Английский язык для начинающих English for the Beginners (стр. 2 )

Model C: Where do you have breakfast? - At home.

Model D: You usually have breakfast at home, don't you?- Yes, I do.

Prompt words: a) your friend, friends, father, mother, sis­ter, brother, grandparents,

b) dinner, supper, lunch.

Eх.3. Fill in the blanks with either "on" or "in" using the model.

Model: In the evening he usually listens to the radio. But on Sunday morning he watches TV.

1. Usually he goes to bed at 10 o'clock... the evening. nday evening he goes to bed at 11 o'clock.

2. My father finishes his work at 6 o'clock... the evening. But... Sa­turday evening he finishes his work at 5 o'clock.

3. Usually Helen gets up at 7 o'clock...the morning. n­day morning she gets up at 9 o'clock.

4. Usually I do not watch TV... the morning. nday morning I always watch TV.

Ex.4. Answer the questions according to the model.

Model: - How long does it take you to get to the University? (half an hour) - It takes me half an hour to get to the University.

1. How long does it take Helen to have breakfast? (twenty minutes)

2. How long does it take Peter and Mary to get to the University? (10 minutes)

3. How long does it take Nick to do his homework? (about three hours)

4. How long does it take you to get to the bus-stop? (five minutes)

5. How long does it usually take you to do English exercises? (half an hour)

6. How long does it take him to read the newspaper? (from thirty to forty minutes)

Ex.5. Make up sentences using the word combination "to be about 10 minutes' walk from…".

Model: The bus-stop/my house. - The bus-stop is about 10 minutes' walk from my house.

1. The cinema / our University.

2. Our hostel / the library.

3. My house / the museum.

4. The University / the square.

5. The canteen / the reading hall.

Ex.6. Pill in the blanks with either "to visit" or "to attend".

1. How often do you... your English lessons? 2. So you often... your grandparents?

3. Do you regularly... your sports club? 4. I want... London. 5. The lectures are interesting and the students... them regularly. 6. His friend seldom... him. 7. She likes... her teacher.

Comprehension Exercises

Ex.1. Listen to the text "Harry's Working Day" and answer the following questions.

1. Who is this text about? 2. What is Harry? 3. What does Harry study? 4. What does Harry do in the morning?

Ex.2. Listen to the text again and say

a) at what time Harry gets up; b) what he does before (af­ter) breakfast; c) when his classes begin; d) when he finishes his work at the University.

Ex.3. Listen to the text and choose the right sentence

1. a) Harry is very busy on week-days.

b) Harry is free on week-days.

c) Harry is very busy on Sunday.

2. a) Harry leaves home at half past 8 every morning.

b) Harry leaves home at 25 minutes past -6 every morning.

c) Harry leaves home at 25 minutes past 8 on Sunday.

3. a) The bus-stop is about 15 minutes' walk from his house.

b) The bus-stop is near his house.

c) The bus-stop is about 10 minutes' walk from his house.

4. a) Harry "goes to the University by bus.

b) Harry goes to the University by tram.

c) Harry goes to the University on foot.

5. a) After classes Harry spends two or three hours at the library.

b) After classes Harry goes home.

c) After classes Harry usually has dinner.

plete the following sentences according to the text.

1. ... at 7 o'clock. 2. ... at the open window. 3. All in all it takes Harry 35 minutes... 4. ... at 9 o'clock in the morning. 5. Harry attends... . 6. ... about half past 5. 7. After dinner... . 8. Sometimes Harry and his friends.... .

Reading Practice

Ex.1 Read the following words. Mind the pronunciation of the suffixes -es, - s.

a) in nouns:

[s] - student - students, text – texts, minute – minutes, breakfast – breakfasts, bus-stop - bus-stops

[z] - morning – mornings, bathroom – bathrooms, friend – friends; day – days, window – windows, university – universities, lecture – lectures, hour – hours, library - libraries

[iz] - class – classes, course – courses, bus – busses, exercise – exercises, house - houses

b) in verbs:

[s] - get up - gets up, take – takes, walk – walks, work – works, get - gets

[z] - begin – begins, go – goes, come-comes, study – studies, spend – spends, arrive – arrives, attend - attends

[iz] - finish – finishes, watch – watches, wash –washes, switch switches

Ex.2. Read the following word combinations. Mind their articulation without pauses.

goes to the bathroom, busy on week-days, go out in the evening, gets up at seven o'clock, all in all, switches on the radio, listens to the 9 o'clock news

Ex.3. Read the following sentences with the adverbial phrases at their beginning.

