B. Choose the right variant and explain your choice

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Ледовских С.Л. Усковой Т.В.
    Издательство Першина Р.В. Тамбов 2008     Рекомендовано к печати кафедрой теории и практики преподавания а

I. ПРАВИЛА ЧТЕНИЯ В АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ
Чтение ударных гласных: 1) Если гласные находятся в открытом слоге, т.е. в слоге, который оканчивается на гласную (go, student, he), или в условно отк

Е место — дополнения
Обозначают предметы и понятия, с которыми главный член предложения (подлежащее) вступает во взаимодействие. Дополнения бывают: - прямое, отвечает на вопросы кого? что?;

Построение отрицательных предложений.
В английском предложении может быть только одно отрицание. Основных способов построения отрицаний в английском языке два: 1. с помощью отрицательной частицы not; 2. с пом

To peel — peeled — peeled — чистить
    Simple (Indefinite) Обычно происходящее действие, констатация факта Progressive (Continuous)   Незаконченны

My family
Hello! My name is Tanya Ivanova. I am seventeen. I live in Tambov. I finished school number twenty two. My favourite subjects at school were Biology and Social Sciences. Now I study at the Institut

D. Think of your own sentences using the words and word combinations from Task C. Read your sentences to your group-mates.
Task 4. In the table match the synonyms (the words with similar meaning). Consult the dictionary if necessary: 1. large a. smart

Task 16. Write down your own sentences using the possessive case of nouns.
Comprehension Task 17. Answer the questions: Who is Tanya Ivanova? Where does she live? What were Tanya’s favourit

Task 20. Write down the story of your own family using the text. Tell it to your group-mates.
Additional reading Task 21. Read the texts and make their outline. Express your opinion about the family relationships from the author’s point of view. Give your

Text B. British and American families
British and American families are usually small. In fact the populations of both Britain and the USA have stopped growing. The typical family has a father, mother and two children. Grandpa

Hobbies
Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting. Hobbies are divided into four large c

Task 9. Make up your own sentences using Present Simple and Future Simple.
  Comprehension Task 10. Answer the following questions: 1. How many classes of hobbies are described in the text? What are

Task 15. Retell the text, using Tasks 13 and 14 as a support.
Additional reading History of the term “Hobby” A hobby horse is a wooden toy made to be ridden just like a real horse (which was sometimes

Task 18. Translate the text from Russian into English.
Хобби – это деятельность, которой вам нравится заниматься в свободное время, вкладывая не только свое время, но и усилия. Но если вы каждый день смотрите телевизор, это нельзя считать хобби, так ка

My Studies
My studies… What can I say about it? Once I took pains to look up the etymology of the word 'study'. Guess what, according to the dictionary entry I have never studied in my whole life. No kidding.

B. Make your own sentences with these words and combinations.
Task 5. A. Find synonyms for the following words: 1. Fervour 2. In these times 3. Complex 4. Chance 5. Dissimilar 6. Grief

Task 8. Make up your own sentences using Passive Voice.
Task 9. Choose the right sentence: 1. A. What I was taught there I still partially remember. B. What I taught there I still partially remember. 2. A. In

The subjects I studied at school. My favourite subject.
We did quite a lot of subjects at school. They were: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Russian, English, Literature and many others. Every teacher asked for equal and ad

Lesson 4. My University.
Pre-reading Task 1. Choose the best variant: 1. Tambov State University is about: A. 70 years old; B. 15 years old;

My Home University
I study at Tambov State University. TSU named after G.R. Derzhavin was founded in 1994 on the basis of Tambov State Pedagogical Institute and Tambov State Institute of Culture. The University combi

Can (could).
1) обозначает физическую возможность совершения действия, способность или умение: Не can do it. Он может это сделать. Ann can skate. Энн умеет кататься на коньках

Ought to
1) выражает необходимость того, что соответствует морально-этическим нормам, естественно или по логике вещей следует ожидать от лица (предмета): His parents are old and he

Task 9. Practise reading the following dialogues. Then memorize and recite them in class.
- Excuse me, can you tell me the time? There is something wrong with my watch. - Certainly. It's ten to nine by my watch. - Your watch is right, isn't it? - I am not quit

Task 10. Express the following in English. Mind the modal verbs.
1. Вы можете и должны хорошо знать историю нашей страны. 2. Вы умеете кататься на коньках? – Нет. 3. Я не мог прийти, т.к. был занят. 4. не может быть, чтобы он написал т

