Exercise 18. Act out the following mini-dialogues substituting phrases from the lists for the ones in italics.

Act out the following mini-dialogues substituting phrases from the lists for the ones in italics.

1. — Where do you' study?

— I study at the Неrzeп State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.Petersburg.²

' does he, does she

² the Institute of Foreign Languages, the philological faculty, the faculty of oriental languages

2. — What's your favourite subject?

— I like English¹ most of all.

' Linguistics, Latin, Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, British Studies, American Studies, Methods of Teaching English, History of the Language, Grammatical Theory

3. — What subjects do you take for the first year¹?

— If we speak about English, it is mainly Phonetics and Grammar.²

¹ the second year, the third year, the fourth year, the fifth year

² Conversation, Written Composition, Translation, Home Read­ing, Analytical Reading, Close Reading, Business English

4. — What is David good¹ at?

— He is good at writing essays.²

¹ clever,poor

² memorizing foreign words, doing grammar exercises, reciting po­ems, writing accurate translations, giving talks

5. — Can you help me with grammar¹?

— Certainty.²

¹ pronunciation, the text, the exercise, spelling

² Of course. I can. No doubt I can. You are welcome.

6. — Why didn't you attend the previous lesson in English¹?

— The thing is that I was not well.²

¹ lecture on Literature, lecture on Linguistics, seminar on political economy, seminar on psychology

² was late for it, didn't know about it.

7. — What mark did you get for your composition¹?

— I was given an excellent mark.²

¹ translation, test, examination

² a good mark, a satisfactory mark, a bad mark

8. — Where can I find the Dean¹?

— He is probably in the Dean's ofice.²

¹ the English teacher, the tutor, the lecturer

² the staff room, the lecture room, the faculty office

9. — What are you going to do tomorrow morning¹?

— I think I'll be reading up/or the exam.²

¹ in the afternoon, tonight

² writing an essay, reading up for the seminar, revising for the test, preparing for my class

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