Every morning, he gets up at seven o’clock. Then, he goes to the bathroom and washes. After that, he has breakfast. After dinner, he likes to listen to music or watch TV.

Ex.4. Read the text “Harry's Working Day”

Harry is a student of London University. He is very busy on week-days. Every morning he gets up at seven o'clock. He does his morning exercises at the open window. Then he goes to the bathroom and washes. After that he has breakfast. He leaves ho­me at twenty-five minutes past eight every morning. The bus-stop is about fifteen minutes' walk from his house. All in all, it takes Harry thirty-five minutes to get to the University. His classes begin at 9 o'clock in the morning.

Harry studies economics. He attends lectures and practical cour­ses. Harry works hard at the classes and after that he spends two or three hours at the library. Generally he finishes his work at about half past five. Usually Harry arrives home at six o'clock p. m. This is his dinner time.

After dinner he likes to listen to music or watch TV. If he wants to listen to the nine o'clock news he switches on the ra­dio.

Sometimes Harry and his friends go out in the evening. Usually they go to the cinema or to a concert.

Vocabulary Notes

1. to be about 15 minutes’ walk from smth - быть в примерно 15 мин. ходьбы от чего-либо

2. at 6 o'clock p. m., at 11a. m. - в 18 часов, в II часов утра

3. to listen to the 9 o'clock news - слушать новости, передаваемые по радио в 9 часов

4. all in all - в целом

5. generally = usually

Text Exercises

Ex.1. Prepare an expressive reading of the text "Harry's Working Day".

Ex.2. Answer the following questions:

1.  Where does Harry study?

2.  When is Harry very busy?

3.  Where does Harry do his morning exercises?

4.  Does Harry leave home at 25 minutes past 8 every morning or at 9 o'clock?

5.  It takes Harry 35 minutes to get to the University, doesn't it?

6.  What does Harry attend at the University?

7.  How many hours does he spend at the library?

8.  Does Harry arrive home at 6 o'clock p. m.?

9.  When, does he have his dinner?

10.  What does he do after dinner?

Ex.3. Agree or disagree to the following statements. Make use of conversational formulas of agreement and disagreement: that's right; yes; true; what you say is correct; I'm afraid you are not right; sorry, but you are mistaken, etc.

1. Harry is a worker. 2. Every morning Harry gets up at 8 o'clock. 3. He always has-breakfast at home. 4. His classes begin at 9 o'clock in-the morning. 5. Harry studies foreign languages. 6. He attends lectures and practical course. 7. Harry does not work hard at the classes. 8. He spends 2 or 3 hours at the library every day. 9. After dinner Harry likes to listen to music or watch TV.

Ex.4. Get ready to speak on the following problems using the word combinations suggested.

1.  Harry is busy in the morning.

to get up at 7 o'clock, to do morning exercises at the open window, to go to the bathroom and wash, to have breakfast, to leave home, it takes smb 35 minutes to get to the University

2.  Harry studies physics.

classes - to begin, to attend lec­tures and practical courses, to work hard at the classes, to spend 2 or 3 hours at the library, to finish work

3.  His dinner time is 6 o'clock p. m.

to arrive home, after dinner, to listen to music, to watch TV, to listen to the 9 o'clock news, to switch on the radio, to go out in the evening, to go to the cinema or to a concert.

Ex.5. Develop the following statements. Use the information from the text.

1. Everу morning Harry gets up early.

2. Harry is a student of London University.

3. Usually Harry arrives home in the evening.

4. Sometimes Harry goes out in the evening.

Ex.6. Get ready:

to describe what Harry does in the morning;

to speak on his work at the University;

to speak on his free time in the evening,

Speech Exercises

Ex.1. Speak on

1) your friend's working day;

2) your working day.

Ex.2. Play out the following situations:

Your friend and you are very busy people. You are speaking about what you usually do on week-days.

Your friend is interested in your studies at the University, etc.

Part II. A Letter to a Friend

Vocabulary

1. about adv. - приблизительно, около, e. g. Ann is about 19.

prep. о, об. e. g. Tell us about your studies at the University.

2. ask v. - спрашивать, просить, e. g. Stop asking him, he is very busy.

ask a question - задать вопрос; ask smb about smth - попросить кого-либо о чем-либо; ask for help - попросить помощь

3. be over v. - заканчиватьcя, e. g. The lesson is over.

4. because cj. - потому что, так как, e. g. He came home late because he was busy at the university.