English

  • Words of the week

    To swoop [swuːp] at somebody – напасть на кого-либо To swopp –  if a bird or aircraft swoops, it moves suddenly down through the air, especially in order to attack something. The eagle hovered (завис), ready […]

  • Me from I to Z

    Exercise : What words describe best who you are? артистичный, усердный (рьяный), визионер (фантазер), приветствующий (других людей), храбрый, отважный, эффективный, вдохновляющий, радостный, честный, уважаемый, командный игрок, уникальный, клевый, дружелюбный, добрый, […]

  • Practice new words

    Exercise 1: Translate from English into Russian. Two huge boulders had to be moved out of the way before the trucks could get through. Helen clutched Edward’s arm as they dodged through the traffic. Dorothea bent down and pulled weeds out […]

  • Practice new words

    Exercise 1: Translate from English into Russian. Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. He leapt out of bed. His wet shirt clung to his body. The horse reared and […]

  • Why do you wear what you wear [creativity]

    1. Retell the text about why getting dressed in the morning is a creative statement and answer the two questions. Every person is always making a statement about who she […]

  • THESAURUS WITH THE VERBS “TO LOOK AND TO SEE” [exercise]

    Match the English words with their translation in Russian (1) Look, (2) peer, (3) glare, (4) stare, (5) gaze, (6) gape, (7) regard, (8) peek/peep, (9) have/take a look, (10) […]

  • Collocations expressing quantities

    Learn the following collocations to express quantities with uncountable nouns. 2. Translate the following sentences into English.  Это кола. Дай мне две банки / бутылки колы. Это рыба. Дай мне […]

  • Countable and uncountable nouns: a, an and some [answers]

    ex. 8 p. 6 in a book “Round up 3” Answers: Some meat A camera Some soap A carrot A ring Some rice Some cheese A kangaroo Some bread Some […]

  • That or what?

    Fill in the gaps with THAT or WHAT. It is not clear to _______ extent these views were shared. ‘You never cared about me.’ ‘___________’s not true.’ I wish you […]

  • Translation exercise

    Translate into Russian using the following words: to ransack a store cupboard, a tin of meat, good and evil spirits, to suppose (that), a grown-up, superstitious, perhaps, neighbourhood, to be […]