II. Ask questions to the words in bold.

1. I am going to stay at home. 2. Physicists and chemists are going to develop clean and safe technologies to protect nature. 3. We are going to translate letters from English into Russian. 4. He is going to do his homework on Monday evening. 5. We are going to start work at the end of October. 6. They are going to get home by car. 7. I am going to spend my free time at home, I am a home sitter. 8. Our scientists are going to solve a lot of mysteries about unseen forces. 9. We are going to watch wonderful sunrises and sunsets in the village. 10. He is going to ask you only one question.

III. Translate into English.

1. Завтра я собираюсь отправить телеграммы всем нашим коллегам. 2. Ты собираешься принимать участие в нашем исследовании? 3. Когда ты собираешься переписывать контрольную работу? 4. Я и мой однокурсник часто опаздываем на лекции, поэтому завтра мы собираемся встать до 6.30. 5. Я намереваюсь посещать все лекции и семинары по праву. 6. Ты ничего не делаешь. Я не собираюсь помогать тебе. 7. Вы собираетесь улучшить оборудование в лаборатории? 8. Ученые нашего университета собираются проводить серьезные и важные исследования в области физики. 9. В каком университете ты собираешься учиться? 10. Собирается дождь, пойдем домой. 11. Мы не собираемся тратить много денег на вечеринку. 12. Когда ты собираешься навестить нас?

Pre-text exercises

I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and practice the pronunciation:

decree, initiative, institute, professor , internationally, prize, training, academician, modern, diploma, international, organization, architecture, campus , hall, laboratory, clinic, pharmacy, theatre, office, journal, tennis court, football, stadium, sport, collection, title, technology, to consult, electronic, license, text, online database, website, information, faculty, to assist, process, activity, to coordinate, instruction, distance, popular, prestigious., to cooperate, total.

Word building

II. Translate the following derivative words:

adjective + -ance / -ence → noun

distant – distance, present – presence, different – difference;

adjective + -ness, -dom → noun

dark – darkness, quick – quickness, hard – hardness, near – nearness, free – freedom, wise – wisdom;

noun + -al → adjective

exception – exceptional, profession – professional, tradition – traditional, person – personal, continent – continental.

III. Form the words using suffixes -ance / -ence, -ness, -dom, -al:

independent, vast, black, white, calm, kind, culture, invitation, computation, coast.

IV. Define to what parts of speech the following words belong:

inventor, equipment, worker, freedom, entrance, famous, connection, dangerous, inventor, darkness, electrical, economist, traditional, exceptionally, ability, calculation.

V. Suggest the Russian equivalents for the following phrases:

Top Universities, special exams, annually, in large cities, the most prestigious university, to offer education, Nobel Prize winners, a number of institutes, Doctor of Science Degree, to be internationally recognized, experienced lecturers, to cooperate closely, the total number of, on the initiative of, in various fields of science, a rich collection of books, available for staff and students, students’ accommodation.