2. Fill in the missing word.
Yesterday morning, just as I _______ leaving the house, the telephone rang.
When Paul was younger, he _______ to play rugby for the county team, now he doesn’t.
How ________ have you been working in the cafe?
_______ month they travelled to Prague for the weekend.
She had ________ jogging in the park so she was exhausted.
I didn't see Sam at the gym; he ________ left before we arrived.
I haven't heard about Liz _______ last year.
She isn’t hungry because she ________ eaten before.
How ________ students were present in your group on Monday?
I haven’t seen my parents ________ Christmas.
_______ you coming with us tonight?
Have you ever ________ to France?
LESSON THREE
“Learning a different language is like the beginning of a different life.”
Michel Bouthot
1. Phonetics
Techniques of reading
Study phonetic reference and practice the following tasks.
Task 1: Read the following words as the words in italics.
Mind that underlined syllable is stressed:
Pete, he, even, stele, scene, theme, zebra, legal, secret, deed, complete.
Bike, nice, five, my, cry, wife, write, spider, style, pride, try, wine, idle, knife.
Mary, fare, care, square, vary, scare, bare, prepare, compare, parents, spare.
More, story, shore, snored, oral, before, flora, glory, sore, bored, store.
During, fury, secure, annual, endure, curious, mural.
Fire, tired, require, Ireland, admire, desire, tire, inspire and retire.
Task 2: Read and learn two rhymes. The underlined words are stressed.
1). ‘Tick’, the clock says. ‘Tick, tick, tick.
What you have to do, do quick.
Time is gliding fast away.
Let us act and act today’.
2). Solomon Grundy born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Fall ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday.
This is the end of Solomon Grundy.
1.2. Language Focus
Task 1: To choose a career one must make the right choice of work, usually in business, science, arts, crafts and social work.
Think and tell which of the qualities / qualifications are necessary for the followimg jobs:
a). Pilot, actor/actress, photographer, tour guide, interpreter/translator, waiter/waitress, taxi driver, teacher, salesperson, businessman, manager, agent, writer, composer, employer, doctor, vet, policeman, gardener, architect, designer, builder, mechanic, worker, dancer, singer, athlete, coach, chef/cook, babysitter, army officer, politician, scientist, psychologist, journalist and lawer;
b). A suggested list of qualities can help you:
patient, emotional, intelligent/clever, intellectual, responsible, determined, caring, attentive, honest, calm, imaginative, punctual, decisive, diligent, polite, accurate, dedicated, creative, reliable, flexible, competitive, curious, skilful, hardworking, persuasive, helpful, kind, courageous/brave, cheerful, careful, persistent, optimistic, compassionate, alert and quick-thinking;
c). You can also use a list of qualifications that can be classified either as talents or skills:
a good memory, artistic talent, mathematical ability, computer skills, logical thinking ability, language skills, manual dexterity, management skills, common sense, athletic ability, leadership skills, experience in sales, communicative skills.
Task 2: Study the following speech and vocabulary patterns.
- We usually sit at a desk together.
He seated the passengers one by one.
- I am going to lie down for an hour.
Please lay this letter on the desk.
- He rises very early in the morning.
Pupils raise their hands when they are ready to answer.
- Everybody likes polite people.
Parents love their children.
- We stayed in a very good hotel.
Few apples remained on the tree.
- The sofa is beside the fireplace in my house.
Besides buying us dinner last night, he paid for the theatre tickets.
- James found the exam very hard.
I could hardly sleep at night.
- It’s time to go to bed!
The cat curled up in its basket.
Task 3: Look up the meaning and have fun with English / American idioms.
Make a mountain out of a mole hill. To have green fingers. To have one’s finger in every pie. As sober as a judge. Let sleeping dogs lie. No room to swing a cat. Not for all the tea in China. Big frog in a small pond. Dead to the world. Monkey business. Hard row to hoe. Hit the jackpot.