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is_comfortable, Sandfordjsays.
b) Alveolars replaced by dentals: andj:he rooms, and J:he bathroom.
b) Loss of plosion: fruitjtrees, but^Doctor, mustj^ay.
c) No glottal stop: in frontjsf, there is_a green lawn, is^also, his_own.
1. [ d ] – doctor, not, modern, following, long;W– lawn, also,
cal , before, orchard;[зи]– cosy, also, only, own, so; ,[35]—
Sandford, pantry, grandmother;[u:]– rooms, two, fruit;[ai]—
behind, dining-room, quite;[з:]– nursery, furniture;[e]– Betty,
bedroom, every, many;[au]– house, downstairs.
V. a) Listen to the recording of the text «Doctor Sandford's House». Mark the
stresses and tunes, b) Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the text carefully
until you can say it in exactly the same way.
VI. Transcribe the following sentences. Mark the stresses and tunes:
1. Behind Doctor Sandford's house there is a small orchard. 2. He says: "I
have a good television-set." 3. The house is not large, but it is comfortable.
VII. Answer the following questions:
A. 1. Is Doctor Sandford's house large? 2. What is there in front of the
house and behind it? 3. What rooms are there in the house? 4. What kind of
furniture is there in the house? 5. Is it Doctor Sandford's own house?
B. 1. Is your flat large or small? 2. How many rooms are there in your flat?
3. What do you call a room people sleep in? 4. What do you call a room
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people have meals in? 5. What do you call a room where a person studies,
reads, writes, etc.? 6. What do you call a room where children sleep, play and
have meals? 7. What do you call a room where people spend time after dinner
or supper (where guests are received)? 8. What do
you call a room where food is cooked? 9. What do you call a room where
food is kept? 10. Is your flat comfortable and cosy?
11.There is a green lawn in front of your house, isn't there?
12.
Are there any fruit trees in your garden? 13. Is your house old or
new? 14. What colour are the walls in your flat? 15. What articles of furniture
are there in your parents' bedroom (the dining-room, your father's study, your
own room)? 16. There are many new houses in your street, aren't there? 17.
Have you got a rubbish chute in you flat to carry rubbish down? 18. Have you
got built-in furniture in your flat? 19. Has she got a unit in her room?
С. 1. Can you read English? 2. Can you speak French? 3. Who can answer
my question? 4. Where can I find this book? 5. You can transcribe this word,
can't you? 6. You can't speak German, can you? 7. May I ask you a few
questions? 8.MayIgo out? 9. May I open the window? 10. May I take your
book? 11. Must I translate this text? 12. Must we learn this poem by heart? 13.
Must I put this book into the desk? 14. What must I read now? 15. (At) What
time must I come home? 16. We can't go to the skating-rink at four, can we?
VIII. Write in words:
a) 122,2 489,1 963,1 844; 11 389,20 856; 119 922.
b) M o d e l : 3.15 – It's a quarter past three.
5.05; 3.25; 6.30; 3.35; 11.40; 10.15; 9.20; 5.10; 4.45; 7.05; 7.55; 8.50.
IX. a) Chance the following sentences into interrogative and negative:
1. There are some fruit trees in front of my house. 2. There is a study in
our flat. 3. It is a difficult text. 4.1 have a room of my own. 5. We can go out
for a walk now. 6. You may open the window. 7. The students must learn this
dialogue by heart. 8. Mr. Sandford must pay much money for his house. 9.
You must switch off the cassette-recorder.
b) Ask one another questions on the statements above and answer them in the
negative. Mind the distribution of sentence-stress in the replies.
M o d e l : The walls of our kitchen are tiled.
Are the walls of your kitchen tiled ? No, they xaren4
tiled.
X. a) Form all possible questions to which the following sentences are the
answers, b) Each sentence states a certain fact. Find some more details about it by
asking questions. Work in pairs:
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1. There are eight fruit trees in our garden. 2. Mr. Sandford is the head of
the family. 3.1 can answer this question. 4. My brother can speak French. 5.
You may ring me up tonight. 6. We may go home now. 7. They must prepare
this poem for phonetic reading. 8.1 must work much at my pronunciation. 9.
On the right you can see a standard-lamp.
XL Fill in the missing words:
1. There is no ... in my flat. 2. There are many fruit trees in our . . . . 3.
There is a green ... in front of his Institute. 4. Where is you father? – He is
working in the . . . . 5. My sister's room is very .... 6. Is this your ... book? 7.
