- •Правила чтения Характеристика звуков
- •Буква х читается как глухой звук [ks]: text; звонкий звук [gz] читается, когда буква X находится между двумя гласными перед ударным слогом: examine.
- •Чтение английских гласных букв в открытом положении
- •Грамматика Личные местоимения (Personal Pronouns)
- •Повелительное наклонение (The Imperative Mood)
- •Grammar exercises
- •1. Read and translate the sentences. Pay attention to the use of the Imperative Mood, the Direct and Indirect Object.
- •2. Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
- •3. Translate into English.
- •Глагол to be в настоящем времени (Verb to be in the Present Simple)
- •Grammar exercises
- •4. Read and translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the use of the verb to be. Pronounce correctly the contracted forms of the verb to be.
- •6. Make the sentences positive or negative. Use am/am not/is/is not/are/are not.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Употребление артикля (Usage of Articles)
- •Grammar exercises
- •8. Read, translate and explain the usage of the articles.
- •9. Put in a/an or the where necessary.
- •10. Translate into English.
- •Множественное число существительных (Plural of Nouns)
- •Grammar exercises
- •12. Rewrite in plural.
- •14. Translate into English.
- •Общие и альтернативные вопросы (General and Alternative Questions)
- •Grammar exercises
- •15. Give positive or negative short answers.
- •16. Ask questions. Use am, is, are.
- •17. Ask alternative questions using the words in brackets.
- •Специальные вопросы (Special Questions)
- •Разделительные вопросы (Tag questions)
- •Grammar exercises
- •18. Fill in the blanks. Translate into Russian.
- •20. Put questions to the words in bold.
- •21. Translate into English.
- •Причастие настоящего времени (Participle I)
- •Grammar exercises
- •22. Form the Participle I from the following verbs. Translate into Russian.
- •23. Translate into English.
- •24. Translate these sentences into Russian.
- •Настоящее продолженное время (The Present Continuous Tense)
- •Grammar exercises
- •25. Read and translate the sentences. Make them negative and interrogative.
- •27. Put the verbs in the correct form of the Present Continuous Tense. Translate the sentences.
- •28. Give positive or negative short answers.
- •29. Translate into English.
- •Word building
- •Active Vocabulary
- •35. Read and translate the following text. About myself
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •37. Find the English equivalents for the following Russian words:
- •38. Choose the right variant according to the text.
- •39. Find in the text equivalents to the following phrases:
- •40 Answer the following questions.
- •Unit II Правила чтения Характеристика звуков
- •Чтение английских гласных букв в закрытом положении с последующей буквой r (III тип чтения):
- •Чтение английских гласных букв в открытом положении с последующей буквой r (iVтип чтения):
- •В закрытом положении гласные читаются по первому типу чтения (как в алфавите):
- •Грамматика Притяжательные местоимения (Possessive Pronouns)
- •Указательные местоимения (Possessive Pronouns)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Put the necessary pronouns.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with my/your/his/her/its….
- •III. Open the brackets.
- •IV. Complete the sentences.
- •V. Translate into English.
- •Притяжательный падеж (Possessive Case)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read and translate.
- •II. Choose the right variant.
- •III. Complete the sentences. Use –‘s or of.
- •IV. Translate into Russian.
- •Глагол to have (got) в настоящем времени
- •Grammar exercise
- •II. Put the verb to have (got) in the correct form. Read and translate.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •II. Translate the following derivative words:
- •III. Form the words using suffixes:
- •IV. Suggest the Russian equivalents for the following phrases:
- •Active Vocabulary
- •V. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •VI. Read and translate the following text. Name the main stages of education in Russia. Education in Russia
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VII. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •XIV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs where necessary.
- •XI. Speak on the topic “Departure and arrival,” use the following words and word combinations:
- •Unit III Правила чтения Характеристика звуков
- •Грамматика Настоящее неопределенное время (The Present Indefinite Tense)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Write the 3. Person singular of the following verbs.
- •II. Complete the sentences using the following verbs:
- •III. Choose the right variant.
