Listen to the interview and check. Answer the same questions about yourself.
9.10. Here is Alan’s weekly timetable. Some of the information is missing. Listen to the interview and complete the timetable. What does Alan do during each of the classes?
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 8.45–10.15 | Electrical Principles | Analogue Electronics | Analogue Electronics | Electrical Principles | (5) _____ |
| 10.45–12.15 | (1) _____ | (2) _____ | Communications | Computing | (6) _____ |
| 1.15–2.45 | Maths | (3) _____ | (4) _____ | Maths | Maths |
| 3.00–4.30 | Programmable Systems | (3) _____ | (4) _____ | Programmable Systems | Digital Electronics |
9.11. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did so many students drop out of Alan’s course?
2. What does he mean saying that Communications is not his scene? Why?
3. Why is it hard to use the indoor stadium?
4. Why is there a problem with Alan’s motorbike?
9.12. Compare the course Alan studies with yours. Would you like to take such a course? Why? Why not?
Conditional Sentences
| Condition | Subordinate clause | Principal Clause | Translation | |
| Real | If he works hard, If the equipment is delivered on time, | he will pass the exam well. we will start the experiment on the 1st of October. | ||
| Unreal | Present/ Future | If he worked hard, If the equipment were delivered on time, | he would pass the exam well. we would start the experiment on the 1st of October. | бы |
| Past | If he had worked hard, If the equipment had been delivered on time, | he would have passed his previous exam well. we would have started the experiment on the 1st of October 2008. | ||
9.13. Which is right?
1. If you study/will study hard, you will pass your exam.
2. I will translate this text if I get/will get a dictionary.
3. If you find/will find the exact meaning of the word, you will understand the sentence.
4. The student will not make mistakes if he observes/will observe the rules.
5. I finish/will finish the work tomorrow if you help me.
6. If they change/will change some details, they will be able to improve the design.
9.14. Listen to Jenny and Mark and answer the following questions:
1. What are their goals?
2. What are they going to do to achieve them?
3. What are they going to begin with?
9.15. Think of what you want to achieve. Think how you could start. Write a similar chain of sentences (6–8) paying attention to the verb forms.
9.16. Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences paying attention to the type of Conditional used.
| 1. If I come home early, 2. If the books were available in the library, 3. If we had been told about the lecture, 4. If I saw our lecturer, 5. If theory is accompanied by practical training, 6. If we had had all the necessary books, 7. If I were free, 8. If the students had been more careful, 9. If they receive all the necessary equipment, | a) they wouldn’t have broken the new apparatus. b) they will be able to carry out their experiment. c) I would help you with pleasure. d) we would have made our report in time. e) students could start this work right now. f) I would ask him to explain this difficult material again. g) students can apply their knowledge effectively. h) I’ll be able to begin reading for my exam today. i) we would have come by all means. |
9.17. Rewrite each sentence with all possible types of condition.
1. If you (be) busy, I (leave) you alone.
2. If I (live) in Moscow, I (study) at MSU.
3. She (try) to enter the university if she (be good at) Maths.
4. If you (not work) systematically, you (fail) at the examination.
5. They all (be surprised) if I (make) such a mistake.
6. If no one (come) to help, we (have) to do the work ourselves.
9.18. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the verb.
1. If he (work) hard, he will achieve great progress.
2. I (solve) the problem long ago if you had not disturbed me.
3. If she (not be) so absent-minded, she would be a much better
student.
4. If I (not attend) the lecture, I would not have understood this difficult rule.
5. If he reads fifty pages every day, his vocabulary (increase) greatly.
6. I (not do) it if you did not ask me.
9.19. Would you like to change something at your faculty? Imagine that you are taking part in the elections of the Dean. Write a speech to convince people to elect you the Dean of your faculty. Begin it like
If I were the Dean of the Faculty, I would ….
9.20. Write Conditional sentences.
Model: I came home early and was able to finish my report on time. If __
If I hadn’t come home early, I wouldn’t have been able to finish my report on time.
1. You know the material well enough, but you are very absent-minded, and that's why you always make many mistakes. If _____
2. Не always gets top marks in mathematics because it is his favourite subject and he works a lot at it. If _____
3. I did not translate the article yesterday because I had no dictionary.
If _____
4. The girl did not study well last year and received bad marks. If _____
5. He speaks English badly: he has no practice. If _____
6. The students worked hard and did well in their examinations. If _____
9.21. Translate into English:
1. Ты успешно сдашь экзамены в конце семестра, если будешь посещать лекции, готовиться к практическим занятиям и вовремя выполнять лабораторные работы.
2. Если бы лаборатории не были оснащены современным оборудованием, студенты не смогли бы проводить исследования.
3. Если студент будет учиться четыре года, он получит степень бакалавра.
4. Тебе могли бы присвоить степень магистра, если бы ты учился по другой специальности.
5. Если бы он не был ориентирован на исследовательскую деятельность, он не поступил бы в аспирантуру, а начал бы работать инженером на заводе.
6. Тебе не пришлось бы уходить из университета, если бы ты сосредоточился на учебе и вовремя сдал экзамены.
9.22. Now you are a student of NSTU. But what if you hadn’t entered the University and the faculty you study at? Write what you would have done if you hadn’t entered the faculty you study at (about 50 words).
9.23. Make a presentation of your faculty for this year school-leavers who are going to enter NSTU, their parents, and school career advisors. Your presentation should include information about the following:
1. When the faculty was founded.
2. The number of students and academic staff. Some information about the Dean of the faculty.
3. The departments and specialities.
4. The admission requirements.
5. The subjects studied.
6. The degrees awarded.
7. Research and development programs the Faculty participates in.
8. Career opportunities for the graduates.
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