The furniture in my brother's room is quite.... 8. The floor is covered with a
beautiful thick.... 9. A... serves to carry rubbish down.
XII.
a) Ask your fellow-student questions on pictures on p. 114—115. Work in
pairs, b) Describe the pictures.
XII.
Fill in prepositions if necessary:
1. It is a quarter ... ten (10.15). 2. I must get up ... half past six. 3. He must
be back ... half... an hour. 4. May I come ... an hour? 5. You needn't work
late ... night. 6. May I finish this translation... the morning? 7. What's the
time ...your watch? – It is half... nine. – Your waWh is slow, I am afraid.
You must set it right. It is already a quarter ... ten. 8. Picture No. 6 is ... page
20. 9. Where is Ann? – She must be ... home. 10. Which day. . the week is
Sunday? 11. It's time ... a break, I believe. 12. Open your books... page 98.
XIV.
Fill in some, no, {not) any, {not) much, little, a little, [not) many, few, a
few, a lot of*
1. I have ... work today. 2. I should like to have ... milk for breakfast. 3.
Mary ha^Jriends at the Institute. 4. There are ... boys in Group Two. 5. Can
you give me... English books? 6. Are there ... fruit trees in your orchard? 7.1
have ... spare time today. 8. Who can give the boy ... pencils? 9.1 must ask you
... questions about your studies. 10. Have I ... mistakes in spelling? 11. Are ...
students away from the lesson? 12.1 hope, I have ... mistakes in my
translation.
XV.
Change the following sentences using the given model.
M o d e l : Can you show me the room of your sister? Can you show me
your sister's room?
1. May I see the book of John? 2. Will you come to the birthday party of
my daughter? 3. You must read all the novels by Dickens. 4. He must check
the work of his students. 5. Who can tell me the address of the Smiths? 6.
There are all modern conveniences in the flat of my mother-in-law. 7. May I
have a book from the library of your father? 8. Where can I listen to the music
of Prokofiev? 9. Is there any built-in furniture in the flat of your cousin?
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XVI.
Complete the sentences. Observe the low rising ^>ne in adverbial groups:
1. In the middle of the room ... . 2. On the walls ... . 3. On the left . . . . 4.
To the right of the fridge . . . . 5. Next to the door ... . 6. In front of the house 7.
Next to the writing-table ... . 8. I n the bathroom . . . . 9. In the kitchen ... . 10.
Upstairs . . . .
XVII.
Fill in the missing modal verb:
1. My sister can read English but she ... not read German. 2. Who ... recite
this poem? 3. ... I smoke here? – I am afraid not. 4. ... I pay for these books
"at once? – No, you needn't. You ... pay for them in a day or two. 5. The
lesson is over. We ... go home now. 6. ... 1 take your dictionary? – Do,
please. 7. Must we translate this article in class? – No, you you'll do i t a t
home. 8. You ... find our dean upstairs, 9. ... I see your father's study? 10.
What kind of furniture ... you see in the sitting-room? 11. You ... take a cold
shower every morning. 12. ... I come to see you tomorrow at ten o'clock?
13. ... you do this translation in the morning? 14. I ... be a t the Institute a t
eight. 15. It is dark. You ... draw the curtains.
XVIII.
Think of stimulating phrases to which the phrases below are the replies:
1. Do, please. (Yes, please.) 2. I am afraid not. 3. No, you (he, she, they)
mustn't. 4. No, you needn't. 5. Yes, I (she, h e we, they) can. 6. No, I (she, he,
we, they) can't. 7. That's too bad.
XIX. Supply short replies stimulating further talk. Work in pairs.
M o d e l : You can go now. – ,Can I?
1. You can stop here. 2. You may rest in the garden. 3. You must telephone
him at once. 4. You can turn off the gas. 5. You may listen to the radio. 6. You
may stay with us. 7. You must go to the lab today. 8. You must read the text
again. 9. You can go home now.
XX.
Translate the sentences into English:
1. Перед нашим домом много цветов. 2. Наша квартира на втором
этаже. 3. Можно мне поговорить с вами сейчас, или я должна прийти
завтра? 4. Могу ли я купить этот приемник? 5. Квартира моей сестры
очень удобная и уютная. 6. Есть ли в вашей квартире кладовая? – Нет. 7.
В этой квартире две комнаты и кухня.
