Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

tunes,b) Practise the dialogue for test reading. Listen to the text very carefully until you

can say it in exactly the same way. c) Memorize the dialogue and dramatize it.

IV. Transcribe the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes and picture them

on the staves:

1. "What size gloves do you wear?" she asked. 2. I don't think it's becoming.

3. "Will you please show me that pale-green one?" she said. 4. That can't be

called very cheap.

V. Make up questions covering the contents or Text 1.

V. Write 10 questions on Text2.

VII.

a) Study the Vocabulary Notes. Write5 sentences on each of the Substitution

Tables on pages267, 268 using the new words, b) Use them in short situations.

VII.

a) Write the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:

1. John saw his brother go to the fruit-shop. 2. Everybody expected you to

give this information. 3. They want him to take

his parents' advice. 4. We saw Peter buy rolls at the baker's. 5. I have made

Michael tell the news. 6. Helen wants me to wear this cardigan. 7.1 want you to

clean your shoes.

b) Express your surprise. Use conversational phrases.

IX.

Each sentence describes a certain situation in a concise way.

Some points of the situation are already known to you. Find out some

more details about the situation by asking questions. Work in pairs:

1. My wife has spent a lot of money on fashionable furniture. 2. Ann wore a

black velvet dress that night. 3. Jack wants Pete to give him a piece of good

advice. 4. Alice's bag is made of silk.

5. Mrs, Brown will go shopping in the morning.

X. Fill in prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary:

A. 1. What size ... gloves does your daughter wear? 2. Is

your blouse made ... silk or ... nylon? 3. This frock suits ... her

and she looks so well today. 4. Go ... the fitting-room and try ...

the green frock. 5. Go ... the mirror and have a look ... yourself,

6. I'm afraid the shirt is a bit loose ... you. 7. You must choose another belt.

This one does not go ... your light dress. 8. I'm sure they will soon make ... their

quarrel. 9. The woman was made to believe that such shoes were not ...

fashion ... that time.

B..................................1. We've run meat. Let's go and buy some ...

the

butcher's. 2. Please weigh half ... a pound ... sweets. 3. Will you give me a

quarter ... a pound ... sausage? 4. Whom are you waiting ...? — I'm waiting ... my

friends. They are ... the greengrocer's. 5. She paid ... a cabbage and went ... . 6.

The salesmen will finish their work ... half ... an hour. 7. There is no cottage

cheese ... the dairy today. 8. I'm not going to stand ... a queue ... a tin ... sprats.

XI.

Change the following direct questions into indirect and answer them. Begin

the sentences with the words / wonder ... or Tell me ... or I ' d like to know.

1. At what shop did you buy this hat? 2. What colour scarf would you like to

buy to match your new coat? 3. Are those gloves old or new? 4. How old is your

father? 5. Does Ann do shopping every day? 6. When'will you go to the State

Department Store? 7. Were any new films on last week? 8. How much is this

material? 9. Has anything gone wrong with the iron?

10 Why didn't you come to the dining-hall yesterday? 11. Is it snowing

hard? 12. Has John given you good advice? 13. Why is it so stuffy in the room?

14. When did they get everything arranged? 15- Have you managed to knit a

pull-over for your father? 16. When are you going to the dairy? 17. When was

he made to write that letter?

XII.

Choose the right verb:

( t o expect

wait)

— to

1. Don't... for him. He is going to return very late. 2. Nobody ... such an

answer from him. 3. ... a minute. Your brother is sure to come soon. 4. Do you ...

her to be late? 5. Nobody ... him to repair that broken radio-set. 6. Let's ... for

some other students. They are sure to help us to put the tape-recorder right. 7.

Everybody ... him to hurry out, but he remained proudly in his seat. 8. Nobody ...

the weather to become so nasty. 9. The children ... impatiently for the beginning

of the performance. 10. They ... the river to freeze over in a few days. 11. We ...

the box-office to be opened on Sunday.

XIII.

Make up your own sentences with the phrases: How much is it? What is the

price? What does it cost? and use them in micro-dialogues.

XIV.

Translate the following sentences into English:

A. 1. Какого размера перчатки (туфли, пальто) вы носите? 2. Это платье

вам идет. Вам идет эта шляпа. Не примеряйте это платье. Вам не подходит

цвет. Идет ли мне эта блуза? 3. Я хочу купить туфли в тон своему новому

костюму. 4. Этот костюм плохо сидит на мне. Это платье очень хорошо

сидит на вас. Ирине очень идет зто платье. 5. Эти перчатки не подходят к

твоему костюму. Эти туфли не подходят к твоему нарядному платью. Этот

бант не подходит к твоей лиловой блузке. 6. Эта блузка широка тебе. Этот

костюм вам широк. Это платье мне узко. Эти туфли мне малы. Этот пиджак

вам узок. 7. Эти туфли очень красивы. Примерьте их. Это пальто очень

элегантно. Примерьте его. 8. Это пальто слишком дорого для меня. Этот

зонтик не очень дорогой. 9. Мне нужны дешевые туфли для улицы. Я

предпочитаю носить дешевые вещи. Ю. По-моемуг он умен. По-моему, это

неинтересно. По-моему, нужно подождать его.

B. 1. У нас кончилось мясо. У нас кончился лук. У нас кончился

картофель. 2. Мне нужно пойти в бакалею (булочную, овощной

магазин, рыбный магазин, в кондитерскую, молочную, фруктовый магазин). 3. Это

Нина нам помогла. Это мама вымыла всю посуду Это Николай был нашим гидом. 4.

Моя очередь читать. Твоя очередь идти за покупками Ее очередь мыть посуду. 5. Пусть

Петя купит лук. Пусть Аня купит кочан капусты. Пусть Николай купит огурцы. 6. Не

ждите его, он не придет. Кто ждет меня? — Роджер. Пожалуйста, подожди нас на

станции у билетной кассы.

XV.

Retell Text 1 on the part of (a) Carrie; (b) Drouet.

XV.

Think of sentences using the word combinations in bold type. Add a

sentence or two to develop a situation as in the model.

M o d e l : I don't know much about this material. So I'm not buying the

dress, I'm afraid.

1. Will you pleaseshow me that blue dress? 2. I don't know muchabout

this fruit-shop. 3. We've run out ofsugar. 4. She looks so smarttoday. 5. It was

Nelly whodid all the shopping. 6 LetNelly goto the fishmonger's. 7. He went

both tothe greengrocer 's and tothe baker's. 8. This cut is out of fashionnow. 9.

It's your turnto go shopping. 10. It isthose boys whoare fond of figure skating.

XVII.

Retell the story using indirect speech. Write logical questions

to the text. Give a title to it:

Once a little boy entered a shop and said to the shopman: "How much will I

have tor pay for ten pounds of sugar, two pounds of coffee and three pounds of

butter?" The shopman took a piece of paper and a pencil, wrote something down

and said: "Four dollars and sixty cents."

Then the boy said: "How much change will you give me if I give you five

dollars?"

"I shall give you forty cents," answered the shopman.

"Thank you," said the boy, "I don't want to buy anything. It is my homework

for tomorrow, and I cannot do it myself."

XVIII.

Fill in articles wherever necessary. Retell the text:

... train stopped at ... small station. ... passenger looked out of... window and

saw ... woman who was selling ... cakes. ... man wanted to buy ... cake. ... woman

was standing rather far from ... carriage. ... man called ... boy, who was walking

on ... platform near ... carriage and asked him:

"How much does ... cake cost?"

"Three pence, sir," answered ... boy. .. man gave him ... sixpence and said to