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Distance education in the world

Distance education over the world has a history of more than 100 years. But it gained popularity only after 1970’s.

Many countries like China, England, Japan, Russia, Spain, Kazakhstan (since a few recent years as well) and the USA use this method, especially in higher education.

For example, the Open University in England has more than 80 000 students who take about 140 courses per year. This university has 260 local teaching and 13 regional information centers.

Such factors as age, place and daily activity do not serve as limiting factors in distance education. Distance education has two main advantages over traditional classroom education. The first advantage is a solution to the problem of teaching staff shortage and the second one is the low cost of education which gives many people an opportunity to receive higher education.

It is a system of education for different people of any age. This education allows each student to have an individual scheme of study.

Write questions and retell the text.

Forming of adverbs

adj. + (-ly) = adv.

bad – badly; easy – easily; usual – usually.

1. Form adverbs from these adjectives and translate them:

occasional, real, bad, fruitful, happy, useful, helpful, beautiful, bright, slow, nice, oral, flabby, actual, avid, awful, careful, cheerful, clear, close, especial, excellent, favorable, proper, quiet, heavy.

2. Point out the italicized words: adverbs or adjectives

1. It is early autumn. I usually get up early. 2. We shall take a fast train to Yalta. Don’t speak so fast, I can’t understand you. 3. She has slept little today. There is very little difference between them. 4. You would have written the grammar test better if you had learnt the tenses of the English verbs. It is the worst result you ever had. 5. You know this problem better than I. Better to do well than to say well. 6. He lives in the Far East. He lives far from his school.7. How long did you travel about Great Britain? Oh, it was a long and very pleasant journey. 8. Excuse me, how do I get to the University? – Go straight down the street and then turn to the right. He is a very handsome young man, with straight nose, blue eyes and black hair.

3. Choose the proper form of adverb or adjective:

1. I am (happy, happily) to meet you. They have lived all their life (happy, happily). 2. Don’t speak to me so (cold, coldly) .Your hands are (cold, coldly), put your gloves.3. The results of our work were (perfect, perfectly). We have done everything (perfect, perfectly). 4. “I am quite (helpless, helplessly) in solving such problems”, she said. She looked at them (helpless, helplessly) not knowing what to do. 5. Can you tell me the (exact, exactly) time his arrival? Sorry, but I don’t know (exact, exactly) when he comes back. 6. He often comes home (late, lately). I haven’t seen him (late, lately).

4. Insert adverbs in the brackets where necessary:

1. I get many letters from my friends (often). 2. We shall go (tomorrow, there). 3. You been there (never). 4. Have you been to the Crimea (ever)? 5. They have returned from the South (just). 6. I have not seen this film (yet). 7. He gets up early (usually). 8. My mother cooks dinner for our family (always). 9. She is very busy (always). 10. I haven’t money to buy this TV- set (enough).

5. Write the adverbs:

6. Rewrite the sentences using a verb and an adverb:

1. They are slow workers.

They work slowly.

2. He’s a dangerous driver.

He drives dangerously.

3. She’s careful writer.

4. I’m a loud singer.

5. She’s a fast swimmer.

6. He’s a bad actor.

7. Jill’s a beautiful painter.

8. You’re a terrible dancer.

1. John’s a patient listener

7. Point out the correct word:

1. This music is too loud/ loudly. We can’t talk. 2. She played bad/badly and she lost the game. 3. We waited patient/ patiently for the letter but it never came. 4. Please don’t be angry/ angrily with him. 5. She asks intelligent/ intelligently questions. 6. The children are playing together very nice/ nicely today. 7. She’s a very warm/ warmly person and everyone like her. 8. She surprised me when she opened the door sudden/ suddenly. 9. You speak English good/ well. 10. Its dangerous/ dangerously to swim in the sea here.

