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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? 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 classroom 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. I left school in June. I began to prepare for my entrance exams to the Institute. 2. The first students entered the Institute more than 100 years ago. 3. We all gathered at my cousin's place to see the New Year in. 4.I 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. I 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.
Model: We decided to learn to swim. We made up our minds to learn to swim.
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 of.
Model: 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.
Model: 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.
Model: We are proud of our University. It goes without saving 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.
XVII. Give sentences with the constructions to go in for and to be good at using the following words. Explain their meaning:
music, sports, poetry, painting, swimming, singing, foreign languages.
XVIII. a) Let the members of the class ask and answer questions. Give short answers and add a sentence of your own in the Past Indefinite or Past Continuous Tenses as in the models.
Model 1: When did he take his exam in History? - On Wednesday. He passed it successfully.
Model 2: Were they playing chess when he returned? - No, (they weren't). They were having supper.
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