- •Practical English Course for Students of Non-Linguistic Department
- •Intermidiate Worked out by the faculty of English section of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Almaty College of Communication at kau
- •Introduction
- •II. For speaking you should get 15%. Time limit 10 min. Speaking
- •Reading
- •Read the original text, observing the rules of reading (700-900p.S.) and do the test – 8% (5min) .
- •Children and advertising.
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Writing
- •Literature
- •Consolidation of grammar.
- •Reading
- •Kazakh cuisine
- •Vocabulary
- •1) I love my mum’s cooking. ________ food is always the best.
- •Have you ever tried English food? What did you think of it?
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Grammar.
- •My exam nightmare.
- •Reading a) Look at the photos. Have you ever done any of these sports?
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Vocabulary and speaking
- •Family matters
- •Grammar: Like and look like Explanation
- •We are family
- •Everyone can see we’re friends 1 _______ ____________
- •Questions for computer based test
- •1. Choose the correct answer
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.
- •Vocabulary
- •Money has no smell
- •The dollar
- •The pound
- •The tenge
- •Glossary
- •References
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •● We use the Present perfect continuous to talk about recent activities. It answers the question ‘How have you been spending your time?’:
- •I’ve been writing letters.
- •I haven’t been working very hard.
- •Complete with a verb from the list in the present perfect continuous.
- •Speaking What have you been doing?
- •Look at the pictures. What do you think the people have (or haven’t) been doing?
- •Glossary
- •Vocabulary
- •Travelling
- •Writing
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Warming up: Explain this proverb and give examples “ Every country has its customs” Grammar: must, have to, should (obligation)
- •Guess the missing words from the text and complete the sentences.
- •1. Read and translate the text “Culture of Kazakhstan. Kazakh culture and national traditions”
- •American Thanksgiving
- •References
- •Warming up: “Culture is the second nature” Explain this proverb and give examples Grammar: Must, may, might, can’t (deduction)
- •When you are sure something is true: Must
- •When you think something is possible: may/might.
- •When you think something is not possible/not true: can’t
- •Listening [1.2 pp37]. Match a line in a with a line in b. Who is talking? Where do you think the conversation are taking place?
- •People and their appearances
- •Information in the text.
- •Funny professor
- •References
- •Warming up: “Choose an author as you choose a friend” Explain this proverb and give examples
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Find words with the same root in the text.
- •References Main literature
- •Additional literature
- •References
- •Vocabulary
- •Change your house to change your life!
- •References
- •Victoria and Albert
- •Tristan and Isolde
- •Vocabulary
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Men’s opinion about…
- •Native Americans
- •Glossary
- •References
- •A Great Composer
- •Crossword puzzle “Job”
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh wedding ceremony and traditions
- •Wedding customs and traditions of great-Britain
- •Living a Long Life
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Satpaev city
- •Glossary
- •References
- •I’d like to know where he was born.
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Questions
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Glossary
- •References
- •The marriage proposal
- •Vocabulary. Give the definitions of these words and word combinations, discuss with your teacher or partner.
- •Glossary
- •Kazakh wedding ceremony
- •1.Listen to a part of a radio consumer programme where people are talking about bad services, try to guess the meaning of the following words, discuss with your teacher. [3]
- •2. Listen again and give true (t) or false (f) or dosen`t say (d.S) answers
- •Irritating habits
- •Glossary
- •Office Hours
- •S tonehenge
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Vocabulary. Try to guess the meaning of the following words with you partner. If you don`t know the meaning or translation of the word ask your teacher to help.
- •1.Do animals have feelings?
- •2. What are the Earth's oldest living things?
- •3. What man-made things on Earth can be seen from space?
- •4. What is the most terrible natural disaster to have hit the Earth?
- •5. Why isn't there a row 13 on aeroplanes?
- •6. Why do women live longer than men?
- •7. Was Uncle Sam a real person?
- •Glossary
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Science crossword. Please, complete the crossword puzzle. Clues down
- •Glossary
- •KazakhLeadingAcademy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Match the sentences from the text (1-8) with the uses (a-g)
- •Что Вы думаете, произойдет в мире через 100 лет?
- •1 You will hear someone being interviewed about her present life and future plans. What does she say about
- •2 Now think of yourself in five years’ time. Which of these things do you think will be true?
- •Glossary
- •Reference
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- •Video presentation “Speaking about Famous people (about our ancestors)”(on slides are shown famous Kazakhs).
- •Abai (Ibrahim) Kunanbayev
- •Word nineteen
- •Glossary
- •References
- •I will always love you. Whitney Houston
- •Anti-smoking vaccine developed
- •Voice-over 2 The facial
- •Voice-over 3 The foot treatment
- •Voice over Week two.
- •Voice over Week three.
- •Voice over Week four.
- •2. Choose the right variant of present simple.
- •3. Choose the right variant of present simple.
- •4. Choose the right variant of present simple.
- •8. Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
- •9. Choose the correct answer
- •75. Choose Present Continuous Passive
- •76. Choose Present Simple Passive
- •105.Choose the right variant
- •106.Choose the right variant
- •107.Choose the right variant
- •If bingeing on chocolate makes your trousers too tight, blame the genes
- •Variable frequency systems
- •Types of am modulators
- •Text 7. Optical telegraph
- •Influencing this change ?
- •It is very probably that in the future there will be no borders and people will be able to move freely
- •Phrasal verbs
- •English proverbs and sayings
- •English idioms
Information in the text.
Why do we make a judgment based on their appearances when we meet them for the first time?
Appearances are really deceptive, aren’t they?
Different nationalities have different complexion, don’t they?
Do you make any conclusions about a person when you meet him or her for the first time?