8. Put the adjective in brackets in the correct place in the sentence. Where

necessary, change the adjective to an adverb:

1. We had a holiday in Spain, but unfortunately we had weather (terrible). 2. When I saw the accident, I phoned the police. (immediate) 3. Don’t worry. Justin is a driver. (careful) 4. Jean- Pierre is a Frenchman. He loves food, wine, and rugby.(typical) 5. Please speak. I can’t understand you. (slow) 6. We had a test today.(easy) 7. We all passed. (easy) 8. I look after the cat (carefully)

9. Match the verbs or phrase with an adverb:

10. Insert the proper adverbs given below:

Noises in the night

It was about two o’clock in the morning, and …I woke up. I heard a noise. I got out of bed and went … downstairs. There was a light on it in the living room. I listened …. I could hear two man speaking very … . “Burglars! ” I thought. “ Two burglars!” … I ran back upstairs and phoned the police. I was … frightened . … the police arrived … . They opened the front door and went into the living room. Then they came upstairs to find me. “ It’s all right now, sir”, they explained. “ We turned the television off for you!”

Present Continuous tense

1. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the tense:

1. They are discussing an important problem. 2. William is not playing the piano. 3. She is not washing up. 4. They are not swimming in the lake. 5. We are working in the park. 6. It is 7 o’clock. Mike is getting up. 7. Is John waiting for the bus? 8. Are Nick and Ann doing their morning exercises? 9. Is Jack playing football? 10. It is 10 minutes past 7 a.m. Suzy is cleaning her teeth.

2. Answer the questions:

1. Who is sitting next to you? 2. What is he/she doing? 3. Are they preparing their lessons now? 4. The children are playing football, aren’t they? 5. Are you talking with her/him now? 6. Whom is he waiting for? 7. Is she planting a rose now? 8. It is raining now, isn’t it? 9. Am I reading a book now? 10. Are the students answering the teacher’s questions?

3. Make up ten sentences with these verbs:

to be flying, to be sleeping, to be opening, to be working, to be writing, to be watching, to be drinking, to be studying, to making, to be cooking.

4. Open the brackets, using the correct form of verbs:

1. Polly (to be to work) on his report now. 2. The scientist (to be to look through) the specifications for these machines. 3. I (to be to listen) to the latest news now. 4. My mother (to be to cook) the dinner for us. 5. The boy (to be to swim) and his elder sister (to be to bathe). 6. He (to be to ask) Andrew questions. 7. Her grandmother (to be to take) a shower.8. The uncle of my friend (to be to drive) a car now. 9. The director of our office (to be to receive) some foreign businessmen. 10. They (to be to discuss) the modern state of affairs.

5. Make up the sentences. Use am/ is/ are + one of these verbs:

building, coming, having, looking, playing, cooking, writing, standing, swimming, reading

1. Listen! Pat … the piano. 2. They … a new hotel in the city center at the moment. 3. Look! Somebody … in the river. 4. Don’t interrupt him, he … the book 5. ‘You … on my foot’. ‘Oh, I’m sorry’. 6. Hurry up! The bus … 7. Our director … through the specifications. 8.‘Where are you, George?’ ‘In the kitchen, I … a meal’. 9. They … the new words from 7 lesson. 10. ‘Hello. Can I speak to Ann, please?’ ‘She … a shower at the moment. Can you phone again later?’

6. Choose the correct verb form:

1. Tanya comes /is coming from Russia. 2. She visits/is visiting London. 3. She has/is having a holiday. 4. She speaks/is speaking English quite well. 5. She stays/is staying with friends in London. 6. She enjoys/is enjoying her visit. 7. She goes/is going shopping most days. 8. She says/is saying she wants to come back soon.

7. What’s happening at the moment? Write true sentences:

1. (I/wash/my hair) I’m not washing my hair.

2. (It/snow) It is snowing.

3. (I/sit/on a chair) ………………………….

4. (I/eat) ………………………….

