- •English For Philology Students
- •Introduction (предисловие)
- •Acknowledgement
- •Introductory Course. (Вводный курс) The Noun. Personal, Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns
- •Personal, Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns
- •The Verbs Be, Have
- •I was a student last year.
- •I shall be a student next year.
- •The Indefinite Pronouns Some, Any, No
- •Sentences, introduced by there is/are. Few, little, much, many
- •The Adjective. Degrees of Comparison
- •Great Britain
- •Present, Past and Future Simple Tense
- •Vote want win become get be promote
- •The Importance of Learning Languages
- •The United States of America
- •Conversational formulas Meeting people
- •Main Course Unit 1 Languages. The English Language
- •Emphatic construction
- •It is (was) … that (who, which, where, etc.) …
- •It is (was) not until (till) … that …
- •English as a World Language
- •Agreement
- •Disagreement
- •The Germanic and French Influence
- •What is Good English?
- •Varieties of English
- •Some Specific Features of American English
- •Dialects of English
- •Conversational formulas Opinion
- •Word Formation
- •Verb Noun
- •Grammar Simple Tenses
- •It’s Interesting to Know Dying Languages
- •Map of uk Accents
- •Independent Reading
- •The English language
- •Standard English
- •The Origins of English
- •Britain’s Languages
- •English The World’s Biggest Brand
- •Imagine a brand bigger than Nike, bigger than Gap, bigger than Coca-Cola. Imagine a brand used by 1.5 billion people the world over.
- •Tireless Champion of American English
- •Translation Practice
- •Key Vocabulary
- •Unit 2 Universities. Kemerovo State University
- •What Are Universities For?
- •The Indefinite Pronoun “one” as a Subject
- •Needs of Universities
- •Kemerovo State University
- •St. Petersburg University
- •The Faculty of Philology and Journalism
- •Believe It You Can Achieve It Welcome to Your Future
- •Study High World Technologies in Russia
- •Conversational Formulas Requests
- •Possible replies
- •Word Formation
- •Grammar Progressive Tenses
- •It’s Interesting to Know Campus Fashion
- •Independent Reading
- •The First Universities
- •Cambridge
- •British Universities
- •Would you Like to Be a Teacher?
- •Alcot University
- •Translation Practice
- •Международный день студента
- •Тульские студенты получат потанинскую стипендию
- •Key Vocabulary
- •Unit 3. Higher Education in the English-speaking Countries
- •Is Higher Education Right For You?
- •Correlative Conjunctions
- •Higher Education in Great Britain
- •Further Education in Great Britain
- •Higher Educational Institutions of Great Britain
- •Further Education Colleges
- •Conversational Formulas Discussion
- •Word Formation
- •Grammar Perfect Tenses
- •It’s Interesting to Know Degrees
- •Independent Reading
- •What Is Higher Education All About?
- •Studying and Social Life
- •Universities in Transition
- •Translation Practice
- •Дистанционное образование
- •Key Vocabulary
- •Grammar Support
- •Существительное (The Noun)
- •Правила образования множественного числа английских исчисляемых существительных.
- •Притяжательный падеж существительных
- •Местоимение (The Pronoun)
- •Прилагательное (The Adjective)
- •Правила образования степеней сравнения прилагательных.
- •Глагол (The Verb)
- •Спряжение глаголов be, have
- •Система времен английского глагола Настоящее простое время. (The Present Simple Tense).
- •Правила правописания и произношения глаголов в 3-м лице единственного числа.