Open University
The Open University (OU) is the UK's distance learning university and has an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergradu

My working day
On weekdays the alarm-clock wakes me up at 7.00 and my working day begins. I’m not an early riser, that’s why it’s very difficult for me to get out of bed. I switch on my CD record-player and do my

B. Make your own sentences with these words and combinations.
  Task 5. A. Find synonyms for the following words: 1. to rise 6. to be overdue 2. to turn on 7. intermission 3. to take a douche 8. dining

B. Choose the right variant and explain your choice.
1. My friend does not / is not an early riser. 2. Are / do you do your morning Tasks? 3. Do / does your mother make breakfast for you? 4. Usually I

Task 8. Make up your own sentences using the Present Simple Tense.
Task 9. Choose the right sentence: 1. A. Every day all members of my family get up at half past six. B. Every day all members of my family gets up at half past si

B. Write out the key sentences for each point of the plan.
Task 14. Put the sentences into the right order: A. I open the window and do my morning Tasks in front of it. B. Then I let the dog outside and feed him, bring th

In the Royal Welsh Army
Due to the nature of the job your daily routine will always be different but in camp the average day starts at about 08.00am. The day may start with general duties or sport. No two days are the sam

Add exercise into your daily life
We all know we should add exercise into our daily lives, but when it comes to actually doing it, we all have our excuses, but it all boils down to one thing. "I don't have the time.&q

Bring Happiness to Your Daily Life
The writer, a senior citizen, came on an eight-week holiday to America. Far away from my home in India, I had doubts whether it would be possible for me to maintain my calm and happy state of mind,

My Weekend
(1) Every weekend is important to my family. During the week we don’t have very much time for each other, but we spend mostly all the time together at the weekend. (2) On Saturday morning

Страдательный залог.
(Passive Voice) Залог (voice) - это форма глагола, которая показывает отношение действия, выраженного этим глаголом, к лицу или предмету, выраженному подлежащим предложени

An Awful Weekend
Last month my friend and I were looking forward to our weekend. We wanted to go to the sea for two days. We thought it would be the best weekend in our lives. We had chosen the tour carefully and h

Lesson 7. Tambov.
Pre-reading Task 1. Read and translate the following international words without using a dictionary: province

Task 9. Give your explanation on the use of articles in the following sentences and translate these sentences.
· It is the place wherethefortress was laid. · It is a special place to commemorate the heroism of _ people in the G

Task 11. Chose the right answer for the following questions.
When was Tambov built? A. in the 16-th century B. in the 17-th century Who was the 1-st governor of Tambov? A. Roman Boborykin B. G.R. Derzhavin

Task 22. Answer the question. What new information have you learnt about the history of Tambov.
Task 23. Exchange this information with your partner using phrases expressing agreement (disagreement) and your opinion. Agreement

PAST SIMPLE (ПРОСТОЕ ПРОШЕДШЕЕ ВРЕМЯ)
Глагол в форме простого прошедшего простого времени (The Past Simple Tense) выражает действие как факт, совершившийся в прошлом: It happenedsix years ago. Это случилось пя

THE PAST PERFECT TENSE ( ПРОШЕДШЕЕ СОВЕРШЕННОЕ ВРЕМЯ)
Прошедшее совершенное время (The Past Perfect Tense), или «суперпрошедшее время», употребляется для того, чтобы показать, что событие или действие в прошлом произошло раньше, че

Cultural life of Moscow
Moscow’s world-famous museums and galleries with their collections, are some of the largest and most important in the world. Frequent art exhibitions thrive on both the new and the classic, as they

Education and science
There are 1696 high schools in Moscow, as well as 91 colleges.Besides these, there are 222 institutions offering higher education in Moscow, including 60 state universities and the Lomonosov Moscow

Lesson 9. London. The Capital.
Pre-reading Task 1. Answer the following questions choosing the proper variant: 1. How much do you know about London? a) n

London. The capital.
London is the capital of the UK. It was founded in the first century A. D. by the Romans. One in seven of the population of the United Kingdom is a Londoner. London draws people from all o

C. Match the words with their definitions
1. cosmopolitan   A. the power of persons or things to affect others, seen only in its effects 2. influence  

B. Choose the right variant and explain your choice.
1. This bridge … in 1867. A. was building B. were built C. was built 2. Such modern glass high-rise offices … here in 3 or 5 years. a) will construct B. will be construct

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
The palace of Westminster, usually known as the Houses of Parliament, dates only from the 19th century, but it stands on the site of the palace founded by Edward the Confessor. The Palace

Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey is the historic building to which every visitor goes sooner or later. It was founded in 1050 as a monastery. Later it was rebuilt, by Henry III. In the 18th century the West Tower

Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is in the centre of the West End of London. It was named so in commemoration of the victorious naval battle of Trafalgar in 1805, in which Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded.

