1. What sphere of science are you good at?
2. What were your favourite subjects at school?
3. What subjects did you dislike?
4. Are you fond of reading special literature?
5. What marks did you usually get in these subjects?
6. How long does it take a person to study his favourite subject well?
7. What are the most and the least popular professions of nowadays do you know?
8. Does every profession require the knowledge of foreign languages?
9. What is the difference between an educated and a well-educated person?
10. Have you read a lot of books connected with your speciality?
11. Are you keen on reading literature in English?
12. Is it difficult to read special literature in English?
13. What kind of books do people read if they want to get necessary information?
14. How often do you use reference literature?
15. Have you got a lot of special books at home?
1. What is the contribution of Francis Drake to the exploration of the world?
2. What new lands did James Cook discover? Why did he decide to name the south-eastern part of Australia New South Wales?
3. What are the principal discoveries of Edward Jenner?
4. Could you speak about Alexander Mackenzies expeditions and discoveries?
5. What is the contribution of John Franklin to the exploration of the world?
6. Could you speak about Robert Scotts journeys?
7. What is Isaac Newton famous for? What are his main achievements?
8. What inventions did James Watt make?
9. Who is often called The father of railways? Speak about other inventions of George Stephenson.
10. What is William Shakespeare famous for? What well-known works written by him can you name?
11. Who is considered to be the father of the electric motor? What other outstanding discoveries of this person do you know?
12. Who is the author of the books The Descent of Man and On the origin of species by means of natural selection? What did he explain in his works?
13. Who discovered penicillin? What did his research work consist of?
14. Who is the inventor of telephone? What is this person famous for?
15. Who and when set up printing press at Westminster? What is his contribution to English?
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Workout
Make up sentences.
1. Never / he / his wifes birthday / forgets
2. Usually / she / wake up / early / doesnt
3. Always / he / has / to travel abroad / wanted
4. Sometimes / he / at night / goes out
5. They / always / do / can / anything / they want
2. Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones which are wrong.
Example: I like children very much. right
Tom walks every morning to work. wrong Tom walks to work every morning.
1. Jim doesnt like very much football.
2. Ann drives every day her car to work.
3. When I heard the news, I phoned Tom immediately.
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4. Maria speaks very well English.
5. After eating quickly my dinner, I went out.
6. Jim smokes about 20 cigarettes every day.
7. I think Ill go early to bed tonight.
8. You should go to the dentist every six months.
9. When I heard the alarm, I got immediately out of bed.
10. Did you learn a lot of things at school today?
Self-study practice
Choose the right answer.
1. often the cinema the Milnes to go
A The Milnes go to the cinema often.
B The Milnes often go to the cinema.
C Often go the Milnes to the cinema.
2. the theatre to often very we to
A We go to the theatre very often.
B We very often go to the theatre.
C Very often we go to the theatre.
3. drink coffee I usually strong dont
A I usually dont drink strong coffee.
B I dont usually drink strong coffee.
C I dont drink strong coffee usually.
4. round at table wooden they a large sat
A They sat at a large wooden round table.
B They sat at a round large wooden table.
C They sat at a large round wooden table.
5. the news yesterday saw television I on
A I yesterday saw the news on television.
B I saw on television the news yesterday.
C Yesterday I saw the news on television.
6. the novel much I very liked
A I very much liked the novel.
B I liked very much the novel.
C I liked the novel very much.
7. to came the office he yesterday taxi by
A. He came by taxi to the office yesterday.
B. He came to the office by taxi yesterday.
C Yesterday he came by taxi to the office.
8. the table and on is there two a book pens
A There is a book and two pens on the table.
B There is two pens and a book on the table.
C On the table there is a book and two pens.
9. airport 10 p.m. youll the at at arrive
A Youll arrive at the airport at 10 p.m.
B Youll arrive at 10 p.m. at the airport.
C At the airport youll arrive at 10 p.m.
10. him give to things his
A Give to him his things.
B Give his things to him.
C His things give to him.
