Упражнение № 2. Choose the correct word:

1) I am a student of (economy, economics) now. 2) At school I didn't study the (economy, economics) of Great Britain. 3) I hope he'll make a good (economist, economy). 4)There are many (economic, economical) problems in the world. This car is very (economic, economical). 5)I try to spend money and time  (economical, economically). 6)This car (economize, economizes) fuel.

Grammar Revision: The verb to be (Read Grammar appendix: Lesson 1)

Упражнение № 3. Choose the correct form:

1) I(am, is) a student now. 2) We (is, are) all students now. 3) He (am, is) a student of mathematics. 4) (Is, Are) she a mathematician? 5) She (was, were) a student of this college. 6) He (is, am) not English. 7) They (was, were) in London at that time. 8) (Was, were) he in London too at that time?

Grammar Revision: The Present and Past Indefinite (Read Grammar appendix: Lesson 1)

Упражнение № 4. Choose the correct form:

 1) He (like, likes) English. 2) They all (like, likes) English. 3) She (do not, does not) speak English. 4) Did you (study, studied) German at school? 5) She did not (study, studied) French at the university. 6) I did not (like, liked) mathematics. 7) At school I did not (study, studied) the economy of Great Britain. 8) ave another look at the conversation and...

Упражнение № 5. Answer these questions:

1) What is the name of the teacher? 2) What are the names of the students?   3) How many students do you think there are in the group? 4) Are they all happy to be students of economics? 5) What schools did they finish? 6) Did they study economics at school? 7) What economies did they study?

Упражнение № 6. Give English equivalents from the conversation:

1) Когда я окончил школу, я хотел поступить именно в этот университет и ни в какой другой. 2) Между прочим, вы изучали экономику в школе?       3) Это была обычная или спецшкола? 4) Мы изучали несколько предметов на русском языке. 5) А теперь начнем наш первый урок английского языка.

Упражнение № 7. Write half a page about yourself.

Text: Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a great scientist who made extraordinary contri­butions in economics.

He was born in 1723 in Kirkcaldy, a small fishing town near Ed­inburgh, Scotland. His father was a customs officer. He died before his son was bom.

At the age of 28 Adam Smith became a Professor of Logics at the University of Glasgow. It was his first academic appointment. Some time later he became a tutor to a wealthy Scottish duke. Then he received a grant of £300 a year. It was a very big sum, 10 times the average income at that time.

With the financial security of his grant, Smith devoted 10 years to writing his work which founded economic science. Its full title was An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. It was published with great success in 1776.

Adam Smith made economics a science. This Scottish economist is often regarded as the founder of political economy too.

Do you know these words?

Grammar Revision: The three forms of some irregular verbs

Упражнение № 8. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite Tense:

1) He (to make) great contributions in economics. 2) He (to write) an extraordinary work and (to publish) it in 1776. 3) He (to become) the founder of political economy. 4) I (to read) something about this scientist at school in Russian.

Grammar Revision: The Passive Voice(Read Grammar appendix: Lesson 1)

Упражнение № 9. Translate into Russian:

1) A few problems were discussed. 2) Two dialogues were enacted at the lesson. 3) 10 years were devoted to writing this work. 4) Thus economic science was founded. 5) A lot of questions are asked and answered at the lessons.

Упражнение № 10. Use the correct article (a/an, the):

1) Adam Smith was ... great scientist. 2) He was born in ... small fishing town in Scotland. 3) Scotland is ... part of Great Britain. 4) Adam Smith's father was ... customs officer. 5) At ... age of 28 Adam Smith became ... Professor of Logics. 6) Some time later he became ... tutor to ... wealthy person. 7) Some time later he received ... grant of £300 a year. 8) ... grant helped him to write ... very important work. 9) ... work was published in 1776. 10) Adam Smith made economics ... science. 11) He is rightly considered ... founder of political economy. 12) Word formation: Suffixes of nouns.

Упражнение № 11. Read and translate the words having one and the same stem; underline the suffixes of nouns:

Упражнение № 12. Translate the words and write those from which they are formed:

Economist, interpreter, teacher, founder, physician, ecologist, historian, speaker, writer, physicist, officer, mathematician.     

Упражнение № 13. Combine these pairs of sentences with the help of the conjunction who, like this:

David Ricardo was a great scientist. He made extraordinary con­tributions in economics. →  David Ricardo was a great scientist whomade extraordinary contributions in economics.

1)  Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist and social theorist. He made big contributions in economics and politics. 2) Aristotle was a Greek philosopher. He made great contribu­tions in ethics and politics. 3) Albert Einstein was a famous American physicist born in Germany. He formulated the theory of relativity. 4) Archimedes was a great mathematician. He lived in 287-212 ВС.

Упражнение № 14. Answer these questions:

1) When and where was Adam Smith born? 2) Who was his father? 3) What was Adam Smith's first academic appointment? 4) Did he become a tutor then? 5) How big was the grant he received some time later? 6) What work did dam Smith do with the support of the grant?

Упражнение № 15. Repeat what the text said about Adam Smith.