- •IV. Translate these sentences, make them negative and interrogative.
- •V. Put questions to the words in bold:
- •VI. Which is right? Complete the sentences. Translate into Russian.
- •VII. Translate into Russian.
- •Конструкция there is / are
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the construction there is / are.
- •II. Put in there is / there isn’t / is there? / there are / there aren’t / are there?
- •III. Put in there or it.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Неопределенные местоимения some, any, every, no и их производные (Indefinite Pronouns: some, any, every, no and their derivatives)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Put in a/an/the/some where necessary.
- •II. Read, translate and explain the use of the Indefinite Pronouns.
- •III. Choose the write variant: somebody/everybody/anything/somewhere/anybody, etc. Translate into Russian.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read and translate.
- •II. Put in the right preposition if necessary.
- •III. Correct the prepositions if necessary.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Word building
- •Active Vocabulary
- •VI. Read and translate the following text to name the main stages of education in Great Britain. Education in Great Britain
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VII. Match each word in a with the Russian equivalent in b:
- •VIII. Find in the text equivalents to the following phrases:
- •IX. Make up questions to which the following sentences are the answers.
- •XIV. Listen to the conversation again. What synonymic words or expressions are used in the dialogue instead of those given in italics:
- •Unit IV Правила чтения Гласные буквы, отражающие в открытом положении краткие гласные звуки:
- •Грамматика
- •Особые случаи образования степеней сравнения прилагательных и наречий
- •Использование слов much / many, little / few, a little / a few
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Give the comparative and superlative degrees:
- •II. Choose the write variant. Translate the sentences.
- •III. Insert the appropriate form of the adjective given in brackets:
- •IV. Choose the right word.
- •V. Translate into Russian.
- •The Present Simple and the Present Continuous Tenses (Revision)
- •I. Put in am/is/are/do/don’t/does/doesn’t. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Present Simple or the Present Continuous:
- •III. Are the verbs write or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
- •IV. Use the words in brackets to write sentences. All the sentences are future. Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple.
- •V. Translate into English.
- •Конструкция to be going to
- •Grammar exercises
- •II. Ask questions to the words in bold.
- •III. Translate into English.
- •I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and practice the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •Active Vocabulary
- •VI. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •VII. Read and translate the following text. Entitle each paragraph. Russia’s Top Universities
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VIII. Find in text the situations in which the following word combinations are used:
- •IX. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text:
- •XI. Give a short summery of the text “Russia’s Top Universities”. Use the plan below to compose your own story about the university in which you study:
- •XIII. Listen to the dialogue “At the hotel”. Be ready to answer the following questions:
- •XIV. What is the difference between:
- •XII. Speak on the topic “At the hotel”, use the following words and word combinations:
- •Unit V Правила чтения Чтение сочетаний гласных с согласными
- •Grammar
- •Прошедшее неопределенное время (The Past Indefinite Tense)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Give the past form of the verbs, arrange them according to the pronunciation of the endings:
- •II. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Past Simple. Translate the sentences.
- •III. 1. Make up questions and answers from the following words.
- •2. Make up questions and answer them:
- •3. Put general, alternative, disjunctive questions to the following sentences:
- •IV. Put the verbs in the correct form of the Past Simple (positive, negative or question).
- •V. Put in there was / there, wasn’t / was there? / there weren’t / were there?
- •VI. Use the present simple, the present continuous or the past simple. Translate into Russian.
- •VII. Which question word is used to put the question to the bold word or expression?
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Местоимение other и его производные (other and its derivatives – another, the others, others)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read, translate and explain the usage of the word other and its derivatives.
- •II. Choose the right variant.
- •Причастие прошедшего времени (The Past Participle)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Write three forms of the following verbs.
- •II. Translate into Russian.
- •III. Translate into English.
- •I (you, we, you, they) have worked. He (she, it) has worked.
- •I (you, we, you, they) have not (haven’t) worked. He (she, it) has not (hasn’t) worked.
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read and translate.
