- •Content
- •Unit I about myself. Exercises.
- •II Remember this proverb:
- •III Greetings, Enquiries About Health.
- •Illustrative Dialogues.
- •V. Choose the best answer.
- •VI. Make up your own dialogues.
- •VII. Read the text and answer the questions. Hi! This is Me.
- •VIII. Ask the questions to have the following answers.
- •IX Speak about yourself. Text for Supplementary Reading the secret of happiness.
- •What is Happiness for You
- •Grammar exercises.
- •I. Change the following sentences by using pronouns instead of the underlined nouns.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with personal and possessive pronouns.
- •III. Choose the correct word.
- •IV. Complete the sentences with the correct pronoun.
- •The Noun.
- •V. Write the plural of the following nouns:
- •VI. Put these sentences into the plural.
- •IX. Read quickly in the singular.
- •The article.
- •XI. Divide the sentences into two groups : a) sentences in which the definite article should be used; b) sentences in which no article should be used:
- •XII. In the following sentences find the mistakes in the use of articles. Correct the mistakes.
- •Word order
- •XIII. Rewrite the sentences with incorrect word order correctly.
- •XIV. Make up sentences from the given words.
- •XV. Rewrite the sentences including the words in brackets.
- •Question forms
- •Unit II. Parents and children.
- •I. æ Listen and repeat.
- •II. Remember these proverbs and sayings.
- •III. Read and learn.
- •IV. Illustrative Dialogues.
- •V. Make up statements of opinion. Giving as many combinations as possible.
- •VI. Express opinions using the words given below.
- •VII. Ask someone's opinion about the following things.
- •VIII. Read and translate the text.
- •IX. Give your own opinion about Max's family.
- •X. Communicative activities.
- •XI. Read and do the task below.
- •XII. Generation gap.
- •XIII. A Family Conflict
- •XIV. How not to talk to your Mother.
- •XVI. Write the answer to Helen's letter. Give them advice about the problem. Give reason for advice. Make predictions about how the situation will change. Text for Supplementary Reading.
- •Vicky Samson.
- •Grammar exercises. Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- •VI. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Unit III. My rights and duties.
- •II. Remember these sayings.
- •How do you understand them?
- •III. Introductions. Read and learn.
- •Informal:
- •IV. Read the dialogues, learn any of them and reproduce it.
- •Informal
- •V. A team of volleyball players from Kyiv has come to Hlukhiv to take part in a competition. One of the players Peter Klymenko is getting acquainted with Victor Kovalenko.
- •VI. Make up your own dialogue.
- •VII. Read and translate the text.
- •VIII. What are all these rights about? How do you understand them? Are they fair?
- •IX. Agree or disagree. Use these expressions.
- •X. Which rights seem the most important to you? Do you enjoy all these rights? And what about your duties?
- •XI. Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue about your rights and duties. Text for Supplementary Reading.
- •Grammar exercises. Present Simple
- •I Open the brackets. Put the verbs in the Present Simple Tense.
- •II Put these sentences into interrogative and negative forms.
- •III. Transform these sentences according to the model. Give short answer to the questions.
- •IV. Translate these sentences into English.
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •VI. Make interrogative sentences.
- •Unit IV. Healthy way of life. Exercises.
- •Listen and read. [ d ].
- •Useful proverbs and quotations.
- •Practice reading the following sentences.
- •B.: … neither …
- •VIII. The reasons of smoking.
- •XIV.Read these quotations and fill the table.
- •XV. Food plays a very important part in our life. Read the text and learn how it all happens. Then retell the text. How it Happens.
- •XVI. What should people do if they don’t want to be fat? Read the text and write a letter to your friend who likes to eat fast food. Fat Farmers.
- •VXII. Read the text " Healthy Henry". " Healthy Henry".
- •XVIII. What quotation illustrates this text best of all?
- •XIX. Are you healthy?
- •XX. Remember some good rules:
- •Grammar Exercises. The Past Simple.
- •Form the Past Indefinite Tense of the following verbs:
- •Put the Indefinite in brackets in the necessary tense form:
- •Make up sentences using the following words.
- •Refer the following sentences to the Past Indefinite Tenses using : yesterday, last, week, the day before yesterday, last summer, last winter, some years ago.
- •Use the verbs in brackets in Present Simple or Past Simple.
- •Unit V. Sports in our life. Exercises.
- •Listen and read. [ ө]
- •Read and remember the proverbs:
- •Read and pronounce correctly.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Say a few sentences about any kind of sports.
