Answer the following questions. Use the phrases: As to …; Frankly speaking…;

 How often are seminars (conferences, workshops) held at your University? Use the time expressions: once (twice, three times…) a month (year, quarter); annually, regularly, seldom, etc.
 Have you participated in any scientific conference? When? What was its subject? Use the time expressions: last week, (month, year); two weeks (months, years) ago; on June 9, 2010; etc.
 Are you planning to take part in any conference (seminar, workshop) in the near future? When is it to be held? What is its objective?

Use the following phrases:

Time: next week (month, year); in a week (month, year); in March;
Objective: to clear up the problem of …; to discuss the question of…;to obtain better understanding of the problem of …; to understand the mechanism of…; to consider the recent developments in the field of …; to report new data on … .

ответ: The house has four rooms.

2. There were two carpets on the floor.

3. I watched the movie yesterday.

4. Have they washed the dishes yet?

5. He has already made purchases.

Объяснение: Translate the words:

1.a cooker

2.electricity

3.central heating

4.a refrigerator

5.modern conveniences

6.a mirror

7.curtains on the window

8. a living room

9. a wall unit

10. a wardrobe

2. Make up sentences in and translate them:

1. Is/a mirror/wall/the/on/there – There is a mirror on the wall.

2. In/your/chairs/are/there/some/room. –

3. There/table/a big/is/in the/ dining room. –

4. My room/flowers/are/in/there/a lot of.-

5. Any/my room/in/are not/pictures/there. –

3. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form (Past Simple, Present Perfect)

1. They just (to come) home.

2 Our team (to play) football last month.

3.Yesterday my mum and I (to go) to the theatre.

4. My father already (to build) his house.

5. I (not to do) my home task yet.

4. Fill in the gaps with is/ are/ was/ were

1.There ….. a big bed in the middle of the room.

2.There ….. bright curtains on the window ten years ago.

3.There ….. a black and white TV set in the flats forty years ago.

4.There …. a nice lamp on the table in my room.

5.There ….. eight chairs around the table.

6.There ….. beautiful pictures on the walls in the living room last year.

7.There ….. many desks and a blackboard in our classroom.

5.Translate the sentences

1. В доме есть четыре комнаты.

2. Было два ковра на полу.

3.Я смотрел фильм вчера.

4.Они уже помыли посуду?

5.Он уже сделал покупки.

If a factory is built in my hometown, there will be many advantages. First, there will be (1)much more employment. Second, roads will be (2)better and transportation will be (3)faster. There will also be (4)many more educational and recreational facilities. Unfortunately, there will also be some disadvantages. The town will not be as peaceful as before and it will be (6)much more polluted. (5)Many more people will come to work here. The town will probably become more crowded and there will be less parks and trees. On the whole, however, I feel that there are more advantages than disadvantages and I would support this plan.

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