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Unit 3. EXTRA-MURAL EDUCATIONI. Past Simple (Indefinite) Ex.1. Use the correct tense of verb 'to be' (am / is / are or was / were) to fill each space. 1. Maggie is 25 now, but she was about 15 in that photo. 2. Was your mum at home two hours ago? – Yes, she was. 3. There was a big storm last night. Thankfully, the weather is great today. 4. Are you alone or is Jane with you? 5. Where were your sisters last weekend? 6. Professor Mr. Brown is at university today but yesterday he was ill. 7. Where is my phone? It was on the table an hour ago. 8. Was the film good? – I guess it was but I fell asleep. 9. Are you bored at the party? – I am! 10. Were you at the restaurant the day before yesterday? – I’d like to but I wasn’t. 11. Were you at the cinema last night? 13. Today it’s raining but yesterday it was sunny. 14. This summer we are in Austria but last summer we were in Greece. 15. Were these houses here in the 1950s?
Ex.2. Ask questions to the sentences with verbs was / were. 1. When were you three years ago? 2. Who was your first teacher at school? 3. What city were The Beatles originally from? 4. Where was the scientist Marie Curie born? 5. Was Galileo an Italian mathematician and scientist? 6. How many years ago were there many old houses in the area? 7. What was Lavoisier?
Ex.3. Write Past Simple forms. 1. – found 4. – left 7. –owned 10. – was / were 2. – lived 5. – came 8. – gave 11. – did 3. –carried 6. – studied 9. – learnt 12. – taught
Ex.4. Fill in the blanks by using the Past Simple tense of the verbs in the brackets. 1) They moved. 2) They didn’t go. 3) She didn’t want. 4) … she went. 5) … he had. 6) … I finished. 7) When I left school I began. 8) It was …, so we had … .
Ex.5. Make the sentences negative using not or didn’t. 1. I didn't make a stupid mistake in the test. 2. I didn't know the answer. 3. He didn't get upset.4. They didn't go to school on Saturdays. 5. He didn't promise that! 6. My friend Sarinder didn't come from Delhi. 7. She didn't recognize me at once. 8. I didn't understand your writing. 9. She wasn’t angry with me. 10. I didn't skip many English lessons. 11. Brenda didn't leave a message to Tim. 12. My parents didn't own a children’s hospital.
Ex.6. Read the short paragraph about Charlie. Choose the correct verb. Yesterday it was a terrible day for Charlie Parker. First, he got up at 8 a.m. and he was late for work because his alarm clock didn’t go off. So he didn't have breakfast and he was very hungry. Second, he couldn't get his car to go because there were some problems with the engine, so he rode to work on his bicycle in the rain. His boss was very angry with him and he didn’t take him for an important business lunch with their foreign partners. So he had lunch alone in the office and he made a spot on his tie. Third, that day Charlie was very busy because he had much work to do, and he could get home only at 8.30 p.m. So his wife went to the cinema with his best friend and Charlie had dinner alone, too! He didn't want to watch TV and he went to bed at 10 p.m.
Ex.7. For sentences 1 – 9, put a question form. 1. When did you play tennis? 2. What car did she drive to the party last night? 3. Did the Queen visit Australia or Holland last summer? 4. Where did they buy a new house? 5. Was Pele Brazil's best ever footballer? 6. Where were you last Saturday? 7. When did you see Jane? 8. Did Carroll take her sisters or brothers for a trip on the River Thames one day? 9. Did Michelangelo, the greatest Italian artist, die when he was 90?
II. Prepositions of time (in, on, at) Ex.8. Fill in the gaps with prepositions (in, at, on). 1. The party is on 16 May. 2. I’m going on holiday in July. 3. David bought his car in 1998. 4. I started work this morning at 8 a.m. 5. I often visit my parents at Christmas. 6. What are you doing at the weekend? 7. I’m going to a party on New Year’s Eve. 8. Their wedding anniversary is on 20 November. 9. We went to Paris on Julia’s birthday. 10. I saw a ballet in the evening. 11. The English examination is in June. 12. In the Sixth Form College students have only three or four main subjects. Ex.9. Underline the right form. 1. He’s coming back next Tuesday. 2. I go home every Easter. 3. He called me yesterday evening. 4. We had a meeting at 9 a.m. yesterday. 5. The shop closed at midnight. 6. The bank always opens absolutely on time. 7. Jane went home at lunchtime. 8. In England, it often snows in December. 9. There should be a lot of progress the next century. 10. Did he work on Mondays? 11. Where are you going to stay on New Year's Day? 12. My mother’s birthday is on Monday and I hope this card gets there in time.
Ex.10. Read the words below and try to remember them. Open task
Ex.11. Listen to Rafael (a French student) telling about his success & failure at school and university. (Ox.W.Sk.Basic.Un.42.C) Text From school to university Open task
Ex.12. Answer the questions.
