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We say: the seventh of November; November the seventh.
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We say: the seventh of November; November the seventh.
We write: November 7; November the 7th; 7 November; the 7th of November.
4 August, 5 September, 7 June, 3 November, 24 February, 9 April,
21/1, 3/12, 5/5, 18/11, 9/4, 13/2, 8/3, 12/9.
Exercise 6. Say what date it was. Use: yesterday, the day before yesterday, 2 days ago, last Monday, last weekend.
Exercise 7. Say, what date it will be. Use: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in 2 days, next Friday, in a day, in a week, next weekend.
Exercise 8. Answer the questions.
When is your birthday?
What days are national holidays in your country?
Do you know exactly when you were born?
When were you last on leave/on sick-list?
Learn the following words.
a group register - журнал
to look through - просматривать
to explain rules - объяснять правила
to make mistakes - делать ошибки
to get marks in - получать оценки по …
to give marks for … - ставить оценки за что-либо
to retell - пересказывать
to put on the ear-phones - надевать наушники
to listen to – cлушать что-л.
to make up - составлять
to work hard at – усердно работать над…
to take/to pass a credit –сдавать/ сдать зачет
to switch on/off - включать/выключать
to be through with – закончить (делать что-либо)
Exercise 1. Read and translate the word combinations.
to look through, to look through the register, to look through the text. The teacher is looking through the group register.
to be through with, to be through with a dictation, to be through with an exercise. When we are through with our tests, we give them to our teacher.
to make up, to make up plan, to make up one’s mind. They are making up the dialogue. We made up our minds to become economists.
to get/give marks, to get marks in English, to give mark for an excellent answer. We get good and excellent marks in English. The teacher gives us marks for the test.
to work hard, to work hard at the language. We work hard at our English.
to take/pass a credit, to take an exam in English, to pass a credit in history. This term we are taking a credit in English.
Exercise2. Get to know if your friend is doing something.
Are you reading now? –Yes, I am.
- No, I am not.
Use: Look through, read, translate, retell, make up, ask, answer, do, write, explain, listen to.
Exercise 3. Ask your friends what they are doing. Use the verbs above.
What are you doing? – I am reading.
Exercise 4. Read and translate the words. Mind the suffixes.
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a ) –er, -or
to teach – teacher; to report – reporter; to record – recorder; to translate – translator; to speak – speaker; to learn – learner; to lead – leader, to command – commander; to correct – corrector; lecture – lecturer.
b ) –ation
to dictate-dictation; to translate – translation; to correct – correction; to inform – information; to combine – combination; attentive – attention.
c) – ence/ent
presence – present; absence – absent.
Exercise 5. Translate the following compound nouns.
A first-year student, ear-phone, tape-recorder, notebook, blackboard, classroom, exercise-book, sick-list, serviceman.
Exercise 6. Make sure you know the following word-combinations.
To look through the group register, to retell the text, to make up the dialogue, to answer teacher’s questions, to correct mistakes, to do grammar exercises, to write test papers, to collect exercise-books, to work hard, to switch on the tape-recorders, to take a credit.
Exercise 7. Make up sentences.
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The students is looking through dialogue
We are making up the group register
The teacher are doing our exercise-books
He is retelling grammar exercises
Student-on is collecting our mistakes
Duty is correcting the text
is giving marks for the test
Exercise 8. Read the text.
At the English lesson
Our English classes usually begin with the teacher’s greeting. The teacher says: “Good morning/afternoon/evening! Be seated! ”
Now, we are at the English lesson. The teacher is looking through the group register. We are reading the text. Student Ivanov is translating text into Russian, Petrov is retelling the text, Smirnov and Sidorov are making up the dialogue. The teacher is asking questions and we are answering them. Now we are doing grammar exercise. On Monday we usually write test papers so we are preparing to the test now. The teacher is explaining grammar rules to us.
Tomorrow we’ll write a dictation. When we are through with it the student-on duty will collect our exercise-books. The teacher will correct our mistakes and give us marks for the test. We usually get good marks in English because we work hard at it. We work much in our language laboratory. We put on the ear-phones, switch on the tape-recorders and listen to the tapes and records. This term we are taking a credit in English. We hope to pass it successfully.
Exercise 9. Complete the following sentences.
1. We are at the English ….
2. The teacher is looking through ….
3. We are reading ….
4. They are making up ….
5. The teacher is asking ….
6. The students are doing ….
7. This term we are taking ….
8. He is retelling ….
9. I am translating … from … into ….
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Exercise 10. Arrange the words in pairs. Translate the word-combinations.
a). to look through, to make up, to retell, to collect, to correct, to give, to be through with, to be over, to ask and answer.
b). mistakes, questions, the group register, a dictation, dialogue, the text, exercise-books, marks, lesson.
Exercise 11. Find the equivalents.
a). to begin, to finish, to make up, to come in, to collect, to do, test.
b). to complete, credit, to start, to prepare, to be over, to enter, to pick up.
Exercise 12. Fill in the prepositions.
1. I am looking … the text now. 2. The students are translating the text … English … Russian. 3. We are working hard … English. 4. They usually get good marks … all subjects. 5. I often put … the ear-phones to listen …the music. 6. Soon we are taking exam … English. 7. The teacher gives us marks … the test. 8. We are making … dialogues. 9. He is listening … the tape now.
Exercise 13. Answer the following questions.
1. Where are you now?
2. Is the teacher looking through the group register?
3. What are you reading?
4. What are the students doing?
5. Who is asking questions?
6. Who is answering questions?
7. What exercise are the students doing now?
8. What is the teacher explaining?
9. When are you taking a credit in English?
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