8. Можно ли детям пойти на каток? – Нет, уже слишком поздно.
9. Могу ли я поговорить с преподавателем? – Да. 10. Должна ли я
отвечать вам сейчас? – Нет. Вы можете это сделать завтра. 11. В спальне
моих родителей две кровати, кресло, два стула и туалетный столик. 12. У
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вас есть телевизор? – Нет. – А холодильник? – Да, есть. 13. Вы
можете почистить (to clean) ковер пылесосом. Это очень легко. 14. Мне
нравится мебель в вашей квартире. Она совсем новая и вполне
современная. Вы должны только купить ковер и торшер для столовой. 15.
Я живу в новом доме. В нашей квартире есть все удобства:
электричество, газ, водопровод, центральное отопление, мусоропровод и
телефон. 16. В вашей ванной комнате есть зеркало? 17. У вас дома есть
английские книги? – Нет. 18. Вы не можете мне позвонить (to ring up)?
– У меня нет телефона. 19. Вы должны исправить все ошибки в
переводе. 20. Кто муж твоей сестры? – Он врач. 21. На ком женат твой
брат? – Он женат на моей приятельнице. – Как ее зовут? – (Ее зовут)
Елена. – Сколько ей лет? – (Ей) двадцать лет. – Кто она по
профессии? – (Она) машинистка. 22. В вашем саду есть цветы? – Нет,
в нашем саду нет цветов, но есть несколько фруктовых деревьев. 23. Есть
ли студенты в комнате 20? – Нет. Они должны прийти туда через
полчаса. 24. Который сейчас час? – Половина шестого. – Ваши часы
спешат. Сейчас только четверть шестого. 25. У меня есть немного
свободного времени. Я могу пойти на каток. 26. На столе есть молоко? —
Да, немного.
XXI.
a) Use the following sentences in indirect speech according to the given
model. Make all the necessary changes.
M o d e l : Bob says: "I can skate well." – Bob says he can skate well.
b) Imagine you are telling someone about what is said in the sentences below.
Your fellow-student is to express agreement as in the model.
M о d e 1: He says he has no earphones. – No, he hasn't.
1. He says: "This sentence is not difficult." 2. Mary says: "There is only
one window in our classroom." 3. John says: "There aren't many fruit trees in
our Institute garden." 4. Betty says: "Doctor Sandford isn't in." 5. Doctor
Sandford says: "My family is not large." 6. Helen says: "I have only one son."
7. Mrs. Sandford says: "Benny is an only child in the family." 8. Benny says:
"Our house is not large." 9. The student says: "I cannot speak English well."
10. Betty says: "I must learn many poems by heart." 11. The teacher says: "It
is two o'clock. Our classes are over." 12. The mother says: "Tom must come
home at a quarter^ to three." 13. The father says: "I must work till late at night
to-4 day." 14. Bob says: "I can come in the morning." 15. Nick says: "My sister
is married to a sailor."
XXII.
a) Find a picture on the topic «The Flat I Live in» for your discussion
in class. Prepare 8—10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe
the picture, b) Ask another student or the students of your group in turn about the
flat they live in. c) Ask your friend what pieces of furniture there are in his sitting-
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room. Ask your fellow-student a few questions about his new flat, d) Suggest a
situation for your fellow-students to give it in the form of a dialogue.
XXIII.
a) Speak on the topic «The Flat I Live in», b) Make up short dialogues
on the topic, c) Describe the rooms in the memorial house o f some distinguished
person (a writer, a composer) you have lately visited, d) Describe the flat you live in
or your friend lives in.
ADDITIONAL PHONETIC EXERCISES
1. Read the exercises several times before the mirror.
2. Record your reading and listen to it, detect your errors.
3. Listen to your fellow-student reading the exercises. Detect his errors in
sounds and intonation and tell him what he must do to get rid of them:
sir) э xsrjrj
–» дзиц) лр дэ vstri:t
straik э Ngnrj
~» lukirj at дэ vpiktfa
Vplei э 'geim 3V pirj vprjrj -» W3:kirj at дэ хргоЫэт
W3:k – wo:k – W3uk W3:l – W D :1 —
W3uld W3:m – wo:m – w3US9m
LABORATORY WORK
I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative and
negative.
I. a) Listen to the words, translate them, write them down, transcribe them, b)
Check your spelling and transcription with the key. Correct your mistakes if you
have any.