The Tower of London
In 1066 the Normans built a castle on the edge of London, in the south-eastern corner of the old Roman city walls. The Normans joined up the walls with a Dutch and fence to make a yard, in which th

The city of Birmingham
Birmingham ( [bɜːmɪŋəm]) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the largest of England's core cities, and is often conside

Manchester
Manchester ([mæntSIstə]) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted city status in 1853. It has a population of 452,000, and lies at the ce

Edinburgh
Edinburgh ([ɛdɪnb(ə)rə]) is the capital of Scotland, is its second largest city after Glasgow which is situated 45 miles (72 km) to the west, is one of Scotland's 32 local gover

C. Match the words with the corresponding definitions.
1. resident a) culture, traditions, languages or buildings, which still exist from the past and which have a historical importance 2.

PARTICIPLE
Причастие – неличная форма глагола, обладающая свойствами глагола, прилагательного и наречия. Английское причастие соответствует в русском языке причастию или деепричастию. Причастия употребляются

Present continuous
Настоящее продолженное время (The Present Continuous Tense) выражает действие, которое происходит в момент речи. (Сравните: Я иду в школу. Я хожу в школу.) Образуется с помощью глагола to be

Task 10. Answer the questions. Choose the right variant.
1. Why is Birmingham called "the workshop of the world"? a) Birmingham is the largest industrial centre of Britain today. b) It was the place where Industrial revolution

Task 15. Put the sentences into the right order (Manchester and Edinburgh).
1. Manchester City Centre is now on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, mainly due to the network of canals and mills constructed during its 19th-century development. 2. Manch

The city of Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpoolians b

Cardiff
Cardiff ['cɑːdɪf] is the capital and largest city of Wales, and the country's commercial, sporting, tourism, transport, media and political centre. According to Census 2001 data, Car

History of Birmingham
Birmingham started life in the 6th century as an Anglo-Saxon farming hamlet on the banks of the River Rea. The name 'Birmingham' comes from "Beorma ingas ham", meaning "ho

The city of Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of London and is surrounded by a nu

The history of the city of Manchester
The name Manchester originates from the Ancient Roman name Mamucium, thought to be a Latinisation of an original Celtic name (possibly meaning "breast-like hill" from mamm-

Landmarks of Manchester
Manchester's buildings display a variety of architectural styles, ranging from Victorian to contemporary architecture. The widespread use of red brick characterises the city. Much of the architectu

Lesson 11. Higher Education in Great Britain
  Pre-reading Task 1. You are going to read an article about higher education in Britain. Before you begin answer the following questions:

Higher Education in Great Britain
(1 - C. There are around 100 universities in Great Britain. Some are very old. Oxford and Cambridge founded in the 12-th and 13-th centuries are among the oldest universities in Europe. They

E. Match the words with their definitions
1. law A. the study of chemistry, physics, biology 2. medicine B. the study of the design, construction and control of en

Present Perfect используется
· для обозначения только что произошедшего действия: Ow! I’ve brokenthe plate! The train has just arrived. · для описан

PARTICIPLE II - Причастие II.
Participle II (причастие II) употребляется в функции определения и занимает место перед определяемым существительным или является частью причастного оборота, следующего за существительным. Оно пере

Task 9. Make one sentence from two using Participle II.
1. I lost the key. I didn’t find it. I didn’t find the lost key. 2. The letter was written by him. It was very long. 3. The man was hit by the car. We took

Task 13. Read the article about examinations at Cambridge and put the parts of the article in the right order.
Cambridge 'Tripos' exams · This system means that it is theoretically possible (however unlikely) for students to do almost no work for two and a half years, cram like mad

Higher education in Russia
1. The Russian educational system may be arranged into three major groups: · secondary education,

C. Match the words in the left-hand and the right-hand columns into combinations. Give their Russian translation.
  to sit for …. … a research to enter … / to graduate from …. … decisions

C. Choose the right variant. Explain your choice.
  Russian phrase Translation variants образованный человек A. an educated person

B. Compose your own word-combinations or sentences with the use of Participle II of the notional verb.
Model: · (to finish, lesson) – the finished lesson – законченный урок · (to learn, material) – the new learnt material – новый изу

Task 11. Read the following pairs of sentences and choose the correct variant. Explain your choice.
A. John has lived here since 1990. B. John lived here since 1990. 2. A. Hello! I didn’t see you for ages! B. Hello! I haven’t seen you for ages! 3. A.

