Exercises after the text. Answer the following questions

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the most striking features of British life?

2. What have many foreigners noticed in Britain?

3. When do the British have time for tea?

4. How many people in Britain drink tea every day?

5. When did tea come to Britain?

6. Do the British like displaying their emotions?

7. How do the British make their tasty tea?

Interpret the following sentences in English.

1. The British are naturally polite and are never tired in saying “Thank you”, “I`m sorry”.

2. The British and tea are inseparable.

3. Tea makes up about half of all that a British person drinks.

4. Most people in Britain drink tea with black leaves although now herbal teas which do not contain caffeine are becoming more popular.

5.The British are very fussy about how their tea is made.

6. They see the drinking of tea as the opportunity to relax for a few minutes.

Draw a general conclusion from the following facts or specify the idea.

Model: One of the most striking features of British life is the self-discipline and courtesy of people of all classes, in fact …

… there is little noisy behavior and practically no loud disputing in the street.

1. Many foreigners have commented on a remarkable politeness of the British people, in fact…

2. The British and tea are inseparable, in fact …

3. Special ships were designed to bring tea quickly from China, in fact …

4. The British don’t like displaying their emotions even in dangerous and tragic situation, in fact …

Find in the text the adjectives in different degrees of comparison, write them down and translate them in Russian.

Indicate from the text all the nouns in plural form, translate them in Russian and make the singular form of these nouns.

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 2

Для выполнения контрольной работы № 2 необходимо усвоить следующие разделы грамматики:

1. Модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты.

2. Страдательный залог.

3. Временные формы Perfect, Perfect Progressive.

4. Функции глаголов to be, to have, to do.

5. Типы вопросительных предложений.

THE 1^ST VARIANT

Put in the modal verbs “can, may, must”.

1. … I buy an ice-cream, Granny?

2. You … stop smoking.

3. We … go home now.

4. He … play the piano after five months of his studies.

5. You … hurry up if you don’t want to be late for the concert.

6. … I turn off the TV-set?