Exercise 1. Match the Words with Their Transcriptions

TERM 2.1

Exercise 1. Match the words with their transcriptions:

1) laser a) [sʌtʃ]

2) device b) [ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ]

3) pace c) [ˈleɪzə(r)]

4) such d) [dɪˈvaɪs]

5) exciting e) [peɪs]

Exercise 2. Give the words by their transcriptions:

tekˈnɒlədʒɪ, ˈlæptɒp, haɪ, brɪdʒ, tuːl, peɪs, strɒŋ, ˈdɪfrəns, kaɪnd, sɔ:, ˈjuːsfl, ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ, mæθ, ˈsaɪəns, wɜːld, əˈfekt, ɪˈfekt, sti:m, ˈdɪdʒɪtəl.

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Exercise 3. Write the transcription of the following words using the dictionary:

robot, saw, hammer, solve, invent, device, easy, agree, affect, effect, about, learn, high, involve, fast, exciting, knowledge, science, while, through, answer, society, advancement, acid, find, literate, tech, both.

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Exercise 4. Circle a correct variant from the given ones. Pay attention to the usage of Present tenses.

1. A. Nowadays people live in a “high-tech” world.

B. Nowadays people lives in a “high-tech” world.

2. A. Laptops are being products of technology.

B. Laptops are products of technology.

3. A. Technology involves both thinking and doing.

B. Technology has involved both thinking and doing.

4. A. Most definitions of technology say that it is the use of knowledge, tools, and resources to help people.

B. Most definitions of technology are say that it is the use of knowledge, tools, and resources to help people.

5. A. Many advancements of technology deals with people and the environment.

B. Many advancements of technology deal with people and the environment.

Exercise 5. Circle a correct variant from the given ones. Pay attention to the usage of Past tenses.

1. A. Over 90 percent of all technologies we have today people invented in the last decade.

B. Over 90 percent of all technologies we have today people were invented in the last decade.

2. A. In the 1700s factories was beginning to make things.

B. In the 1700s factories began to make things.

3. A. Prehistoric people have used simple tools such as clubs and axes made of stone to work on different materials.

B. Prehistoric people used simple tools such as clubs and axes made of stone to work on different materials.

4. A. When some people remained hunters and gatherers, others became farmers and herders.

B. When some people was remained hunters and gatherers, others became farmers and herders.

5. A. Thomas Newcomen made a steam engine.

B. Thomas Newcomen had made a steam engine.

6. A. The word “laser” originated from "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation".

B. The word “laser” were originated from "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation".

Exercise 6. Circle a correct variant from the given ones. Pay attention to the ways of expressing future.

1. A. Navy Laser weapon systems will be ready for use soon.

B. Navy Laser weapon systems will been ready for use soon.

2. A. Youth digital dependence will turn to be a negative thing.

B. Youth digital dependence will have turned to be a negative thing.

3. A. Digital books equipped with AI will easily guide students to the fascinating world of knowledge.

B. Digital books equipped with AI will easily be guide students to the fascinating world of knowledge.

4. A. The student will has found the information about temperature controlled suits by Friday to make a presentation.

B. The student will have found the information about temperature controlled suits by Friday to make a presentation.

5. A. As you learn about technology you will be designing, inventing, and making things using your creative ideas and knowledge from science, math, and other subjects.

B. As you learn about technology you will designing, inventing, and making things using your creative ideas and knowledge from science, math, and other subjects.

Exercise 7. Read the sentences and underline the correct variant of the verb from the given ones.

1. Technological performance is growing / are growing at an exponential rate.

2. Many people think that technology started / has started in the 1700s when factories began to make things.

3. Technology begin / began many thousands of years ago.

4. Prehistoric people discover / discovered uses for fire.

5. People used / will use bronze to make better tools and weapons many centuries ago.

6. Industry still used / uses iron today.

7. The Chinese were ahead of other people in technology because they have / had gunpowder, the compass, and movable type for printing.

8. Steam was / has been first used in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen.

9. Beginning about 1750 (in the Industrial Revolution) many inventions brought changes that has affected / affected all of society.

