II. Practice
Word order
Demonstrative Pronouns (Указательные местоимения)
Grammar
Active Vocabulary
Illustrative Examples
Key Examples
| This is a table. These are tables. That is a chair. Those are chairs. Is this a table? This is 'not a table. |
'Is this a table?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't.
'Are these tables?
Yes, they are.
No, they aren't.
'Is that a table?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn't.
'Are those tables?
Yes, they are.
No, they aren't.
'Is this a table or a chair? This is a table.
'Are these tables or chairs? These are tables.
'What is this? This is a table.
'What 'table is this? This is a new table. It is new.
'What 'colour is the table? It is black.
The 'colour of the 'table is black.
1. Прослушайте и повторите за диктором каждое слово.
2. Запомните эти слова.
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives | |
| bag ball-point pen blackboard book ceiling chair chalk class-room colour desk floor headphone interval laboratory language | microphone notebook pair pen picture room scheme screen slide speaker tape-recorder teacher TV set work | answer ask come (in) look (at) | bad black brown convenient good green large new old round small square white yellow |
Прочитайте и запомните материал раздела 1.4.
Table 1.
| Singular (Единственное число) | this это | that то |
| Plural (Множественное число) | these эти | those те |
Table 2.
The verb «to be» – Present Indefinite Tense
| Singular | Plural | ||
| I am You are She (he, it) is | We are You are They are |
Table 3.
Word order (Порядок слов)
| Subject (подлежащее) | Nominal Predicate (Именное сказуемое)1 | ||
| This This table | is a table is black |
Table 4.
| Affirmative (Утвердительное предложение) | Interrogative (Вопросительное предложение) | Negative (Отрицательное предложение) |
| This is a table. That is a table. | Singular (Единственное число) Is this a table? Is that a table? | This is not a table. That is not a table. |
| These are tables. Those are tables. | Plural (Множественное число) Are these tables? Are those tables? | These are not tables. Those are not tables. |
A
1. Сгруппируйте следующие слова в соответствии с таблицей чтения гласных в четырех позициях. Прочтите их.
made, far, first, cure, sake, wire, pot, sport, pine, verb, eve, here, dare, mere, hire, bird, burn, pike, note, tube, side.
2. Прочтите следующие пары слов.
pan – pen, bad – bed, man – men;
pot – port, not – north, dog – dorp;
pit – Pete, hit – he, fit – feme.
3. Прочтите следующие слова.
take, rob, cape, more, here, tune, side, eve, kite, pit, rock, store, part, bore, dive, her, dine, broth, bring, late, broke, plate, part, plug, cure, fire, mine, band, born, file, frost, theme, lame, line, fir, must.
4. Прослушайте упражнения 1, 2, 3 и проверьте свое произношение.
B
1. Look at the objects in the room and write 6 general questions and answers (a chair, a table, etc.)
Example:
| Is this a book? Yes, it is (No, it isn't.) |
2. Look at the objects in the room and write 6 alternative questions and answers.
Example:
| Is this a book or a note-book? It is a book. |
3. Look at the objects in the room and write 6 special questions and answers.
Example:
| What colour is this chair? It is brown. |
4. Look at the objects in the room and write 6 special questions and answers.
Example:
| What desk is this? It is large. |
5. Look at the pictures, write down answers to the following questions.
| Is this a chair? What is this? What desk is this? | ||
| Is this a desk or a chair? What chair is this? | ||
| What object is this? What headphone is this? | What is this? Is this tape-recorder new? What tape-recorder is this? | |
| What is this? What book is this? | ||
| Is this blackboard round? What blackboard is this? | Are these pens? What pens are these? Is this screen large or small? | |
| Is this a microphone or a headphone? Is it old? | ||
Is this a scheme?
What scheme is this?
6. Listen to the text 3 times. Repeat it after the speaker and translate it into Russian in written form.
Come in! This is our Language laboratory. Look at it! This is the teacher's desk1 with two tape-recorders on it. Those are students’ desks for laboratory work. These are headphones and those are microphones. This is a blackboard and that is a TV-set screen. Are those slides? What are they? Now come here. Listen to an English speaker. Answer the speaker's questions in the interval. What rooms are these? This is our cinema hall, those are classrooms.
7. Write down 5 questions to the text.