- •Conversational phrases expressing attitude to a statement.
- •Skimming reading. Look through the text and try to understand what it is about Cheerleaders. Cheerleaders.
- •You are going to read an article about a person who has had a lot of accidents in his life.
- •Recommend this man several kinds of sport which could be less dangerous.
- •IX.Read the information and in not more than 25 words tell the main content of it. Olympic Games.
- •X. Read the following texts and speak about the famous sportsmen of the world.
- •XI. Study the table:
- •XII. Read the composition below and write an essay reflecting the situation with sport in our country. Guiding questions will help you to cope with your work. The Importance of Sport.
- •Guiding Questions.
- •Grammar exercises Future Simple.
- •Use the verbs in the Future Simple Tense.
- •Make the sentences interrogative and negative.
- •Choose the word that best completes the sentence : a) shall; b) will; c) shan`t; d) won’t
- •Unit VI. Leisure Time. Hobbies. Exercises.
- •Listen and repeat.
- •Read and remember the following proverbs.
- •Advice.
- •Illustrative Dialogues.
- •Make up your own dialogues.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Sort out the hobbies and entertainment activities given below into the corresponding columns. Note that one and the same hobby can have several characteristics.
- •Answer the following questions and explain the reasons why you enjoy the hobbies you have.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Retell the content of this text in your own words. Use the following expressions:
- •You are going to read about different kinds of hobbies. These texts will help you to choose a hobby if you don’t have any.
- •Looking for Names.
- •Photography as a Hobby.
- •Are You Completely Bananas?
- •My Hobbies.
- •My Hobby.
- •My Hobby.
- •XI.If you can’t choose any hobby ask your friend for advice. Make up a dialogue
- •Use the guiding questions given below to write a composition about your hobby.
- •Text for Supplementary Reading. Hobbies.
- •Unit VII. Leisure Time. Theatre. Cinema. Exercises.
- •Listen and read. [ u:] [ u].
- •Remember the following quotations.
- •Invitations.
- •Illustrative dialogues.
- •Expressing likes Expressing dislikes
- •Remember these words:
- •Express your opinion about the film you saw last.
- •Read and speak about the different genres of films and their influence on the spectators.
- •Write a letter to your friend about the film you saw last, about the films you like to see. Text for Supplementary Reading. A Miracle.
- •Grammar tests.
- •1. Choose the correct variant of the verb :
- •2. Open the brackets :
- •3. You have an answer. What was the question?
- •Unit VIII. Leisure. Time. Music. Exercises.
- •Listen and Read. [ ai ] [ ei ]
- •Read and remember these proverbs and sayings.
- •Here is a list of arts. Look at it and say which of them you like and understand better than the others.
- •The adjectives given below are often used to describe music. Make up sentences with them expressing your attitude.
- •Before you read the text look at the following statements and decide whether you agree or disagree with them.
- •The power of music.
- •Read the statements given before the text again and decide whether your opinion has changed.
- •Do you like music?
- •Are you for or against classical ( pop) music? Study the following arguments and develop the ideas.
- •Discuss the following questions with your partner.
- •Write a letter to your friend about your favourite group or singer. Text for Supplementary Reading. M. Lysenko.
- •Whitney houston.
- •Grammar tests.
- •1. Choose the correct variant of the verb :
- •2. Open the brackets :
- •3. You have an answer. What was the question?
- •5. You have an answer. What was the question?
- •6. Open the brackets :
- •Unit IX education exercises
- •Listen and repeat.
- •II. Remember these proverbs.
- •III. Read and learn. Classroom vocabulary.
- •I need some extra help?
- •I tried hard, but I just couldn’t figure it out.
- •Vocabulary:
- •The system of schooling in ukraine
- •IV.Match English words and their translations.
- •V.Translate into English in written.
- •Read the given explanations of some topical words and guess the corresponding ones.
- •XI.Write an essay about the necessity of education nowadays and what do you need to be an educated person. Text for Supplementary Reading. British universities and colleges
- •Vocabulary:
- •Grammar exercises.
- •Unit X Our college exercises
- •Your score:
- •VII. Write a word,word combinations or sentence, which characterize the student, using words below.
- •VI. Read and answer the questions. Our college
- •VI. Say which activities at the lessons and after school give you opportunities:
- •Translate into English.
- •VIII. Write a letter to your friend about your college life. Grammar exercises
- •Use Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect.
- •Use Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect.
- •Use Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect.
- •Use Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect.
