- •First term Topic 1. English Is a Language of Communication
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Make up sentences using the following phrases, as in the model.
- •2. Complete the sentences. Put am, is, are, or have, has into the gaps.
- •3. Answer the questions. Give short and full answers where it is possible.
- •4. Put questions to the following sentences.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English in writing.
- •Topic 2. About Myself
- •Grammar
- •1. Circle the articles in the following sentences.
- •2. Read the text about the Forrester family. Put a, the or nothing into the gaps. Explain your choice.
- •3. Mr. Forrester talks about his holidays. Put a, the or nothing into the gaps. Explain your choice.
- •4. Change the numerals as in the example.
- •5. Write the following numbers in words.
- •Topic 3. My Working Day The Man with 13 Jobs
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Rewrite the following sentences using personal pronouns.
- •2. Translate the English phrases into Russian.
- •3. Rewrite the following phrases using the possessive case.
- •5. Write answers to the following questions using the words in brackets and put the apostrophe in the right place.
- •Topic 4. My Day Off Relaxing Sundays
- •Grammar
- •5. Put the sentences in plural and write them down. Pay attention to the changes of the verb.
- •Topic 5. My House (Flat)
- •Grammar
- •1. Write questions with “how much…“ or “how many…“.
- •2. Insert much, many or a lot in the blank spaces.
- •3. Connect these sentences with “although“. Make one sentence.
- •4. Match a line in a with a line in b and a line in c.
- •Topic 6. Shops and Shopping Shops and Shopping in London
- •Grammar
- •1. Form the degrees of comparison.
- •3. Complete the following conversations by supplying the comparative form of the adjective in brackets in a and its opposite in b.
- •4. Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjective.
- •5. Translate the sentences with comparative structures.
- •Topic 7. Diversity of Hobbies
- •Second term Topic 8. At the Theatre
- •Grammar
- •1. State the number of the sentences in Present Simple Tense.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the right form of the verb.
- •4. Choose the right variant for each sentence.
- •5. Use the required tense instead of the infinitive in brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •Topic 9. Cinema in Our Life
- •Grammar
- •1. Write the Past Simple form for the following verbs.
- •2. How do you pronounce “ -ed“ in the verbs above? Next to the Past Simple form write [ t ], [ d ], [ıd ].
- •3. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then give true answers.
- •5. Put did, was, or were into the gaps.
- •6. Ask questions as in the example.
- •7. Communicative situations.
- •Grammar
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets in the future form.
- •2. Make the following sentences negative.
- •3. Change these sentences to the “going to“ future.
- •4. Read and say what you (he, she) will do or will not do.
- •Topic 10. At the Museum
- •Grammar
- •1. Answer the questions. Give short and full answers.
- •2. Make these sentences negative and interrogative.
- •3. Choose the correct form of the verb. Translate your variant.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Topic 11. Sport in Our Life
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Make the following interrogative and negative.
- •2. Change the following into the Past Continuous Tense.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
- •4. Translate into English.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.
- •2. Choose the right variant.
- •3. State the tense of the verbs.
- •Topic 12. Education in Our Life
- •Grammar
- •1. State the type of the questions and answer them correctly.
- •2. Put the questions to the italicized words.
- •3. Make up questions using the following words.
- •4. Add tags to the following.
- •Topic 13. Travelling
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •1. Use Participle II of these verbs in the sentences below.
- •3. Complete the sentences.
- •4. Answer the questions using the Present Perfect tense.
- •5. Translate the sentences into English.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Connect the sentences with “ before “ using the Past Perfect Tense.
- •2. Complete the following sentences.
- •3. Put the verb “to write” in the appropriate form.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Put the verbs in the brackets into the Future Perfect Tense, and fill the spaces by replacing the auxiliary.
- •2. Test. Choose the right tense of the verb.
- •Topic 14. Mass Media
- •The Internet
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Rewrite the following sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the future.
- •2. Change the verb from the past tense into the “going to” form.
- •1. Give the modal meaning of the verbs.
- •2. Change the following sentences using the equivalents of the modal verbs and the Past or Future Simple Tense.
- •3. Rephrase the following situations using an appropriate modal verb as in the example.
- •Grammar
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Complete the following sentences using modal auxiliary verbs.
- •2. Put the modal verbs in the gaps and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •3. Add the short form construction using the words and neither to each of the following negative statements. Use the subjects shown in brackets.
- •Additional Grammar
- •1. Put the verb in brackets into the right form.
- •Topic 15. My College of Technologies and Design
- •1. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Act the dialogue. College Life
Additional Grammar
1. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.
1. John will be coming soon. 2. We shall be flying to Kherson at this time tomorrow. 3. You will be meeting him every day. 4. We shall be packing our things when you come. 5. He’ll be going to college soon. 6. Jack will be looking for you all afternoon. 7. Mother will be cooking all day tomorrow. 8. We’ll be walking among the New York sky scrapers this time tomorrow. 9. He’ll be waiting for you. 10. They will be sending you invitations to dinner al summer.
2. Choose the right variant.
1. I shall go / shall be going to the party when my brother arrives.
2. Will you pass / will you be passing me the books from him tomorrow?
3. I’m sure Tom will give up / is giving up the job.
4. Jack isn’t free on Monday. He will write / will be writing at home.
5. Jim is going to study from 7 till 10 this evening. So at 8.30 this evening he
will learn / will be learning new words.
6. While I shall read / shall be reading this poem she will play / will be playing the
piano.
7. When you call him he will sleep / will be sleeping.
8. I hope the next mail will bring / will be bringing news from home.
9. Her homework is not finished. She will work / will be working at it.
10. At what time will you be / will you being at home?
3. State the tense of the verbs.
1. What are you doing, Peter? 2. I am writing a letter. 3. And what were you doing ten minutes ago? 4. I was doing my lessons. And may be you want to know what I shall be doing in twenty minutes, Mike? 5. Yes, Peter. What will you be doing? 6. I shall be beating you if you don’t stop asking me stupid questions. 7. “What are you reading, dear?“ mother asked her little daughter who was reading a book. 8. “I don’t know”, answered the girl. 9. “You don’t know? But you were reading aloud, so you must know“. 10. “I was reading aloud, Mother, but I wasn’t listening“, the girl explained.
Topic 12. Education in Our Life
Education plays a very important role in our life. It is one of the most valuable possessions a man can get in his life. During all the periods of human history education ranked high among people. Human progress mostly depended upon well-educated people. Self-education is very important for the development of human’s talents. Only through self-education a person can become a harmonically developed personality. A person becomes a highly qualified specialist after getting some special education. And professionalism can be reached only through it. Even highly qualified specialists from time to time attend refresher courses to refresh their knowledge. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Many famous discoveries would have been impossible if people were not interested in learning something. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world. The civilized state differs from others in the fact that it pays much attention to the educational policy. John Kennedy said: “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education”. But it doesn’t concern only one particular nation. We know that science and art belong to the whole world. Before them the barriers of nationality disappear. So education brings people closer to each other, helps them to understand each other better.
Questions:
1. Is it important to be a well-educated person?
2. What role does self-education play in our life?
3. When does a person become a highly qualified specialist?
4. What does education develop?
5. Why is good education necessary nowadays?