8. Ask questions to the words in bold.

1. When I was a child my favorite film was “Peace and War” by l. Tolstoy. 2. I can’t walk because I hurt my leg. 3. He wrote ten letters last month. 4. He has just come back. 4. He never helps me with my English! 5. Ann’s textbook is on the table. 6. He is solving a very important problem now. 7. I shall be at the bus stop at 5 o’ clock. 8. He graduated from Moscow State University in 2005. 9. I’ll come unless I’m too busy.

9. Ask general, alternative and disjunctive questions.

1. Yesterday I took part in a meeting. 2. I usually get home by bus. 3. He is at home now. 4. He likes to spend time at the seaside. 5. I’m going to visit my grandparents. 6. At 10 o’clock yesterday I was listening to a very interesting report. 7. Tomorrow I won’t go to my classes. 8. I often have breakfast at eight. 9. He hasn’t been in our town for two years.

10. Translate into English.

1. Теперь я понимаю правило. 2. Я читаю газеты каждый день. 3. На нашей планете четыре глубоких океана и шесть континентов.4. Ты когда-нибудь читал об этом известном изобретателе? 5. Мы все должны стараться спасти нашу окружающую среду от загрязнений. 6. Согласно предсказаниям ученых, климат будет меняться. 7. Вам следовало бы перевести этот текст дома. 8. В следующую пятницу группа студентов отправится на конференцию в Москву. 9. Не может быть, чтобы он сейчас был дома! 10. В то время как я делал уроки, моя сестра учила правило по физике. 11. Я не видел своих одноклассников с весны. 12. Когда я вошел в аудиторию, профессор нашего университета читал лекцию, студенты слушали его внимательно.

Pre-text exercises

11. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:

continent, navigator, million, geographically, immigrant, tropical, climate, giant, characteristic, region, colony, meter, flag, political, natural, mechanized, resource, gas, period, season, system, inaugural, parade, department, memorial, class, national, collection, intellectual, textile, company, voyage.

Word building

12. Translate the following derivative words with negative prefixes:

un-: uninviting, unmagnetized, unlocked, unreal, unlike, unrivaled, unfit;

in-: inaugural, independent, incapable, inactive, indivisible, inanimate;

im-, il-: immoral, impersonal, impossible, illegal;

ir-: irregular, irrelevant.

13. Guess the meaning of the following words;

to discover – discoverer – discoverable – discovery; to create – creator – creation – creative; to develop – developer – development – undeveloped; to navigate – navigator – navigation – navigational; to explore – explorer – exploration – explorative.

14. Translate into Russian the following phrases:

eastern coast, western route, old mountains, fresh water, main rivers, two giant waterfalls, arctic continental regions, short period, free and independent, wide-spread, highly mechanized, the most important city, ceremonial street, world class museums, enormous engine.