- •Гласные
- •Дифтонги Diphthongs
- •Фонетические упражнения Phonetic exercises
- •Read and compare the words with the sounds [3:] and [e].
- •Read and compare the words with the diphthongs [ıə] and [eə]
- •Согласные Consonants
- •Нужно помнить:
- •Фонетические упражнения Phonetic exercises
- •Read the words with different sounds. Compare voiced and voiceless consonants.
- •Read the words with the sounds [∫] and [ʒ].
- •Read the words with the sounds [t∫] and [dʒ].
- •Read the words with the sound [h]. Don’t make it hard or use your voice.
- •Read the words with the sounds [θ] and [ð].
- •Read and compare the words.
- •Read the words with the sound [r].
- •Read the words with the sound [r] after [p, t, k].
- •Read the words with the sound [w]. Compare [w] and [V]. Pay attention to the combinations [tw] and [kw].
- •Read the words with the sound [j].
- •Read the words with the sound [ŋ].
- •Compare [ŋ] and [n].
- •Read the words with the sound [l].
- •Learn the English Alphabet.
- •Правила чтения reading rules
- •Правила чтения гласных
- •Read the words with different vowels.
- •Read the words with different vowels.
- •Правила чтения буквосочетаний гласных (гласных с согласными)
- •Pronunciation exercises
- •Read the words. Compare their pronunciation and spelling.
- •Правила чтения согласных
- •Pronunciation exercises
- •Read the following tongue-twisters as quickly as possible.
- •Progress test
- •Odd word out. Write the words with a different sound.
- •Write the letter you don’t pronounce in the following words.
- •Transcribe the following words.
- •Модуль II Основной курс Социальное общение
- •Getting to know you
- •Study the words.
- •Practise the dialogue with your group-mate.
- •Introduce yourself and ask your group-mate the questions:
- •Структура предложений
- •Study the pronouns.
- •Study the forms of the verb “to be” in the Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense.
- •14. Write the numbers. Read them aloud.
- •Существительное (The Noun).
- •21. Read the plural nouns.
- •22. Write the singular forms of the plural nouns.
- •24. Study the rule. Артикль (The Article).
- •30. Use a/an or the where necessary.
- •31. Practice in communication
- •Read and memorize how we say hello and goodbye in English.
- •Read the conversations. Practise them with other students.
- •Read about Oleg Polyakov and his family.
- •Study the rule. Притяжательный падеж существительных Possessive Case
- •Ask and answer questions about Oleg’s family.
- •Write the names of people in your family. Ask and answer questions with a group mate.
- •Read about Liz and Philip’s family and finish the sentences. Use –‘s.
- •Try the puzzle with the family words.
- •Choose the correct pronoun.
- •Talk about things in your classroom. Use this/that/these/those.
- •Make up sentences with the adjectives from ex. 17.
- •Read and translate the sentences with these adjectives.
- •My family
- •Look at the sentences from the text.
- •Study the rule.
- •Complete the gaps with the correct form of have got.
- •Work with your group-mate. Ask and answer questions about you and your family members. Use have got in the correct form.
- •Write a story about you and your family. Get ready to present it in class.
- •Study the rule. Повелительные предложения
- •Imperatives
- •Read the times:
- •Read the conversations. Practise them with other students.
- •Daily routines
- •Study the words.
- •Read about Ali and Bob.
- •Find all the verbs in the texts. Write them out.
- •Complete the sentences about Ali and Bob.
- •Read the information about Anna.
- •Present Simple (Indefinite) (Настоящее простое время)
- •Образование Present Simple
- •Write questions to the following sentences.
- •Pay attention.
- •Make sure you know.
- •Study the rule.
- •Practise saying these dates.
- •Translate the following dates into English.
- •Study the prepositions of time and how we use them.
- •Complete the sentences with in, on, at.
- •Pay attention!
- •Translate into English.
- •Read the text about Maria’s daily routine. My daily routine
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •Answer the questions about Maria’s weekdays and weekends.
- •Write a similar story about your working days and weekends. Use the questions from the previous exercise to help you. Get ready to speak about it in class.
- •Novopolotsk
- •Study the words.
- •Read Anna’s description of her room.
- •Study the rule. Оборот there is/there are
- •Образование оборота there is/there are
- •Read and translate the sentences.
- •Dunford is a small town. Look at the information in the box and write sentences with There is/isn’t/are/aren’t.
- •Write sentences with There are. Choose the right number: 7, 9, 11, 26, 30, 50.
- •Complete the sentences with some or any.
- •Study the prepositions of place and how we use them.
- •Translate the sentences into Russian. Mind the prepositions.
- •Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •Answer the questions about your town.
- •Read the text. Novopolotsk
- •Practice in communication Giving Directions
- •Make sure you understand what these words mean:
- •2. Read the conversations.
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the conversations.
- •Practise the conversations with a group-mate.
- •Complete the conversations.
- •Talk about where you are. Ask and answer the questions. Use the places from ex. 17.
- •University
- •Study the words.
- •Read Sergey’s and Anna’s stories.
- •Study the rule. Модальный глагол can
- •Study the Past Simple of to be.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be. Some sentences are present and some are past.
- •Use the modal verb “can” to say what our students can do at our University.
- •Do you think students could do all these things 20 years ago? Ask and answer you group mate.
- •Study the names of the faculties at psu.
- •Discuss with your group-mate:
- •Read the text. Try to answer your questions. Polotsk State University
- •Look through the text again and find international words and translate them.
