- •Chapter 1
- •Text 1 Metals in Perspective
- •Task 1 Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3 Focus on Grammar
- •Articles
- •Text 2
- •Hephaestus
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Oral Practice
- •Unit 2 Text 1
- •The Importance of Iron and Advent of Steel
- •Task 1
- •Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •The sooner you finish this work,the better it will be for you.
- •Text 2
- •Some of the Great Names in the History of Metallurgy
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Unit 3 Text 1
- •Iron in the Middle Ages
- •Task 1 Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •The Coming of the Vikings
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 4 Text 1
- •Iron - Smelting without Charcoal
- •The First Blast Furnaces
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2.
- •Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Indefinite and Distributive Adjectives and Pronouns
- •Text 2
- •The Crusades
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Oral Practice
- •Chapter 2
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Present Perfect And Perfect Continuous
- •This tense is used for an action which began in the past and is still continuing (usually with for and since):
- •Я жду уже целый час, а он еще не пришел.
- •Exercise 1.Translate into Russian. Comment on the use of Tenses.
- •Text 2
- •A Tight Little Island
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Supermarket sweets handcream
- •Unit 2
- •Text 1 More Progress in Steel Production
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Lincoln
- •Directions
- •Prepositions
- •Unit 3 Text 1 Steel Production in Sheffield
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •The blast furnace
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2.
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Student Grants
- •Unit 4 Text 1 The British Steel Industry Today
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Merry Christmas! Поздравляю с Рождеством
- •Is your writing narrow?
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 British Customs and Traditions
- •April Fools’ Day
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •The Mount Everest is8,848 metreshigh.
- •Unit 2 Text 1 Precious Metals
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •Land and Climate
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Inviting. Eating out.
- •Unit 3 Text 1 The Alchemists
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •New York
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 4 Text 1 Silverware and Plate Industry
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 The us Government
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Chapter 4
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Simple to give to be given
- •Text 2 Results of Immigration
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 2 Text 1 Basic Metallurgy of Cast Iron
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Listening Comprehension
- •Task 4. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •Education
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 3 Text 1 Alloy Steels
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •The us Customs and Traditions Thanksgiving Day
- •Information Letter. Going on a Business Trip
- •Unit 4 Text 1
- •Aluminum
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2
- •American English
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
Task 2. Comprehension Check
Exercise 1. Complete the statements given below by choosing
the right variant.
1. The origin of April Fools’ Day still remains . . .
a) in the dark b) obscure c) very clear
2. A large number of dog owners received an official letter . . .
a) on March 30 of the year in question b) on March 31, 1899
c) on March 31 of the year in question
3. According to this letter all dogs of the town had to be . . .
a) brought to the nearest veterinary b) vaccinated
c)taken out of the town
4. By ten o’clock on the day appointed . . .
a) nobody had come to the Town Hall
b) everybody had stayed at home because they didn’t believe the letter
c) hundreds of citizens had brought their pets to the Town Hall
5. The practical joke played by BBC Television brought to . . .
a) many calls from viewers who wanted to buy spaghetti bushes
b) a big scandal c) much laughter from viewers
Exercise 2. Choose phrasal verbs given below to complete the sentences.
take measures against; go on; make of; send out; be over;
dawn upon; take smth in good part; play a hoax on; make with.
1. You should . . . the epidemic of flu.
2. I don’t know what . . . your statement.
3. At last it . . . him that it was a practical joke.
4. The lesson . . ., you may go home.
5. The secretary was asked . . . letters of invitation.
6. On April 1, 1957 BBC Television . . . viewers but many of them didn’t believe what they had seen and . . . the programme.
7. This cake . . . flour, butter, eggs and sugar.
Exercise 3. Look through the text and find the synonyms to the
following words.
1. merry 2. undertake 3. many 4. frontier
5. illness 6. finish 7. invite 8. good laugh
9. gather 10. be sure
Exercise 4. Translate the following proverbs and idioms into
Russian. Describe the situations when you can use them.
a) It would make even a cat laugh.
b) Many a true word is spoken in jest.
c) Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
d) To cap someone’s joke.
e) To laugh up one’s sleeve.
Exercise 5. What is a practical joke? Speak about a practical joke
you played on your friends or they played on you.
Oral Practice
Describing Objects and Their Uses.
Materials and patterns
Questions Replies
1. What is it like? 1. It is . . . with . . .
2. What is it made of? 2. It’s made of . . .
3. What is it used for? 3. It’s used for (+Gerund)
4. How long (wide,thick) is it? 4. It’s 50 cm long (wide, thick)
5. Can I have a thing for . . .? 5. Oh, you mean . . . Yes,of course.
Materials: (it is made of . . .)
plastic, metal, gold, silver, copper, leather, silk, cotton, wool, nylon, china (porcelain), velvet, cord.
Shapes: (it is . . .)
round, pointed, oval, cylindrical, square, triangular, rectangular, elliptical, spherical, long, short, wide, narrow, thin, thick, curved.
Colours: red, blue, white, green, grey, black, brown, orange,yellow, purple, greenish, light/pale blue, dark/deep brown.
Other describing characteristics:
This river is 3,5 miles long.