Самостійна робота з теми "Make up your mind", 11 клас

Ex.1. Complete the sentences with the words: trust, employer, graduate, confidence, persistence, fee, appealing, freedom

1. I can say with ______ that I have never before driven up this street.
2. The ______ reasoned from his opinion of the workers and decided to increase their pay.
3. The ______ wad pitiful – only about £ 60.
4. My success is based on ________, not luck.
5. I know I can _______ her in any circumstance.
6. He had a nice smile and __________ personality.
7. Nothing is more precious than independence and ________.
8. She is 19, a _________ of Lincoln High school.

Ex.2. Choose the correct alternative

1. What’s your work/job, Peter?
2. I start work/job at 8 o'clock every morning.
3. Is there much job/work?
4. I can’t stop! I’m late for work/job.
5. Have you found any work/job?
6. I had the possibility/opportunity to go to university when I was younger but I didn’t.

Ex.3. Open the brackets and write the words in

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous tense

1. I’m exhausted. I (work) in the garden all day.
2. I (finish) the first exercise.
3. Where have you been? I (wait) for you for hours.
4. They (pick) ten kilos of apples.

Future Perfect Simple or Future Perfect Continuous

5. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) more than four hundred miles.
6. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) German for over two years.
7. The sun (not / rise) by 4 o'clock.
8. By the end of this week we (work) on the project for a month.

Ex.4. Read the text. Some sentences were removed from the text.

1. Oxford uses the tutorial method of teaching as well as lectures.
2. The most important courses at first were Theology and Latin
3. Twenty-five Prime Ministers and 86 Archbishops of Canterbury attended Oxford
4. Oxford is one of the top ten universities in the world.

The University of Oxford has 38 colleges and six halls of residence.1____ Oxford was founded in the 11th century and is the oldest university in the UK. It really began to grow when the University of Paris expelled all foreign students in 1167 and English students returned to England.2____, because most students wanted to join the church, but Law soon became important too. By the 16th century, there were more students of law than theology.

Fourteen percent of full-time undergraduate students come from overseas and 63% of full-time postgraduate students are international students.3_____. Students really enjoy talking to their lecturers in their rooms with a coffee!

4______. Many famous writers, such as Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkein (author of the Lord of the Rings) also went to Oxford.

Ex.1. Complete the sentences with the words: trust, employer, graduate, confidence, persistence, fee, appealing, freedom

1. I can say with ______ that I have never before driven up this street.
2. The ______ reasoned from his opinion of the workers and decided to increase their pay.
3. The ______ wad pitiful – only about £ 60.
4. My success is based on ________, not luck.
5. I know I can _______ her in any circumstance.
6. He had a nice smile and __________ personality.
7. Nothing is more precious than independence and ________.
8. She is 19, a _________ of Lincoln High school.

Ex.2. Choose the correct alternative

1. What’s your work/job, Peter?
2. I start work/job at 8 o'clock every morning.
3. Is there much job/work?
4. I can’t stop! I’m late for work/job.
5. Have you found any work/job?
6. I had the possibility/opportunity to go to university when I was younger but I didn’t.

Ex.3. Open the brackets and write the words in

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous tense

1. I’m exhausted. I (work) in the garden all day.
2. I (finish) the first exercise.
3. Where have you been? I (wait) for you for hours.
4. They (pick) ten kilos of apples.

Future Perfect Simple or Future Perfect Continuous

5. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) more than four hundred miles.
6. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) German for over two years.
7. The sun (not / rise) by 4 o'clock.
8. By the end of this week we (work) on the project for a month.

Ex.4. Read the text. Some sentences were removed from the text.

1. Oxford uses the tutorial method of teaching as well as lectures.
2. The most important courses at first were Theology and Latin
3. Twenty-five Prime Ministers and 86 Archbishops of Canterbury attended Oxford
4. Oxford is one of the top ten universities in the world.

The University of Oxford has 38 colleges and six halls of residence.1____ Oxford was founded in the 11th century and is the oldest university in the UK. It really began to grow when the University of Paris expelled all foreign students in 1167 and English students returned to England.2____, because most students wanted to join the church, but Law soon became important too. By the 16th century, there were more students of law than theology.

Fourteen percent of full-time undergraduate students come from overseas and 63% of full-time postgraduate students are international students.3_____. Students really enjoy talking to their lecturers in their rooms with a coffee!

4______. Many famous writers, such as Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkein (author of the Lord of the Rings) also went to Oxford.