6. The birthday

1. 1. Why was that Sunday morning a special day in the Smallwood family?

2. What presents did Mrs. Smallwood get?

3. Why did Mrs. Smallwood look pleased?

2. a) Use the following word-combinations in the situations:

   1. the whole of the Smallwood family; to sleep late (in the morning), to get Mother’s breakfast (ready); to stay in bed; to have breakfast in bed; to sit up in bed, to look pleased; “Many happy returns of the day!”

   2. to lay the table; to be no good at cooking.

b) 1. Father said quietly: “… but I think she must have been dreaming.” Comment on the sentence. What made Father say that?

2. What newspapers do the Smallwoods receive? What do you know about them?

4. Make up dialogues:

   1. Sally (David) and Mr. Smallwood discuss how they will celebrate their Mother’s Birthday.

   2. What is the best way to celebrate one’s mother’s birthday?

6. The sailing club

1. 1. How often do David and Sally go to the Sailing Club?

2. What was the weather like?

3. Why did Mrs. Smallwood look pleased?

2. Answer the following questions. Write down key word-combinations for each question to help you answer them better.

   1. What do we know about the Sailing Club David and Sally belonged to?

   2. How many people went on the trip that time?

   3. How did each of them get to the boatyard?

   4. How were all of them dressed?

   5. What was the weather like during their trip?

4. Make up dialogues:

   1. David and Sally discuss their plans for the next weekend.

   2. Sally and Mr. Smallwood discuss the way David and Sally spend their weekend.

6. Trip to london

1. 1. Why didn’t the children like to visit the most famous places of interest in London?

2. What places did they visit instead?

3. Whom did they have to look for all the time?

2. a) Listen to the tape, find sentences with the following word combinations and use them in situations based on the texts (Your situations may be given in indirect speech): to look like an angel, to arrive at, to spread over, to make faces at somebody, wouldn’t move, to go for lunch, to be drowned, to have free rides;

b) 1. What places of interest in London did the Vicar of St. Mark’s Church suggest the boys should visit? Were the children enthusiastic about those places of interest?

2. Who suggested that they should do something different? What kind of boy was Paul?

3. Where did the boys go first? What other places of interest did they visit?

4. What made the Vicar say: “Thank goodness the little angels have only one trip a year!”

4. Make up dialogues between:

   1. The vicar and Paul’s parents

   2. The vicar and his sister

   3. One of the boys from the choir and his mother.

6. David learning to drive

1. 1. Why did David want to have a car of his own?

2. How did David try to learn to drive a car?

2. a) Use the following words and word-combinations in the situations:

   • the makes of cars mentioned in the text: Hillman, Aston Martins, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Austin;

   • a family saloon; an open sports car; a mini-car; a second hand car; driving lessons; to learn to drive at a driving school, to get a driving-licence; a L-plate; the front and back bumpers of the car; a learner-driver; to sit in the front passenger seat; to change gears (without grinding them); to back out of the garden yard (without knocking down the gates); to turn round in the road; the Highway Code; to book a date for one’s driving test; a long waiting list.

b) 1. What reasons did Father give when he spoke to David about his learning to drive the car?

2. Why did Father say that it was better to learn to drive at a driving school?

3. Who else helped David learn to drive?

4. How did people know that David was a learner-driver?

4. Make up dialogues:

   1. David and Mr. Smallwood speak about David’s intentions to learn to drive a car;

   2. David and Mr. Smallwood speak about booking a date for a driving test and learning at a driving school.