- •Английский язык Базовый курс
- •Contents
- •Вводно-фонетический курс 1. Listen and repeat. The English Alphabet
- • 2. Listen to the alphabet song. Learn it. Основные знаки фонетической транскрипции
- •Дополнительные знаки фонетической транскрипции
- •Правила чтения гласных
- •24. Read.
- •Основные правила чтения согласных букв
- • 37. Listen and repeat.
- •Unit 1 Hello!
- • II. Complete the questions.
- •I II. Match the questions with suitable answers.
- •IV. Look at John f.Smith’s card and answer the questions.
- •V. Make up your own card. VI. Read and listen to Paola’s letter to David, her penfriend.
- •I I. Read the descriptions of two of the people in the picture. Can you guess who they are?
- •III. Imagine it is possible to choose the way your child looks. Tell about your choices. Begin with “I’d like …..”. You should mention his:
- •IV. Match the adjectives with their definitions.
- •III. Can you tell about Russian families? The questions and expressions in the box can help you.
- •IV. Put the story in the most likely order.
- •V. Can you tell your or your parents’ love story?
- •VI. Look at the table below and tell about the people.
- •Unit 5 Somewhere to live
- •I. Read the descriptions of different houses and complete the table below.
- •II. Imagine that you are going to buy a new house. Which of the factors given are important for you. Explain your choices.
- •III. Look at the items of furniture in the box. Which rooms do they go in? Which can go in any room? Add your own words.
- •IV. Here are three descriptions of bedrooms. Read the descriptions and match each to a plan.
- • V. Listen to the description of the kitchen and fill in the gaps.
- •II. Think of the first hour of your day. Tick () what you usually do. Add your own ideas.
- • III. Read and listen to the texts.
- •IV. Complete the sentences about Sister Mary and Hans.
- •V. Read about Ann McGregor’s routine.
- •VI. Write the questions to the answers given.
- •VII. Read about Ann’s weekends and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
- •VIII. Ask and answer about these people’s routines.
- •II. Read the passages below where some people talk about their leisure activities.
- •III. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the wrong ones.
- •III. Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
- •Living in the city
- •II. Where would you like to live? Why? Write about advantages and disadvantages living there using the table below.
- •III. Which four of these adjectives describe your home town best? Write why.
- •IV. Imagine you’re visiting some town as a tourist. Write a letter home saying what you think of the place. V. Complete the sentences. Then listen and check. Practise saying some of the sentences.
- •VI. When you are in an unknown town/city it is very easy to get lost there. Remember the expressions which are often used when asking and giving directions.
- • VII. Listen to the conversations and complete them.
- •VIII. Make up dialogues using the situations and the guide words given below.
- •Meals in Britain
- •III. Are the sentences true (t) or false (f)? Correct the false sentences.
- •VI. Choose the right answer.
- •V. Read the following rules. Can you add any other rules? Good Rules to Remember
- •VI. Agree or disagree with the statements using the expressions given.
- •IV. Think of your school. How much do you remember? The following questions may be helpful to you.
- •V. Look at the table below and tell how the people spent last summer/winter.
- • III. Answer the questions about Gemma. Then listen and check your answers.
- •IV. Match the resolutions with the reasons.
- •II. Read the following situations and answer the questions.
- •No dogs
- •III. Match the questions with the gaps. Make up the questions to the rest of the gaps. What do you think the answers may be?
- •IV. Read the following stories and suggest what happened next.
- •I. Translate into your language:
- •II. Look at the information about one family and complete the sentences about the people.
- •Существительное в функции определения
- •I. Translate into your language:
- •Личные местоимения
- •I. Replace the subject of the sentence with he, she, it or they.
- •II. Finish the sentences with him/her/them…
- •III. Complete the sentences. Use I/me/you/she/ her etc.
- •IV. Complete the sentences. Use I/me/he/him...
- •Притяжательные местоимения
- •I. Put in my/our/your/his/her/their/its.
- •II. Finish these sentences. Use friend(s) of mine/yours etc.
- •Неопределенные местоимения some, any, no
- •I. Put in some or any.
- •III. Complete the sentences. Use some or any.
- •IV. Write these sentences again with no.
- •Неопределенные местоимения much, many, little, few
- •I. In this exercise you have to use much or many.
- •II. Complete these sentences with little/ a little/ few/ a few.
- •III. Some of the sentences are right but some are wrong. Correct them.
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with much/many, few/little.
- •Числительное
- •I. Say the numbers.
- •Предлоги
- •I. Write at/on/in if necessary.
- •II. Put in from...To/since/for.
- •III. Put in during/for/while ( в то время как, пока).
- •V I. Somebody asks you the way to a place. You say which way to go. Look at the pictures and write sentences beginning Go... Глагол to be
- •II. Put in there is/there isn't/ there are /there aren't/ are there
- •Глагол to have
- •I. Put in have (not) or has (not).
- •II. Write questions.
- •III. Answer the following questions like in the pattern:
- •Простое повествовательное предложение
- •I. Is the word order right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- •II. Put the parts of the sentence in the right order.
- •Вопросительные предложения
- •I. In this exercise you have to write questions. A friend has just come back from holiday and you are asking him about it.
- •II. This time you have to make questions with who or what.
- •III. Put the questions to the underlined words.