- •Простое прошедшее время (The Past Simple Tense)
- •Будущее простое время (The Future Simple Tense)
- •Настоящее продолженное время (The Present Progressive Tense)
- •Правила правописания Причастия 1
- •Прошедшее продолженное время (The Past Progressive Tense)
- •Будущее продолженное время (The Future Progressive Tense)
- •Настоящее совершенное время (The Present Perfect Tense)
- •Прошедшее совершенное время (The Past Perfect Tense)
- •Будущее совершенное время (The Future Perfect Tense)
- •Страдательный залог (The Passive Voice)
- •Примеры преобразования действительного залога в страдательный
- •References
Conversational formulas Opinion
I believe (think) that … - Я полагаю (думаю), что …
Inmyopinion… – По моему мнению …
I am convinced that … - Я убежден, что …
It seems to me that … - Мне кажется, что …
There’s no doubt that … - Нет сомнения, что …
I’d like to point out that … - Хотелось бы отметить, что …
Interview your partner and find out:
about his/ her way of learning languages;
about his/ her suggestions for effective learning;
about the most important things in his/ her learning English.
Discuss the similarities and differences in grammar of the Russian and English languages.
Give a talk on the topic “The English We Learn”.
Word Formation
The most common word suffixes to form nouns are the following:
Verb Noun
- er (or) – someone or something that does (is doing)something;
- ation (ion) – the act, result or state of doing something;
- ment – the act, cause, means, or result of doing something;
Adjective Noun
- ity (ty) – the quality or an example of being…;
- ness – the condition, quality, or degree of being …;
Make the derivatives from the following words. Translate them into Russian.
Agree, require, argue, improve, enlarge, teach, edit, educate, familiar, rich, possible, popular, regular, individual, pure, clean, bright, open, happy, flexible, polite, write, report, observe, speak, indicate, collect, admire, associate, examine, organize, discuss, impress, narrate, graduate, compose.
Grammar Simple Tenses
Define the tense form of the verbs and translate the following sentences into Russian. (Consult the Grammar Support if you have any difficulties).
1. She studies foreign literature. 2. English is spoken by lots of people. 3. He went to Australia on holiday. 4. She will take part in the discussion, won’t she? 5. All the lectures are given in English. 6. When will the novel be published? 7. His poetry was much spoken about. 8. He doesn’t usually listen to the lectures attentively. 9. Are these scholars invited to the conference? 10. Special attention will be focused on the history of the Russian language. 11. We don’t analyse these literary works. 12. This article was written in Japanese. 13. They read a book on folklore last time, didn’t they? 14. Does he study drama or poetry? 15. Were the magazines taken from him? 16. She is usually listened to with great interest.
Translate the following sentences paying special attention to the prepositions.
1. They had left before the hour of the next meeting was agreed upon. 2. She was laughed at by everybody. 3. They were listened to with great surprise. 4. Tell him he is waited for. 5. He was smiled at by the girls. 6. This article was often referred to. 7. This novel is much spoken about. 8. At last an agreement was arrived at.
Make the following sentences passive.
1. Someone wrote this romance in the 19th century. 2. People speak English all over the world. 3. He gave me the textbook. 4. We will borrow the book from the library. 5. He published this story last year. 6. People admire such pictures. 7. She will write essays for this magazine. 8. She introduced her friend to her parents. 9. Everybody likes her. 10. They spoke much about this novel.
Open the brackets putting the verbs into the correct form.
1. When Gogol (to write) his tales, he used popular legends. 2. I (to read) this essay yesterday. 3. Special subjects (to study) next year. 4. He (to become) a good journalist in the future. 5. He (to know) many poems by heart in his childhood. 6. She (to be) five years younger than her sister. 7. A very interesting article (to bring) to me yesterday. 8. I (to finish) my work tomorrow. 9. The students (not to pay) money for education some years ago. 10. Books by this author (to sell) in great amounts.
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Студенты изучают английский язык. 2. Эта история была рассказана мне моей бабушкой. 3. Он навестит вас завтра. 4. Эту картину купили вчера. 5. Он говорит на английском и французском языках. 6. Он учит английские слова каждый день. 7. Это выражение редко используется в письмах. 8. Статья будет переведена в понедельник. 9. Вчера утром он ушел из дома в 8 часов. 10. Это текст был написан в 16-м веке.