Fill in the correct pronoun

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ бакалаврИАТА

Под редакцией профессора Н.А.Голиковой

Утверждено советом университета

в качестве учебного пособия

Санкт-Петербург

ББК 81.2 Англ.

УДК 802.0

Рецензенты:

кандидат педагогических наук, доцент Л.В.Семенова

кандидат филологических наук, доцент Т. А. Строгая

Колышкина Л.Л., Вихарева Г.А., Воскресенская Н.Е., Ершова Н.Э., Захарова С.А., Зачиняева О.В., Маковецкая И.А., Силина Е.К.

Английский язык для студентов бакалавриата:учебное пособие / Под ред. проф. Н.А.Голиковой. – СПб: СПбГМТУ, 2012. – 104 с.

Учебное пособие предназначено для обучения речевой деятельности на английском языке студентов всех направлений подготовки по программам бакалавриата.

Пособие состоит из шести разделов, охватывающих следующие темы: «Семья», «Высшее образование», «Россия», «Мировая культура», «Спорт и фитнес», «Моя будущая профессия».Каждый раздел содержит тексты для изучающего и ознакомительного чтения, лексико-грамматические и коммуникативно-речевые упражнения, тематический словарь и тестовые задания.

В пособии имеются приложения, включающие образцы деловой корреспонденции, примеры разговорных клише, таблицы грамматических и словообразовательных моделей.

ББК 81.2 Англ.

УДК 802.0

Ó СПбГМТУ,

CONTENTS

Unit 1. Family…………………………………………….........5

Unit 2. Higher Education………………….…………….........21

Unit 3. Russia……………………………….………………...40

Unit 4. The World of Culture…………….…………………...54

Unit 5. Sport and Fitness……………………………………...69

Unit 6. My Future Profession…………………………………78

Appendix 1. Irregular Verbs…………………………………..90

Appendix 2. English Tenses…………………………………..92

Appendix 3. Wordbuilding………………………….………...94

Appendix 4. Business Letters…………………………………96

Appendix 5. Speech Patterns………………………...............102

Phonetic Symbols

Согласные Consonants

Гласные Vowels

[b] but [p] pen [v] very [f] fine [k] cat [g] go [s] sit [z] zero [d] day [t] ten [G] jam [C] child

[T] think [D] this [j] yes [m] my [n] no [r] red [l] like [Z] television [S] she [h] he [w] we [N] song

[A] but [e] pen [I] sit [x] cat [P] dog [u] put [q] about, center [R] car [J] see [L] four [H] too [W] girl

[eI] day [aI] my [OI] boy [eq] where [qV] no [Iq] here [uq poor [aV] now [aIq] fire [aVq] our [eIq] chaos [OIq] lawyer

UNIT 1. FAMILY

Grammar: Personal pronouns and their derivatives; to be; to have; there is/are; plurals of nouns; some, any, no and their derivatives; Active Simple tenses; basic forms of the verb; Conditional I

Vocabulary

Bachelor of Science /Arts – бакалавр естественных /

гуманитарных наук

cousin n – двоюродный брат, /-ая сестра

divorced a – разведенный

enough adv – достаточно

get on – ладить

grandparent n – бабушка, дедушка

grandchild n – внук, внучка

guest n – гость

housewife n – домохозяйка

hostel n – общежитие

husband n – муж

magazine n – журнал

married a – женатый, замужем

modern conveniences – современные удобства

neighbour n – сосед

pen-friend / penpal / keypal n – друг по переписке

parent n – родитель

secondary school – общеобразовательная школа

share household chores/duties – делить домашние обязанности

single a – одинокий, холостой,

незамужняя

suburb n – пригород

surname n – фамилия

spend time – проводить время

teenager/teen n – подросток

wife n – жена

1.1 Read these words and give their Russian equivalents.

Nouns n (существительные): university, principle, mathematics, physics

Verbs v (глаголы): form, start, finish, organize

Adjectives a (прилагательные): special, technical, practical, general, favourite

Adverbs adv (наречия): finally, practically, generally, often, seldom

Grammar: Personal and Possessive Pronouns

	Person	Subject, pronoun	Object pronoun	Possessive adjective	Possessive pronoun	Reflexive, pronoun
Singular		I	me	my	mine	myself
	you	you	your	yours	yourself
	he she it	him her it	his her its	his hers its	himself herself itself
Plural		we	us	our	ours	ourselves
	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
	they	them	their	theirs	themselves

1.2 Choose the correct pronoun.

a) 1.She gives me her/hers phone number and I gave her my/mine. 2.They take you home in their/theirs car. 3.We show them our/ours documents. 4.Is that book your/yours? 5.Here are his notes. Can you see their/them? 6.This isn’t my/mine bag. My/Mine is brown. 7.Can we use your/yours CD-player? Our/ours is broken.

b) 1.They love their/them daughter. 2.Here’s her/she computer. She uses him/his/it every day. 3.Do you like us/our new house? 4.Look at the map. This is Scotland. It/Its capital is Edinburgh. 5.They don’t often visit us/our. 6.Can you see their/them children? – No, I can’t see their/them. 7.Do you want to watch the film? – No, I don’t like him/it. 8.Where’s John? Find him/his at once. 9.Take your/you watch and give them/it to we/us. 10.Where are her/me glasses? She usually wears it/them at work. 11.The cat looks at my/me with his/its yellow eyes.

1.3 Fill in the gaps choosing suitable reflexive pronouns.

1.She felt so unhappy that she threw … on the bed and cried. 2.Look at … in the mirror: your face is all dirty. 3.Hurry up, children! Put away your toys. You must do it … . 4.After the shower he dried … on a big and soft towel. 5.It was a wonderful day and we really enjoyed … . 6.I know that I’ll never let … ask her such a question. 7.They have nobody to thank but … .

Fill in the correct pronoun.

Dear Jane,

thank you for … last letter. I really enjoyed reading … . Have … sisters started … new school yet? I’m sure … will enjoy … very much if they settle in and make new friends. Mary asked me for … new address, so I gave … to … . I hope … don’t mind. Also I saw Anne last week. She said … would phone you this week to invite you to … birthday party. Please write to … soon.

Love,

Rachel

Grammar: Verb to be – быть, являться, находиться, существовать