Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

conversational phrases.

XX.

Change the following sentences from direct into indirect speech:

1. The pupil asks: "Is the United States in North America?"

2. The student asks: "Is the Volga longer than the Thames?"

3. The pupil asks: "Is the Thames as long as the Volga?" 4. My friend asks me:

"Is the Baltic Sea cold?" 5. The teacher asks: "Is Budapest in Hungary?" 6. The

teacher says: "The Indian Ocean is warmer than the Arctic Ocean." 7. Betty says:

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"My father speaks two foreign languages: German and French." 8. The teacher

says: "London is the capital of Great Britain." 9. The

teacher says: "Betty speaks German better than Mary." 10. My friend asks:

"Does Mary speak Italian?" 11. My mother asks: "Does Helen know any foreign

languages?" 12. The teacher says: "Japanese is a difficult language." 13. The

student asks: "Is Japanese more difficult than Russian?" 14. The pupil asks: "Is

Prague the capital of Czechia?" 15. The teacher asks me: "Can you spell the word

'Mississippi'?"

XXL a) Form sentences on the model using the following words and word

combinations.

M o d e l : He wants to take part in this work.

the game, the play, the football match, demonstration, concert, discussion.

b) Make the same sentences negative.

XXII.

a) Fill in much better.

1. He knows French ... than German. 2. He can do it ... than she. 3. He writes

dictations ... than his friends.

b) Give sentences of your own using the same model.

XXIII.

Replace the part of the model in bold type by the following:

M o d e l 1: Let me introduce you to my friends.

my mother, my teacher, my sister, my cousin, my father-in-law.

M o d e l 2 : 1 am ever so glad to meet you.

to see you, to listen to you, to do it for you, to join you.

M o d e l 3 : Would you join my fellow-students?

our group, my friends, our company, my family.

M o d e l 4 : What's his (her, their) nationality? He is (a)

Russian.

Greek, Armenian, English, ...

M o d e l 5 : The Russianslive in Russia.Poland,

England, Spain, France, ...

M o d e l 6: What country (republic) are you (she,they) from? I come (am)

from Estonia.

Latvia, Spain, France, ...

XXIV.

Translate the following sentences into English:

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1. В дни праздников Москва выглядит особенно красиво. 2. Является ли 8

Марта традиционным интернациональным праздником? 3. Хотели бы вы

встретить Новый год с нами? 4. Известный певец принимает участие в

нашем конкурсе. 5. Вид из окна моей комнаты великолепен. 6. Когда

темнеет, люди выходят на улицы смотреть иллюминацию. 7. В праздничные

дни в Москве много иностранных гостей. Они гуляют по городу,

разговаривают с русскими людьми. 8. Вы принимаете участие в работе

нашего английского клуба? 9. В нашей группе учатся студенты из разных

городов России. 10. Моя подруга знает немецкий язык гораздо лучше, чем я.

11. Он говорит по-итальянски плохо, но понимает почти все. 12. На каком

иностранном языке говорит ваша подруга? 13. Разрешите мне познакомить

вас с моей мамой. 14. Я вижу стройную черноволосую девушку у окна. Как

ты думаешь, кто она по национальности? — Я знаю, что ее мать — грузинка,

а отец — русский. 15. Среди туристов было много болгар, которые хорошо

говорили по-русски. 16. Я родилась в Москве. (My birthplace).

XXV.

Speak on the following:

1. The map of the world. 2. The country you find interesting. 3. My favourite

holiday.

ADDITIONAL PHONETIC EXERCISES

1. Read the exercises several times before the mirror.

2. Record your reading and listen to it. Detect your errors.

3. Listen to your fellow-student reading the exercises. Detect his errors in sounds and

intonation and tell him what he must do to get rid of them:

'ilsstreit 'libsreit 'imigreit 'stimjuleit

.ib'streijh .libs'reijn .imi'greifn .stimju'leijn

'kDnstitju:t— JkDnsti'tjirJh di'skrimineit— di.skrimi'neijh дэ -> reis

di,sknmi vneijn бэ -> fait fo ,lib9vreijn бэ V nju: 'nvfn ,kDnstixtju:Jn

I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make the sentences interrogative and

negative.

(Don't forget that in the negative sentences as ... as is changed into not so ...

as).

II. listen to the questions and answer them in the intervals.

Ш. a) Change the sentences from direct into indirect speech, b) Check your sentences

with the key.

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IV.

a) Translate the sentences into English and record them in the

intervals, b) Check your sentences with the key.

