Unit X Our college exercises

І. Listen and repeat

Come here, my dear.

He lived near London for years.

Mary takes care of her hair.

I dare swear.

Poor, tour, jury,

The steward is sure to come.

II. Remember these sayings.

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

Knowledge is power.

Practice makes perfect.

Work has a bitter root, but a sweet fruit.

Where there is a will, there is always a way.

III. Make a test and guess “Are you good at college?”

Answer these questions:

1. What do you like about college?

□ a)interesting lesson

□ b) vacation time

□ c) meeting with college mates

2. Imagine, you have got a lot of homework for tomorrow. What are you going to do?

□ a) do only the things which you will likely be asked

□ b) try to do everything

□ c) take it easy and throw the books away

3 Imagine you are late for college. What are you going to do?

□ a) apologize to the teacher and take a seat

□ b) not to worry about it and take your seat

□ c) go back home with the hope that next time you'll be in time

4. You are going to choose a foreign language to study at college. What are you going to do?

□ a) you think is the easiest.

□ b) which is with the nicest teacher.

□ c) you think is the most useful in your future.

5. What do you think about the importance of your study in college?

□ a) Study develops your mind and the knowledge you are getting will be useful in future

□ b) It s important to study quite a few things at school which will help in your future life

□ c) College study is not so important, because it's out of use in your real life as an adult after school

6. What place do you usually take in the classroom?

□ a) the place where you can see and listen to your teacher clearly

□ b) somewhere, where you'll have a possibility not to be seen by your teacher

□ c) Any place will do.

Your score:

1. a) 2; b 0; c) 1.

2. a) 1; b) 2; c) 0.

3. a) 2; b) 1; c) 0.

4. a) 0; b) 1; c) 2.

5. a) 2; b) 1; c) 0.

6. a) 2; b) 0; c) 1.

RESULTS:

Less than 3 SOS! You hate college! You have to change your attitude to college. Or you'll be at the back of your class. Ask for help and try to do your best.

More than 3 but less than 9 Your college success depends upon your efforts in study and other college activities. You're one of 'so-so' students.

More than 9. Wow! You are a real top class student. You've got a chance to go far in your future. Don't stop

IV. Pair work. You are a student of our college. What does it mean to be a student?

Write 5 sentences using “Being a student means…”.

Example: Being a student means going to my college every day.

Being a student means studying different subjects.

V. Think and answer “Is it good to be a student?”

Example: To my mind, it is good to be a student, because we meet our friends and teachers every day, gets good marks, learn many new and interesting things, often go on excursions, to the cinema, to the theatre etc.

VI. Match English words and translations

A first-year student староста

A second-year student студент-першокурсник

A graduate аспірант

A group monitor студент другого курсу

A post-graduate випускник