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of syllable (vowel + г); c) with the first type of syllable (open syllable).

III. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes.

Concentrate your attention on sounds, b) Let your fellow-student read the sentences

aloud for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be done to get the

sounds right;

M 1. The cook took a good look at the cookery book.

2. It's good he could go on foot.

3. A good beginning makes a good ending.

[w] 1. Everywhere we saw the white snow.

2. William was not very willing to wait.

3. Didn't this waiter work in Washington last winter?

4. No sweet without some sweat.

5. Where there is a will there is a way.

[w3:]Her work grows worse and worse, w — v] William always wears a

very warm woollen vest in winter; Victor, however, will never wear woollen

underwear, even in the Wild West.

IV.

Before you start working at the texts practise the sounds in

the following words and word combinations:

A. 1. [ зи] no more, so slow, with toast, just a moment;

[rj] having breakfast, putting some cornflakes. 2, a) Alveolars replaced by

dentals: atj;he picture, ir\Jheir dining-room, andjtheir children, justj;hirsty.

b) Loss of plosion: tea andwcake, aboutwbacon and eggs.

b) Lateral plosion: don'tjike, mustjeave, I'djike.

B.1. [ai] it's high time to have a bite, so am I, I'd like

some;

[rj] finishing this article, is there anything, is already

bringing our tea, for the beginning of the discussion; [av]a bottle of beer, a

glass of water, a cup of tea, all

kinds of things. 2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: in thewcanteen,

or\J;he menu, aboutjiie meeting, i^Jhere anything; b) Loss of plosion: a

minutewplease, soupwperhaps,

soupwtoday, saladwto, mashedwpotatoes, must-

ardwplease.

V. a) Listen to the recording of the text "Meals". Mark the stresses and tunes, b)

Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully until yon can say

it in exactly the same way.

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VI. a) Listen to the recording of the dialogue "In the Canteen**. Mark the stresses

and tunes, b) Practise the dialogue for test reading. Listen to the recording very carefully

until you can say it in exactly the same way. c) Memorize the dialogne and dramatize it.

VII. a) Read the following sentences, pay attention to the intonation

of the word please in them:

1Л Please "bring me that ^newspaper. 2. V Please pro'nounce the "sentence

once vmore! 3. V Please "tell me your vname. 4. V Please "take same xsalad for me.

V 5. Please "show me the ^Caucasus on the map! 6. V Will you 'please "come 7up

to me? 7. V Will you "please "pass me the ,book? 8. V Will you "please "turn "on

the ca"ssette-re,corder? 9. YWill you "please "say it a,gain? 10. -» Stand xup,

please! 11. -* Stop ^talking, please! 12. -> Step a;side, please! 13. -> Help yourself

to some ,pie, please.

b) Address one another with some reqnest using the word please at the beginning, in

the middle and at the end of the phrase and respond to it.

VIII. a) Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the intonation

of direct address:

1. Ann, will you please fetch some milk from the kitchen? 2. Shall I put some

more sugar on your cornflakes, John? 3. No more, Mum. 4. Why aren't you eating

anything, Kitty? 5. Give me a little more cornflakes, dear.

b) Address one another using the name of your fellow-student at the beginning, in the

middle and at the end of the phrase. Work in pairs.

IX. Read the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes and picture them on

the staves:

I. You are wrong, I am afraid. 2. As for me, I prefer bananas to tangerines. 3.

Well, she says, it's time to have a bite. 4. As far as I know, Japanese is more

difficult than Spanish. 5. Tastes differ, he says. 6. To tell you the truth, 1 don't like

this beefsteak. 7. Besides, I'd like to be in time for the beginning of the party.

X. a) Read the following compound nouns. Don't stress the second element:

a dining-room, a looking-glass, a blackboard, a fountain-pen, a bathroom, a

bedroom, a reading-hall, a smoking-car, a dressmaker.

b) Give your own examples of compound nouns and compound adjectives. Keep in

mind the distribution of word stress in them.

XI.

Answer the following questions:

A. 1. What do you see in the picture? 2. Who is in the dining-room? 3, What

are they doing in the room? 4. What is Mrs. Smith doing? 5. What is the elder

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daughter passing to her father? 6. Does John like sugar on his cornflakes? 7. What

does he prefer on his cornflakes? 8. Who is already finishing his cornflakes? 9.

Who doesn't like cornflakes? 10. What does Kitty, the little girl, want? 11. What

does Mr. Smith ask his wife to give him? 12. What does Mrs. Smith ask her elder

daughter to do? 13. What are the children doing while their father is having his

tea?

B. 1. Where do the two friends go? 2. What do they take for dinner? 3. Why do

they go to the canteen? 4. Do they always take soup for dinner? 5. Where do the

friends hurry? 6. Why naust they leave at orrce?

С. 1. What time do you have breakfast? 2. What do you have for breakfast?