1. How many exams did he pass well? – 5 2. How many exams did he fail / screw up? – 2 3. What was his best grade? – in Biology 4. What was his worst grade? – in Physics 5. What foreign language did he take? What grade did he get in it? – English, he got C. 6. What did he get in French? – B 7. How old was Rafael when he started university? – 19 8. What languages is he doing a degree in? – Spanish and French 9. How long should he study for the first degree? – 3 years 10. Why does he spend a lot of time in the library? – to write essays 11. How many exams did he take again last term? – one 12. What is he going to do after getting a BA? – do research for a PhD
Ex.13. Complete the dialogues using some words from the text. 1. Has she got a degree? ~ Yes, a BS 2. Did he have to write an essay? ~ Yes, three in fact. 3. Can you do research next year? ~ Yes, I want to get a PhD. 4. How did he take Geography? ~ Unfortunately he failed it. 5. Can he take it again? ~ Yes, next summer. 6. What was your worst result? – In Chemistry. I got a grade E. 7. Why did you go to the library yesterday? – To get ready for an essay. 8. How long does the course last? ~ It’s only one term.
Phrases and phrasal verbs about studying Ex.14. Study collocations on the topic: Open task
Ex.15. Replace the underlined verbs with less formal verbs that have the same meaning in the context. 1. to obtain – to get 2. enter university – to start 3. studying – doing 4. receive – get 5. continues – last 6. failed – screwed up 7. miss – skip
Ex.16. Underline the correct word. 1. a BS in Physics. 2. at 18. 3. an ‘A’ level. 4. A graduate. 5. skipped2 a grade. 6. a Bachelor’s. 7. to take it again. 8. after a Bachelor’s degree. 9. a cheat sheet. 10. taking notes of lectures. 11. Tuition fee. 12. to revise lecture notes. 13. part-time students. 14. extra-mural course 15. extra-mural studies
Ex.17. Compare a higher education system in your country to a British one. Answer the questions about your study. Open task.
Ex.18. Tell about your study at Dagestan State University by completing the sentences. ‘Bachelor’s degree for part-time students at DSU’
Open task.
Grammar base: Ex.19. Complete the answers. 1.– No, I wasn’t. 2. – Yes, it was. 3. – No, he wasn’t. 4. – No, she wasn’t. 5. – Unfortunately, they weren’t. 6. – Yes, they were. 7. – Sure, she was. 8. – Yes, he was.
Ex.20. Fill in the gaps. Use Past Simple tense of the verbs in the brackets. 1) caught, went. 5) got. 2) started. 6) began, came. 3) dropped. 7) walked, saw. 4) rolled.
Ex.21. Change Present Simple into Past Simple. 1. lived. 2. weren’t. 3. didn’t like. 4. had to. 5. got. 6. didn’t have. 7. Did they play …?
Ex.22. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the bracket. got up1 (get up), had2 (have) went3 (go), had4 (have), drank5 (drink). left6 (leave) took7 (take), arrived8 (arrive). said9 (say), took10 (take), were11 (be). asked12 (ask), read13 (read). went14 (go), returned15 (return), didn’t take16 (not to take), gave17 (give), swam18 (swim), did19 (do), bought20 (buy). was21 (be), watched22 (watch). went23 (go), dreamed24 (dream).
Ex.23. There are 12 mistakes in the text. Find and correct the other 11. This is a photo of my great-grandparents. They live in the middle of the last century. They was lovely people. My great-grandfather workes in a car factory and he ownd a car when most people didn’t know about them. My great-grandmother was very beautiful when she were a girl. She marryed my great-grandfather when she was only 18 (eighteen). She didn’t worked – she stays at home and looked after the children. My great-grandfather stoped work when he were 65 (sixty-five), then every day they walked to the park and my great-grandmother always carries a little bag with sandwiches for their lunch. She died in 1983, when she was only 73 (seventy-three), and after three months my great-grandfather dieed too – he didn’t want to live without her. 1. lived 4. owned 7. work 10. was 2. were 5. was 8. stayed 11. carried 3. worked 6. married 9. stopped 12. died
Ex.24. Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Use Past Simple tense. 1. – Mark dropped out of school at 15. 2. – Headmaster turned him out of school for misbehaving. 3. – She passed United State exam and got high marks. 4. – Students failed Philosophy two days ago. 5. – Frank took out a loan in a bank to pay for teaching at university. 6. – I got a Bachelor’s degree last year. 7. – Last term I failed History, I had to retake twice. 8. – Stella graduated from university at 21 and became a programmer. 9. – When I was a student, I shared a room with two more guys in the hostel. 10. – Lora successfully passed exams and started a postgraduate course. 11. – He failed the exam because he wasn’t ready. 12. – She dropped out of institute, as she stayed off work and couldn’t pay for teaching.
Ex.25. Underline the word or phrase which is not correct. 1. 2. on midnight / June 2nd/ Sunday afternoon 3. in August / summer / Friday 4. at breakfast / midday / autumn 5. on April / your birthday / Saturdays 6. on winter / Christmas Day / the fifth of May 7. at night / the morning / half past seven 8. in the afternoon / dinnertime / 2013 9. in autumn / the 20th century / 4.00 10. at New Year / the evening / six o’clock
Ex.26. Write the correct preposition in each space if necessary. - (1) last week. in (2) the afternoon. (3) in spring. (4) On Friday, (5) in 1997. Then (6) in the evening, (7) at midnight. (8) At the weekend. (9) On 6 May.
