- •Negative (with no auxiliary verb)
- •Questions (with the auxiliary verb)
- •Questions (with no auxiliary verb)
- •Read and translate the following international words:
- •Consult the table above and write full sentences. Use is/are. Where possible change sentences to use isn’t/aren’t.
- •Complete the sentences using the following verbs: emit(s), occur(s), flow(s), define(s), repel(s), attract(s), have(has).
- •Put the verb in brackets into the correct form. Insert always/never/
- •Mind the word-order and compile sentences from the following words:
- •Put questions to the following sentences:
- •Form nouns from the following verbs using the suffix –tion and translate them:
- •Guess the meaning of the following adjectives paying attention to the suffix – ic:
- •Read and translate word-combinations
- •Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Present Simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Specialist reading
- •Mark the following sentences as true (t) or false (f). Then read the text “Diodes” and check yourself.
- •Read the text again and complete the sentences with the correct ending.
- •Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions based on the text. Make sure you use correct auxiliary verb.
- •Speaking
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of your summary.
- •Find more information about conduction of current in a semiconductor diode and tell your group mates.
- •Negative
- •Adjectives and adverbs
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •Fill in the table.
- •Put the verb in brackets into the correct form, Present Continuous or Present Simple.
- •Choose the appropriate English equivalents:
- •Translate the following sentences. Mind the meaning of the highlighted words.
- •Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Present Continuous (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Specialist reading
- •Read the text “Triodes” and choose its best summary.
- •15. Read the text again and complete the sentences.
- •Speaking
- •Forms of the Personal Pronouns and One
- •Fill in the table.
- •Read and translate the following international words:
- •Choose the appropriate English equivalents. What do all of them have in common?
- •Translate starting from the first component:
- •Give the three forms of the following irregular verbs.
- •Choose the appropriate English equivalents:
- •Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents to Participles II:
- •Do not translate! Define where the subject is the doer of the action.
- •Translate paying attention to the Passive Voice.
- •Make up sentences from the following words. Put a in the Present Simple Passive, b – in the Present Continuous Passive.
- •Make questions to match the answers. All of them are in the Passive Voice.
- •Match the following sentences with their translations. Which of them are in Passive?
- •Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Present Simple Passive and Present Continuous Passive (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b
- •Translate paying attention to the meanings of the word one.
- •Change the form of the personal pronouns given in brackets.
- •Make up sentences with personal pronouns on the topic of electronics and physics. Specialist reading
- •Read the text again and complete the sentences with the correct beginning or ending.
- •Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions based on the text. Make sure you use correct auxiliary verb.
- •Speaking
- •Conductivity
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of your summary.
- •Find more information about classification of materials based on other principles and tell your group mates.
- •Negative (with the auxiliary verb)
- •Negative (with no auxiliary verb)
- •Questions (with the auxiliary verb)
- •Questions (with no auxiliary verb)
- •1. Fill in the table.
- •4. Put in the missing words, using the words from the previous units and the table above.
- •5. Put all possible questions to the following statements.
- •6. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple.
- •7. Form nouns from the following adjectives using the suffix -ity and translate them:
- •8. Choose the appropriate English equivalents:
- •11. Match the following word-combinations with their translations.
- •12. Match the following sentences with their translations.
- •13. Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Past Simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Specialist reading
- •Matter, Elements and Atoms
- •Read the text again and complete the sentences.
- •16. Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b.
- •Speaking
- •18. You are taking your exam in Physics. Your examination card says: Matter, its definition and basic notions. Your partner is your examiner. Answer his questions and try to get a good mark.
- •19. Divide into 2 groups. Group 1 translates Extract a and group 2 – extract b of the text “Electricity” with a dictionary in writing, paying attention to the use of the Past Simple.
- •3. Read the dialogue and learn how to speak about your past activities. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Continuous. Pay attention to the terms of electricity.
- •4. Put in the missing words, using the words from the table above:
- •5. Put all possible questions to the following statements.
- •6. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Continuous.
- •7. Form nouns from the following verbs using the suffix -ment and translate them:
- •8. Choose the appropriate English equivalents.
- •9. Translate the text. Use a dictionary if necessary. To each sentence put different type of question in Present Continuous.
- •11. Match the following word-combinations with their translation.
- •12. Match the following sentences with their translation.
- •13. Choose as many words as you can of ex.1 and form sensible sentences.