- •Use Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •Unit XI jobs and professions Exercises
- •V. Name at least 3 jobs for each item of the list below. Give reasons to explain your choice in written form.
- •Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary:
- •IX. There are a number of terms and abbreviations that you need to know before you can make sense of want ads. Look through some abbreviations.
- •X. These ads are from original foreign newspaper try to guess the meaning of them.
- •XI. Read this help-wanted ad. Decide which of the three people is best qualified to do the job. Give reasons for your decisions.
- •XII. Speak about your future profession using the plan:
- •These questions will help you.
- •XIII. Choose one of the quotations as a topic for your essay.
- •Texts for Supplementary Reading My Future Profession
- •Computer Programmer
- •A Businessman / a Businesswoman
- •Grammar exercises. Passive Voice
- •1.Past Simple Active або Past Simple Passive.
- •2. Translate in English using Present, Past або Future Simple Passive.
- •7.Open the brackets .
- •Unit XII.
- •Inventors and inventions Exercises.
- •I.Listen and read.
- •II. Take turns in reading
- •III. Read about some inventions of the past century. Make a list of 5 most important icons of the 20th century. Give reasons.
- •IV.Comment on popular inventions using the following expressions:
- •V. Read brief information about scientists
- •Inventors and inventions
- •Vocabulary.
- •VI. Scanning brief information about scientists work in groups:
- •VII. Illustrative dialogues.
- •VIII. Arrange the words in a sentence:
- •IX. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets either in the Past Simple Active or the Past Simple Passive.
- •Texts for Supplementary Reading
- •Grammar exercises. Passive Voice
- •2. Translate in English using Past Simple Active або Past Simple Passive.
- •3. Translate in English using Future Simple Active або Future Simple Passive.
- •4. Use the Passive Voice.
- •Listen and read. [ w ]
- •How to exchange opinions.
- •Read the opinions about television and say which of them you agree or disagree with. Give your reasons.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read the dialogue. Say what arguments for and against tv are offered in it and with which opinions you agree ( disagree).
- •Work in pairs.
- •Tick the programmes you watch most often and cross out those you never watch.
- •Read the following text. Express the main idea of it and add your own ideas. The Influence of tv on Children
- •Read the composition below and write an essay reflecting the situation with tv in your country. Guiding questions will help you to cope with your work.
- •Imagine that you were offered to run a youth channel on tv. Decide on the following:
- •Make a presentation about the channel you are going to run. Grammar exercises. The sequence of tenses
- •Mind the sequences of tenses.
- •Open the brackets.
- •Open the brackets and use the right time.
- •Read and translate the sentences.
- •Listen and read.
- •Read the quotations and opinions about the press and journalism. Do you agree with them? How do you understand these words.
- •Topical vocabulary.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Name a newspaper or a magazine which you and your family read regularly. Say:
- •Read the text and find out:
- •Newspapers and Magazines in Ukraine.
- •Expressing approval and disapproval.
- •Illustrative dialogues.
- •Approve or disapprove of these ideas about a college newspaper or magazine:
- •There are a lot of special magazines for teenagers. Give your opinion about them? Do they reflect the young people's hopes and worries, their leisure and education, their likes and dislikes?
- •Read the article about such a great problem as street children. Write an article to the newspaper on one of the youth problems. Street Children.
- •Supplementary Task
- •Grammar exercises. The sequence of tenses
- •Render the following text in indirect speech.
- •Rebuild questions into indirect speech.
- •Unit XV the world of books Exercises
- •I.Listen and read. [ r]
- •II.Remember these proverbs, and quotations. What do you think of them? How do you understand these words.
- •III.What genres of books do you know? Complete the spider gram with the words concerning genres of books of types of publications.
- •IV.Fill in the table:
- •V.Match the words with their definitions:
- •VI.Fill in the following sentences with the give prepositions:
- •V.Which is the odd word in each group and why?
- •VI.Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below: Bibliography, bookworm, reviews, illustrations, borrow, published
- •VII.Match the following works to their authors. Use Passive Voice.
- •VIII.What kind of writes were these people?
- •IX.Speaking. Books teach us a lot of different things. What are your ideas about it? Fill in the chat.
- •X.Literary heroes can teach you a lot, too. What do they teach you? Fill in the chat.
- •XI.Read an example of book review. Harry Potter
- •Useful Phrases
- •I like to read
- •Is it useful to read books?
- •If you were a writer, what kind of books would you write and why?
- •If you were a movie producer and had a chance to screen any book you would like, what book would it be? Why?