Reading skills: Ex.27. Translate the phrases. 1. – work hard 5. – fail an exam 2. – do homework 6. – start university 3. – the worst result 7. – Fortunately 4. – take exams well
Language lexis: Ex.28. Fill the gaps with the suitable words from the box. 1. at university. 5. in your department 2. in Economics. 6. Graduates are the students. 3. He’s doing research in. 7. defend their theses. 4. a Master’s degree.
Ex.29. Translate the following sentences into Russian. 1. – ß ðåêîìåíäóþ âñåì íîâûì ñòóäåíòàì ïîñåòèòü ýòó ëåêöèþ. 2. – Âûïîëíèòå ýòî âîâðåìÿ ê ñåìèíàðó. 3. – ß íå äóìàþ, ÷òî óñïåþ ñäàòü äîêëàä âîâðåìÿ. 4. – Êðàéíèé ñðîê ñäà÷è ýòîãî äîêëàäà ïîíåäåëüíèê 21. 5. – Îí íàäååòñÿ ïîñòóïèòü â Îêñôîðä. 6. – Îíà ó÷èòüñÿ íà áàêàëàâðà ïî ôèçèêå. 7. – Îíà ïîëó÷èëà ñòåïåíü ïî ôðàíöóçñêîìó ÿçûêó. 8. – Ó íåãî åñòü ñòåïåíü ïî êîìïüþòåðíûì íàóêàì. 9. – Îíà ó÷èòñÿ â Ãëàçãî. 10. – Îí âñåãäà ïðîïóñêàåò äâà èëè òðè ñåìèíàðà â íåäåëþ.
Communication: Ex.30. What do you call… 1. “A levels” 4. a Bachelor’s degree 7. United State exam 2. tuition fee 5. a graduate 3. a loan 6. a postgraduate
(Revise grammar and vocabulary from Part I.)
¹1: Choose the correct article. 1. I’m … undergraduate of Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science. – d) an 2. We are in our room in a hostel. … room is tiny but nice. – c) the ¹2: Choose the correct verb. 3. Her news about travelling … so amazing. – c) is 4. The furniture in my room … modern and wooden. – c) is 5. … they at university 5 days a week? – a) Are 6. She … a part-time undergraduate now. – c) is 7. Our English lecturer … ill yesterday, but now she … quite well. – a) was, is 8. I … very busy yesterday, but now I … free and we can go out. – b) was, am 9. She … a dream about her childhood. – d) has 10. Students … a lot of exams each term. – a) have 11. Each academic year … two terms. – b) has 12. The course of tuition … for 5 years. – c) lasts 13. The students…attend all lectures, seminars and tutorials. – c) must 14. I want to … for a Master’s degree at DSU. – b) continue 15. There…some higher education establishments in our city. – d) are 16. Mathematics and Physics… my lovely subjects. – d) are 17. We … attend this scientific conference in Physics. – b) have to 18. They … do interesting research last week. – b) could 19. Twenty five students…tutorial in . – d) attended. 20. … skip an important lecture on Applied Maths . – d) Don’t 21. A graduate is a student who has a … degree. – b) Bachelor’s 22. Does he … to the gym on Mondays? – b) go 23. We … preserve peace on our planet if we want to . – b) must 24. He thinks that it’s too early to … a family after . – c) set up 25. We invite a lot of friends. We … this weekend. – c) have a party 26. … they always remember about their coming exams? – b) Do 27. I … to study medicine at university. – d) began 28. Those old photos are … (íàøè). – b) ours 29. We … to apply this law in our experiment. – a) have ¹3: Choose the correct preposition. 30. He goes home … every Easter. – d) - 31. Are you ready … the credit-test in English? – a) for 32. My sister’s wedding is … the eleventh of April. – d) on 33. This scientist lived… the nineteenth century. – a) in 34. They flew to the West Indies … New Year Eve. – c) on 35. Where do you usually go … lunchtime? – c) at 36. It took me 30 minutes to get to university … a van. – c) by 37. Today most people cannot live … computers. – a) without 38. We live … the suburbs of the city. – d) in ¹4: Choose the correct translation. 39. Students have to take their exams in time. – d) 40.Those disks in the corner of the room are old. – c) 41. It is useless to tell him about it. – b) 42. Íàäî âñåãäà âûïîëíÿòü ñâîè îáÿçàííîñòè. – a) 43. What time did the plane take off? – a) 44. Ðàçâå âû ýòîãî íå çíàåòå? – c) 45. They say this man worked as a nurse. – d) 46. Íà âûõîäíûõ ÿ ëîæóñü ïîçäíî. – c) ¹5: Choose the Yes /No question. 47. All students of our group attend lectures every day. – a) ¹6: Choose the correct question to the subject. 48. He solves the problems well. – d) ¹7: Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word. 49. She is upset, she … French last term. – a) failed 50. Next summer I’ll spend my holidays in …– a) the Crimea 51. Extra-mural courses are mainly taken by … – d) part-time students 52. Due to her parents break-up, she feels so depressed and … . – a) missed out | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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