II. Listen to the questions. Give full answers (affirmative, negative) in the
intervals.
IV. a) Translate the sentences into English, b) Check your sentences with the key.
V. Listen to the disjunctive questions. They are not true to fact. Correct them.
VI. a) Listen to the text «Our Sitting-Room», b) Write down the text, mark the
stresses and tunes. Read it. c) Pick out words, phrases, sentences, which can be used
in the topic «The Flat I Live in», d) Listen to the text again and answer the questions
in the intervals.
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Lesson Ten
( X
Phonetics: Ассимилятивные сочетания. Интонация восклицательных
предложений. Text: Mr. White Comes Again
Grammar: The Present Indefinite Tense. Общий вопрос в косвенной речи
Предлоги времени
Phonetic Exercise 41
raitirj э vleta
–» veri vwel
ri:dirj э xnnv(a)l
wot xvau3l
brnirj э vp3Uim
э -» swi:t vvois
si:irj эп хорэгэ haus
Vwr>t 'fain xv3:siz
widaut senrj э Nw3:d
ts win э xvikt(a)n
–> wnt iz бэ vwe6a laik беэг in ,wint9 | its -+ kwait vwo:m |
Примечание. Работая над упражнением, обратите внимание на:
1 Отсутствие призвука [к] или lg] в звуке [о] перед гласным.
2 Различие в положении губ при произнесении двугубного [w] и губно-зубного
[v],
3 Оглушение [w] в положении после глухих согласных, например, [kwanj.
3. Фразовое ударение в предложениях.
Phonetic Exercise 42
mai -* redwXpensl
gl«dwts xsi: ju*
jo* -* wi:kwXpnint
ai wr>ntwtu* xa:sk ju*
из* J"o:twXk3ut
hi* haezntwXgi>t it
hiz greitwXtrAbl
Jr ~* dAzntwXti:tf h3*
беэг 3uldwXklt>k
-* nr>twXnau
–* letwmi xsi:
–> raitwXnau
ai -* d3untwXn3u
str>pwXme3n
wi -* d3untwXlaik it
–> leit 3t_vnait
hi -* dAznt^b'n "it
Примечание. Работая над упражнением, обратите внимание на: 1. Потерю
взрыва первым согласным перед другим смычным согласным на стыке слов
2 11аличие латерального и носового взрывов па стыке слов 3. Фразовое ударение
в предложениях.
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T E X T MR. WHITE COMES AGAIN
It is Saturday afternoon. Doctor Sandford is in his study. Betty knocks.
"Come in, please. What is it, Betty?" *"Mr. White wants to see you,
Henry." '"Well, yes. Show him in please." (Mr. White enters.) '"Good
afternoon, doctor." • "Good afternoon, Mr. White."
"I'm terribly sorry to trouble you."
"That's all right. Glad to see you. Sit down, please. What can I do for
you?" ч "Do you receive the Times'?" «Certainly.»
"Would you like to have it for the next year?"
"Oh, I forget. We never remember such things in time. Must I pay
anything right now?"
"No you needn't. For the present, you can sign this paper. Here you are."
"Where do I sign?"
"Here, please. Thank you, doctor.
"Well, Mr. White. It's five o'clock. You'll have some tea with us, won't
you?"
"Thank you. I'd be glad to."
"Let's go to the dining-room. This way, please."
VOCABULARY NOTES
to knock стучать
What is it? В чем дело?
Show him in. Просите его сюда.
What can I do for you? Чем могу быть вам полезен?
to receive получать
to remember помнить, вспоминать
in time вовремя
right now сразу же, тотчас же
for the present пока, на этот раз
to sign подписывать. Where do I sign? Где мне подписаться?
Here you are. Вот, пожалуйста! There are several equivalents for the
Russian word «пожалуйста». 1. Please is used when we ask for smth. or about
smth., e. g. Please give me your fountain-pen. Have some more salad, please.
2, Here you are is used in answer to some request. It is said by someone giving
smth. he has been asked for, e. g. Please give me another cup of coffee. —
Here you are. 3. The expression not at all (пожалуйста, не стоит) is an answer
to smb.'s thanks, e. g. Thank you for helping me. – Not at all. That's all right.
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You'll have some tea with us, won't you? He выпьете ли Вы с нами чаю?
This way, please. Сюда, пожалуйста.
