- •Содержание
- •Введение
- •1 Orenburg State University (Pre-Intermediate)
- •1.1 Repeat the following words and phrases first after the teacher and then do it independently
- •1.2 Find Russian equivalents
- •1.3 Find pairs of synonyms
- •1.4 Guess the word judging by the definition
- •1.5 Read the following sentences. Choose one of the appropriate words
- •1.6 Read the following sentences. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words
- •1.7 Read the text and then choose one sentence which reflects the main idea of the text
- •1.8 Correlate the beginning of the following sentences on the left to the end of the sentences on the right. Read these sentences
- •1.13 Make up your own dialogues using the material of ex 1.12
- •1.14 Read the text and do the assignments that follow
- •1.21 Read the sentences. Change the Present Simple into the Past Simple
- •1.22 Read the sentences. Give the negative and interrogative forms of these sentences
- •1.23 Use the appropriate verb forms in the following sentences
- •1.24 Answer the following questions
- •2 Orenburg State University (Intermediate)
- •2.1 Meeting osu
- •2.2 Comprehensive Reading
- •2.3 Interchange: Studying abroad
- •2.4 Practice your writing skills
- •2.5 Translate into Russian in the written form
- •2.6 Listening
- •2.7 Discussion
- •2.8 Dialogues
- •2.9 Refresh Your Grammar
- •2.10 Supplementary
- •3 Student’s Day
- •3.1 Learning and using new vocabulary
- •Wednesday, Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday
- •3.2 Text “My working day”
- •3.3 Comprehensive reading
- •3.4 Texts for translation in the written form
- •3.5 Listening
- •3.6 Speaking
- •After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile
- •3.7 Refreshing your grammar
- •3.7.1 Present Simple
- •In the year 3000
- •3.8 Some fun
- •Leisure
- •4 Orenburg Region
- •4.1 Read the new words according to the transcription; mind their pronunciation and meaning
- •4.2 Pay attention to the meaning of the words, belonging to the group of mineral resources. Mind their pronunciation
- •4.3 Read the text. Translate it
- •4.4 Answer the questions to the text
- •4.5 Arrange items for the plan according to the text
- •4.6 Speak about the Orenburg region according to the plan
- •4.7 Find the equivalents
- •4.8 Find the equipment
- •4.9 Pronounce the following words
- •4.10 Read the following international words
- •5 Russia
- •5.1 Unit 1. The Russian Federation
- •5.2 Unit 2. State System of Russian Federation
- •5.3 Unit 3. Moscow
- •5.4 Unit 4. Moscow is a cultural centre of Russia
- •5.5 Unit 5. From the History of Moscow
- •5.6 Unit 6. The Kremlin
- •5.7 Unit 7. St. Petersburg
- •5.8 Unit 8. Tretyakov gallery
- •5.9 Unit 9. Comprehension reading
- •6 Great Britain (Pre-Intermediate)
- •6.1 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •7 Great Britain (Intermediate)
- •7.2 Post-Text Exercises
- •7.3 Supplementary Reading
- •8 United States of America
- •8.1 Unit 1. The United States of America (The usa)
- •8.2 Unit 2. The history of the usa
- •8.3 Unit 3. Christopher Columbus The discovery of America
- •Christopher Columbus The discovery of America
- •8.4 Unit 4. Political system of the usa
- •8.5 Unit 5. George Washington
- •8.6 Unit 6 Washington d. C.
- •8.7 Unit 7 New York
- •8.8 Unit 8 Holidays in the usa
- •8.9 Unit 9 Mark Twain
- •Список использованных источников
2.9 Refresh Your Grammar
2.9.1 Noun
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Give the plurals of the following nouns
cow, glass, story, tomato, box, mouse, child, wish, friend, parent, piano, key, tooth, lorry, bus, monkey, house, way, clergyman, leaf, sheep, stepdaughter, datum, youth.
2.9.1.2 Complete these sentences with a singular or a plural verb
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The children…... ready to school. (is getting/are getting)
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My brother …….in the army. (is/are)
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The cake ……delicious. (smell/smells)
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The mice …….the cheese. (has eaten/have eaten)
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The books we bought…….. expensive. (was/were)
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Did you notice the picture that …….on the wall? (was hanging/were hanging)
g) The young man you met …….to college with my sister. (go/goes)
h) The letters you posted…… wrongly addressed. (was/were)
i) The woman they were meeting…telephoned to say she can't come. (has/have)
j) Mary and Peter, the couple I met last week, …invited us to dinner. (has/have)
2.9.2 Article
2.9.2.1 Where you find a noun phrase with a singular count noun but no determiner, put in a or an
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In English a noun phrase with a singular count noun can hardly ever stand on its own.
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We have just bought new house with large garden.
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My brother is teacher and I have cousin who works with young children as well.
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Would you like biscuit or piece of cake?
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I spoke to official and he gave me very good advice.
2.9.2.2 Explain the use of the
Three learned Christian monks were travelling through Turkey hoping to meet the wisest man in the whole country. The monks explained that they wanted to meet him because they each had a question to ask him. The sultan sent for Nasreddin Hodja who came to the palace at once. The first monk stepped up and asked his question.
'Where is the centre of the earth?' 'At this moment the centre of the earth is exactly below the front right foot of my donkey.'
'How can you possibly know that?' asked the monk.
'If you measure the earth carefully you will find that I am correct replied Hodja.
The second monk stepped up and asked his question.
'How many stars are there in the sky?'
'As many as there are hairs on my donkey,' replied Hodja. 'As you will see if you count them.'
The third monk came forward. 'How many hairs are there in my beard?' he asked.
'That is easy said Hodja. 'As many as there are hairs in the donkey's tail. If you do not believe me step forward and we can pull out the hairs from your beard and the hairs from the donkey's tail one by one and count them.'
The third monk was not very keen on this idea so he had to admit he was beaten, so every one could see that Hodja was the wisest man of all.
2.9.3 The verb “to be”
2.9.3.1 Fill the gaps with “to be” in Present Indefinite
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... these women old?
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My teacher... a professional person.
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Ann ... absent today
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These ... knives and forks.
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His son.....ill.
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What colour... those desks?
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What... this? This ...a dean's office.
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Who ... they? They... students.
2.9.3.2 Read and translate these sentences
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I was busy yesterday.
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We were at the students1 concert last night.
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My elder brother missed the last lecture because he was ill.
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She was very tired after classes.
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Students were glad to move into a new dormitory.
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He was at Oxford university a year ago.
g) It was an interesting trip.
h) He was a gifted person.
2.9.3.3 Transform sentences from 9.3.2 into the Future Indefinite. Make necessary changes
2.9.4 The verb “to have”. Translate into Russian
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Students of our university have all facilities for study.
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We had an interesting seminar on literature yesterday.
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How many classes do you have every day?
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Will you have to stay at the university for a while?
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We didn't have any special task for today.
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It's so nice to have such a professional help.
g) When will you have the final exam?
h) Did you have holidays last month?