers, chess, cycling, darts, diving, fencing, figure skating, fitness, football, gymnastics, handball, ice hockey, oriental combat, racing, motorcycle racing, horse racing, paintball, power lifting, rowing, sailing, shooting, skateboarding, skiing, skydiving, sledding, snowboarding, speed skating, sport dance, table tennis, tennis, track and field athletics, underwater hunting, wrestling) 14. Have you ever tried any extreme sport? 15. Is there a lot of sport facilities in your neighbourhood ? 16. Do you like listening to music? 17. Do you often listen to music when you’re at home? 18. Do you often listen to music when you’re out? 19. What is your favourite kind of music? (classical / pop/ folk / dance music, hip hop, rock, jazz) 20. Who is your favourite singer? 21. What is your favourite music band? 22. Do you often go to concerts? 23. Do you like traveling? 24. Do you travel a lot? 25. Do you like playing computer games? 26. Have you ever heard of somebody having a very unusual hobby? What is the hobby? 27. Do your friends have similar hobbies to yours? 28. How much free time do you have for your hobbies each week? 29. Can you tell me the differences between hobby and pastime? 33. What do you like doing? 34. What sort of hobbies do you have? 35. What do you like doing in your spare time? 36. Have you got a hobby? If so, what is it? 37. Is it an expensive hobby in your country? 38. What do teenagers like doing in your country? 39. What hobbies are usually expensive in your country? 40. What do you like about your hobby? 41. How much time do you spend on your hobby? 42. Is your hobby a common hobby in your country? 43. Are there any new hobbies that you would like to take up? 44. Have you ever been abroad? 45. Are there any games / sports that you watch but don’t play / do? 46. What games / sports do you play / do? 47. What games / sports are you good at?