TOPICAL VOCABULARY
get on/off (a bus); to put down at...; down/up the street; at
the bottom of the street; take bus No. 7. change for bus No. 7;
it’s a five minutes’ walk from here; take the first turning to the
left/right; what/how much is the fare?; full up/packed; traffic
regulations/lights; right/left hand traffic: heavy/light traffic; one
way traffic; peak/rush hours; industrial area; shopping area/cen
tre; outskirts; outstanding; tower
EXERCISES
I. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs:
arrive, get, admire, impress, situate, enjoy, ride, cross, learn,
show, teach, make, visit, plan, drive, build.
II. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following
adjectives:
new, long, busy, dirty, beautiful, good, large, big, splendid,
narrow, interesting, hospitable, straight, impressive, broad,
crooked.
III. Write a) the plural and b) the singular of:
a) avenue, bus, crowd, city, view;
b) pictures, taxis, squares, theatres, minutes, guides.
IV. Transcribe the following words and explain the reading rules
applied in them:
broad, crooked, crowded, guide, hotel, museum, narrow,
street, stream, square, typical, worker, show, friendly, builder,
view, straight, country, avenue, between.
V. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the
stresses and tunes. Concentrate your attention on sounds. b) Let your
fellowstudent pronounce this exercise for you to detect his errors in the
vowel [ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ] and tell him what must be done to eliminate them:
[ ]1. Can’t you ask Father or Aunt Margaret?
2. He laughs best who laughs last.
3. Half heart is no heart.
4. The highest art is artlessness.
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