- •Pay attention to the verbs in the text. Many of them have prepositions. Find them in the text.
- •Are the following sentences about psu true or false? Correct the mistakes.
- •Answer the questions about you.
- •The text about psu contains some sentences with “who” and “that”. Find them and try to translate. “Who” and “that” are relative pronouns. They join two parts of the sentence.
- •Match the parts of the sentences. Use “who”.
- •Put in who |that| which.
- •Answer the questions about your university and get ready to speak about it in class.
- •32.Practice in communication Classroom language
- •Read the conversations and choose the best reply.
- •Belarus
- •Study the rule about regular verbs.
- •Read about Anna.
- •Study the rule about irregular verbs.
- •Write the Past Simple of the following verbs.
- •Study the way we form Past Simple.
- •Read the text about Mattie Smith once again.
- •Think of your grandparents and great-grandparents?
- •Read the text about Anna once again. Complete the questions about Anna.
- •Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.
- •What did you do yesterday? Write true sentences.
- •Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.
- •Read and translate the time phrases that we often use in the Past Simple. Put them in order from now going back into the past.
- •Make true sentences about you. Use the time phrases from ex. 14.
- •Read the text. Belarus
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •Fill in the gaps with the active words.
- •Are the following statements true or false? Correct if necessary.
- •Answer the questions about Belarus.
- •Read the paragraph about the nature of Belarus.
- •Study the rule about Degrees of Comparison.
- •Write the comparative and the superlative degrees of the adjectives.
- •Write the opposite. Use comparatives.
- •Complete the conversations with the correct form of the adjectives.
- •Complete the questions with superlative adjectives. Choose the answers.
- •Great britain
- •Fill in the gaps with am/ is/ are/ do/ don’t/ does/ doesn’t.
- •Put the verbs in the Present Continuous or Present Simple. Positive, negative or question.
- •Describe what you are doing at the moment. Make up at least 6 sentences.
- •Pay attention!
- •Read the dialogues.
- •Choose the correct verb form.
- •Travelling abroad is an exciting experience. You can learn more about the foreign country if you can speak its language. Now we are going to read and speak about Great Britain.
- •Make sure you can pronounce the following words correctly.
- •Read the text. Great Britain
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •Fill in the gaps with the active words.
- •Make up sentences with these words
- •Can you answer the questions:
- •Answer the questions about Great Britain.
- •Get ready to speak about Great Britain.
- •Progress test
- •Match the words with their translations.
- •Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the correct tense forms of the verbs.
- •Fill in the gaps with the articles where necessary.
- •Translate into English.
Make sure you can pronounce the following words correctly.
Belfast |
[bel'fa:st] |
Белфаст |
Ben Nevis |
['ben'nevıs] |
Бен Невис |
Birmingham |
['b3:mıŋəm] |
Бирмингем |
Cardiff |
['ka:dıf] |
Кардиф |
Edinburgh |
['edınbərə] |
Эдинбург |
Glasgow |
['gla:sgəυ] |
Глазго |
Liverpool |
['lıvəpu:l] |
Ливерпуль |
Manchester |
['mænt∫əstə] |
Манчестер |
Sheffield |
['∫efi:ld] |
Шефилд |
Snowdon |
['snəυdn] |
Сноудон |
the British Isles |
[ðə 'brıtı∫aılz] |
Британские острова |
the English Channel |
[ðı 'ıŋgli∫ 't∫ænl] |
Ла-Манш |
the Gulf Stream |
[ðə 'gΛlf 'stri:m] |
Гольфстрим |
the Strait of Dover |
[ðə 'streıt əv 'dəυvə] |
Па-де-Кале |
the Severn |
[ðə 'sevən] |
Северн |
the Thames |
[ðə 'temz] |
Темза |
Great Britain |
['greıt 'brıtn] |
Великобритания |
Northern Ireland |
['nɔðən 'aıələnd] |
Северная Ирландия |
Wales |
['weılz] |
Уэльс |
Scotland |
['skɔtlənd] |
Шотландия |
Read the text. Great Britain
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles lie to the north-west of the European continent. They consist of more then 5000 small islands. Great Britain is the biggest of them. The North Sea and the English Channel separate the country from the continent. The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the channel.
The UK consists of four parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, the capital of Wales is Cardiff, the capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast and the capital of England is London.
The total area of the UK is about 242.000 sq.km. Its population is over 57 million people. London is the biggest city. About 7 million people live there. All Welsh, Scottish and Irish people speak English, but all the countries have their accents and dialects. The UK is a parliamentary monarchy and the Queen is the head of the state. But real power belongs to the government with the Prime Minister at the head. The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. There are three main political parties: the Labour, the Conservative and the Liberal parties.
The flag of the UK is known as Union Jack.
The landscape of the country is beautiful and diverse. The main areas of highland are in Scotland and Wales. The highest mountains are Ben Nevis and Snowdon. The longest rivers are the Severn and the Thames.
The climate is moderate and mild due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. There is a lot of rain in autumn and winter.
The UK is a highly developed industrial country. It lives by manufacture and trade. The most important natural resources are coal and iron ore. The country imports raw materials for its industries, cotton, timber, fruit and farm products. The UK produces and exports iron and steel products, chemicals, machinery and electronics. The biggest industrial centers are London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester.
Great Britain is famous for its exсiting history and rich cultural heritage. A lot of tourists come to see St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower, Westminster Abbey and many other sights.
I hope I’ll visit Great Britain one day.