II. Practice
A
1. Сгруппируйте и выпишите слова по указанным звукам и прочтите их.
[a:], [:], [:]
farm, form, fast, chalk, calm, fir, talk, work, salt, dance, glass, bird, serve, force, circus, born, fort, shaft, firm, war, burn
2. Сгруппируйте слова, имеющие одинаковое звучание гласных. Прочтите их.
farm, force, false, calm, pound, moon, work, burn, meat, kind, speed, make, tie, now, rule, May
3. Прочтите следующие слова.
firm, curve, north, march, shirt, scarf, term, form, stir, star, fast, nerve, short, calm, world, park, mark, port, turn, hard, warm, part, hurt, yard, serve, for, serf, walk
4. Прослушайте упражнения 1, 2, 3 и проверьте свое произношение.
B
1. Write down answers to the following general questions: I think so; Certaintly, I do; No, I suppose, not.
1. Do you like ice-cream? 2. Do you go to the University every day? 3. Do you like music?
4. Do you often receive letters from your friends?
2. Complete the following sentences, forming tail-questions (не так ли?).
| Example 1: | She speaks English well, doesn't she? |
| Example 2: | You are not ready, are you? |
1. He reads a lot, ... ? 2. You attend the lectures of professor N., ...? 3. The weather is stormy today, ...? 4. It is not cold here, ...? 5. They have classes today, ...? 6. We call these things important, ...?
3. Answer the following alternative questions in written form.
1. Do you study at an Institute or at a University? 2. Does he have his meals at home or at the café? 3. Do you like tea strong or weak? 4. Do you have coffee or tea in the morning?
4. Answer the following special questions in written form.
1. What subjects do you study? 2. What newspaper do you read? 3. Where do you live? 4. How many classes do you have every day? 5. When do you work in the library? 6. Why are you so late? 7. Who likes football?
5. Complete the following sentences with the proper word combinations (see p. 61 – Word combinations).
1. They have English lessons ... 2. Comrade N. goes to Kiev ... 3. The buses run ... 4. Mary goes to the cinema ... 5. There are planes to London ... 6. We stop and take a rest ...
6. Listen and repeat these short dialogues after the speaker and learn them by heart.
– Help yourself to some more salad.
– I don't think I'll have any more, thank you.
– You don't mean to say it isn't tasty, do you?
– By no means. I enjoy it.
· · ·
– What shall we have for dinner?
– Let's take some salad, soup and fried fish.
– And what about the sweet?
– I think a glass of apple juice is just the thing for dessert.
· · ·
– When do you usually have your dinner, Sergei?
– Well, it depends. At home I have it at six.
– No, I mean here, at the University.
– At dinner break.
7. Ask and answer about the time of the meals in England. Mind that in England they have breakfast – at 8 o'clock; lunch – at 1 o'clock; tea – at 5 o'clock; supper or dinner – at 7 o'clock.
| Example: | Do they have breakfast in England at 8 o'clock? Yes, they do. Do they have lunch at 3 o'clock? No, they don't, they have their lunch at 1 o'clock. |
8. Ask and answer 10 «When», «Where», «What», «Why» questions about your meals of the day in written form.
| Example: | Where do you usually have your breakfast? Usually I have my breakfast at home, and what about you? I have my breakfast at home but sometimes in a café. |
9. Ask, answer and write some additional information using the verbs: to have supper, to have dinner, to have breakfast, to read, to go, to listen to.
| Example: | When do you get up? I get up at 6. My studies at the University begin at 8. |
10. Make questions to find out the following information. Be careful of the word order.
1. The place where John's sister works.
Where ... John's sister ...?
2. The month when my friend usually goes on holiday.
When ... your friend ... ?
3. The languages that Mr. Black speaks.
What languages ... Mr. Black ...?
4. The arrival time of the next train.
What time ... the next train ...?
5. The price of this book.
How much ... this book ...?
11. Listen to the texts, repeat them after the speaker and translate them.
№1.
Meals in England
Most people in England like tea. They often drink it in the middle of the morning, at home or at work. In the afternoon English people have tea. This may be a cup of tea and cake or it may be a light meal of bread, butter and jam, cakes, and tea: or it may be a heavier meal of those things with a dish of meat or eggs: they call it high tea. Those who have high tea have only a light supper.
№2.
I usually have my meals in the canteen which is not far from our University. The canteen is not large. The food there is good. Many students have their dinner. Today I go to the canteen with my friends Olga, Peter and Pavel. We go to a table and sit down. We take the menu.
«Let's have some soup, meat and salad», says Peter.
«Oh, they have good fish today. Let's have some soup, fish with vegetables and some fruit to finish with», says Pavel.
«And have they fresh cakes today? I take coffee with fresh cakes», says Olga.
«No, they have not any today. But they always have very good ice-cream», answers Pavel.
«All right. Pavel, will you go and pay for the meal», I say.
We eat and talk. After dinner we go to the University library to prepare our lessons for the next day.
12. Write a composition about your meal.
13. Translate into English in written form.
1. Я очень люблю мороженое. А ты любишь? Да, но ем его редко. 2. Утром я пью кофе или молоко, а вечером я пью чай. 3. Я хожу в кино два раза в неделю. 4. Я хочу помочь своему другу. 5. Он не работает, а учится в институте. 6. Она хорошо готовит обеды? 7. Я не пью кофе утром. Я пью молоко. 8. Я получаю газеты каждый день. 9. Я очень много занимаюсь дома. 10. Я немного говорю по-английски. 11. Он покупает газеты каждый день? 12. Она читает много английских книг.