- •II. Make up sentences, use the following word combinations:
- •IV Write for or since. Translate into Russian.
- •V. Put the verb in the Present Perfect or the Past Simple:
- •VI. Choose the form of the Participle in each sentence.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •II. Translate the following derivative words:
- •Active vocabulary
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VIII. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •IX. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
- •X. Answer the following questions.
- •XI. Read and translate the text below to learn about the main city of Russia. Moscow
- •XIII. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •XIV. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to the text using words and word combinations below:
- •Unit VI
- •I. Read, pronounce the following words and word combinations correctly:
- •Grammar Будущее неопределенное время (The Future Indefinite Tense)
- •I (we) shall (‘ll) come tomorrow. You (he, she, it, you, they) will (‘ll) come tomorrow.
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Fill in the blanks. Translate into Russian.
- •II. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Future Simple or the Present Simple:
- •III. Choose the write variant.
- •IV. Put the verbs into correct tense.
- •V. Translate into English.
- •Модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты (The Modal Verbs and their equivalents)
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Read and translate into Russian.
- •III. Ask questions and give short answers.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •V. Read, translate, pay attention to the usage of modal verb can and its equivalent.
- •VI. Fill in: can / to be able to
- •VII. Read and translate, pay attention to the usage of modal verb may and its equivalent.
- •VIII. A) Read and translate.
- •IX. Chose the correct variant. Translate into Russian.
- •X. Translate into English.
- •I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
- •Word building
- •II. Translate the following derivative words:
- •III. Define to what parts of speech the following words belong:
- •IV. Translate into Russian the following phrases:
- •Active Vocabulary
- •V. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VII. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •VIII. Choose among the words the one that corresponds to the text above to complete the sentences:
- •XIII. Listen to the dialogue “Shopping”.
- •XIV. Decide which of the following statements are true and which are false. Correct the false ones.
- •Unit VII
- •I. Read, pronounce the following words and word combinations correctly:
- •Grammar Прошедшее длительное время (The Past Continuous Tense)
- •I (he, she, it) was working. We (you, they) were working.
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Continuous.
- •II. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Past Simple or the Past Continuous:
- •III. Choose the write variant.
- •IV. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
- •V. Find the sentence in the form, the Past Continuous.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •Revision exercises
- •I. Open the brackets, put the verbs into the correct form.
- •II. Ask questions to the word in bold.
- •III. Ask general, alternative and disjunctive questions.
- •IV. Translate into English.
- •Word building
- •Active Vocabulary
- •The United States of America
- •Text and vocabulary exercises
- •VII. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:
- •VIII. Complete the following sentences according to the text.
- •X. Give a short summery of the text “The United States of America.” Использованная литература
VI. Choose the form of the Participle in each sentence.
A) Participle I B) Participle II
1. I don’t find this story (amusing, amused). 2. Can you smell something (burning, burned)? 3. I didn’t enjoy the party because I was (boring, bored) there. 4. Deeply (shocking, shocked) I left them. 5. He walked along the road with his collar (turning, turned) up, hands in pockets.
VII. Translate into English.
1. Я не могу работать, я поранил ногу. 2. Том уже сдал свой экзамен, потому что он упорно учил. 3. Ой, я порезал палец! 4. Сколько человек говорили на английском языке во времена Шекспира? 5. Кто разбил окно? 6. На прошлой неделе Елена ходила в кино три раза. 7. Мы живем в Глазго в течение шести лет. 8. Он сказал мне свое имя, но я его забыл. 9. Подожди, пожалуйста! Я еще не ответил на этот вопрос. 10. Ты когда-нибудь был в Испании? 11. Вчера погода была очень плохая. 12. Мой друг писатель. Он написал много книг.
Pre-text exercises
I. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:
story, Slavs, parliamentary, republic, million, nation, nationality, European, president, population, urban, modern, geographically, racial, isolated, ocean, limited, utility, historic, economic, cultural, territory, zone, climate, tundra, subtropics, taiga, continental, steppe, mineral, element, industrial, agricultural, chemical, machine, radar, electronic, component, transportation, communication, textile. problem, social, sphere.
