6. The test

1. 1. What arrangements did David make to take the test?

2. Was it easy for David to pass the test?

3. Where did David go after he had passed the test?

2. b) 1. Why did David want to take his driving test in Father’s car?

2. What did the examiner make David do during the test?

(the following word combinations may prove useful for your answer:

Let’s get going, to start up the car, to start and stop, to start up

a hill, to stop very suddenly, to park, to signal with one’s hand,

to turn round, to back round the corner, to stop at a crossing,

to let people go over the road, to drive past somebody/something,

to stop at the traffic lights, to wait for the lights to change (to green),

the Highway Code, road signs).

3. Where did David go after he had passed the test?

4. Make up dialogues between:

   1. Dad and David before David’s taking the test

   2. David tells a friend of his how he has passed the test

   3. David and the inspector after he has taken the test.

6. The cinema

1. 1. What is the most popular cinema in Greenford?

2. Is it easy to buy tickets to the cinema?

3. What can people do in the interval?

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): a busy night, to get to the head of the queue, the balcony seats, to push one’s way along the row, to step on one’s feet, on the screen, soft drinks, to sweep up the mess, to show trailers for the next week’s film.

b) What do we learn about English cinemas from the text?

• Do the cinemas open only in the evenings?

• Is it allowed to enter the cinema hall when the film has started?

• What does the usherette usually say when you enter the hall? How does she help you find your seat?

• Is it allowed to smoke in English cinemas?

• Is the cinema hall usually left clean after the film is over?

IV. Speak about the difference between cinemas in Greenford and in Moscow.

XIV. Holiday jobs

1. 1. What holiday jobs could the children get at Christmas?

2. What did David have to do?

3. How did David feel when he got home after his first day’s work?

2. a) Use the following word-combinations in the situations: at Christmas, to be at school, the job of doing something, to deliver something to …, to drive on to the next street, to point to something, deaf as a post, to take that long over every parcel, there’s nothing like …;

b) 1. How do people know that David and his friends really work in the

post-office at Christmas?

2. What experience did David have in number forty-eight?

3. What sorts of jobs do boys and girls usually have at Christmas?

4. In what state did David and Sally get home after their first day’s

work?

5. What did Father say when he saw in what state his children were

after their first day’s work?

4. Make up a dialogue: Sally and David exchange their impressions about their day’s work.