10. In earlier times, people have lived / lived in an agricultural society where they needed tools to live off the land.

11. Today we will be / are in an Information Age.

12. In our century such skills as finding and using information are / are being important.

Exercise 8. Find English words in this collection of letters. Don’t replace the letters. The words are already written. You just need to find them and underline or circle.

How many words are hidden here?

TINFORMATIONLINETALLOYINCLUDESKRESEARCHIVEINGIZMOTSCIENCENTSOCIETYDEFINEVITABLENDESIGNOD

Exercise 9. Make up and write your own sentences using 5 of the word combinations given below:

creative ideas, fast – paced, for a while, a technologically literate person, to make a decision, a decision based on facts, to change through time, tools of technology, to find out more about smth, environmental problems, acid rain.

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Exercise 10. Read these question sentences, underline the subject, the predicate and circle the auxiliary verb.

1. What do we call technology?

2. Does technology affect our life?

3. How does technology develop nowadays?

4. Is technology a part of our life?

5. What helps us make our life easier?

6. We cannot stop technological development, can we?

7. In what way does technology affect the environment?

8. What kind of job do you think you would like?

9. Isn’t it interesting to study how technology develops?

10. I am a technologically - minded person, aren’t I?

Exercise 11. Choose and circle a correct question to the sentence.

1. Technology has both good and bad sides.

A. What sides does technology have?

B. What sides technology has?

C. What sides do technology have?

2. Space exploration was a challenging problem requiring full use of our knowledge, energy, abilities and resources.

A. What was space exploration?

B. What space exploration was?

C. What a challenging problem was?

3. This research deals with environmental problems caused by the advancement of technology.

A. What problems do this research deal with?

B. What problems does this research deal with?

C. What problems this research deals with?

4. You can be more creative if you open your mind to new things.

A. When you can be more creative?

B. When do can you be more creative?

C. When can you be more creative?

5. Learning about technology is fast – paced, exciting, challenging and fun.

A. What is fast - paced, exciting, challenging and fun?

B. What is technology?

C. What learning is?

Exercise 12. Put the words in the questions in the right order.

1. Where/you/born/were? ______

2. Where/you/did/grow up? ______

3. What/like/did/you/doing/at school? ______

4. What/like/were/you/as/a young child? ______

5. When/decide/you/did/an engineer/to become? ______

6. How/parents/your/did/react? ______

7. What/say/when/told/did/you/they/them? ______

8. How/you/when/old/left/were/you/home? ______

9. What/job/first/your/at the plant/was? ______

10.What/of/directors/working/kind/with/you/do/like?

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Exercise 13. For each of the following, first make a yes/no question. Then make an information question using where, when, how long and a subject question using who, what.

Model: They can stay there.

Yes/no question: Can they stay there?

Information question: Where can they stay?

Subject question Who can stay there?

1 She stays there every summer. ______

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2 She is staying there. ______

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3 She will stay there for a while. ______

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4 She is going to stay there for a day or two. ______

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5 They stayed there in January. ______

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6 They will be staying there when you come. ______

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7 They should stay at home in such rainy weather. ______

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8 He has stayed at her Granny’s for three months. ______

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9 He has been at the hotel for a week. ______

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10 John is at university. ______

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11 John will be in class very soon. ______

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12 John has been to the USA. ______

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13 Steam was first put to use in 1712. ______

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14 This technology should have been invented last century. ______

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Exercise 14. Ask a question about the highlighted information using appropriate question words.

1. We have many products of technology in our houses.

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2. Scientists developed technology to help the society.

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3. You live in a “high-tech” world.

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4. People designed laptops many years ago.

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5. They develop nanobots.

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6. I’d like the green iPhone, please.

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7. I like green iPhones.

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8. Chinese workers assembled iPhones.

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9. Chinese workers assembled iPhones.

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10. Chinese workers assembled iPhones.

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11. I go online at least once a week.

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12. The journey takes about six hours from here.

