- •The Importance of Learning Foreign Languages
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Make up sentences:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words in brackets:
- •5.Match the synonyms:
- •6. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them:
- •12. Discuss in pairs:
- •Traveling and customs Traveling
- •1.Read and memorize the following words:
- •2.Study the text. Traveling
- •3. Read and remember how to use these words:
- •4. Look at this list and say which of things you will choose and take with you:
- •5. Make up sentences:
- •Confusing words:
- •7.Answer these questions:
- •Business Trip
- •8. Read and then memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •9. Read and translate the text:
- •10. Remember the following information. Then complete each sentence with the word travel, trip, or journey.
- •11. Rewrite these sentences in the passive.
- •12. Match the statements and questions with the responses.
- •13.Complete the word map. Use the words in the box:
- •14. Practise the following dialogues:
- •15.Match the words in the box:
- •16. Express your opinion about business trip. Speak about the information you should know if you are going to have a business trip. Going Through Customs
- •17. Learn the following word combinations and phrases:
- •Is there anything liable to duty?
- •18.Read the text.
- •19. Answer the questions:
- •20. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
- •21. Finish the dialogues:
- •22. Communicative situations.
- •Meeting People
- •Read the text:
- •2.Comment on the following:
- •3. Complete the sentences with suitable words:
- •4. Change into the passive:
- •6 . Match the introductions and questions with the appropriate responses.
- •7. Rearrange the conversation:
- •8. Engage your partner in conversation. Try to establish a common interest (a place, a hobby, a job, family...), use the vocabulary on Meeting people:
- •9. Retell the text using the active vocabulary. Telephone
- •1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Give antonyms to the following word combinations:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words and word combinations:
- •4. Give synonyms to the words in bold type:
- •5. Learn the following text. Telephone
- •6. Remember the following telephone etiquette The techniques of telephoning is very much the same in all countries. Only remember your good telephone manners:
- •7. Starting a phone conversation
- •On the phone
- •8. Practise the following dialogues.
- •9. Write down five words or expressions including the word 'phone' or ‘telephone’.
- •10. Fill the gaps in these phone conversations with suitable words or phrases.
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •12. Read and memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •13. Read the text:
- •14. Study the list of the telephone terms. Pay attention to the American and British variants of the same term:
- •15. Remember the following facts:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with proper words:
- •17. Practise the following dialogues:
- •Leaving a message.
- •Getting the wrong number.
- •Making an appointment.
- •A long distance call.
- •18. Fill in the missing remarks:
- •19. Complete the statements:
- •20. Act as an interpreter:
- •21. Put the dialogue in the right order:
- •22. Work in pairs. Practise the telephone conversation, using the expressions you have learnt:
- •23. Test your telephone techniques. Your answers should be “yes” or “no”.
- •A modern office
- •1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Learn the text
- •A. Answer the questions about the text.
- •B. Change these sentences to the questions and then to the negative.
- •3. Make these words plural
- •4. Use the correct form of the verb to be:
- •5. Answer the questions using the given information.
- •11. Making an appointment.
- •12. Future possibilities with if
- •If Richard goes to the park, he can look for performers there.
- •Modern information technology
- •Read and then memorize the following words and word-combinations.
- •Read and translate the text. Modern Information Technology
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Write 5 questions to the text above and then ask them to your partner.
- •3. Complete the telephone conversation using the phrases in the box. Then fill in the message form.
- •4. Match the verbs with the phrases.
- •5. Read and translate the following useful information.
- •6. Decode the following two telexes.
- •7. Read the report about the convergence of mobile phones and handheld computers. Choose either the adjective or adverb each time.
- •8. Choose the correct variants.
- •9. Write the negative sentences.
- •10. Write your opinion to the development of modern information technology, its advantages and disadvantages. Grammar Reference
- •Література
9. Write down five words or expressions including the word 'phone' or ‘telephone’.
10. Fill the gaps in these phone conversations with suitable words or phrases.
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A.: Good morning. Boulding Limited. Can I help you? |
B.: Yes. ..........(1).........Paul Mathews and I'm trying to contact Mr Patterson. He actually left a .........(2)............on my answerphone yesterday afternoon. |
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A.: I see. Well, I'm afraid Mr Patterson's ......... (3)..............at the moment. Can I ask him to .........(4).......later? |
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B.: Yes please. I will be here until lunchtime. My......(5).........is 7487267/ |
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ІI. |
A.: Hello. |
B.: Hi.............(6)..................Sandra? |
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A.: No, sorry. I'm ............(7)........................Sandra's not here at the moment. |
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B.: Oh. Do you know when she'll ............(8).............? |
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A.: No, I've no idea. |
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B.: OK. Well in that case, could I...(9)..............a.........................for her? |
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A.: Yes, of course. |
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B.: Could you ask her to.........(10)..............this evening, please? |
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A.: Sure. What's your name? |
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B.: Catherine. I'm a colleague from work. She's got my number. |
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A.: Right. I'll tell her. |
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B.: Thanks very much. Bye bye. |
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A.: Bye. |
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ІІІ. |
A.: Hello? |
B.: ......(11)..........................Carlos? |
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A.: Yeah, speaking. |
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B.: Hi Carlos.........:..(12)................Serena. |
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A.: Oh hello. I was expecting you to ring yesterday. |
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B: I did – or at least I tried. I.. .(13).........your number about six times last night but I couldn't ....…..(14)............... It was ..….....(15)...................all the time. |
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A.: Oh yes, I'm sorry about that. I was. ........(16)........ ..the phone to my brother for about an hour and then someone from school rang me about the table tennis tournament next week. |
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B.: Oh well, never mind. Anyway I'm phoning about... |
11. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the most convenient means of communication? 2. Do you have a telephone at home? 3. What is the number of your phone? 4. Whom do you usually ring up? 5. What do you do if the line is engaged? 6. Do you often ring your friends up? 7. Are you often called up? 8. What do you do if you are cut off? 9. In what cases do you say “I’ll ring later?” 10. How do people ring if say do not have a telephone at home? 11. Do you ever book trunk calls? 12. How many telephone calls have you made today? 13. Do you ever make appointments by telephone? 14. In your country, what is the emergency number for the police, fire brigade or ambulance?