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,
September, October, November, December
The Days o f the Week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
e. g. What's the date today? – Today is Friday, the seventeenth of March
(or March the seventeenth) nineteen eighty-four (Friday, March 17th, 1984).
What day is it? – It is Monday.
CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES
Asking for Information
Question Techniques: I wonder if you could help me. I'd like to know
(where I could get this book). Could you possibly (tell me about it). I wonder
if you could tell me (where he lives). Do you happen to know (when the train
is coming).
Answering Techniques: Well, let me see; Well now; Oh, let me think
for a moment; I'm not sure, I'll just have to find out; I'm glad you asked me
that; That's a very good question; I'm terribly sorry, I really don't know; I've
no idea, I'm afraid.
PHONETIC NOTES
1. Вводное слово well, употребляемое в начале предложения, часто
образует самостоятельную интонационную' группу и произносится
восходящим тоном. Например:
/Well, Mr. White, | it's -> five oclock.
2. Восклицательные
предложения (exclamations) обычно
произносятся нисходящим тоном при несколько расширенном диапазоне.
Например:
'Certainly!
^ . .
3. Предлог, следующий за последним ударным словом интонационной
группы, имеет полную нередуцированную форму. Например:
What can I do for you? [-> wot кэп ai xdu: fo– ju ]
STUDY THE FOLLOWING
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T a b l e No 1
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
attwo o'clock, half past three, night, noononSunday, Monday, May
the first, the second of JuneinJanuary, February, March spring,
summer, autumn 1949
the morning, the evening, the afternoon
Следующие обстоятельства времени употребляется без предлога:
this morning, this afternoon, this evening, tonight; yesterday morning,
yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening, last night;
tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, tomorrow
night.
THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
attwo o'clock, half past three, night, noononSunday, Monday, May the
first, the second of JuneinJanuary, February, March spring, summer,
autumn 1949
the morning, the evening, the afternoon
Примечание. Суффикс -(e)s глагола в 3-м лице единственного числа
произносится [ г ] после гласных и звонких согласных – sees [si z], builds |bilz) [s|
после глухих согласных – wants [wonts], [iz] после ширящих и свистящих согласных
– teaches ftfctfiz]
Table No. 2
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b
Do
I
like
English?
)
we
Moscow?
you
winter?
they
our University? this poem?
Mary and Tom
to skate?
Does
he (she) Mary
to read English books?
c
I
do not (don't)
like
)
We
You
They
German, our study,
Mary and Tome
winter, this poem, to
He (She) Mary
does not
skate, to go out in the
(doesn't)
evening.
CONTRACTED FORMS
Do you study English? – No, I don't. Does he study
English? – No, he doesn't.
T a b l e No. 3 GENERAL QUESTIONS IN INDIRECT
SPEECH
I
WeYouaskthe weather is fine.theyMary speaks English.Mary and Tomiffather is free on
Sunday.(whether)Tom likes to play chess.
He (She)the children can skate well.MaryasksThe boy
Глаголы, оканчивающиеся на -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -xr -z, принимают в третьем
лице единственного числа окончание -es [iz]: I pass – he passes; 1 teach —
he teaches.
Окончание -es в глаголе groes читается как [ z ] : I go – he goes [g3uz].
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Глаголы, оканчивающиеся на букву -у, которой предшествует согласная,
меняют букву у на i и принимают окончание -es: to study – he studies.
Если букве -у предшествует гласная, буква у не меняется: to stay – he
stays.
Memory $0or$-
Solomon Grundy
Solomon Grundy Born on Monday, Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday, J31 on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died
on Saturday, Buried on Sunday, That was the end of Solomon
Grundy.
* * *
Thirty days have September, April, June and November, All the rest have
thirty-one; February has twenty-eight alone, Excepting leap-year, that's the time
When February's days are twenty-nine.
EXERCISES
I. Study Substitution Table 2 and compose as many sentences as you can.
II. Read and transcribe the following words. Explain the reading rules:
did – deed, had – hard, lick – leak, hip – heap, dear – ieer, lad – lard,
Mary – marry, hail – hear, sill – seal, bear —
beer, lip – leap, pit – pat, hill – heal, chair – cheer, bad – ,l bard, fill —
feel, marry – merry, ship – sheep, taught – tap – tape, pen – pain – pale, fit
– foot – fate, dive – dove – dame, daisy – lazy – darling.
