Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

lucky, ages, sorry, invite, club, certainly,rather.

II. 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:

[0, dl 1. The third Thursday of this month is the sixteenth.

2. Thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three.

3. These are three brothers, these are their father and mother, this is their other

brother.

4. Wealth is nothing without health.

5. First think then speak.

[0 — s] Three things on this side and six things on that side, [d — f] That fish

has a fat fin, this fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.

III. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the following words

and word combinations:

A. 1. [a] — my mother and father, working hard, my best regards.

2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: atwthe Institute, that'sjhe latest news.

b) Loss of plosion: don't^be angry, had^to take, gladJ:o tell you,

oldjDuilding,don'tjtake part.

c) Linking [rj: mother^nd father, four^exams, gram-mar^nd phonetics,

ourjtastitute.

В. 1. [зи] Oh, hello, good at both, so long.

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2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: joined^the society, , andwthe choir,

butwthen.

b) Loss of plosion: difficultwto study, at jDOth,hardwto; make, and^tennis,

aboutwto ring up.

c) Nasal plosion: excellent w marks, student wnowf

goo dwm arks.

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IV.

1 . a) Listen to the recording of the text "Our University".

b) Mark the stresses and tunes, c) Practise the text tor test reading.

Listen to it very carefully until you can say it in exactly the same way.

2. a) Listen to the recording of the dialogue, b) Mark the stresses and tunes, c)

Practise the text for test reading. Listen to it very carefully until you can say it in exactly

the same way. d) Memorize the dialogue and dramatize it.

V. Read the following sentences as answers to the given questions. Change the logical

stress in them according to the question.

M o d e l : He works in the Crimea now.

a) Does he rest in the Crimea now? — No, he vworks in the Crimea now.

b) Where does he work now? — He works in the Crivmea now.

1. She spoke to the dean last week, a) When did she speak to the dean? b) Did

she see the dean last week? c) Whom did she speak to last week? 2, I gave" this

letter to her. a) Did you give or did you read this letter to her? b) What did you

give her?

c) Wbom did you give this letter to? 3. He read the third story to

the child, a) What did he read to the child? b) Which story did

he read to the child? c) Whom did he read the third story to?

VI.

Repeat the following sentences several times. Change the logical stress (and the

tune if necessary) according to the situations given in brackets.

M o d e l : V Don't do it avlone! (Do it with your brother.) vDon4 do it alone!

(You really shouldn't.)

1. Did he work in the Caucasus last year? (or did he rest there? or did his

wife? or in the Crimea? or 3 years ago?) 2. Read Exercise 5 at home! (not in

class! not Exercise 6!) 3. Did your father often play chess with you? (or seldom?

or with your brother? or does your brother play chess with you?)

VII. Transcribe the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes

and picture them on the staves:

1. How are things? 2. Don't you find it difficult to study mathematics? 3. Do

you have time to go in for sports? 4. Hope to see you some day! 5. So you are a

student now, aren't you?

6. Will you invite me to your party?

VIII.

Make up questions covering the content of Text 1 for your

fellow-students to answer them.

IX. Fill in prepositions or adverbs if necessary:

1. First-year students work hard to master ... the language.

2. What mark did you get... Literature ... the entrance exams?

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3. What mark have you got... your report? 4. "Try to get rid ... this gross

mistake," said the teacher. 5. When did you make a report ... this book? 6. Our

nephew is very good ... maths.

7. Why don't you take part... our discussion? 8. We decided to

join ... the English choir. 9. Where have you been? We haven't

seen you ... ages. 10. When the monitor entered ... the class-

room the students kept silent. 11. Cousin Helen sends her best

regards ... everybody. 12. The girl has invited her friends ... her

birthday party. 13. What kind of sports does he go........................? — He

is good ... tennis and volley-ball. 14. I see you are angry ... me, but I don't

understand why you do not answer ... my question.

15.

Did he often write ... his mother when he was ... the South?

16.

The students are proud ... their Institute. 17. They are all very fond ...

the English speaking club. 18. Two of my fellow-students are away. . the lessons

today.

X.

a) Write questions to the parts of the sentences in bold type,

b) Each sentence describes a situation in a concise way. Find out

some more details about it by asking questions. Work in pairs. Use

conversational phrases:

1. Ileft school in June.I began to prepare for my entrance examsto the

Institute. 2. The first studentsentered the Institute more than100 years ago.3.

We allgathered at my cousin's place to see the New Year in.4.1 was just writing

a letter to my brother when the door-bell rang and he himself entered.

XI.

Fill in articles where necessary:

1. His son left ... school two years ago. 2. Helen passed ... entrance exams to ...

Institute with excellent marks. 3. My

favourite subject at ... school was ... Literature. 4. My brother goes in for ...

sports. 5. It was decided to finish ... building of ... house in ... shortest possible

time. 6. I'm going to join ... sports society. 7. He is ... member of ... students'

English club. 8. We haven't yet had ... discussion on ... book we are reading now.

9.1 got... satisfactory mark for ... test. 10. Read and translate ... text, do ...

Exercise 5 orally and ... Exercise 8 in ... written form.

11.He turned on ... radio as he was going to listen to ... news.

12.

... Pacific Ocean is seldom quiet. 13. I'm afraid he is so short of...

time.

XII.

Express a similar idea by using the synonymic expression to make up one's

mind.

M o d e l : We decided to learn to swim. We made up our minds

to learn to swim.

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1. I decided to go for a walk as it was a pleasant evening. 2. We decided to

answer his question in written form. 3. He decided to speak to the assistant-dean

about his work. 4. Our cousin decided to go to the country for his holiday. 5. He

decided to recite his new poem to his friends. 6. He decided to get an excellent

mark in English. 7. He decided to master two foreign languages.

XIII.

Intensify the idea of liking by using to be fond o f . M o d e l : I like

dancing. I am fond of dancing.

1. I like Tchaikovsky's music. 2. The girls liked to spend time in the open air.

3. I like swimming. 4. He likes Byron's poetry. 5. We all like Russian nature. 6.

The old man liked this beautiful park.

XIV.

Intensify the idea by using the construction one can't help doing smth.

M o d e l : I laughed at the boy. I couldn't help laughing at the

boy.

1. We love Repin's work, he is a great artist. 2. I went to my sister's yesterday,

it was my niece's birthday. 3. I invited Helen, she is one of my best friends. 4. I

entered a teachers' training institute, I love children. 5. I told her everything. She

wanted to know all about her mother. 6. I smiled while looking at that funny

animal.

XV.

Intensify the idea by adding it goes without saying at the beginning of each of

the given sentences.

M o d e l : We are proud of our University. It goes without saying we are

proud of our University.

1. We read a newspaper every day. 2. We must work systematically if we want

to know English well. 3. She will get an excellent mark. 4. His work is very

interesting. 5. Teaching is a noble profession. 6. He is a well-bred person. 7. We

are eager to master the English language.

XVI.

Give sentences with the construction to take part using the following words:

discussion, concert, work, excursion, expedition, picnic.