Contents

PREFACE 4

UNIT 1 FAMILY. 5

UNIT 2 THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. 17

UNIT 3 MEALS AND COOKING/FIRST TERM FINAL. 26

UNIT 4 STUDENT’S LIFE AND STUDIES..37

UNIT 5 JOBS. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. 46

UNIT 6 SEASONS AND WEATHER. MY PERFECT WEEKEND. 57

UNIT 7 PLACES. AT YOUR SERVICE 66

LITERATURE USED 78

Preface

The suggested manual is directed at providing supplementary exercises and individual practice for the first-year students in the course of Practical English. Its aim is to help and develop first-year students’ essential integrated skills in listening, reading, writing and using English vocabulary and grammar. The activities in this manual bring into focus the students’ individual practice of the studied in the classroom material and encourage them to fulfil individual tasks creatively.

It contains 7 units (each related to Robocha Programma by a theme and topic). Each Unit consists of 4 parts: Listening, Reading, Use of English and Writing.

Part Listening includes listening passages for gist (i.e. getting a general idea of a topic without understanding every word), listening passages for specific information (i.e. listening for specific pieces of information), listening passages for opinions (i.e. identifying different speakers’ opinions).

Part Reading is aimed at skimming (i.e. getting a general understanding of a text, reading through it quickly, focusing only on the main ideas), scanning (i.e. getting information you want in a text, reading the questions first, identifying the key words, and look for phrases in the text that express the same ideas).

Part Use of English is devoted to developing students’ grammar competence through structurally graded material. It contains the following exercises: open cloze, multiple choice close, word formation, error correction and tense revision exercises.

Part Writing is aimed at producing one piece of writing of 120 – 180 words which is either an informal letter, a story, a report, an article, an essay or a review.

Each part includes carefully graded exercises in terms of Year 1 key topics, vocabulary and grammar syllabus. All exercises are focused on student’s step-by-step progress.

We hope that the suggested material will help the learners overcome difficulties in acquiring vocabulary items and grammar structures as well as improve their listening comprehension, reading and writing skills and will make their communication in English easy and fluent.

UNIT 1

Family part I. Listening

Task 1

You will hear an interview with a woman who's written a book about face-reading, the skill of judging a person’s character from the shape of their face. For questions 1-10, complete the sentences.

Face reading

The skill of face-reading is believed to have come from 1______ originally.

The title of Lillian’s book is 2________.

Lillian explains that the face contains approximately 3_________ muscles.

Lillian says that when people look in a 4________, they usually manage to look their best.

Lillian says that people often feel 5_________ when they see themselves on video.

Experts say that the left side of the face is regarded as more 6________ by most people.

Lillian says that successful 7_______ are often people with wide cheekbones.

Lillian says that the shape of a person’s 8________ and________ may show how determined they are.

Lillian advises women against using too much 9__________ at interviews.

Lillian suggests 10_______ and _______ when listening to people at interviews.

Task 2

1. You will hear the five women talking about what it was like to grow up with a twin sister. For questions 1-5, choose from the list A-F the statement which best matches what each person says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

A The way people regarded us used to annoy me.

B I always felt I was being compared to my sister. Speaker 1 __1

C I had frequent disagreements with my sister. Speaker 2 __2

D My sister and I had very similar tastes. Speaker 3 __3

E I was glad not to spend too much time with my sister. Speaker 4 __4

F My sister used to let me down occasionally. Speaker 5 __5

2. Listen again. Complete the phrases in the recording that express the key words in each statement A-F.

A the way people regarded us: ... but people just ________ us together people still got us ____________, which used to __________ me a lot.

С frequent disagreements: we used to ___________ at least once a day. We even had ______________, too.

D similar tastes: Emily and I were very much in _________ with each other. ... We'd have the same __________, about most things ... because we were a __________.

E glad not to spend too much time: ... we tried to keep ___________ each other's ______________.

F let me down occasionally: ... she didn’t always ________ my _________.