III. Copy the following words and arrange them in columns according '
to the corresponding type of syllable:
stamp, write, stir, bench, tulip, Arthur, button, mule, lace, typist, fare, dark,
cure, burn, here, muff, fine, mere, lace, cube, purse, tires, fade, prepare, mass,
system.
IV.
Spell and transcribe the 3rd person singular of the following
verbs:
come, go, play, write, wash, stress, begin, catch, cut, eat, hang, get, relax, hold,
know, lead, meet, ring, think, understand, work, change, open, push, kiss, study,
stay, copy, say, carry, watch.
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V. The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stress-
es and tunes. Concentrate your attention on the sound [з:]. Let your fel-
low-student read the exercise aloud for you to detect his errors:
[з:] 1. A little girl with a pretty curl.
2. Learn thirteen words of Lesson Thirty.
2. The first word is a verb and the third word is ari adverb.
3. First come first served.
4. One good turn deserves another.
5. As the workman so is the work.
VI.
Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the
following words and word combinations:
1.
– see, receive, read, needn't, please, tea;
[ae]– Saturday, Sandford, glad, can, family, thank, have; [e] – enter, present,
let, anything, pleasure, well; [u] – knock, what, doctor, clock. Nasal plosion:
needn't, certainly.
2. a) No devoicing before voiceless consonants: his ^study,
havewtea;
b) No voicing before voic&d consonants: let's^go, this_way;
c) Loss of plosion: glad_to see you, sit_down, whatwcan I do, likewto have it;
d) No glottal stop: Saturdaywafternoon, Sandfordwiswin, comewinf whatwis^it,
show him^in, Mr. White^enters.
VII.
a) Listen to the recording of the dialogue «Mr. White Comes Again». Mark the
stresses and tunes, b) Practise the dialogue for test reading. Listen to the recording very
carefully until you can say it in exactly the same way. c) Memorize the dialogue and
dramatize it.
VIII. Read the following exclamations:
1. You are right! 2. It's excellent! 3. How nice! 4. She is here! 5. They are
ready! 6. We can ask him!
IX.
Pronounce the following phrases with the low-rising tone and
then with the falling-rising tone:
1. Satisfactory?
2. On Saturday?
3. Mr. Robertson?
4. In Moscow?
5. In London?
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6. Next year?
7. To the North?
8. Again
9. At night
10.
Today?
11.Now?
12.
X. Transcribe the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes, picture them on
the staves:
1. Good afternoon, Doctor? 2. What can I do for you? 3. Come in, please. 4.
Show him in, Betty. 5. Have tea with us. – Thank you. I'd be glad to.
XI. Answer the following questions:
A. 1. Where is Mr. Sandford on a Saturday afternoon?
2. Who comes to see Doctor Sandford on a Saturday afternoon?
3. What does Mr. White ask Doctor Sandford about? 4. Why does Mr. White
call on Doctor Sandford? 5. Doctor Sandford signs the paper, doesn't he? 6. What
do they do in England at 5 o'clock in the afternoon?
B. 1. Do you like English? 2. You speak English well, don't you? 3. Where do
you study English? 4. Does your brother go to the Institute every day? 5. Your
classes begin in the morning, don't they? 6. Where do you prepare your lessons? 7.
What does your brother do in the evening? 8. What foreign language does your
mother speak? 9. What do you write on the blackboard with?
C. 1. What's the date today? 2. What day is it? 3. What is the first (second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh) day of the week? 4. What is the first (second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth) month of
the year? 5. Which month is November? 6. Which month is June? 7. Which month
is December? 8. When do your studies at the University begin? 9. When do the
winter examinations begin? 10. When do the summer examinations begin?
XII.
a) Make the following sentences interrogative and negative. :
b) Ask one another questions on the following statements and answer ■
them in the negative. Keep moving this exercise rapidly.
M o d e l : Mr. White wants to see you.
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Does Mr. White want to see me? No, he doesn't.
1. Mr. White and Betty enter the room. 2. Mr. White wants to see Doctor
Sandford. 3. You can sign this paper. 4. I know some of these names. 5.1 can do
something. 6. The walls of my room are light-green.
XIII. Write questions to the words in bold type and let your fellow-student answer
them. Observe the distribution of stress in the replies:
1. There are twelve months in a year. 2. There are thirty days in June. 3. She
is twelve. 4. My brother's friend can skate well 5. He is a doctor. 6. We call it a
bedroom. 7. I like to read English books. 8. It is the first of October. 9. It is
Thursday. 10. On the right I can see a bookcase.
