Active Vocabulary
1. An important person важная особа
2. Russian history русская история
3. He created the Russian Empire он создал русскую империю
4. Emperor император
5. At the age of 17 в возрасте 17 лет
6. To rule править
ruler правитель
7. To expand the territory расширить территорию
8. To build, built, built строить
9. To raise the economy поднять экономику
10. To adopt ideas принимать идеи
II. Grammar. Pronunciation
Making Questions
Drill
Ex I.
Who? Model:
- Peter the Great was a very important person in Russian history. Who?
- Who was a very important person in Russian history?
1. Peter the First created the Russian Empire.
2. Peter the Great was the son of tsar.
3. Peter the First was proclaimed the head of the country when he was only ten years old.
4. Peter the Great expanded the territory of the country.
5. Peter the First raised the economy of the country.
Ex II.
Did he? Model:
- Did Peter the Great create the Russian Empire?
- Oh, yes! He did. Peter the Great created the Russian Empire.
1. Did Peter the Great expand the territory of the country?
2. Did Peter the First build a beautiful city St.Petersburg?
3. Did Peter the Great raise the economy of the country?
4. Did he found many factories?
5. Did Peter the First reduce the import of foreign goods?
Ex III.
Was he? Model:
- Was Peter the Great an important person?
- Oh, yes! He was. Peter the Great was an important person.
1. Was Peter the First the head of the country?
2. Was Peter the Great the first emperor of Russia?
3. Was Peter the First the ruler?
4. Was Peter the Great the first ruler who adopted ideas from Western countries?
5. Was Peter the First very good at finding talented collaborators?
Ex IV.
What did he? Model:
- What did Peter the Great create?
- Peter the Great created the Russian Empire.
1. What did Peter the Great build?
2. What did Peter the Great expand?
3. What did Peter the Great found?
4. What did Peter the Great adopt?
5. What did Peter the Great reduce?
Further Exercises
Ex V. Make questions using the question words in parenthesis
Peter I, or Peter the Great (
who), is a very important person in Russian history. Peter I created
(did he) the Russian Empire, so he was the last tsar of all Russia and the first emperor of Russia.
Peter the First expanded (
did he) the territory (
what) of the country, built a beautiful city St.
Petersburg, raised (
did he) the economy, founded (
did he) many factories and reduced (
did he) the
import of foreign goods to a minimum. He was (
was he) the first Russian ruler who adopted the best (and
sometimes the worst) ideas from Western countries.
He was (
was he)very good at finding talented collaborators. They were from the nobility and lower levels of
society.
Ex VI. Answer the questions to the text
Peter the Great (part I, page )
1. Was Peter the Great the first emperor of Russia?
2. Did Peter the Great create the Russian Empire?
3. Did Peter the Great expand the territory of the country?
4. Was the reign of Peter the Great the time of many reforms and changes?
5. Was he very good at finding talented collaborators?
Ex VII. Ask as many questions to the following sentences as you can
1. Peter the Great was a very important person in Russian history.
2. Peter the Great was proclaimed the head of the country when he was only ten years old.
3. In 1721 Peter the Great became the emperor.
4. The reign of Peter the Great was the time of many reforms and changes.
5. He was very good at finding talented collaborators.
