I семестр
Название раздела, темы, занятия; перечень изучаемых вопросов |
Количество часов |
1) The structure of English: word order, ways of building grammatical forms |
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2) The verb group: classification of verbs (transitive-intransitive, notional-auxiliary, stative-dynamic and etc.) |
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3) Simple and continuous aspects |
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4) Talking about the present. The present simple tense |
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5) The present continuous tense |
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6) The present simple and the present continuous tenses: contrast |
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7) Talking about the future. Present simple, present continuous, be going to |
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8) The future simple tense |
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9) The future continuous tense |
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10) The future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses |
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11) Other means of expressing future actions (be + to-infinitive, be due to, be about to, be on the point of, intend, hope, have agreed, have promised + to-infinitive) |
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12) Revision |
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13) Talking about the past. The past simple tense |
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14) The past continuous tense |
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15) The past simple and the past continuous tenses: contrast |
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16) The present perfect tense |
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17) The present perfect and the past simple tenses: contrast |
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18) The present perfect continuous tense |
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19) The present perfect tense and the present perfect continuous tense: contrast |
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20) The past perfect tense |
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21) The past perfect tense in clauses of time |
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22) The past perfect continuous tense |
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23) The past perfect, the past perfect continuous, the past simple and the past continuous tenses: contrast |
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24) Revision |
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25) Means of expressing future actions viewed from the past: the future in the past tense, the past simple tense, the past continuous tense |
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26) Revision |
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27) Revision |
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UNIT 0. Placement test. Main Grammar terms
In this unit you are to revise the main grammar phenomena Form a
Choose the best option and mark A, B, C or D.
1. Hi. What’s ….?
A. you name C. the name
B. your name D. name
2. Mr. Green is .... English teacher.
A. our C. we
B. us D. you
3. How .... you today? – I’m fine, thanks.
A. are C. be
B. is D. am
4. We are .... the classroom.
A. on C. at
B. in D. with
5. .... are fifteen students in my class.
A. These C. There
B. Them D. Their
6. Look at .... plane in the sky! It’s very big!
A. these C. it
B. this D. that
7. .... the time? – It’s five o’clock.
A. What’s C. When’s
B. Where’s D. How’s
8. Franco comes .... Costa Rica.
A. for C. at
B. in D. from
9. Where do you .... from? – Barcelona in Spain.
A. come C. be
B. comes D. go
10. Franco .... like eating English breakfast.
A. don’t C. aren’t
B. doesn’t D. isn’t
11. How .... is that CD player? – It’s 9.50.
A. cost C. many
B. price D. much
12. Yolanda comes to school .... train.
A. on C. in
B. with D. by
13. .... you walk to school or take a bus?
A .Are C. Does
B. Is D. Do
14. Elephants .... drink a lot of water every day.
A. must C. was
B. need D. has
15. Franco .... 7 years old in 1999.
A. are C. were
B. am D. was
16. Where .... Carla and Yuri on Saturday afternoon?
A. was C. were
B. is D. we’re
17. How old .... you in 2002?
A. are C. were
B. have D. had
18. Yuri .... breakfast at half past eight yesterday morning.
A. has C. is having
B. have D. had
19. Did you see the news on TV .... ten o’clock?
A. at C. in
B. on D. from
20. Franco .... to the cinema after the lesson.
A. did go C. wanted
B. went D. gone
Form B
Choose the best option and mark A, B, C or D.
1. Where did you see Titanic? – I .... it at Cinema world.
A. saw C. seen
B. see D. look
2. .... you bring your dictionary yesterday?
A. Did C. Was
B. Are D. Has
3. I .... my shoes because they were dirty.
A. took C. took out
B. took off D. took from
4. Today is .... than yesterday.
A. much cold C. colder
B. more cold D. cold
5. We don’t .... stay at school after the lesson today.
A. must C. ought to
B. have to D. should
6. Which book are you .... in the summer?
A. read C. will read
B. going to read D. have read
7. We .... go to school yesterday because it was Sunday.
A. don’t C. didn’t
B. wasn’t D. weren’t
8. This book is .... than that one.
A. difficulty C. more difficult
B. much difficult D. difficult
9. What .... you going to do tomorrow evening?
A. did C. are
B. was D. can
10..... Russian? – No, I can’t.
