I. Study Substitution Tables No. 1, 2 and compose as many sentences as you can

II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs:

tell, go, come, walk, give, take, put, say, speak, hear, see, read, write, finish, begin, make, show, enter, teach, study, find, get, leave, stay, pay, eat, drink, prefer, ask, answer, pass, stop, prepare, travel, examine, offer, plan, carry, occur, quarrel.

III. Express the idea in the past (change the adverbials if necessary):

1. My sister works hard at her English this year. 2. They must write many exercises at home. 3. The students speak only English at the lesson. 4. Our lessons begin at 12 on Thursday. 5. Our family gets up at 8 o'clock on Sunday. 6. I usually prepare my homework in the morning. 7. Before going to bed I can rest for half an hour and listen to the news. 8. We often have to work together. 9. We gather at the club every Saturday. 10. The girl reads about 20 pages every day. 11. Inthe morning she takes a cold shower, dries herself on the towel and cleans her teeth before she puts on her clothes. 12. We don't understand these words. 13. The boys do morning exercises every day. 14. Why don't you turn off the cassette-recorder when you leave the room? 15. How long does it take you to get to the theatre? - It takes me half an hour to get there.

IV. Give the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:

1. Ann got a good mark yesterday. 2. We translated the text two days ago. 3. He was translating the text at that time. 4. He came home late last night. 5. She finished her work half an hour ago. 6. They had breakfast at 8. 7. They were waiting for us then. 8. My friend saw this film last week. 9. He was looking at the people in the hall. 10. There was a mistake in his test. 11. Ann was having dinner at six o'clock. 12. They had to take four exams.

V. Answer the following questions:

1. Have you bought this book? 2. When did you buy it? 3. Have you seen this play? 4. When did you see it? 5. Have you made this dress yourself? 6. When did you make it? 7. What were you doing at 7 last night? 8. Were you knitting at that moment? 9. What were you reading when I entered? 10. What were you singing when he came? 11. Why were you laughing when you saw him? 12. Why was the baby crying? 13. What were you doing when we rang you up? 14. What were they writing when the teacher entered? 15. What was he listening to when you called him? 16. What were you reading when the door-bell rang? 17. Where were you going to when I stopped you? 18. Where was the boy running when you saw him?

VI. Use the following sentences in indirect speech:

1. He said: "I want to see you today." 2. She said: "I am free tonight. May I come to see you?" 3. Mother said to me: "I feel bad today." 4. The students of Group 106 said to us: "We have four exams this spring." 5. The pupil said to the teacher: "I can do my homework after dinner." 6. The teacher said: "You work hard, I know. You are a good boy." 7. The teacher said to the students: "We have 18 hours of English a week." 8. The dean said at the meeting: "The first-year students must work well." 9. The girl asked: "May I wait for my friend here?" 10. She said: "Are you going to the club together?" 11. The old man said to her: "You can sing perfectly." 12. My sister said to me: "You look very well, I hope you are all right?" 13. The girl said to me: "I am going to become a doctor." 14. Some of our students said to him: "You are not right. You don't work hard enough." 15. He said to us: "I agree, I don't always work systematically." 16. My uncle said to us: "I buy several newspapers every day." 17. "You are an excellent cook. Everything is so tasty," my guest said.

VII. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense-form:

1. They (to go) to the Maly Theatre last week. 2. They (to be) to the theatre twice this week. 3. He (to come) home, (to have) a short rest, (to read) an article from the latest magazine and (to begin) to prepare his lessons. 4. When (to return) your friend from the South? -- She (to return) yesterday. -- You (to go) to the station to meet her? - - No, I (can) not. I (to be) too busy. 5. With whom (to discuss) you this question yesterday? 6. I (to see) this film this week and I like it very much. 7. When I (to enter) the kitchen, I (to see) that my mother (to stand) at the table and (to cut) some cabbage. She (to cook) dinner. 8. As soon as I (to hear) a cry I (to run) out of the room and (to see) that the child (to lie) on the ground and (to cry). "What (to happen)? (To hurt) you yourself?" 9. I (to want) to get tickets to the Bolshoi Theatre. - You (to want) to hear the new opera? (Not to hear) you it yet? 10. What (to go) you to do? -- Now I (to go) to have a bite. I (to have) not any dinner today. 11. As soon as I (to see) him, I (to understand) that he (to work) hard. He (to think) of something very important for him and (not to notice) anything. 12. Your brother (to return) from the North? -Yes, he (to come) two days ago. 13. (To be) you to the Crimea? When (to be) you there? - I (to stay) there for two months in 1979. I (to remember) I (to like) everything there, and most of all I (to like) the sea.

VIII. a) Compose sentences of your own using have (had) to in the affirmative, interrogative and negative forms. b) Ask one another questions and answer them as in the models.

Model 1: Did he have to prepare for his entrance exams? -Yes, he had to take four exams.

Model 2: Did he have to wait long? - No, he didn't have to stay there.

TEXT 1

Our university

(A Letter)

Dear Helen,

Don't be angry with me for my long silence, but really I was too busy to write.

As you know, I left school in June and began to prepare for my entrance exams to the University. As both my mother and father are teachers I have made up my mind to be a teacher too. I think teaching is a noble profession.

I had to take four exams and passed all of them with excellent marks. So I'm glad to tell you that now I'm a first-year student at the Moscow State Teacher Training University.

I should like to show you the main building of our University. I can't help admiring this fine old building with its beautiful columns. The first students entered it more than 120 years ago.