3. Will you describe your breakfast? 4. Where do you usually have dinner? 5.

Why do you have dinner at home? 6. What do you usually have for the first

course (for the second course, for dessert)? 7. What time do you usually have

dinner? 8. Who cooks meals in your family? 9. Can you cook? 10. What time do

you have dinner on Sunday? 11. Will you describe your Sunday dinner? 12. Do

you have supper late? 13. Why don't you have supper late? 14. Do you like

vegetables? 15. What vegetables do you like? 16. What soup do you like best?

17. What kind of salad do you like? 18. What kind of fruit do you buy in summer

(in winter) in your city? 19. How do you lay the table?

XII.

Write the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:

A. 1. They are having breakfast. 2. Mrs. Smith is putting some cornflakes on

the boy's plate. 3. Ann is finishing her cornflakes. 4. Mrs. Smith is passing a plate

to her husband. 5. The children are talking over their cornflakes. 6. We are having

an English lesson. 7. The girl is coming into the room.

B. 1.1 am finishing this article. 2.1 prefer a glass of soda-water. 3. The waitress

is already bringing in our tea. 4. The boy is writing a letter to his parents. 5. My

cousin is leaving tomorrow.

XIII.

a) Let the members of the class ask and answer questions as in the model.

Give a short answer using contracted forms and adda' sentence of your own in the

Present Continuous.

M o d e l : Is your teacher writing a letter?

—

No, he isn't. He's speaking English.

b) Respond to the negative sentence of your fellow-stndent as in the model. Use

contracted forms in speech. Work in pairs.

M o d e l : The pupils aren't playing football.

—

No, they aren't. They're reading a newspaper.

XIV.

a) Write all the possible questions to which the following sentences are the

answers, b) Each sentence describes a certain situation ina concise way. Some points of

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the situation are already known to you. Find out some more details about the situation by

asking questions. Work in pairs. Use conversational phrases:

A. 1. The elder daughter is passing the salt to her father. 2.1 am thirsty now. 3.

The father is having his cup of tea. 4.1 must'

leave in a quarter of an hour. 5. The children are working in the garden. 6. The

students are reading the text. 7. The girl is going to write a letter.

В. 1. I'm ready to go down to the canteen. 2.1 am finishing this article. 3.1

prefer a glass of soda-water. 4. The waitress is already bringing in our tea. 5. You

forget about the meeting of our club. We must leave at once to be in time for the

beginning of the discussion.

XV.

Read and write in words:

a) 4, 14, 44, 9, 19, 90, 12, 38, 157, 673, 821, 1239. 1955, 2018, 3687, 271,

299, 945, 9212, 322;

b) 23/1 1964; 7/XI 1945, 22/VI 1941; 5/XH 1982.

XVI.

Choose the right word:

to leave — to stay

1. He ... home in summer. 2. He ... at home in summer. 3. We ... in Moscow,

while our father is in the North. 4. He is ... the Urals very soon. 5. They never ...

town for the vacation. 6. When will you ...? 7.1 don't think I'll ... at the Ivanovs'

more than a fortnight. 8.1 can't... here any longer, the lectures begin at 9 o'clock, I

must ... at once. 9. Our cousin is ... for Volgograd, he is going to ... and work there.

10. Why are you ...? We are going to have a meeting. 11. He is ... with us for

another week, isn't he? — No, he is ... tomorrow morning, I am afraid. 12. When

they. . I shall... quite alone in the room.

to come — to go

1. He usually ... home in time. 2. Our father ... to his office at a quarter to 9, as

a rule. 3. The dean ... to the University at a quarter to 9. 4. If they ... to the Crimea

in August I shall miss them. 5. Look, daddy is already ... home. 6. Where are

you ...? I am... to the University. Our studies begin at 9 o'clock.

still — more — another

1. It is already October but it is ... rather warm. 2. Give me ... pencil, this one

is too small. 3. Give me ... glass of water, I am ... thirsty. 4. Give me some ...

water, please. 5. We need ... time for the translation, I am afraid. 6. "I don't want to

get up," says little Kitty, "it is ... very early." 7. Will you give me some ... milk?

8. He asks for ... apple. 9. Let me have some ... pudding, it is very tasty. 10.

Help yourself to some ... pie. 11. Help yourself to ... piece of pie. 12.1 can't eat the

porridge, it is ... very hot. 13. It is ... early, you needn't hurry. 14. I should like to

have some ... salad. 15. Nick is not at home. He is ... at the Institute. 16. It is ...

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snowing, 17. The students need ... practice in these words. 18. She is going to buy

some ... milk. 19. Try to get ... books on English literature. 20. May I have ...

ticket to the Bolshoi Theatre? 21. Will you please give me some... porridge? 22.

They are ...talking.

XVII.

Fill in prepositions if necessary:

1 ,

A. 1. Pass ... me the salt, please. 2. Pass,the salt ... me. 3. Give the bread ... me.

4. Show this text ... the teacher.

5. Show. . the teacher this book. 6. He is going to come л. half an