- •Specialist reading
- •14. Read the text “Covalent Bonds” only once. How much can you remember? Answer these questions without additional reading.
- •If you failed try to answer these questions again after doing the exercises given below the text.
- •15. Read the text again and complete the sentences.
- •16. Study the text and translate the following:
- •17. Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b.
- •Speaking
- •18. Summarize the text “Covalent Bonds” in 150 words.
- •19. In pairs ask and answer text-based questions.
- •20. Divide into 2 groups. Group 1 translates Extract a and group 2 – extract b of the text “Semiconductors” with a dictionary in writing.
- •Past Continuous Passive Affirmative
- •Negative
- •1. Fill in the table.
- •2. Read and translate the following international words:
- •3. Put in the missing words, using the words from the table above:
- •4. Put all possible questions to the following statements.
- •5. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple Passive.
- •6. Change the following sentences so as to use the Past Simple Passive.
- •7. Form nouns from the following verbs and translate them:
- •9. Match the following words and phrases with their translation.
- •10. Choose the nouns from the following words.
- •11. Match the following expressions with their translation:
- •12. Choose as many words from the table оf ex. 1 as you can and form sensible sentences in Past Simple Passive or Past Continuous Passive (affirmative, negative and interrogative).
- •Specialist reading
- •13. Read the text “Electrons and Holes” only once. How much can you remember? Answer these questions without additional reading.
- •If you failed try to answer these questions again after doing the exercises given below the text.
- •14. Read the text again and complete the sentences.
- •15. Match the terms in Table a with their definitions in Table b.
- •Speaking
- •17. In pairs ask and answer text-based questions.
- •18. Divide into 2 groups. Group 1 translates Extract a and group 2 – Extract b of the text “Supernovae” with a dictionary in writing.
- •Unit VII
- •Language Work Present Perfect Active (I have patented)
- •Present Perfect Passive (measurements have been done)
- •Fill in the table.
- •Fill in the gaps using the following verbs: break, free, move, come, occur, appear.
- •Make up sentences using Present Perfect. Use the prompts in brackets. Mind the position of just/already/yet.
- •Open the brackets and complete the dialogues with just, already, yet. Use Passive Voice where nessesary.
- •You are asking students questions about things they have done. Make questions with ever using the words in brackets.
- •Read the situations and write sentences using the example.
- •Rewrite these sentences into Passive Voice.
- •Make sentences from the words in brackets using the Present Perfect Passive.
- •Form adjectives from the following nouns using the suffix -ous and translate them.
- •Read and translate word-combinations.
- •Match the following sentences with their translations.
- •Choose as many words from the table of ex.1 as you can and form sensible sentences.
- •Specialist reading
- •Read the text “The Movement of Holes”. Mark the following sentences as true (t) or false (f).
- •The Movement of Holes
- •Read the text again and complete the sentences with the correct ending.
- •Work in pairs. Ask your partner some questions based on the text. Make sure you use the correct auxiliary verb.
- •Speaking
- •Measuring the Movement of Holes in Crystal Surfaces
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of the text “Measuring the Movement of Holes in Crystal Surfaces”.
- •Serve as simultaneous interpreter. Make an oral reverse interpretation of the text. Unit VIII
- •Language Work Past Perfect Active (I had measured)
- •Past Perfect Passive (it had been measured) Affirmative
- •Questions
- •Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Past Perfect or Past Indefinite/Continuous Tense(Active or Passive).
- •Make the sentences of ex.2 negative and interrogative.
- •For each situation, write a sentence ending with never … before. Use the verbs in brackets.
- •Put the verb into the correct form, Past Perfect (I had measured) or Past Simple (I measured).
- •Complete these sentences with the following verbs (in the form of Past Perfect Passive):change, know, analyze, use, install.
- •Rewrite these sentences into Past Perfect Passive/Active.
- •Match the following sentences with their translations.
- •Specialist reading
- •Read the text “Silicon”. Find the answers to the following questions.
- •Silicon
- •Read the text again and select the best completion for each sentence. Complete the following sentences using the multiple choice suggested. There might be more than one variant.
- •Complete the sentences with the correct ending according to the text.
- •Speaking
- •Summarize the text “Silicon” in 150 words.
- •Translate the text “Applications of Silicon” paying attention to new technical terms in writing. Applications of Silicon
- •In Russian write a content-based summary of the text you have translated.
