TASK 2 Answer the following questions (10 min, 0.5 point)

1. What is a computer?

2. What are the two possible states of the switches?

3. What are the main functions of a computer?

4. In what way can we make the computer do what we want?

5. What is the basic task of a computer?

6. In what form does a computer accept information?

7. What is a program?

8. What are data?

9. What is memory?

10. What three basic capabilities have computers?

11. What are the ways of inputting information into the computer?

12. What is the function of an input device?

13. What devices are used for outputting information?

14. What decisions can the computer make?

15. What are the computer's achievements limited by?

 

TASK 3 Find in the text English equivalents of the following phrases (5 min, 0.5 point)

Сложная сеть электронных цепей;

 управлять (приводить в действие) переключателями;

возможные состояния;

хранить (запоминать) числа;

обрабатывать символы;

посредством ввода сигналов;

 включать/выключать;

размагничивать сердечники;

обработка информации;

информация в виде команд;

 символы, называемые данными;

 

TASK 4 Make up the pairs of the synonims (5 min, 0.5 point)

Example: A. to perform, to exercise, to carry out; B. a man, a person, a human being;

Verbs: to turn on, to provide, to type, to accept, to help, to learn, to observe, to call, to tell, to keep, to feed, to solve, to relate, to switch off, to communicate, to receive, to supply, to switch on, to assist, to print, to study, to input, to turn off, to decide, to store, to say, to name, to watch.

Nouns: work, machine, fundamentals, display, application, capabilities, job, storage, screen, state, basics, use, concept, specialist, journal, character, memory, idea, expert, magazine, position, symbol, command, data, solution, device, instruction, powers, information, decision.

Adjectives: basic, tiny, common, small, main, significant, routine, general, remarkable, uninterested, intricate, important, wonderful, complex, little.

Adverbs: rapidly, probably, instantaneously, in a moment, quickly, perhaps.

 

TASK 5 Learn new grammar matirial (10 min)

Time Expressions used with Past Simple:

Временные наречия, используемые с Past Simple:

Yesterday       on Monday          the other day     when

An hour ago   in 2007                 during the war    then

A week/ day/ month/ year ago

Last week/ day/ month/ year

 

Образование форм глагола в Past Simple

Рассмотрим образование прошедшего времени на примере правильного глагола to stay –(оставаться), так как это правильный глагол то его форма в Past Simple будет –stayed.  

Affirmative	Negative		Interrogative
I  stayed	Long form	Short form	Did I stay?
	I  did not stay	I  didn’t stay
You stayed	You did not stay	You didn’t stay	Did you stay?
He stayed	He did not stay	He didn’t stay	Did he stay?
She stayed	She did not stay	She  didn’t stay	Did she stay?
It stayed	It did not stay	It didn’t stay	Did it stay?
We stayed	We did not stay	We didn’t stay	Did we stay?
You stayed	You did not stay	You didn’t stay	Did you stay?
They stayed	They did not stay	They didn’t stay	Did they stay?

 

Примечание:

1. Утвердительная форма прошедшего времени будет иметь одну и ту же форму глагола во всех лицах и числах, несмотря на то, что глагол будет являться правильным или неправильным;

2. Вопросительная форма прошедшего времени образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола did (вторая форма от глагола do)+существительное или местоимение + V1 (глагол в первой форме);

3. Отрицательная форма прошедшего времени образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола did (вторая форма от глагола do)+частица not + V1 (глагол в первой форме).

 

TASK 6 Write the “Past Simple” of the following regular verbs. (10 min, 0.5 point)

 

1. open - ___________ 4. empty - ___________ 7. smoke- ________

2. love - ____________ 5. quarrel -___________ 8. play-____________    

3. plan - ____________ 6. try -  _____________ 9. cry - ____________

 

TASK 7 Choose a verb from the box to fill in the blanks with “Present” or “Past Simple”. (10 min, 0.5 point)

Finish, go, have, be

 Peter usually 1) __________ work at 4.30 p.m. Yesterday he 2) ________work at 1.00 p.m. He usually 3) ________ home by train. Yesterday he 4) _____________ home by taxi. He usually 5) _________ dinner at home. Yesterday he 6) _________ dinner in a restaurant with his friends. He usually 7) ________ to bed early. Yesterday he 8) _________ to bed late because it 9) _________ his birthday.

 

TASK 8 Put the verbs in brackets into the “Past Simple”. (10 min, 0.5 point)

Pamela: What 1) _______________(you/ do) last weekend?

Tony       : I 2) __________ (go) to my cousin's house.

Pamela: 3) _________(be) it far?

Tony : No, it only 4) __________ (take) us 30 minutes.

Pamela: 5) ___________ (you/ stay) there long?

Tony: We 6) __________ (stay) only for the weekend.

          What 7) ____________ (you/ do) last weekend?

Pamela: My family and I 8) _________ (take) the dog and we

             9) ________ (have) a picnic on the beach.

Tony: 10) ___________(be) it sunny?

Pamela: Yes, the sun 11) __________(shine) all day.