- •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.
… to start her first day’s teaching.
… realized that it was the ticking of the electric clock…
It was generally supposed…from the clouding of her fine eyes when she looked at the ring…
She was … very good at creating order of chaos.
It would be the culminating of a lifetime’s teaching.
… whilst the clanging of a distant bell brought sudden peace to the hubbub in the playground.
State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.
… could she impart it?
… she was to recognize all through her life as the very essence…
She believed that she might find further glories before she finally retired…
Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
The children admired their teacher who was dressed with taste and care. She wore simple, well-cut clothes and elegant clothes. A square-cut sapphire on her finger added her image a touch of glamour and pathos.
You are a real manner-maniac! All that curtseys and bows! Your punctilious courtesy borders to the ridiculous!
There is a never-ending argument between teachers whether a kid is a unique individual or just the raw material upon which new methods should be tried and results noted.
On the threshold at their career all the teachers receive criticism concerning methods and ability to impart knowledge in a coherent system.
Any experienced teacher is able to create order of chaos.
I remember my first day as a teacher. I was hesitating in the doorway of the headmistress but her kind words thawed my chill forebodings.
Before my first lesson I spent a wakeful night. Fears and doubts kept me in bay and memories of my student life kept my mind active.
Our headmistress is an ambitious woman and will certainly get on. She fails only in one respect though she denies it strongly. She doesn’t love kids. Children are just a living evidence of her work and effort. She finds communicating with them tiresome.
In the staff cloakroom Jill felt the resentment that every group feel towards a newcomer. The teachers were scrutinizing her as if in a daze. And she still remembers that extreme nervous tension.
Some teachers are cold and reticent with kids. But some of them are open to kids. They work with them in the form of a game using toys, drawings and glove puppets and surely get on.
Fill in the gaps using the active vocabulary.
Children are not just … upon which you try…
Yesterday I couldn’t sleep because different thoughts… my mind…
Of course a teacher must be polite but your punctilious courtesy … Everybody laughs at you.
To be a newcomer is difficult even if you don’t feel any … towards you.
She is a wonderful specialist, a witty person and a brilliant woman. She … only in one…: she doesn’t like people.
Some people are extremely critical towards themselves. They … their reflection in the … and see disadvantages even if everything is all right.
Any person on the … makes mistakes though he does work with efficiency and zest.
Don’t be a …! Children must not bow and make curtseys, this is ridiculous!
It is better to give the new material to your children in a … system.
For a teacher it is very important to be … Good looks mean much.