- •Make a reverse written translation (from Russian into English) of your summary.
- •Find more information about silicon applications and tell your group mates.
UNIT I
Diodes |
Language Work
Present Simple
Affirmative
I/we/you/they |
amplify/define/direct |
he/she/it |
amplifies/defines/directs |
For example:
Diodes permit current to flow in only one direction.
The dictionary defines electronics as the study of conduction of electricity.
Spelling
-es after -s / -sh / -ch: pass – passes, finish – finishes, watch – watches
-y – -ies: study – studies, rectify – rectifies
also: do – does, go – goes
Reading
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[s] |
directs |
–s(es) |
[z] |
defines, amplifies |
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[iz] |
passes |
Remember:
I/we/you/they have
he/she/it has
For example:
Diodes have 2 basic elements.
Every diode has a cathode and a plate.
Negative (with the auxiliary verb)
I/we/you/they he/she/it |
don't doesn't |
amplify/define/direct |
For example:
Diodes don’t permit current to flow in opposite directions.
Positive voltage on the plate doesn’t repel electrons.
Negative (with no auxiliary verb)
I/we/you/they/ he/she/it |
can/ may/must
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not |
amplify/define/ direct |
I/we/you/they/ he/she/it |
am/is/are
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not |
a physicist(s) |
I/we/you/they/ he/she/it |
have/has |
no/hasn’t or don’t/doesn’t have |
a heater |
For example:
These devices can’t be amplifiers.
They are not physicists.
This gadget doesn’t have a/has no heater.
Remember: There is no grid in a diode. But: There isn’t a grid in a diode.
A diode has no grid. A diode hasn’t a grid.
Questions (with the auxiliary verb)
Do Does |
I/we/you/they he/she/it |
amplify/define /direct? |
For example:
Do diodes permit current to flow in only one direction?
Does the dictionary define electronics as the study of conduction of electricity?
Questions (with no auxiliary verb)
Can/may/must |
I/we/you/they/ he/she/it |
amplify/define/direct? |
Am/is/are |
I/we/you/they /he/she/it |
(a) physicist(s)/direct current? |
Have/has |
I/we/you/they/ he/she/it |
a heater? |
For example:
Can these devices be amplifiers?
Are they physicists?
Has this gadget a heater? or Does this gadget have a heater?
Remember:
1. I am a physicist, aren’t I?
2. In the following examples, do is also the main verb (do you do /doesn't do etc.): What do you do? I work in a shop.
He's always so lazy. He doesn't do anything to help.
The verb to be
I аm (I'm) |
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I |
am not |
(I'm not) |
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he |
is |
(he's) |
he |
is |
not |
(he's not or he isn't) |
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she |
(she's) |
she |
(she's not or she isn't) |
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it |
(it's) |
it |
(it's not or it isn't) |
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we |
are |
(we're) |
we |
are not |
(we're not or we aren't) |
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you |
(you're) |
you |
(you're not or you aren't) |
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they |
(they're) |
they |
(they're not or they aren't) |
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For example:
I am/am not a physicist.
He is/is not a famous scientist.
Rectifier isn’t an electrical device.
It isn’t easy to explain the operation of semiconductor devices.
Fill in the table.
Noun |
Verb |
Adjective |
Adverb |
Translation |
Transcription |
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alternating |
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amplification |
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amplifying |
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усиление |
[‚xmplIfI′keIS(q)n] |
anode |
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[xnqVd] |
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apply |
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attract |
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cathode |
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[kx′TLd] |
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compare (to, with) |
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circuit |
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схема |
[′sE:kIt] |
charge |
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conduction conductivity conductor semiconductor |
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[kqn′dAkSn] (n) [kqn′dAkt] (v) |
current AC (a.c.= alternating current) DC (d.c. = direct current) |
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development |
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разработка |
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device |
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[di′vais] |
diode |
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directly |
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[dI′rektlI] |
electrode |
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electron |
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emit |
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flow |
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heat |
heat |
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operator, operation |
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patent (n,v) |
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[′pxtqnt] |
phenomenon (pl.- phenomena) |
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явление |
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repel |
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rectifier |
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[′rektIfaIq] |
source |
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[′sLs] |
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switch (on/off) |
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tube |
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unit |
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блок, элемент |
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vacuum |
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