- •Contents
- •Загальні відомості
- •Texts and spoken activity
- •1. My Family My Family Tradition
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Is it important to have a friendly and united family? Explain your answer. What role does a friendly and united family play in your life?
- •2. Apartment Description
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Imagine that you are a realtor. Make up a dialogue with a customer and try to convince him/her to buy a little flat not far from the city centre.
- •3. My Working Day Small Business Efficiency: Improve Office Efficiency
- •Vocabulary practice
- •7 Tips To Enjoy Your Day Off`
- •Vocabulary practice
- •13 Ways to spend a day off without leaving the house
- •Vocabulary practice
- •5. A Holiday Hosting a Holiday Party?
- •Is it the Season for Giving?
- •It is Better to Give – Real Gifts
- •Vocabulary practice
- •6. My University East Ukraine Volodymyr Dahl National University
- •Vocabulary practice
- •7. Going Abroad Getting Through Customs
- •Vocabulary practice
- •8. Ukraine – Our Motherland
- •Vocabulary practice
- •9. At the hotel Choosing a Hotel
- •Vocabulary practice
- •10. A Business Appointment Top 7 Ways To Recover When You Miss a Business Appointment
- •Vocabulary practice
- •11. A Business Talk Business Appointment Success or Failure
- •Vocabulary practice
- •12. The Economy of Ukraine
- •Vocabulary practice
- •13. Travelling by Railway Rail Travel in the usa
- •Vocabulary practice
- •14. At the Booking-office Online Air Ticket Booking
- •Vocabulary practice
- •15. Cities and Towns of Ukraine
- •Vocabulary practice
- •16. Discussing a Contract
- •10 Things you need to know before entering into a contract
- •1. Know the Other Party
- •Vocabulary practice
- •17. Outstanding People of Ukraine
- •Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky
- •Vocabulary practice
- •25. At the Restaurant Restaurant and Dinner Party Manners and Etiquette
- •In a restaurant:
- •Vocabulary practice
- •How To Successfully Taste Wine
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Grammar exercises
- •3) Put in was or were into the gaps.
- •4) Put in was or were into the gaps.
- •6) Choose the correct present tense form of the verb to have for each sentence:
- •7) Choose the verb to be or to have for each sentence:
- •2) Write the correct possessive pronoun for each sentence:
- •3) Fill in each blank with the correct reflexive pronoun:
- •3) Choose the correct response:
- •1) Fill There is or There are in the gaps below.
- •2) Add there is or there are to the following sentences.
- •3) Fill in all the gaps
- •1) Fill in the blanks with much/many or a few/a little.
- •2) Decide whether you have to use little or few.
- •3) Underline the correct word from each sentence :
- •1) Define the right variant.
- •2) Choose the right modal verb.
- •3) Insert the appropriate modal verb.
- •4) Rewrite these sentences using must or can't
- •1) Rewrite each of the following sentences, omitting the underlined preposition which precedes the indirect object, and making the necessary changes in word order. For example:
- •2) Rewrite each of the following sentences, inserting the preposition to before the indirect object, and making the necessary changes in word order. For example:
- •3) Use the words in brackets to fill the gaps.
- •1) Choose the correct verb for each sentence and put it into the simple past:
- •2) Put the verbs into the Past Simple tense.
- •3) Put the verbs into the Past Simple tense.
- •1) Insert some or any.
- •2) Insert some or any.
- •3) Insert some or any.
- •1) Put in the verbs in brackets as Present Participle into the gaps.
- •2) Choose which verb tense (present/past simple or continuous) fits better.
- •3) Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •4) Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •1) Fill in each blank space with the correct past participle for each verb.
- •2) Choose which verb tense (simple past or present perfect) fits better.
- •3) Choose the right answer
- •1) Make each of the following sentences grammatically negative.
- •2) Put the verb in brackets into Future (will or going to).
- •1) Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
- •2) Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense Past Perfect or Simple Past.
- •3) Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense.
- •1) Choose the right answer.
- •2) Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- •3) Put the verb in brackets into the right tense. In some cases alternatives are possible.
- •1) Build sentences from the given words bellow.
- •2) Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in the gap after the verb. Where no verb is given, put one of the following linking words into the gaps.
- •The Unlucky Burglar
- •3) Put the verb in brackets in an appropriate form of the future in the past.
- •1) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.
- •2) These are typical questions that a mum gets asked every day. Peter is asking his mum loads of questions. Please read the explanation to "Reported Speech" beforehand if you aren't too sure.
- •3) Complete the sentences in the Reported Speech. Pay attention to the change of Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns and Verbs.
- •1) Fill in the spaces with the right modal verbs.
