Vocabulary
Grammar Practice
Make up the sentences
Mixed bag
100

Name 4 types of media.

1. TV

2. radio

3. newspapers and magazines

4. Internet

100

Name keywords we use in the Past Simple (3-5 examples).

  • yesterday — вчера;
  • the day before yesterday — позавчера;
  • last week/month/year/weekend — на прошлой неделе/в прошлом месяце/в прошлом году/в прошлые выходные;
  • a day ago/ten days ago/a week ago/a month ago/a year ago — день назад/10 дней назад/неделю назад/месяц назад/год назад;
  • in 2010 — в 2010 году etc.
100

came/a/great/up/Tony/idea/with.

Tony came up with a great idea.

100

Choose the correct response:

A: Can we watch the news?

B: a) I don't like reality shows.

    b) Sure.

b) Sure.

200

Name 5 words which describe emotions.

For example:

happy, sad, angry, surprised, worried etc.

200

Name keywords we use in the Past Continuous(3-5 examples). Make up one sentence using the Past Continuous.

all day long, the whole evening, from 2 to 4 p.m., while, as etc.

I was listening to music the whole evening yesterday.

200

1. of/I/very/collection/my/proud/am/coin.

2. clock/at/went/his/alarm/pm/6/off.

1. I am very proud of my stamp collection.

2. His alarm clock went off at 6 pm.

200

Choose the correct word:

1. I was surprised/surprising to hear I won the competition.

2. In sports, it's a great achievement to attend/break a word record.

1. surprised

2. break

300

Choose the odd word out:

1. stray, curious, worried, shocked, excited

2. a reality show, a documentary, a magazine, a sports programme, a soap opera

3. a producer, a presenter, an artist, a journalist, an engineer

1. stray

2. a magazine

3. an artist

300

Put the verbs in the Past Simple or the Past Continuous:

1. My parents _____ (watch) TV while I _____ (do) my homework.

2. Sam _____ (cook) lunch when he _____ (hear) a loud noise in the hall.

1. My parents were watching TV while I was doing my homework.

2. Sam was cooking lunch when he heard a loud noise in the hall.

300

1. the/report/what/say/does/weather?

2. well/trousers/this/goes/your/jacket/really/with.

3. to/likes/to/send/Sandra/messages/friends/text/her.

1. What does the weather report say?

2. This jacket really goes well with your trousers.

3. Sandra likes to send text messages to her friends.

300

Read the definitions and guess the words:

1) a film or television or radio programme that gives facts and information about a subject.

2) a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service.

3) a pet that no longer has a home or cannot find its home.

1) documentary

2) advertisement

3) a stray dog/stray

400

Translate 4 adjectives which describe magazines into English:

1. глянцевый

2. популярный

3. красочный

4. привлекательный, красивый

1. glossy

2. popular

3. colourful

4. attractive

400

Translate from Russian into English:

1. Ник играл в футбол вчера вечером.

2. Том читал газету, когда зазвонил телефон.

3. Тед отправлял сообщения весь вечер вчера.

1. Nick played football yesterday evening.

2. Tom was reading a newspaper when the phone rang.

3. Ted was sending messages all evening yesterday. 

400

1.leave/saw/the/Helen/nobody/room.

2. was/the/and/was/calm/shining/the/sun/sea.

3. research/Igor/Moskva/the/River/doing/some/is/on.

4. a/this/there/lot/dogs/are/of/stray/area/in.

1. Nobody saw Helen leave the room.

2. The sun was shining and the sea was calm.

3. Igor is doing some research on the Moskva River.

4. There are a lot of stray dogs in this area.

400

Make up a dialogue on the topic "Mass Media" and act it out.

Use the words and phrases: a sports programme, favourite, reality show, Channel 1; Do you fancy watching it?/Well, I suppose so.

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500

Translate from Russian into English:

1. самое лучшее кулинарное шоу

2. мои любимые документальные фильмы о животных

3. Мой папа смотрел международные новости по 1 каналу пока я читал свой ежедневный гороскоп.

1. the best cookery programme/show

2. my favourite wildlife documentaries

3. My father was watching international news on Channel 1 while I was reading my daily horoscope.

500

Open the brackets in the story.

Last night Bob's father 1) _______ (read) a book in the living room when suddenly he 2) _______ (hear) something outside the house. He 3) _______ (open) the window and 4) _______ (look) out. It 5) _______ (be) very dark and at first he 6) _______ (not/can) see anything. But while he 7) _______ (close) the window, he 8) _______ (notice) a man. The man 9) _______ (try) to climb over the garden wall...

Last night Bob's father 1) was reading a book in the living room when suddenly he 2) heard something outside the house. He opened the window and 4) looked out. It 5) was very dark and at first he 6) couldn't see anything. But while he 7) was closing the window, he 8) noticed a man. The man was trying to climb over the garden wall...

500

1.was/the/my/very/interested/teacher/art/in/painting.

2.whose/a/is/that/girl/the/father/journalist.

3.news/very/I/find/informative/national.

4.the/children/in/interested/are/articles/environment/about.

5. team/week/in/our/a/took/clean-up/last/part/campaign.

1.The art teacher was very interested in my painting.

2.That is the girl whose father is a journalist.

3.I find national news very informative.

4.Children are interested in articles about the environment.

5. Our team took part in a clean-up campaign last week.

500

Read the text "Mass Media" aloud and translate the sentence into Russian:

"The majority of magazines contain news about celebrities, reviews of various events and a huge number of detailed articles on different aspects of daily life".

«В большинстве журналов публикуются новости о знаменитостях, обзоры различных событий и множество подробных статей о разных аспектах повседневной жизни».