- •Text for Supplementary Reading. Books
- •Grammar exercises. The sequence of tenses
- •Rebuild questions into indirect speech.
- •Rebuild questions into indirect speech.
- •3. Render the following texts in indirect speech.
- •I. Mark twain and the game warden
- •II. Time works wonders
- •III. An automobile story
- •IV. Bad manners
- •V. The boy and the cakes
- •VI. Too clever
- •Бібліографія:
5. You have an answer. What was the question?
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I am going to the University. Where ...?
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He was cleaning the room when I came. What ?
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I will be preparing for my report the whole week. Who ?
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The girl is crying because she has hurt her knee.
Why ?
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We were going sightseeing the whole day yesterday.
When ?
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He will be waiting for me at the bus stop.
Where ?
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He was not at home at that time because he was traveling around Europe. Where ?
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Environmental protection is getting worse with every passing day. What ?
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New technologies are changing the life of the people on the planet. What ?
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I will be reading the latest issue of this magazine when you come. What ?
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She was frying potatoes when she burnt her hand.
Was ?
12) I will be repairing my car and can't see you off. What ?
6. Open the brackets :
1) Why he (to shout) so loud?
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Don't make such a noise. The students (to write) their entrance exams.
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What you (to do) when I phoned you?
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Don't come to my place tomorrow, I (to write) a composition the whole evening.
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We saw an accident while we (to drive) a car.
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At 5 o'clock he (to leave) for Kiev.
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Brian (to train) to be a supermarket manager now.
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Whom you (to call) when I saw you?
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If you need to contact me I (to stay) at the Hilton Hotel until Friday.
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I (to drive) along Bond Street when the accident happened.
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The school principal (to go) to deliver a speech at the graduating party tomorrow.
Unit IX education exercises
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Listen and repeat.
Oh, no, don’t go home-alone,
Nobody knows how lonely the road is.
Soames never boasts of what she boasts.
But Rose never knows of what she boasts.
As you sow you shall mow.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Oh, no, don’t open the window in October.
II. Remember these proverbs.
A hard beginning makes a good ending.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
He that nothing asks, nothing learns.
III. Read and learn. Classroom vocabulary.
Can I say?
Could you repeat the question?
What we must do next?
What’s the better way to say this?
Should I start (read, write)?
I need some extra help?
This is really difficult for me?
I tried hard, but I just couldn’t figure it out.
Vocabulary:
compulsory – обов’язковий
post-secondary education – вища освіта
establishment – заклад освіти
gifted – обдарований
multilevel – багаторівневий
Bachelor of Arts – бакалавр
Master of Arts – майстер, спеціаліст
post-graduate – аспірант
a core curriculum - курс навчання, учбовий план
an extramural department - заочне відділення
a profound knowledge - поглиблені знання
The system of schooling in ukraine
Present day independent Ukraine has got a rather developed system of education, which in many respects answers the standards of the developed countries. The right to education in Ukraine is guaranteed by Constitution (Article 53). General secondary education is free and compulsory. Post – secondary education is acceptable to one and all.
The educational system includes over 23.000 preschool educational establishments. The basic link of the system is general educational school, of which there are 21350 now. There are state schools where education is free of charge and private primary and secondary schools where pupils have to pay for their education. This school has three stages: primary, basic and senior. There are several types of schools for gifted children. There are gymnasiums and lycees, private schools in our country. They offer programmes giving a profound knowledge in some field of study. The secondary school must secure a uniform level of knowledge necessary for every student. The core curriculum includes Ukrainian, Ukrainian Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, World Literature, a Foreign Language and other subjects. Besides, it also has optional, extracurricular courses and disciplines reflecting the school’s academic speciality or major.
Post secondary education is provided by institutions of higher learning trainings young specialists: universities, academies, institutes and conservatories, including 14 classical and 45 technological and branch universities, 30 academies and 72 institutes. Ukraine numbers a total of 1.5 million college and university students. A multilevel system of training is being introduced based on the “junior specialist B. A. – specialist – M. A.” scheme. Many academies and universities have extramural departments.
The alternative system of higher education is gaining momentum made up of non-governmental institutions.
Institutions of higher learning enroll some 12.000 foreign students, post-graduates and visiting graduates, of whom 8.000 are on Ukrainian governmental scholarship.
Ukraine cooperates with more than 50 international educational organizations, programs, and foundations.
Answer the questions:
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Is secondary education in Ukraine compulsory?
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What is the basic link of the system of education?
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Do you have schools for gifted children?
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What establishments provide post secondary education?
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Do foreign students study in Ukraine?