- •2) Use one of the modal verbs in brackets to fill each gap.
- •3) Complete the sentences using the words listed in the box below. Some gaps may have more than one correct answer.
- •2) Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example.
- •3) Choose the right variant.
- •1) Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Form a Conditional sentence – type I. Only use the will-future in the main clauses.
- •2) Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Form a Conditional sentence – type I. Only use the will-future in the main clauses. Mind the negations in the sentences.
- •3) Fill in all the gaps.
- •1) Translate into Russian using the Complex Object.
- •2) Translate into English using the Complex Object.
- •Texts for additional reading
- •1. My family values
- •2. Efficiency Around the Office
- •3. How to Organize a Holiday Office Party: Holiday Party Planning Tips
- •4. Essential Business Trip Planning
- •5. Planning a Successful Business Lunch
- •6. Ten Economic Freedoms of Ukraine
- •Investment Freedom – 30.0
- •7. Five common ticketing errors – and how to avoid them
- •8. Outstanding People of Ukraine
- •9. The Art of Choosing a Good Restaurant
- •U sed literature
- •R ecommended resources
Vocabulary practice
Exercise 1. Find the synonyms to the following words from the word list:
unusual, outstanding
worthwhile
cure, remedy
permit
sufficient, enough
calm
advice
8. disquiet, worry
COMPREHENION CHECK
Exercise 2. Answer the questions according to the text.
How is to stay away from routine?
With what emotions do we usually deal during the week?
What is a very good therapy to release all kinds of stress and anxiety?
Should you love your job more than a day off? Why?
When is the ideal time to spoil yourself? And how can we do it?
What can truly ensure the very best day off you can possibly think of?
LANGUGE DEVELOPMENT
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in your own way:
I associate my day off with……….
When I am working I am……….
During my day off I can treat myself with……….
On my day off I don’t……….
I usually spend my day off with……….
For making your day off a unique day be……….
Don’t spend your day off in……….
13 Ways to spend a day off without leaving the house
1. Random internet surfing (blogs, news sites, etc) or chatting with MSN buddies.
2. Television (cable/satellite telly is made for time–wasting). I personally like the Comedy Channel or Living TV for lively junk TV.
3. In bed. With or without company.
4. Daydreaming/fantasizing (about a hot new lover, a career in the secret service, Daniel Craig’s bod, kicking vampire butt, etc.)
5. Playing solitaire (with or without a computer).
6. Chatting to friends who are also bumming around during office hours.
7. Snacking.
8. Re–watching favourite DVDs or re–reading favourite books/magazines.
9. Baking sweet stuff for yourself. Flapjacks anyone?
10. Chilling out to your favourite tunes.
11. Dancing (to your fave songs while doing no. 10. or to your inner beat if preferred).
12. Meditation/spirtual development.
13. Blogging. Of course.
Source:http://recluse.me/2007/01/11/13–ways–to–spend–a–day–off–without–leaving–the–house/
Word List:
Buddy – ['bʌdɪ] – дружище, приятель;
Lively – ['laɪvlɪ] – активный, занимательный, живой;
Junk – [ʤʌŋk] – старьё, рухлядь, хлам; отходы, отбросы;
Bod – [bɔd] –разг.; сокр. от body – тип (о незнакомом человеке), тело;
Solitaire – [sɔlɪ'tɛə] – солитэр (настольная игра), амер. карт. пасьянс;
Bum – [bʌm] – разг. = bum about / around – лодырничать, шататься без дела;
Snack – [snæk] – лёгкая закуска;
Flapjack – ['flæpʤæk] – амер. блин, лепёшка; плоский яблочный пирог, бисквитный пирог (для приготовления которого наряду с другими ингредиентами используются обычно овсяные хлопья, сироп или патока);
Chill out – [ʧɪl] – фраз. гл.; разг. – успокаиваться, расслабляться (часто под музыку техно);
Vocabulary practice
Exercise 1. Fill in the correct word(s) from the word list. Change the form if necessary.
She is tired. She has been cooking different party ________ the whole day.
His old ________ is coming soon from Mexico.
A ________ discussion is expected.
I have been _________ for the last year without a job.
If I were you, I wouldn’t eat ________ food every day. It contains high amount of calories.
Don’t irritate me please! ________!
I have never tasted such a delicious ________.
Unfortunately, they have met some other ________ who was dealing with the accounts.
If you continue to play________ with Ann every night, you’ll fail your exams.
SPEAKING
Exercise 2. Compare these texts. What can you tell about the authors (their
lifestyle, hobbies, habits, traits of character)? Was it possible for one person to write both of them? Why/Why not?