- •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
Chapter 9 Plays and Pipe Dreams
I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.
The bustle of Christmas preparations
To work smb.into a state of seething excitement
Starry-eyed for the glory
Stolid
Volatile
Gummed paper
To cast a morose glance
Irrepressible
A slow-growing masterpiece
A boasting mass-producer
To give a sudden yelp of dismay
Carols and a tableau
Percussion band
Mimed nursery rhymes
Somersaults
Smb’s eyes flashed with enthusiasm
To make a packet
Hare-brained schemes
To grab a juicy bone
A flibbertigibbet
Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.
Stupid plans, to earn a fortune, the haste of Christmas preparations, annoying, to get a good position, plump, with shiny eyes looking forward for fame.
Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate and transcribe them.
Seethe, slam, scatter, fidget, read, choose, amuse, shine, cut, elaborate, know, speak, bear, wreck, ply, fringe, grow, vex, spread, meet, sit, gaze, snatch, whisk, sing, omit, tell, shut, build, overlap, forget, feel, hurt, bother, rely, apologize, blow, regret, write, grab, puff, moralize.
Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words, use them in the sentences of your own.
Scissors, scene, triangles, wheel, robin, scarlet, countenance, smug, superiority, inaudible, pandemonium, duffle-coated, architect, blissful, widespread, purely, rhetorical, encyclopedia, coelacanthus, enthusiasm, straightforwardly, anthology, conspiratorially.
Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.
1….they were done quickly he knew and would look effective.
2.Bet I get six done before you’ve half finished that old thing.
3.Had he been working alone his slow-growing masterpiece would have delighted him, but the boasting mass-producer at his side wrecked all his own pleasures of creation.
4.All the best ideas were being snatched with incredible ruthlessness.
5.I’ve been thinking about our last conversation, you know.
6.I’m afraid I’ve forgotten.
State the form and the function of the infinitive in the following sentences.
1.George began to outline the harness.
2.… the hall was not large enough to accommodate all the parents at one performance.
3.Anna began to feel quite bewildered.
4.Everyone turned to stare at her.
5..., children were told to listen to a pin drop and to be seen and not heard.
VIII.State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences
Anna … found teaching them doubly hard…
It was in keeping with George’s nature…
…and began slashing dramatically with scissors.
She began groping murkily about the concern of her brain.
What about singing?
She took to having short “silent periods”…
IX .State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
Anna… could not help sympathizing with their ecstasy…
It was in keeping with George’s nature that he should have chosen to paint…
I might put a setting sun or a robin or something up the corner…
4.I can cut the whole lot out at once.
5. …Anna could see that this goading was almost more than he could bear.
6.The Christmas concert was to take place on the last two afternoons of term…
7.She was soon to learn the reason for their unwonted unity.
8.The others must have been thinking things for weeks.
9.Anna could have killed him…
10.But you must have some idea what your class can do…
11.It was in keeping with George’s nature…