Word building
II. Translate the following derivative words:
noun + -ship, -hood → noun
friend – friendship, leader – leadership, brother – brotherhood, child – childhood, mother – motherhood;
verb + -ive → adjective
to legislate – legislative, to communicate – communicative, to interact – interactive, to distribute – distributive;
noun + -ful / less → adjective
beauty – beautiful, help – helpful /helpless, use – useful / useless, harm – harmful / harmless, tree – treeless, joy – joyful, life – lifeless.
III. Form the words using suffixes -ship, -hood, -ive, -ful / less:
relation, partner, father, neighbor, illustration, demonstration, creation, water, air, success, shape, power.
IV. Translate into Russian the following phrases:
long and complex story, East Slavs, racial group, eastern Europe, northern Asia, legislative powers, The Head of State, to be classified as urban, to be geographically isolated, sea-border, time zones, a great variety of vegetation, communication equipment, significant scientific achievements, several climatic zones.
Active vocabulary
VI. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
split into – раскалываться; разбиваться на части; to distribute – распределять; to be enclosed быть окруженным, защищенным; landlocked –окружённый сушей, закрытый; limited utility – ограниченного использования; endowed – обеспеченный, одаренный; in spite of – несмотря на; wealth – богатство; indispensable – необходимый, незаменимый; sizable – значительных размеров.
VII. Read and translate the text below focusing on geographical position, climate and resources of Russia.
Russia
Russia has a long and complex story. It begins with the East Slavs, the racial group that eventually split into the Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarussians. Nowadays Russia is the world’s largest country, stretching over eastern Europe and northern Asia. Russia is a parliamentary republic. The Head of State is the President. The legislative powers are exercised by the Duma. The population of the country is 230 million people. There are over 100 nations and nationalities in it. The population is quite unequally distributed with the highest density in the European part. About three-quarters of the population is classified as urban. The modern Russian state is geographically isolated. It is enclosed, except in the West, by landlocked seas, deserts, and mountains. There are 38,000 miles of land frontier, nine times that of the United States. In the south Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. In the west it borders on Norway, Finland, the Baltic States, Belorussia, and the Ukraine. It also has a sea-border with the USA.
Russia is washed by 12 seas and 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. The Russian coastline is the longest in the world but it has limited utility since the coastal waters are frozen much of the year. No nation has been as bountifully supplied with rivers as Russia. The Volga River is of great historic, economic and cultural importance for Russia. It is the longest river in Europe extending 3700 kilometers from Valdai Hills to the Caspian Sea. Russia has also several sizable lakes. Lake Baikal, in Eastern Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world. There are two great plains in Russia: the Great Russian Plain and the west Siberian Lowland. There are several mountain chains on the territory of the country: the Urals, the Caucasus, the Altai and the others.
Russia crosses 11 time zones from the East to the West and several climatic zones from tundra in the North to subtropics in the south. Russia’s climate is markedly continental, distinguished by extremes of heat and cold, depending on latitude. The climate in the Midlands is moderate. There is a great variety of vegetation in Russia: tundra, taiga, mixed forests, and then mixed forest-steppe, true steppe, which is grass-covered and almost treeless. But in the South mountains are covered with forests too.
Russia is one of the most richly endowed nations in the world with mineral wealth. There are immense deposits of iron, ore, zinc, copper, and nickel, tin and other elements indispensable to modern industry. The state is both industrial and agricultural. Russia has a complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coil, oil, chemical; all forms of machine building: from mills to space vehicles; defense industry: radar, missiles, and advanced electronic components, shipbuilding; transportation and communication equipment; textiles, handicrafts. Cattle breeding, fruits, vegetables and grain growing and other agricultural fields are developed in our country.
Our state is the country of highly developed culture, significant scientific achievements, wide-spread education and valuable historical heritage.
In Russia there are many problems in the social and economic spheres at present. But in spite of the problems, our country is facing at present, there are a lot of opportunities for it to become one of the leading countries in the world again.