A. Can you speak C. Speak
B. You can speak D. Speak you
11. Do you come from Mexico? – No, I .... . I come from Costa Rica.
A. ’m not C. didn’t
B. don’t D. doesn’t
12. She .... television every evening.
A. watch C. to watch
B. watches D. sees
13. He goes skiing .... winter.
A. very C. every
B. ever D. always
14. What time do you .... wake up on school days?
A. used C. use
B. usual D. usually
15. The Pyramid of the Sun is .... Mexico.
A. from C. in
B. on D. at
16. Are there .... big sports stadiums near your home?
A. any C. the
B. some D. a
17. I .... visit my grandma on Sunday afternoons.
A. some time C. some
B. sometimes D. sometime
18. .... the most famous singer from your country?
A. Who’s C. How’s
B. Whose D. What’s
19. How .... do you watch a film in English? – Every month.
A. often C. many
B. much D. every
20. Are you good .... swimming?
A. in C. on
B. for D. at
Form C
Choose the best option and mark A, B, C or D.
1. Stella’s father is a .... . He built my house.
A. build C. builder
B. building D. built
2. Is this Stella’s hat? – No, it isn’t Stella’s, it’s .... .
A. me C. my
B. I D. mine
3. .... book is this? Is it yours?
A. Who’s C. How’s
B. Whose D. Who
4. We .... the history of Napoleon last year.
A. study C. studies
B. studying D. studied
5. .... about calculus in your Maths class?
A. Had you learn C. Was you learn
B. Did you learnt D. Did you learn
6. I .... this coat at a shop in London last summer.
A. bought C. buy
B. brought D. bring
7. The hunter didn’t .... the tiger with his gun.
A. shot C. shoot
B. shooting D. shoots
8. How .... CDs do you buy each year? – About 25, I think.
A. many C. any
B. much D. some
9. How .... sugar do you put in your coffee?
A. many C. any
B. much D. some
10. Can you get me a .... of mineral water please?
A. bag C. box
B. packet D. bottle
11. How much homework .... every weekend?
A. do you have to do C. do you must to do
B. are you have to do D. are you must to do
12. Do you eat .... fruit?
A. many C. a lot of
B. lots D. a few
13. .... stand and touch your toes?
A. Can you C. Are you
B. Have you D. Able you
14. We can go to school and use the library on Saturday afternoons if you like. But we ….
A. mustn’t C. can’t
B. don’t have to D. don’t used to
15. Can you speak .... ? I can’t understand you.
A. slow C. more slow
B. more slowly D. slowest
16. What are you doing .... ?
A. every day C. often
B. at the moment D. usually
17. What is Stella .... today?
A. wear C. to wear
B. wearing D. wore
18. The car is driving .... the tunnel under the Thames.
A. across C. over
B. through D. between
19. John is visiting his girlfriend. He always .... her on Friday evenings.
A. visiting C. visited
B. visits D. to visit
20. Her mobile phone is .... than mine.
A. much expensive C. many expensive
B. more expensive D. a lot expensive
Ex. 1. Match words in A with grammar terms in B:
Ex. 2. Match the underlined words from the jokes above to the grammar terms:
countable noun
an uncountable noun
an adjective
a preposition
an adverb
the base form of the verb
the -ing form of the verb
an auxiliary verb
a modal auxiliary verb
a definite article
an indefinite article
a pronoun
a possessive adjective
a conjunction
Ex. 3. Use the words in the box to describe the words in bold below.
adjective, article (indefinite), noun (countable), pronoun, adverb, auxiliary verb, noun (uncountable), main verb, article (definite), possessive adjective, modal verb, preposition |
an old woman, a good film, a small country;
my family, your name, his friends;
I like coffee. Where are you from? Do you know her?
Can you swim? It might rain tonight. Could you open the door?
Speak slowly. Come back tomorrow. He’s always late.
Have you finished? What time does she arrive? It will be cold tomorrow.
The film starts at ten. Do you speak English? How do you spell it?
a cat, an elephant, eggs;
the Internet, the time, the Prime Minister;
money, weather, homework;
They’re from Brazil, at eight o’clock, in the kitchen;
a house, an orange, a book
Ex. 4. Complete the tense chart below.
Active Voice |
Simple |
Continuous |
Present |
He works |
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Past |
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Future |
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Present Perfect |
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Past Perfect |
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Future Perfect |
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UNIT 1. THE VERB. GENERAL CLASSIFICATION