- •Higher Education in Russia Pretext exercises
- •2.1. Read the following words (expressions) and try to guess their meaning.
- •Memorize the following words and expressions
- •2 .3. Read the text. Higher Education in Russia
- •2.4. Read the statements and decide if they are true (t) or false (f).
- •2.5. Match the following words and expressions with their equivalents.
- •2.6. Complete the following sentences with the expressions from the box.
- •2.7. Choose ten of the expressions from exercise 2.5. And write sentences of your own.
- •Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Pretext exercises
- •2.8. Read the following words and expressions and try to guess their meaning.
- •2.9. Read the following words and notice their pronunciation.
- •Memorize the following words and expressions
- •2.10. Read the text. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
- •2.11. Answer the following questions.
- •2.12. Imagine you are talking to a foreign student. What would you tell him about the university you are studying at?
- •2.13. Write a letter to your friend from England. Mention the following things:
- •Present Simple – Present Progressive
- •2.14. Choose the correct variant.
- •2.15. Complete the following sentences with the present simple or present progressive form of the verb, as in the model.
- •2.16. Read the following sentences and decide if the verb refers to the present or the future.
- •Future Simple
- •2.17. Choose the correct variant.
- •Past Simple
- •2.18. Complete the following sentences with the past simple form of the verb, as in the model.
- •2.19. Make the following sentences negative, as in the model.
- •2.20. Write the correct question for the following sentences, as in the model.
- •Present Perfect
- •2.21. Complete the following sentences with the present perfect form of the verb, as in the model.
- •Past Simple – Present Perfect
- •2.22. Choose the correct variant.
2.16. Read the following sentences and decide if the verb refers to the present or the future.
1. I am leaving tomorrow to spend Christmas with Mary’s family.
2. The doctor is feeling her pulse.
3. We are having a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
4. Listen! Ann is singing in the next room.
5. Kate, we are going to the town center. Are you coming with us?
6. I’m not going away for my holidays next month because I haven’t got enough money.
7. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I am writing a letter to my sister.’
8. Look! The bus is coming.
9. ‘Where are Jack and Sally?’ – ‘I don’t know. I think they are buying a new house.’
10. ‘When are you meeting your parents?’ – ‘They are coming tomorrow morning.’
Future Simple
2.17. Choose the correct variant.
1. If Mark … the boat, we … fishing.
a) repair; will go b) will repair; go c) repairs; will go
2. When you … home, I … you the letter.
a) come; will read b) comes; will read c) will come; read
3. If she … me, I … her the news.
a) will call; tell b) calls; will tell c) will call; will tell
4. When Barbara … the door, we … Happy Birthday.
a) open; will sing b) will open; sing c) opens; will sing
5. Don’t hurry him now, he … up as soon as he … ready.
a) will get; is b) gets; will be c) get; will be
6. Don’t go out yet. Wait until the rain … .
a) will stop b) stop c) stops
7. What time does the film begin?
a) is … beginning b) will … begin c) does … begin
8. They … a lot of noise at this moment.
a) are making b) make с) will make
9. I don’t want to go to work by bus. I … a taxi.
a) take b) am going to take с) will take
10. Phone him now. I think he … .
a) isn’t sleeping b) doesn’t sleep с) won’t sleep
Past Simple
2.18. Complete the following sentences with the past simple form of the verb, as in the model.
Model : – Thomas … a new computer two days ago. (buy)
– Thomas bought a new computer two days ago.
I … an e-mail to Mary and she … me back immediately. (send; write)
Last summer Terry … to France. (travel)
My father … the university twenty years ago. (graduate from)
I always drive to work but yesterday I … a bus. (take)
We … a great show last night. (see)
Henry … late yesterday so he … Geometry. (be; miss)
Yesterday Sue … a package from Tom. (receive)
Three years ago I … swimming with my friends. (go)
When I … in Italy, I … in a luxury hotel. (be; stay)
Kelly … her project a week ago. (finish)
2.19. Make the following sentences negative, as in the model.
Model: – She answered the first question. (the second question)
– She didn’t answer the second question.
1. Peter had dinner with Dorothy. (Fiona)
2. We knew her address. (phone number)
3. I bought some flowers. (chocolates)
4. They spoke Spanish. (English)
5. Lora wrote a letter to Jeremy. (Chris)
6. Fred felt well last night. (yesterday morning)
7. Our group travelled to London. (Oxford)
8. I visited my parents on Friday. (on Sunday)
9. You saw Mr. Little at the university. (Mrs. Swanack)
10. Jack sent an e-mail to his brother. (sister)