It's very easy to form a negative opinion about a person just because you don't like the way he looks, isn’t it?
Speaking
Look at this dialogue complete it with modal verbs. Act out the dialogue.
A reporter is interviewing Mrs Miles for a TV news programmer.
Complete the conversation with necessary words: must, can’t or might
Mrs Miles: My name is Nora Miles, and I’m going to do a parachute jump.
Reporter: Mrs Miles, you are seventy-three, you are going to jump out of an aero plane.
You _____ be mad. You (1) __________ be serious.
Mrs Miles: It really (2) _________ be wonderful to look down from the sky.
I’ve always wanted to try it.
Reporter: But anything could happen. You (3) _________ be injured or even killed.
It wouldn’t take the risk.
Mrs Miles: Well, young man, your life (4) __________ be much fun if you never take risks.
You ought to try it. You never know – you (5) _________ enjoy it.
Reporter: Enjoy it? You (6) ___________ be joking!
Use the drawings and the context to describe these people.
“Don’t you know, Mary? She’s got shoulder-length wavy/straight blond hair. She’s quite short/tall and slim/overweight. She gas got blue eyes. She’s meddle-aged/in her early twenties. Her brother, Tony, is a good friend of mine. Both of them like outdoor sports like skiing/stamp collecting and hiking/listening to music. She is a very outgoing, sociable/shy sort of person who seems to know hundreds of people. She’s very cheerful/stubborn-you know, the sort of person who is always laughing. But she can be a bit disorganized/reliable. She once lost everybody’s cinema tickets and we all had to pay again!”
“We had Mr Kemp for history last year. He’s got a moustache/beard and short, curly/straight hair. He’s quite short and well-build/overweight. He’s probably in his mid teens/sixties. He really loves his subject and he knows a lot
about
history. He’s also interested in climbing/surfing. He went up some
of the mountains in the Tatras one year, he told us. He was a very
hard working/insensitive teacher. He gave us lots of essays and
always marked the quickly. He was never moody/dynamic-always the
same, always smiling. He was also very confident/patient with us. If
anybody didn’t understand something he explained it again in a
different way. He did everything he could to be selfish/helpful”.
Writing
Write down and discuss the possibilities with a partner. Which words in the brackets will fit. ( must, can, may, might, could, should, will, have/has to)
_______ I ask you a question about this exercise?
_______ you help me with this exercise, please?
He’ll _______ hurry if he wants to get here in time.
I _______ be able to come round and see you tonight.
Sally ______ read when she was only three.
I ______ be seeing Theo later this evening, but I’m not sure.
You ______ be feeling very excited about your trip to Florida.
They ______ have finished dinner by now.
Complete the sentences with the correct word.
1 Julia sometimes gets ________ if she’s not allowed to do what she wants.
sensible moody mean
2 You’re too ________. Please let me pay this time!
Generous honest sensitive
3 Debra was very ________ tonight. Do you think she’s OK?
extrovert shy quiet
4 Dave’s just ________ because you got a higher score in the test yesterday.
ambitious spoilt jealous
5 In sport, boys are often more ________ than girls. They always want to win.
bossy competitive reliable
6 You should think about how other people feel instead of being so ________!
Spoilt independent selfish
7 My brother’s so ________. He can talk to anyone about anything.
insecure sociable manipulative
Consolidation of the theme. Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences with words describing people.
Example: He’s got short curly hair.
A curly B curl C bald
1 He’s tall and _____; he looks great!
A well built B overweight C plain
2 I must cut my _____. It’s getting in my eyes!
A ponytail B fringe C moustache
3 She’s got _____ shoulder-length hair.
A brown B short C yellow
4 I look so _____ in this photo! I’m going to throw it away.
A pretty B attractive C ugly
5 She was a bit _____ so the doctor told her to take more exercise.
A overweight B slim C short
6 He doesn’t have any hair. He’s completely _____.
A handsome B grey C bald
Complete the sentences with the correct word.
1 You should think about how other people feel instead of being so ________!
spoilt independent selfish
2 In sport, boys are often more ________ than girls. They always want to win.
bossy competitive reliable
3 She’s just ________ because you got a higher score in the test yesterday.
ambitious spoilt jealous
4 Jack’s so ________. He can talk to anyone about anything.
insecure sociable manipulative
5 You’re too ________. Please let me pay this time!
generous honest sensitive
6 He sometimes gets ________ if he’s not allowed to do what he wants.
sensible moody mean
Questions for computer based test
1. Choose the right variant
1. Where is Sam? I don’t know. He_____ in his room.sleeping
be sleeping
may be sleeping
can’t be sleeping
2. Choose the right variant
It _____ rain today. There is much clouds in the sky.
could
might
have
d) must be
3. Choose the right variant
He _____ because he always gets up very early.
may still is asleep
can’t still be asleep
can’t still being asleep
can still be asleep
4. Choose the right variant
He’ usually on time. He _____got delayed
Can’t
Must have
Must
May
Glossary |
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English |
Russain |
Kazakh |
deceptive |
обманчивый, вводящий в заблуждение |
өтірік |
make conclusions |
делать выводы |
пайымдау |
hospitality |
гостеприимство, радушие |
қонақжайлы |
to judge |
cудить, рассуждать |
cынақ, сынау |
Identities |
особенность, подлинность |
ерекшелігі |
Opinion |
Мнение |
oй, ойша |
Prefer |
Предпочитать |
қалау |
in common |
совместно, вместе |
бірге |
Home assignment: Learn modal verbs: Must, have to, should (obligation) and do grammar exercises [1. 134-135]
SIW:
Read and translate the text “Funny professor” and do the task bellow.
