- •Часть I
- •Chapter 1 Country Beginnings
- •I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •VI.State the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •VII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •VIII.State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •IX.Reproduce the following sentences in reported speech.
- •X.Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •XI. Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •XIII. Give the literary translation of the extract: p. 9. “Margaret Lacey…Her whole life.”
- •XIV. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words from Appendix 1.
- •XV. Answer the following questions.
- •XVI. Make up dialogues between:
- •XVII. Give the retelling of the text as if you were:
- •Chapter 2 Morning at Elm Hill
- •I Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Give the literary translation of the extract: p.15. “She was an ambitious woman… did not like children”.
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1.
- •Chapter 3 Anna Meets Her Class
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Give the literary translation of the extract: p.22. “There were only fourteen members… for any length of time.”
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Chapter 4 Pavements and Parents
- •Reproduce the dialogues of the chapter in indirect speech using the word combinations of the previous exercise and Appendix 2.
- •Write out, translate, transcribe and pronounce all the names of plants mentioned in the chapter. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.
- •XIV.Give the literary translation of the extract: p.26. “It was soon after this that Anna… the bell put a stop to her speculations.”
- •XV.Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •XVI.Answer the following questions.
- •XVII.Make up dialogues between:
- •XVIII.Give the retelling of the chapter as if you were:
- •Chapter 5
- •I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
- •Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •XIII.Give the literary translation of the extract: p.39. “They were certainly a rum lot… that he had.”
- •Reproduce the dialogues of the chapter in indirect speech using the word combinations of the previous exercise and Appendix 2.
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Chapter 6 Genuine Articles
- •Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate, transcribe and pronounce them.
- •Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words.
- •Explain the use of tenses in the following sentences.
- •Explain the form and the meaning of the Infinitive in the following sentences.
- •Explain the form of the Gerund in the following sentences.
- •Explain the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 7 Occupational Hazzards
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 8 An Everyday Young Man
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
- •State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •Translate from English into Russian.
- •XI. Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •XII Translate from Russian into English.
- •Chapter 9 Plays and Pipe Dreams
- •State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
- •VIII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences
- •IX .State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
- •X.Translate from English into Russian.
- •XI.Translate from Russian into English
- •Chapter 10 Country Christmas
- •X. Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
- •XI. Give the literary translation of the extract: p.71. “Young Edward Merchant… as welcoming as she could.”
- •XII Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words and expressions from Appendix 1. Prove your opinion with the words from the text.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Make up dialogues between:
- •XII.Retell the text as if you were:
- •Appendix 1 Phrases expressing agreement and disagreement
- •Appendix 2 Reported speech
- •Использованная литература
- •Appendix 3
State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.
The physical difficulty alone of taking a long, long line of forty-eight children about the corridors was tremendous…
To Anna, who had been trained to allow freedom of movement and a certain amount of talking in the classroom…
She was weighing up the merits of sending her class home immediately against those of barricading the door…
Anna soon found that Mr. Andrews was not unique in being a monomaniac.
… I’ll explain a wonderful method of teaching mathematics…
If it weren’t for backing up dear Florence I’d have told that young man what I thought of him!
State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
… but should they ever come to the end of a piece of work and have to wait for attention, the trouble began.
… she knew in her heart that it should be a daily exercise if conditions would allow.
… an inspector’s primary purpose was to help and advise teachers.
She had certainly known no reason why she should fear them…
For one dreadful Anna thought she must be referring to a dangerous lunatic who had escaped two days before from a local hospital…
Well, you might see your cupboards are tidy…
We must alter this, my dear young lady…
Mr. Andrews, who must have faced many times, appeared impervious to the complaints…
At last, Anna could bear it any longer.
Translate from English into Russian.
1. -Did you hear the news? The adviser came to school and criticized the celebrated music lessons of Mrs. Smith mercifully. – Oh, dear, it’s high time! She has such heavily repressive methods!
2. -When the teacher was called out of the classroom the kids stayed in joyful and aimless abandon. Some of them ran out to the corridor and got in the headmistress’ clutches.
3. -For a teacher it is better to allow freedom of movement and a certain amount of talking in the classroom. It is always better not to strain the atmosphere in the classroom.
4. -When you work with children your affection for them grows with time.
5. -Kids have an incredible zest for every kind of activity and usually they are keen to learn. But having idle hands they are glad of any excuse to play the fool.
6. -After the visit of the school advisor Ann felt bewildered. He had a phobia about lighting and eyesight and he reorganized and altered the rows of desks in the classroom.
7. -The first essential of good studies is children’s zest for every kind of activity and warm atmosphere in the classroom.
8. -Every teacher rides his own hobby-horse. One thinks that it is necessary to learn masses of words by heart, another one is fond of aimless listening to foreign songs. Another one shows cartoons to idle and joyful children and heartily believes that it will help.
9. -I envy the village teachers heartily. They can teach small classes of kids and be motherly and cheerful.
10. -High-spirited pushes of young people can turn a wicked problem for them. They can trust dishonest people and get into doubly frustrating conditions because of their kindness.