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13. Technology deals with people and the environment.

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14. He keeps the key in that box.

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15. There’s a litre of milk left.

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Exercise 15. Suggest appropriate questions for the answers given in the exercise

Model: a The teacher. The teacher opened the door.

Who opened the door?

b Opening the door. The teacher is opening the door.

What is the teacher doing?

1. My friend. That letter is from my friend.

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2. Maria. Maria wrote that letter.

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3. My mother’s. That is my mother’s coat.

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4. In August. Alice and John are going to get married in August.

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5. Gray. Her eyes are gray.

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6. Black. Her hair is black.

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7. Herb tea. I’d like some herb tea.

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8. Coffee. I usually drink coffee with my breakfast.

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9. The advancements in technology. The advancements in technology made our life easier.

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10. Ten minutes. It usually takes me two minutes to reboot the comp.

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11. By taxi. I got to the airport by taxi.

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12. A Five Inch Android Tablet. The boy has a five inch android tablet in his pocket.

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13. Four. I have four brothers and sisters.

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14. Florida. I grew up in Florida.

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15. Five hours. It takes five hours to get there by plane.

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16. Historical novels. I like to read historical novels.

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17. Chapters 2 and 3. The test will cover Chapters 2and 3.

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18. Because the traffic was heavy. I was late because the traffic was heavy.

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19. For three days. She’s been sick for three days.

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20. Twenty. I’m going to invite twenty people to my party.

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21. This one. You should buy this camera, not that one.

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22. Marie Curie. Marie Curie discovered radium.

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23. Practicing asking questions. We’re practicing asking questions.

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24. Great. Everything’s going great.

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Exercise 16. Write questions with what

1 I’ve got a new TV set. (make?) ______

2 I want a job. (kind?) ______

3 I’ve got a new device. (colour?) ______

4 I got up early this morning. (time?) ______

5 I like music. (type?) ______

6 I want to buy a car. (kind?) ______

Exercise 17. Put in what/which/who/

1 ______is that man’s name?

2 ______way shall we go? Left or right?

3 You can have tea or coffee. ______do you prefer?

4 “______day is it today?” “Friday.”

5 This is a nice house. ______room is yours?

6 ______is your favourite sport?

7 ______is more expensive, meat or fish?

8 ______is older, Ann or George?

9 ______kind of camera have you got?

10 A: Mary has got three cameras.

B: ______camera does she use most?

11 ______nationality are you?

Exercise 18. Complete the questions with How+adjective or adverb (high/long/often/far//deep/old)

1 ______ is Mount Everest? Nearly 9000 metres.

2 ______ is it to the station? It’s about two kilometres from here.

3 ______is Helen? She’s 26.

4 ______do the buses run? Every ten minutes.

5 ______is the water in the pool? Two metres.

6 ______have you lived here? Nearly three years.

Exercise 19. Write questions with How...? Add the necessary adjectives

1 Are you 1 metre 70? 1.75? 1.80? ______

2 Is this box one kilogram? Two? Three? ______

3 Are you 20 years old? 22? 25? ______

4 Did you spend £10? £15? £20? ______

5 Do you watch TV every day? Once a week? Never? ______

6 Is it 3 270 miles from Boston to London? 3 000? 2 000? ______

Exercise 20«. Write 5 different types of questions about technology. Remember the word order in questions: QUESTIONWORD + AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + PREDICATE?

Exercise 21. Write 4 different types of questions to each sentence.

1. You live in a “high-tech” world.

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2. We can see that technology has many different definitions.

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3. Technological performance is growing at an exponential rate.

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4. During the second part of Pre industrial Revolution people started to use the scientific method.

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5. We anticipate wearable technology.

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6. The usage of clothes from animal fur helped prehistoric people to move to colder regions.

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7. The future technology will bring bionics into our lives.

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Exercise 22. Match the statements with appropriate short answers.

1. They’ve got a lovely house.

2. I like going to the theatre.

3. I don’t really enjoy thrillers.

4. I’ve never seen such a huge car before.