- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Find equivalents:
- •II. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Speak about the University you study using the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the verbs corresponding to the following nouns:
- •II. Give the English equivalents for:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Use the correct word in the sentences. Change the form of
- •II. Find the corresponding synonyms in the right-hand column:
- •III. Memorize the following word-combinations.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Translate into English:
- •VI. Speak about the University’s academic activity using
- •Grammar exercises The Noun: Singular and Plural
- •I. Read and memorize the following:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •The Noun: Common and Possessive Case
- •VII. Replace the «of phrase» by the Possessive Case:
- •VIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •IX. Complete the following sentences using the words
- •X. Use the italicized noun or noun phrase in the first sentence as a modifier in the second sentence:
- •XI. Translate into English:
- •The Article
- •XII. Insert a, an or the if necessary:
- •XIII. Explain the use of the article:
- •XIV. Insert the article where necessary. Retell the passage:
- •XV. Translate into English:
- •The Verb «to be» in the Present Indefinite Tense
- •XVI. Answer the following questions:
- •XVII. Give short answers in the affirmative or negative:
- •XVIII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XIX. Fill in the blanks with am, is or are:
- •XX. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •The Verb «to have» in the Present Indefinite Tense
- •XXI. Answer the following questions:
- •XXII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XXIII. Fill in the blanks with have or has:
- •XXIV. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •XXV. Translate into English:
- •XXVI. Make the following interrogative and negative:
- •XXVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXVIII. Ask questions using how many:
- •XXIX. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •XXX. Complete the questions in your own way:
- •XXXI. Memorize the following proverbs:
- •XXXII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Choose the correct verb:
- •II. Change the number of the italicized nouns and make all necessary changes:
- •III. Choose the correct form of the verb:
- •V. Use it is or there is/are in the following sentences:
- •VI. Translate into English:
U N I T 1
TOPIC: OUR UNIVERSITY TEXT A TEXT B TEXT C GRAMMAR: The Noun: Number and Case. The Article The verbs to be and to have in the Present Indefinite Tense The Construction there + to be |
Reading drills
1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
а) stress the first syllable:
state, high, quality, training, prominent, manager, national, programme, various, leading, goal, nowadays, purpose, study, student, knowledge, excellent, found, founder, industry, trade, faculty, railway, maintenance, science, scientist, public, skill, field, figure, theory, number, president, major, institute, technical;
b) stress the second syllable:
economy, economist, establishment, provide, position, direction, renown, coordinate, prestige, progressive, objective, equip, contemporary, professional, commercial, result, towards, transform, restructure, among, statistics, inventor, academy, autonomy, decision, activity;
c) stress the third syllable:
university, economic, economics, managerial, orientation.
Text A
Kyiv National Economic University is a prominent economic establishment of higher learning1. It provides a high quality training of economists and managers for various fields of national economy and coordinates economic and managerial training programmes in Ukraine.
The leading position of the University, its prestige and renown are the results of its orientation towards progressive goals and objectives of nowadays. The main purpose of the University is to equip students with2 contemporary knowledge of economics and to provide them with excellent professional skills.
The University was founded in 1906 as a commercial school in the field of industry and trade. In 1908 it was transformed into Kyiv Commercial Institute. The students studied at three faculties: economic, commercial and technical, and railway maintenance3. In 1920 the Institute was restructured and named Kyiv Institute of National Economy.
Many prominent scientists and public figures4 studied and worked at the Institute: the founder of the school of statistics Ye.Slutsky, one of the inventors of the theory of numbers Academician D.Grave, President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine O.Bohomolets and many others.
In August 1992 the Institute was transformed into Kyiv State University of Economics and became the leading higher school of economics in Ukraine. In February 1997 according to the President decree the University was given the status of National Economic University. At present it is granted autonomy in making decisions5 on the major directions of its activity.
Comments
1. establishment of higher learning — вищий навчальний заклад
2. to equip students with — тут: надавати студентам
3. railway maintenance — залiзнично-експлуатацiйний
4. public figures — громадські діячі
... it is granted autonomy in making decisions ... — йому надано само- стійність у прийнятті рiшень
Vocabulary exercises
I. Find equivalents:
1. establishment of higher learning а. залiзнично-експлуатацiйний
2. in the field of industry and trade б. прогресивні цілі й завдання
3. commercial school в. розробник теорiї чисел
4. railway maintenance г. iнститут народного господарства
5. progressive goals and objectives д. вищий навчальний заклад
6. to make decisions е. комерцiйна школа
7. public figures є. приймати рiшення
8. inventor of the theory of numbers ж. головний напрямок дiяльностi
9. Institute of National Economy з. Академiя наук України
10. major direction of activity и. громадськi дiячi
11. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine і. засновник школи статистики
12. founder of the school of statistics ї. надавати студентам
13. to equip students with й. у сферi промисловостi та торгiвлi