Think of four How-questions for your partner. Ask him / her your questions.
 

Discuss in groups of 4-5 the following topics:
 
1.   Why is the knowledge of foreign languages so important in our times? (Подробнее...)

 Translate the word combinations. Use them in your own sentences.
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Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
 
1.     Great people are the only ones who can learn many (Подробнее...)

Give the nouns with these endings. (Подробнее...)

Here is a list of possible reasons for learning English at school. Add some other reasons if needed.
a)       Say why you study (Подробнее...)

Look back at the information map. Match the pictures and the texts. Read them aloud.
 
▼    About 20% of the world’s (Подробнее...)

Work in groups. Discuss and write down the reasons for learning English. Make use of the pictures.

Read the dialogues. Transform the sentences in italics using “the only”.
 
—       Have you got a sister or a brother? (Подробнее...)

Study the example and translate the following sentences into Russian.
She has neither brothers nor sisters. = She is the only (Подробнее...)

Tell about Russia in the same way. Use the information in the box. Don’t forget to mention:
 
•     the (Подробнее...)

Say which English-speaking country you’d like to visit. Give your reasons.
 

Find pairs of words that have similar meanings. Read them.
 
big, little, country, peoples, various, powerful, a capital, (Подробнее...)

Match the countries and the word combinations corresponding to them.
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Before you read the texts about English-speaking countries guess the meaning of the following word combinations:
 
1)    one (Подробнее...)

Discuss in groups of 3-4 what you know about English-speaking countries.
 
1.      What are they? (make a list) (Подробнее...)

Do some research. What does your name mean? Where does it come from? (Greek, German, French, Russian...)
Share the results of your (Подробнее...)

Read the words in transcription. Write them using letters:
 
[wʌn]    [аʊə]           [hɪə]          [raɪt] (Подробнее...)

Find the pairs of words that have the same pronunciation.
 
there, won, through, eye, one, weak, peace, too, week, write, no, (Подробнее...)

If you had to invent a new international language, how would you range the following in order of importance.
 
simple grammar (Подробнее...)