It goes without saying we, students, are very proud of this fact.

There are 18 faculties at our University which train teachers in many subjects: Russian, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Foreign languages and others. Many well-known professors teach at our University.

We have good libraries and reading-rooms and for those who go in for sports there are good gymnasiums and a stadium.

At present we have quite a lot of work as we have English practice, Grammar and Phonetics, Linguistics, History of our native land and other subjects. There is an English speaking club at our faculty. It gives us a good opportunity to master the language, but I don't take part in it yet. I'm working hard at my pronunciation. There is a good language laboratory at our faculty where we work with cassette-recorders. It helps us to find out our mistakes and to get rid of them in the shortest possible time.

So that's the latest news about myself. Please write to me about your life and studies.

My best regards to your parents.

Yours,

Ann.

TEXT 2

A telephone call

Alex is about to ring up a friend of his. He picks up the receiver, and dials the number. The first time the line is engaged but then he gets through.

A: Bob?

B: Speaking.

A: This is Alex. Hello, old chap. Haven't heard from you for ages. How are you?

B: Oh, hello, Alex. I'm fine, thanks.

A: Wonderful, I hear you passed all your entrance exams with excellent marks. So you are a student now, aren't you?

В: Well yes, and you?

A: I wasn't so lucky at the exams, in fact. I only got good marks in the main subjects: physics and maths.

В: I wonder if you find it difficult to study mathematics?

A: Rather. I spend a lot of time doing my home assignment. But I'm not at all sorry. You've got to work hard to make good progress.

B: Do you have time to go in for sports?

A: Yes, of course, I joined the University sports society, as I'm fond of skating, skiing and tennis.

B: As for me, I'm a member of our English speaking club. I've joined our drama society and the choir. They say I'm rather good at both singing and acting.

A: Good, isn't it? Hope to see you some day. Will you invite me to your club?

B: Sure.

A: By the way, I've got a new telephone number. It is now 235...

B: Just a second. I must have a pen to put it down. Yes?

A: So I repeat 235-60-57. I'll be expecting your call. Bye-bye.

B: So long, then.

Vocabulary notes

angry adj сердитый, раздраженный, разгневанный; anger n; to be angry with smb. сердиться на кого-л., е. g. She was angry with me because I was late.

silence n тишина, молчание; silent adj тихий, молчаливый; Keep silent! Соблюдайте тишину! е. g. Keep silent, I can't hear anything!

to leave school (no article!) оканчивать школу; Cf. to go to school, to go by bus, to go to bed

entrance n вход; entrance exams вступительные экзамены; Ant. exit; enter vt; Syn. come vi; Ant. leave vt, e. g. He entered Room 5. Come in!

mind n разум, ум, память; vt помнить; иметь в виду; следить за собой, за своими словами; возражать, иметь что-л. против;

to make up one's mind = to decide; Never mind! Ничего, неважно. To my mind. По-моему.

exam(ination) n экзамен; examine vt проверять, экзаменовать; examiner n экзаменатор; to take an exam держать, сдавать экзамен; to pass one's exam выдержать, сдать экзамен, е. g. Не took an exam in Geography but he didn't pass it.

mark n оценка, отметка; to give a mark поставить оценку; а mark for an answer оценка за ответ; a mark in a subject оценка по предмету, е. g. He got a satisfactory mark in Physics. The teacher gave me a five for my answer yesterday.

train vt тренировать; to train teachers готовить учителей

one can't help (doing smth.) нельзя не..., нельзя удержаться от..., чтобы не..., е. g. I couldn't help smiling, the child was so funny.

admire vt восхищаться, любоваться; admiration n, е. g. We all admire your singing. The people looked at the actress in admiration.

It goes without saying. Само собой разумеется, е. g. It goes without saying we help those who need our help.

proud adj гордый; pride n; to be proud of smth. гордиться чём-л., e. g. We are all proud of our country.

subjects (учебные) предметы; Literature литература, Mathematics (Maths) математика, Physics физика, Geography география, Chemistry химия. Biology биология, a Foreign language иностранный язык, Linguistics языкознание

professor n профессор, преподаватель; scientist n ученый (чаще в области точных наук); science n наука; scientific adj научный; research worker научный работник

to go in for увлекаться, заниматься, е. g. The students of our group go in for sports.

opportunity n возможность, е. g. This is a good opportunity to help them.

to master the language овладеть языком

hard adj/adv тяжелый, трудный/тяжело; усиленно; Cf. hard work, to work hard at smth.; hard-working трудолюбивый, старательный

to get rid of отделаться, избавиться, е. g. I can't get rid of my mistakes.

best regards to... большой привет; Syn. Remember me to...

receiver n телефонная трубка

to pick up the receiver поднять трубку

to hang up положить трубку

dial vt набирать (номер); dial n диск

the line is engaged (free) линия занята (свободна); to engage занимать. Hold the line, please. He вешайте трубку.

to get through дозвониться; Are you through? Вы разговариваете? Вы слышите?

lucky adj удачный, счастливый, e. g. I know him, heis always lucky. Ему везет.

spend (spent, spent) vt тратить, расходовать, e. g. Не spends much money on books. I spend much time on my English.

to make (good) progress делать успехи, е. g. We hope to make good progress in English.

They say... Говорят..., e. g. They say it is going to be cold.

to be good at smth. (or at doing smth.) удаваться, получаться, быть способным к..., е. g. She is very good at singing.

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