V. a) Translate the sentences into English and pronounce them in two ways: first the

main clause must be pronounced with the falling tone and then with the rising one. b)

Check your sentences with the key.

M o d e l : I prefer to speak v Spanish | as I know it much better than ^English.

I prefer to speak, Spanish | as I know it much better than x English.

VI. Spell and transcribe the words and word combinations.

n VII. Listen to the disjunctive questions. They are not true to fact. Correct them.

О С Н О В Н О Й К У Р С

Lesson Twelve

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Grammar The Present Continuous Tense. Special Questions in

Indirect Speech. Imperative Sentences in Indirect Speech. Texts: 1. Meals. 2. In the

Canteen. Phonetics: Intonation of Parentheses.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING

T a b l e No.1

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Iam (not)Hespeaking English.My cousinis (not)writing a letter.Her brotherplaying the

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piano.walking fast.reading a newspaper.Weplaying footbal .Youare (not)The girls

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Ishis wife their friend her motherworking in the garden? writing anything? standing

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at the window? reading exercises? working in the room?Arethe students the

children

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T a b l e No. 2

SPECIAL QUESTIONS IN INDIRECT SPEECH

Hewhere my parents live.My friendasks (me)why I am late.Our teacherwhere my

father works.what newspaper I read.

T a b l e Na. 3 IMPERATIVE SENTENCES IN INDIRECT

SPEECH

Heasks meto wait for him.Shetells meto do it at once.FatherYouTheyask menot to go

there alone.The girlstell menot to stay there any longer.

SPELLING RULES

The following spelling rules should be observed in the forma-tibn of Participle

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1. The mute -eis dropped before adding the suffix -ing:to take — taking.

2. The final consonant is doubled (before the suffix -ing)if it is preceded by a

vowel expressing a short stressed sound: to get — getting.

1 3. The final -1 is doubled if it is preceded by a vowel expressing a short

sound: to travel — travelling.

4. In the verbs to die, to lie and to tie the letters ieare replaced by у before

the suffix -ing:to die — dying; to lie — lying; to |ie — tying.

5. The final -y is not changed before adding the suffix -ingno matter whether

it is preceded by a consonant or by a vowel: to say — saying; to dry — drying.

6. The letter r is doubled if the final syllable is stressed: prefer — preferring;

but: 'offer — 'offering.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Table No. I and compose as many sentences as you can.

I. Write and transcribe the first participle of the following verbs:

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give, take, begin, buy, pay, say, listen, write, stay, leave, go, come, dine, put,

pass, talk, work, get, sit, look, forget, hurry, study, travel, have, give, taste, prefer,

bring, offer, add.

III.

Give the verb in the following sentences in the Present Continuous:

1. He (to read) newspapers. 2. I (to work) hard at my English. 3. She (to sit) at

the window and (to look) at the sea. 4. I (to prepare) my homework. 5. They all (to

work) at the laboratory. 6. I (to write) letters to my cousins. 7. I (to have) breakfast

with my family. 8. We (not to go) to the Institute. 9. He (to come) home. 10. Mr.

Smith (not to give) a lesson.

IV. a) Answer the question What are you. doing? imagining that you are:

1. at an English lesson; 2. at a lecture; 3. in the corridor; 4. in the street; 5. in

the garden: 6. in the Metro; 7. in the forest; 8. in the dining-room; 9. in the water;

10. in the kitchen; 11. in the bathroom.

b) Answer the same question about your fellow-student.

V. Look at the pictures on page 157: a) Ask your fellow-students questions, use the

Present Continuous Tense, b) Describe the pictures.

VI. Give the following sentences in indirect speech, make the necessary changes:

1. My father says: "Why don't you read English newspapers?" 2. Maggy says:

"Why are you looking at me in that way?" 3. My teacher says: "You've got a

number of mistakes in your translation." 4. She says: "What are you going to be

when you leave the Institute?" 5. I say: "I'm sure I am going to be a teacher." 6. He

says: "Italy is in the South of Europe." 7. My cousin says: "When are you coming

to see us?" 8. She says: "I like the poem. I am going to learn it by heart." 9.

Mother says:

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"Don't be late for dinner," 10. Our teacher says: "You must work more

systematically." 11. They say: "Don't stay here any longer, It is getting dark." 12.

The girl says: "We have a lot of English books at home." 13. The child says:

"What are you doing?"

14.

The mother says: "Why are you crying? Come up to me."