II. Practice
A
1. Read the following words:
a) sitting, standing, dinner, summer, kitchen, cutter, written, supper;
b) final, dining, minus, stating, writing, sliding, filing, hiking.
2. Read the following pairs of words:
write – written; dine – dinner; file – filling
3. Read the following words:
crystal, Sunday, village, fishy, minus, data, warmly, hobby, candid, rusty, carrot, storming, entry, rally, sofa, curly, army, dusty, happy, student
4. Practice in speaking fluent English.
a) How-do-you; How-do-you do? How-do-you-know.
b) So-you-see; so-you-see-how; so-you-see-how-few-we-now-have.
c) They-show-you; they-show-you-how; they-show-you-how-to-do; they-show-you-how-to-do-the-two-new-dance-steps.
d) Why-do-you; why-do-you-try; why-do-you-try-to-be-through-by-two-to-three-minutes-before I-go?
5. Listen to the speaker and check your pronunciation (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4 ).
В
1. Write questions and answers about Mr. Black who visited the USA in 1988; France in 1989; Australia in 1995; Great Britain in 1996; Italy in 1993; Sweden in 1996.
| Example 1: | Has Mr. Black been to the USA? Yes, he has. When did he go there? He went there in 1968. |
| Example 2: | He has just come from Italy, hasn't he? No, he came from Italy in 1993. It was seven years ago. |
2. Write questions and answers about football results.
Football results
| P | W | D | L | F A | Pts | |
| 1. Spartak 2. Shakhter 3. Zenit 4. SK (Rostov) 5. Dynamo (Moscow) | 66 25 57 33 51 26 54 27 41 27 |
| P W D L S A Pts | games played – сыгранные матчи games won – выигранные матчи games drawn – ничьи games lost – проигранные матчи goals scored – забитые голы goals against – пропущенные голы points scored – полученные очки | ||
| Example 1: | Which team has won the most games? Spartak and Zenit (have). Which team has won the fewest games? Dynamo (Moscow) (has). | ||
| Example 2: | How many games has Spartak lost? 3. | ||
| Example 3: | How many goals has Spartak scored? 66. | ||
3. Answer the following questions.
1. Are you taking an examination now? 2. What examinations have you taken this year?
3. How many exams have you passed entering the University? 4. Are you buying stamps now?
5. How many stamps have you bought? 6. Have you worked hard since the beginning of the term? 7. Are you working hard now? 8. Have you ever been to the South?
4. Put all possible questions to the following sentences.
1. They have bought a nice radio-set today. 2. She has finished her work this week. 3. We have already written our exercises.
5. Read the dialogue and reproduce it in class.
A.: Hello, glad to see you, how are you?
B.: Hello, I'm fine, thank you.
A.: Have you passed the examinations?
B.: Yes, they are over now. I've passed all of them successfully.
A.: Has anybody failed?
B.: No, nobody in our group.
A.: What about the holidays? Are you going anywhere?
B.: I'm leaving for Rostov tomorrow. I've already booked my ticket.
A.: Have you ever been to Rostov before?
B.: No, never. I'm going there for the first time. My friend Alec invited me to spend the holidays in his native city.
A.: And you accepted his invitation with pleasure, of course.
B.: Certainly, I am glad to have the opportunity to visit this wonderful city famous for its history and great art treasures.
A.: What time does the train start?
B.: At 10 p.m.
A.: Have a nice trip.
B.: Thank you.
6. Write about:
1) your visit to a city (town) you like best of all.
2) the football match which you have seen.
7. Translate into English in written form.
1. Я никогда не был в этом театре. 2. Вы были когда-нибудь в Крыму? Да, несколько раз. 3. Он только что пришел. 4. Извините, я забыл вашу фамилию. 5. В этом семестре я сдала 4 экзамена. 6. Мы только что закончили наш завтрак. 7. Я никогда не слышал об этом человеке. 9. Вы читали газету сегодня? Что вы там прочли? 10. Я не приготовила домашнее задание. Я не прочла текст и не перевела предложения. 11. Что вы сейчас делаете?
12. Я вчера читала этот текст. 13. Я еще не прочел эту книгу. 14. Я хожу в институт каждый день.
8. Be ready to speak on what you have done today.