XIV. a) Form all possible questions to which the following sentences are the
answers:
1. There are some newspapers on the desk. 2. We have tea at five o'clock. 3. I
have two English lessons on Monday. 4. My parents live in Moscow. 5. My father
is a doctor. 6. My father works at a hospital. 7. He is forty-five. 8. All the
members of my family read this paper. 9. I can come and see you on Friday. 10.
You may sign this paper tomorrow.
b) Each sentence states a certain fact. Find some more details about it by asking
questions. Work in pairs.
XV.
Write in words and read:
9/IV 1946; 8/V11 1924; 1/1X 1827; 12/X 1955; 4/1 1949; 11/II 1918.
XVI.
Fill in somebody [someone), anybody [anyone), nobody [no one) everybody
[everyone), somethingr anything, nothing, everything:
1. Is there ... on the desk? 2. The door is open. There must be ... at home. 3.
There is ... wrong with my fountain-pen. It won't write. 4. A blind man cannot
see ... . 5. Is there ... in the room? – Yes, there is ... in it. 6. It is too dark here, I
cannot see ... . 7. If there is ... in the room you may turn off the light. 8. Can ...
recite the poem? 9. We must do ... to help her. 10. Can I do ... for you? 11. There
must be ... interesting in the book you read. 12. It is too dark, I can't see ... on the
blackboard. May I turn on the light? 13. We can work in Room No. 20. There is ...
there.
14.
Let's go there at once. I want to see ... with my own eyes.
15.
May I come to see you tonight? I've got ... to tell you.
16.
Bob is one of our best students, .. knows him. 17. Must we learn ... by
heart? – No, you needn't. You must only prepare the poem for test reading. 18.
There is ... interesting in this magazine. 19. Is ... away from the lesson?
XVII. Fill in prepositions if necessary:
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1. He must go to St. Petersburg... spring. 2. We take our written exams ...
January. 3. Our studies begin ... autumn. 4. What do you do ... Sunday? 5. All the
students of our group will take part in the concert... the eighth ... May. 6. May I
ring you up ... the morning? 7, My elder brother is a doctor. He often comes ...
home late ... night. 8. Is there anybody. . the Dean's office? 9.1 must go and see
him ... three o'clock ... Friday. 10. Listen ... the new text... the laboratory. 11. Look
... the blackboard. Do you see any mistakes ... it? 12. Who is ... duty today? 13.
Will you go... the blackboard? 14. You may go ... your place. 15. ... the right... the
dining-table there is a cupboard.
XVTII. Fill in the definite or indefinite article if necessary:
1. There are three rooms and ... kitchen in her new flat. 2. My new dress is
made of... silk. 3. If you want to write something on ... blackboard, you must
have ... piece of ... chalk. 4. Are there any students in ... Room No. 12? 5.1 have ...
new English book. ... book is very interesting. 6. There is ... garden and ... lawn in
front of her Institute.... garden is not large, but it is very beautiful. 7. The students
of your group must be in ... Room No. 30. 8. Open ... book at page 29 and start
reading. 9. May is ... fifth month of the year. 10. Saturday is ... seventh day of the
week. 11. Sunday is... day off.
XIX. Think of stimulating phrases to which those below could be the replies. Work
in pairs:
1. Here you are. 2. Show her in, please. 3. Thank you, I'd be glad to. 4. Do
they? 5. Are you? 6. Do, please. 7. Certainly. 8. Here, please.
XX.
Think of replies to the following questions and statements. Work in pairs:
1. Yes, Helen. What is it? 2. Good afternoon, Helen! 3. What can I do for you?
4. Sign this paper, please. 5. Let me see this book. 6. Have tea with us. 7. Thank
you. 8. May I ring you up tonight?
XXI.
a) Respond to the following sentences as in the model below. Express
surprise or doubt in your replies and add something to develop a situation.
M o d e l : I don't like autumn., Don't you?
b) Continue the exercise suggesting your own verbal context:
1. I am very busy. 2. Tom is already ten. 3. You are late. 4. You have no
mistakes in pronunciation. 5. I can't speak French well. 6. We must stay at home.
7. You may go home. 8. I live in a comfortable flat now. 9. My sister wants to
study German. 10. They don't make many mistakes in spelling. 11. We have got
built-in furniture in the kitchen. 12. My girl-friend has got flu, I am afraid.
