Grammar

3.1 Which words are missing in these sentences? Use 2.1 and 2.2 for help.

a. If you are good at sports, you …… apply for a grant.

b. Most students …… take a student loan from the bank.

c. If you live away from home, you …… pay for your accommodation.

d. If you do post-graduate study, you …… get an MA or an MSc.

3.2 Read the sentences. What is the meaning of CAN in them? Sometimes both are possible.

1. I can do it. = I know to do it. 2. I can do it. = It’s possible for me to do it.

a. I can speak two languages.

b. I can do an MSc after I get my Bachelor’s degree.

c. We can’t play loud music in the hall.

d. Can I apply for this grant?

e. I can pay for my accommodation myself.

f. You can’t swim, can you?

3.3 Listen to the sentences. Are the positive or negative? Listen again and repeat.

3.4 Make sentences about yourself. Use CAN or CAN’T.

e.g. speak Chinese – I can’t speak Chinese.

a. speak German

b. run 20 kilometers

c. sing very well

d. play a musical instrument

e. swim

f. play football

g. ride a bicycle

h. understand my teacher of English

3.5 Listen and complete the conversation.

- Can you sing? - ……… - Can you play a musical instrument? - ……… - What can you play? - ……… - Can you dance? - ………

Listen again and repeat. Copy the rhythm.

3.6 Listen and answer the questions for yourself. Give true answers.

e.g. ­ – Can you speak English? – Yes, I can, but not very well.

3.7 Read the adverts from a newspaper and act out job interviews.

Classifieds
Musician wanted. A newly formed band needs a front man/guitarist/composer.	Secretary wanted. German, good English, computer skills, office machines.
Health Club looking for sports instructor. Winter sports.	Family with two small kids looking for a baby sitter. Weekends, evenings, cooking, driving kids from school.

3.8 Look at the pictures and match them with the correct sentences.

1. You have to show your passport. 2. You can show your passport.	1. You have to smoke here. 2. You can’t smoke here.	1. You have to switch off your mobile. 2. You don’t have to switch off your mobile.

3.9 Make sentences about your studies. Use HAVE TO or DON’T HAVE TO.

a. Students ____ wear a uniform.

b. Students ____ take exams.

c. They ____ to pay for their accommodation.

d. All students ____ pay tuition fees.

e. You ____ get up early every day.

f. You ____ speak English at your English lessons.

g. You ____ do reading for seminars.

h. You ____ pay off a student loan.

3.10 Listen and agree/disagree with the sentences.

e.g. – You have to wear a uniform. – No, I don’t have to wear it.

4. Reading and speaking

4.1 Read about the Open University in the UK. How is it different from other universities?

The Open University (OU) is a British long-distance learning institution. It allows all kinds of people to study for a degree. Housewives, grandfathers, busy workers, and people with health disabilities (ограниченные физические возможности) can do a bachelor degree course. You can have almost unlimited time to complete a degree. The students choose how many modules to do each year, until there are enough (достаточно) for a degree. So they can continue to work and study in their spare time. The time of exams and assignments, however, is not flexible, so self-discipline is very important. The OU uses various methods for distance learning, for example, written and audio materials, the Internet, television programmes and materials on DVD. For most courses, students contact with tutors at face-to-face tutorials, by telephone, and/or on the Internet.

Guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Check it with a dictionary.

Make 5-6 sentences about OU students and what they have to/don’t have to do to complete a degree.

e.g. OU students have to take exams. or OU students don’t have to live in university accommodation.

4.2 Roxy Freeman is a web journalist, a loving mother of two children and an Open University student. In her blog she often writes about her studies there. Interview Roxy about her life, and act out the conversation.

e.g. – Do you have to work? or How often do you have to contact your tutor?