Чтение некоторых согласных

c	g	th	w
[s] face city bicycle	[k] cut cool class	[dZ] fridge origin gym	[g] game got glad	[T] thick think Thursday	[D] this they father	[w] window white warm	[-] write wrong who

Read the following words:

take, main, see, fine, eve, cap, cell, kind, close, fork, soon, tube, year, watch, wrong, knit, thick, then, singer, age, god, fair, fire, pure, burn, quarter, exact, new, hall, night, chess, yeast, mind, warm, who, glove, noise, grass, July, row, party, cake, stamp, mean, dear, tie, give, find, brown, fog, took, food, floor, cheese, which, wrist, knee, quit, lace, lack, clay, shirt, nurse, endure, hire, hare, mere, world, want, few, sight, expect, exist, grow, down, boil, mild, sugar, social, official.

Read and learn the following tongue-twisters:

1. A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

2. I can think of six thin things,

And of six thick things, too.

3. Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?

4. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream!

5. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.

Speaking

Some Necessary Greetings Some Phrases of Parting

Hi! Hello! How do you do? – Здравствуйте! How are you? – Как поживаешь? Glad /nice to meet you – Рад познакомиться с вами. Meet my friend – Познакомься с моим другом.

Good-bye / Bye-bye / Bye. So long – Пока! See you again / soon / later – Увидимся (позже). I must be going. – Мне нужно уходить. All the best. – Желаю удачи.

Sample Dialogue

A: Hello!

B: Hi! Meet my friend Nick. He is a first-year student. He is Russian.

A: Nice to meet you. My name is Alice.

C: I’m glad to meet you too. And where are you from, Alice?

A: I am from France. But I’m in a hurry now. So long.

B and C: See you soon.

Exercise 1. Make up dialogues putting the sentences in the right order.

A. He is married. Is he our new manager? I don’t know. What is his name? What is his E-mail address? Is he married or single? His name is Dick. Yes, he is.

B. Yes, she is. She is Spanish. She lives in Madrid. Is she Italian or Spanish? And what is her occupation? Is Alice your friend? And can she speak English? Yes, she can. She is a guide. She can speak three foreign languages.

*Exercise 2. Read the answers. What were the questions?

1.________________________? – I’m fine, thanks.

2.________________________ ? – They are from Italy.

3.________________________ ? – My girl-friend is in Greece.

4.________________________ ? – Our names are Kate and Sally.

5.________________________ ? – No, I am single.

6.________________________ ? – No, I’m a student.

7.________________________ ? – It is 543 442 661.

8.________________________ ? – It is 17 Pushkin Street, Perm.

*Exercise 3. Complete the dialogue and make up your own dialogues using the previous patterns.

- Hello, Ted.

- …, Helen. …?

- I’m fine, thanks. … my friend Sam. He is … London.

- Oh! … an Englishman?

- Yes.

- Glad … .

- … too.

- What do you do (for living)?

- … a doctor.

- But we … now. … soon.

- All … .

Some information about your brief personal history

Curriculum vitae [kq"rIkjulqm'vItaI] = CV – резюме

Resume ['rezjumeI] /USA/ – резюме

Sample Curriculum Vitae

Name	John Edward Harvey
Address and telephone number	27 South St., Stoke Ripton, Birnshire, XY195LM T-(49675) 223926
Date and place of birth	7^th August 1995, Bath
Nationality	British
Age
Education	2001-2009 Ripton County school. 2009-2010 Grant College of Further Education
Languages	French, German
Previous experience	Summer job working at a local supermarket
Interests	Swimming, tennis, art, computer

Exercise 4. Make up the sentences using the following words.

His name is…; lives…; was born…; he is…, studied at…, can speak…, had a job at…, is interested in… .

*Exercise 5. Make up your own CV (printed).

Exercise 6. Answer the questions and introduce yourself to your group mates.

1. What’s your first /family/ name? 2. How old are you? 3. Are you single or married? 4. When is your birthday? 5. Where are you from? 6. Where do you live? 7. What is your future profession? 8. What do you do in your spare time? 9. What do you think about your boy/girl friend? 10. What’s your telephone number? 11. How do you spell your surname?

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1.Give short answers. Pay attention to the verb “to be” § 8.2.

Model: Are you from Perm? →Yes, I am. / No, I am not.

1. Are you a student of Technical University? 2. Is your girl-friend seventeen? 3. Is your boy-friend a student of Philology? 4. Are your parents from Perm? 5. Are they teachers? 6. Is a lawyer a well-paid job? 7. Is this book a dictionary? 8. Is your pet clever? 9. Are your group-mates good friends? 10. Are you good at English?

11. Were you at home yesterday evening? 12. Was your friend in the library the day before yesterday? 13. Were your group-mates in the University on Sunday? 14. Were they late for classes on Monday? 15. Was the weather fine last week? 16. Was the home task in English difficult?

17. Will you be at the University tomorrow? 18. Will you be a student in five years? 19. Will the lesson be over at 6 o’clock? 20. Will the English language be popular in the future?

*Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with the necessary form of the verb “to be”.

am, is, are (Present) was, were (Past) will be (Future)

1. I … in the library yesterday. 2. Where ... they from? 3. We … in the south of Perm region last year. 4. My friends ... in the north of Russia now. 5. ... this kind of transport good? 6. Ann … a good teacher in the future. 7. It ... the way to my house. 8. They … real friends in the past. 9. There … a traffic jam yesterday. 10. It … warm next week. 11. … your sister a student too? 12. Kate … here in two days. 13. Ann … good at English. 14. My brother and I ... at home.

**Exercise 3. Find one mistake in each sentence.

1. Is the days lovely? 2. Yes, my children aren’t in the bar. 3. The cinema is in Writhen Square? 4. I is not in the bank. 5. The taxi aren’t near the theatre. 6. Where the hotel? 7. What is your names? 8. The town aren’t in the north of France. 9. I am not a student, I a doctor. 10. Where will he from?

*Exercise 4. Choose the necessary pronoun. § 5.

1. … house is in Spain. A their B them C us	6. I want to tell … the story. A them B its C me
2. Tell … about this country. A our B us C she	7. She enjoyed … very much. A hers B myself C herself
3. Can I take a glass? – Yes, help... A you B them C yourself	8. … street is in the north. A me B it C our
4. They are … children. A hers B its C his	9. … have a nice bar. A they B our C her
5. Take the book. Give … to Jane. A her B them C it	10. John is a friend of … . A us B mine C my

Exercise 5. Use the objective form of the pronoun. § 5.1.

1. Will you give (I) your pen, please! 2. Don’t tell (we) this story again. 3. I’ll be glad to show (you) around my house. 4. What a pretty little girl! Look at (she)! 5. Can you explain (he) the problem? 6. If you need a dictionary, take (it)! 7. Read the new words and classify (they) into 2 groups: verbs and nouns.

*Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with necessary possessive pronouns. § 5.3.

1. This is my elder sister, …name is Julia. 2. Ted is 17, … dream is to become an economist. 3. Is it Mary’s cell phone? – Yes, it’s … 4. The Browns are my neighbours, … house is across the street from …. 5. Bob, what is … pet’s name? – Rex. 6. Whose exercise-book is it? Is it …, Ann? 7. We are going to the concert. These are … tickets. 8. Don’t take these seats, they are … .

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with the necessary form of the verb “to have” (have, has, had, will have, haven’t, hasn’t). § 8.2.

1. They … dinner together every Sunday. 2. We … much free time tomorrow morning. 3. He … got a brother, he … got two younger sisters. 4. We … little work to do yesterday evening. 5. … she got a credit card? Yes, she … . 6. Did you … a rest yesterday? Yes, I … a good rest. 7. … you got a pet at home? – No, I ... . 8. She … a nice dress on. 9. I’m sure he … a good mark in History next term.

*Exercise 8. Fill in the articles (a, an, the) where necessary. § 1.5.

1. This is … camera. 2. This is … David. 3. I’d like to change … money. 4. … Martin is from … Italy. 5. This is … cinema. … cinema is new. 6. I’d like to buy … orange. 7. I am … student. My brothers are … farmers. 8. I want to buy … this stamp. 9. This is my … Smartphone. 10. … Smiths live in … London. 11. These are … students of our group. 12. …man entered the room. 13. She has … aunt and two … uncles. 14. Would you like …cup of tea? – Yes, I usually drink … tea in the morning.

Exercise 9. Read the nouns and classify them into 3 groups: a) with the sound [s] in the plural; b) with the sound [(I)z]; c) exceptions. § 1.1.

Rooms, hands, hats, children, fish, boys, books, foxes, horses, brushes, mouths, boxes, potatoes, roofs, steps, computers, leaves, bananas, houses, feet, watches, minutes, dollars, guides, telephones, eyes, squares, names, nurses, women, jobs, mice, cameras, men, shelves, teeth, news.

*Exercise 10. Write the nouns in the plural form. § 1.1.

A farmer, a country, a city, a day, a disc, a leaf, an address, a lemon, an apple, a child, a man, a house, a mouse, a tooth, a photo, hair, a potato, a box, a hobby, an exercise-book, a piano, a son-in-law, a wife, a gallery, a toy, a roof, a foot, money.

Exercise 11. Use correctly:

a) this or these: … prize, … credit-tests, … lecture, … town, … shoes, … hair, … students, … men, … news, … houses.

b) that or those: … photo, … children, … shelves, … library, … apples, … bags, … building, … women, … brothers-in-law.

**Exercise 12. Write the sentences in the plural form.

1) I am a student.

2) He is French.

3) This is a book.

4) That is a man.

5) This woman has a large family.

Exercise 13. Translate into Russian. § 1.3.

1. Jack London’s novels, John Lennon’s songs, Chekhov’s short stories, Lomonosov’s works, my sisters’ names, my sister’s children, this child’s mother, my friend’s sister, these students’ books, the teacher’s bag.

*Exercise 14. Form the Possessive Case of the nouns.

1) jeans, Peter 2) boy-friend, Bess 3) best test, Denis 4) TV-set, my mother-in-law 5) children, Mike and Mary 6) best red dress, Helen

7) faces, children.