- •The present simple tense
- •I. Write down the third person singular of these verbs.
- •II. Complete the sentences using the verbs from the box.
- •III. Write the negative.
- •IV. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple.
- •V. Write the sentences from the words given.
- •VI. Complete the questions.
- •Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий
- •I. Complete the table with comparative and superlative forms.
- •II. Rewrite each sentence using an opposite adjective.
- •III. Complete the sentences. Use a comparative.
- •V. Complete the sentences. Use 'than'.
- •VI. Complete the sentences with a superlative and prepositions.
- •VII. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the adjectives in the brackets.
- •VIII. Here are some questions for you to answer. But you have to write the questions using the words in brackets. Then answer them.
- •IX. Write sentences with as .... As.
- •X. Translate the following sentences with 'the..... The'.
- •The present continuous tense
- •II. Which is right?
- •III. Put the verb in the present simple or the present continuous.
- •IV. Use the words in brackets to write sentences.
- •The past simple tense
- •I. In this exercise you have to read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.
- •II. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
- •III. Read about Lisa’s journey to Madrid. Put the verbs from the box in the correct form.
- •IV. Ask questions using the past simple.
- •The past continuous tense
- •I. Here is the list of some things that Ann did yesterday.
- •II. Put the verb into the Past Continuous.
- •III. Put the verbs into the past continuous or past simple.
- •IV. Put the verb into correct form, past continuous or past simple.
- •Модальные глаголы
- •I. Answer these questions, using the following word combinations.
- •II. Complete these sentences with must or have to (in the correct form). Sometimes it is possible to use either, sometimes only have to is possible.
- •III. Write sentences with I (don’t) think ….. Should …..
- •Способы выражения будущего действия
- •II. Use ‘to be going to’ instead of the Infinitives.
- •III. Complete the sentences using will or going to.
- •IV. Which is correct?
- •The present perfect tense
- •I. You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you both know. Use the words given to make sentences and put the verb into the correct form.
- •II. Read the situations and write sentences. Use the words from the box.
- •III. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.
- •IV. In this exercise you have to make questions with the words given.
- •V. Using the words given write one sentence in the present perfect and one in the past simple.
- •VI. In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form, Present Perfect or Past Simple.
- •VII. Write complete sentences. Use the present perfect and the past simple.
- •VIII. Write questions to the answers given. Use the present perfect or the past simple.
- •Bibliography
I. Complete the table with comparative and superlative forms.
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Positive
Comparative
Superlative
clean
little
small
good
careful
fat
heavy
bad
beautiful
many
interesting
large
long
II. Rewrite each sentence using an opposite adjective.
Gold is more expensive than silver. Silver ………………….. .
Lambs are younger than sheep. Sheep …………………. .
Steel is heavier than aluminium. Aluminium ………….. .
California is wetter than Arizona. Arizona ………………… .
Listening is more difficult than reading. Reading ………………. .
The Third World is poorer than the West. The West …………….. .
III. Complete the sentences. Use a comparative.
Helen's car is not very big. She wants a bigger one.
My job isn't very interesting. I want to do something more interesting.
You are not very tall. Your brother is ...........
David doesn't work very hard. I work ..........
My chair isn't very comfortable. Yours is .....
Your plan isn't very good. My plan is ...........
These flowers aren't very nice. The blue ones are ......
My bag isn't very heavy. Your bag is ...........
I'm not very interested in art. I'm .................
It isn't very warm today. It was ......... yesterday.
These tomatoes don't taste very good. The other ones tasted .........
Britain isn't very big. France is ..........
London isn't very beautiful. Paris is ............
IV. Complete these sentences. You have to use the comparative of words in brackets + than.
Her illness was more serious then we first thought (serious).
Sorry I’m late. It took me ... to get here ... I expected.(long)
She looks about 20, but in fact she’s much ... she looks.(old)
The problem is not so complicated. It’s ... you think.(simple)
Your English improved. You speak a lot ... you did when we last met.(frequently)
Health and happiness are ... money.(important)
We always go camping when we go on holiday. It’s much ... staying in a hotel.(cheap)
I like the countryside. It’s ... and ... living in a town.(healthy, peaceful)
V. Complete the sentences. Use 'than'.
He isn't very tall. You're taller than him ( or ..than he is).
She isn't very old. You are .........
I don't work very hard. You work ...........
He doesn't watch TV very much. You ...........
I'm not very good cook. You ...........
We don't know many people. You ...........
They haven't got much money. You .........
I can't run very fast. You can ..................
She hasn't been here very long. You ........
VI. Complete the sentences with a superlative and prepositions.
It’s a very nice room. It’s the nicest room in the hotel.
It’s a very cheap restaurant. It’s ... the town.
It was a very happy day. It was ... my life.
She’s a very intelligent student. She ... the school.
It’s a very valuable painting. It ... the gallery.
VII. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the adjectives in the brackets.
1. Which is …….. (long) day of the year?
2. Winter is ……… (cold) season.
3. Moscow is ……… (large) than St.Petersburg.
4. Where is it ………. (beautiful), in the mountains or near the sea?
5. It was ………. (bad) cold I've ever had.
6. In spring the days are ………. (long) than in winter.
7. It is ………. (cold) today than it was yesterday.
8. Health is ……… (good) than wealth.