5. (It/rain) .…………………………

6. (I/learn/English) .…………………………

7. (I/listen/to the radio)…………………………

8. (the sun/shine) ………………………….

9. (I wear/shoes) …………………………

10. (I/read/a newspaper)………………………..

8. Put questions to these sentences:

1. I’m going to my friend. 2. They are talking about the weather. 3. He is speaking with his sister. 4. I’m looking at this beautiful girl. 5. She is telling me about her children. 6. They are looking for their dog. 7. They are coming from the theatre. 8. He is dreaming about the warm sea. 9. She is thinking of her new friends. 10. We are looking after her cat.

9. Open the brackets use Present Continuous tense:

(NOW) 1. The boys (to run) about in the garden. 2. I (to do) my homework. 3. John and his friends (to go) to the library. 4. Ann (to sit) at her desk. She (to study) geography. 5. A young man (to stand) at the window. He (to smoke) a cigarette. 6. The old man (to walk) about the room. 7. The dog (to lie) on the floor. 8. You (to have) a break? 9. What language you (to study)? 10. Who (to lie) on the sofa?

Read and translate the text:

I often travel to other countries, so I spend a lot of time at airports. Today I’m traveling to Greece and at the moment I’m waiting for my plane. But I’m not waiting my time. What am I doing? I’m playing my favourite game – people-watching. Whenever I have the time, I watch other people.

Take that couple, for example. They’re buying magazines at the moment. Are they going on holiday or are they traveling on business? They aren’t wearing business clothes, but he’s carrying a briefcase. Every few seconds she looks round. Is someone following them? Perhaps they’re running away and … Just a minute, there’s a story in the newspaper. A bank clerk stole one million pounds last week and disappeared with his wife. There’s a picture of them here. Yes, they look similar. That’s it! The money’s in the briefcase. I must stop them.

They are going to the departure lounge now. Quick. Oh, just a minute. They’re saying goodbye to each other. The woman isn’t going into departure lounge. She’s walking away. Oh, well, it was exciting for a moment. Oh, what is she doing now? She’s talking to another man. They’re kissing. Now, I wonder…

Look at the story again

a . Underline examples of the present continuous tense with me, them, and her. For each of them, find

· a positive statements

· a negative statements

· a question

b. How do we make each of them?

Look at the first paragraph again.

a. Two different present tenses are used. Underline examples of each.

b. B. What is each tense? Why is each tense

Retell the text

Past Continuous tense

1. Join the two parts of the sentence with when:

2. Work in pairs. Ask and say what you were doing at these times yesterday:

1) 7.15am 2) 8.35am 3) 9.30am 4) 11.25am 5) 5.15pm

6) 7.45pm 7) 8.15pm 8) 9pm 9) 10.30 pm 10) 11.55pm.

e.g.: What were you doing at seven fifteen yesterday morning?

I was getting up.

What were you doing?

I was having breakfast.

3. Use the Simple Past or the Past Continuous Tense:

1. I (see) yesterday when we (go) for a walk in the park. The sun (shine), a cool breeze (blow) the birds (sing). 2. I really (enjoy) my vacation last January. While it (snow) in Iowa, the sun (shine) in Florida. While you (shovel) snow in Iowa, I (lie) on the beach in Florida. 3. My brother and sister (argue) about something when I (walk) into the room 4. The students (speak) Japanese and some (converse) in Arabic. 5. When I (arrive) she (have) lunch. She (apologize) for starting without me but said that she always (lunch) at 12.30. 6. Suddenly he (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction. 7. The traffic (make) so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he (say). 8. She (stand) at the bus stop. I asked her what bus she (wait) for. 9. She was very extravagant. She always (buy) herself new clothes. 10. Why you (not be) at the meeting? – I (wait) for an overseas call from my family.

4. Complete the sentences using did, was or were.

1. ‘Were you working when I rang?’ ‘No, I wasn’t.’

2. ‘Did you see me on television?’ ‘Yes, I did.’