Educational system in Russia
Russians have always shown a great concern for education. The right to education is stated in the constitution of the Russian Federation. It's ensured by compulsory secondary schoo

Lesson 13. Means of Travelling
  Pre-reading Task 1. Answer the questions: 1) What do you think, what is this text about? 2) What mean

B. Find the words in the text according to their definitions. Fill in the table.
    A. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation   B. a pe

Task 13. A. Match the following titles with the corresponding passages of the text.
1) How to spend holidays if you live in the country or in the city.   2) Means of travelling can mean a lot!   3) Why do people travel?   4) Hap

Task 3. Read the text.
People love sightseeing because it is interesting and makes unforgettable impression. They may do a lot of sightseeing, or they may do a bit of sightseeing. People go to museums, art galleries, see

Task 4. A. Give Russian equivalents of English words.
• do a bit of sightseeing –   • do a lot of sightseeing –   • take photographs –

Task 5. Word formation. Look at the words and fill in the table.
word prefix base word suffix personal – -person- -al

Task 9. Answer the questions making the right choice.
Which sight does the phrase “the largest structure ever built” describe? 1) A. The Eiffel Tower. B. The Statue

Task 11. True or false.
№ Sentences True False 1) If people do sightseeing, they go to temples, castles, cathedrals.

Task 14. Put the sentences into the right order.
1) They have many little stalls selling everything from apples to antiques. 2) On a sightseeing tour people take a lot of

Seven Modern Wonders of the World
The Panama Canal,begun in the 1880s, wasn't finished until 1914. It joins the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Engineers descri

Task 1. A. Answer the questions to the text.
1. When was Robert Burns born? a) on April 23, 1564; b) on January, 25 1802; c) on January, 25 1564. 2. What traditional Scottish dishes are tasted on Robert Bur

Task 2. Read and translate the texts on traditions and holidays in Great Britain.
Burns’ night January 25 is the birthday of Scotland’s greatest poet Robert Burns1. There are hundreds of Burns clubs in Britain and throughout the world;

The Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival6 is held annually in August and September. The Festival is international as it gives a representation of artistic production from many countri

Task 4. Make up your own sentences with these words and word combinations.
Task 5. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words: to celebrate, all over the world, to come into being, a soup, telling by heart, a tomb, every year.

Task 11. Revise your Grammar. Check yourself consulting the following rules.
  Past Indefinite (Simple) Прошедшее неопределенное время (Past Indefinite или Past Simple) образуется (во всех лицах) из второй формы глагола: Regular verbs: I

Task 13. Choose the right sentences.
Robert Burns’ birthday - of Scotland’s greatest poet – is on January, 25. Thousands of people drink a toast to Robert Burns memory. The dinner is followed by dancing, pipe music,

Customs and Traditions in Great Britain
Some English customs and traditions are famous all over the world. Bowler hats, tea and talking about the weather, for example. From Scotland to Cornwall, the United Kingdom

The Ceremony of the Keys
Every night at 9.53 p.m. the chief Warder of the Yeomen Warders (Beefeaters) of the Tower of London lights a candle lantern and then makes his way towards the Bloody Tower. In the Archway his Escor

Russian Holidays
  The Russian love for holidays is known all over the world. Russian holidays present a mixture of new and old, religious and secular, professional and private. National holi

B. Make your own sentences with these words and combinations.
Task 5. A. Find synonyms for the following words: 1. Festival 2. To celebrate 3. Assistant 4. Combination 5. To continue 6.

Task 8. Make up your own sentences using Passive Voice.
Task 9. Choose the right sentence: 1. A. When I was in Russia a very strange holiday called Maslenitsa was being celebrated. B. When I was in Russia a very strang

B.Write out the key sentences for each point of the plan.
Task 14. Put the sentences into the right order: A. Russian Christmas is rich with beautiful traditions one of them is called Kolyadki when at Christmas night young people