- •Speaking on the phone
- •Vocabulary
- •Words and phrases
- •1. Fill in the missing remarks.
- •2. Spell the names on the phone.
- •1. Making an Appointment
- •2. Appointment with a Doctor
- •3. Being Unable to Keep an Appointment
- •4. Invitation to a Motor Show
- •5. Invitation to the Ballet
- •6. Declining an Invitation
- •1. A Hotel Reservation
- •2. A Restaurant Reservation
- •1. Tourist Visa
- •1. Happy Birthday
- •2. Congratulations on a Marriage
- •3. Congratulations on Birth of Son
- •Going and staying abroad
- •Vocabulary
- •1. First of all discuss in pairs with your partner the following questions:
- •2. Match the definition with the type of ticket.
- •3. Discuss in pairs
- •4. Practice the dialogue
- •2. Now after you have made your choice, read a small text about restricted articles on board the plane and think carefully what you'll put in your hand baggage, and what in checked baggage?
- •1. Have you ever gone through customs? What was it like? Discuss it with the other student. Now read the conversation and compare it with your own experience.
- •2. Find two mistakes in the dialogue and then practice it with your partner
- •3. Imagine you are entering the u.S. And complete this form in English and in capital letters.
- •4. Now take your partner's form and act as a customs officer (your partner is a guest in the country). Try to be strict and find out if a guest was sincere completing the form.
- •5. Fill in the gaps and practice the dialogue with your partner.
- •1. Write short answers to these questions:
- •2. Now read the dialogue and compare your answers with the dialogue.
- •4. This time one of you is a check-in clerk, your partner is a guest. Interview the guest and complete this guest registration card for him/her.
- •5. Conversation a
- •6. Conversation в
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Foodstuffs
- •Vegetables Гародніна
- •II. Prepared Food and Ways of Cooking
- •III. Meals and Courses
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Fill in articles if necessary:
- •2. Use the right word: (meal, food, course, dish)
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Fill in the gaps with articles where necessary:
- •4. Discuss the following:
- •5. Act out the following situations:
- •6. Speak on:
- •7. Write about the party you enjoyed.
- •Shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •At the supermarket
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Match each of the following words with the correct item in the picture.
- •2. Put each of the following words or phrases in the correct space in the passage below.
- •3. Put the correct word or phrase from the following list in each space below.
- •4. Match each of the following words with the correct picture.
- •5. Translate into English
- •Shopping in a big shop
- •Shopping
- •1. Complete the following sentences using the prompts
- •2. Paraphrase the following sentences using the active words and phrases as prompts
- •3. Describe the procedure of bying
- •4. Read the following text, making sure that you understand the meaning of all the words in different type.
- •Dialogues
- •Making a Complaint and Getting a Refund
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Translate into English
- •2. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary:
- •3. Choose between the alternatives:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Speak on:
- •3. Act out the following situations:
- •At the doctor’s
- •Vocabulary
- •Injure - раніць, шкодзіць
- •Vomit - ванітаваць
- •5. Questions: Answer the following questions:
- •The twentieth century disease: food allergy
- •1. Complete the following according to the text.
- •2. Make a list of
- •1. Read the text:
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •3. Choose the proverbs which were mentioned in the text. Translate other proverbs.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Complete the dialogues:
- •2. Aches and pains
- •3. Fill the gaps with a suitable word.
- •In Search of the Perfect House
Vocabulary Exercises
1. Fill in articles if necessary:
1. … Dinner is ready. Will you have it now? 2. When … lunch was over they went upstairs to
rest a little. 3. It all happened at … official luncheon. 4. How do you like … supper? - Oh, it's … delicious supper. 5. What will you have for … dessert? – I’d rather have … apple-juice. 6. Why aren't you eating? - I don't Iike … chicken. It's too hard. 7. How was … tea? - … tea was super. 8. I hope you are satisfied with … supper. 9. … breakfast was bakon and eggs. 10. Have another helping of … salad. - Thank you.
2. Use the right word: (meal, food, course, dish)
1. We have three … a day, breakfast, dinner and supper. 2. I like to cook my … myself. 3. This … tastes bad. Don't eat it. 4. Breakfast in England is generally a bigger … than they have on the continent. 5. The most common third … at our canteen is compote. 6. Why don't you take a … of meat and vegetables? 7. Dinner consists of several … . 8. I like to have a nice hot … in the evening. 9. Which … is more fattening: boiled or fried? 10. Yesterday I tried to prepare a very special … from a French cookery book.
3. Translate into English:
Ты ўжо паснедала? – Не яшчэ. – Сняданак гатовы. – Што ў нас сёння на сняданак? – Каша, гарбата, хлеб і масла.
Чаму ты не ясі кашу? – Каша нясмачная. Мне здаецца, яна перасоленая.
Ты варыш яйкі ўжо дзесяць хвілін, а я люблю яйкі ўсмятку.
Калі мы былі ў Англіі, нам падалі традыцыйны англійскі сняданак: кукурузныя шматкі з малаком, бекон і яечню, гарбату, грэнкі і мармелад.
Пакуль я накрываю на стол, прыгатуй гарбату і зрабі бутэрброды з каўбасой.
Давай перакусім. Я вельмі хачу есці. – Я таксама. Давай падсмажым бульбу і зробім рыбную салату.
Дзе ты звычайна абедаеш, у сталоўцы ці дома? – Я не абедаю ў сталоўцы. Гэта дорага, і ежа там не вельмі смачная. Апроч таго, я не люблю стаяць у чарзе. Мне падабаецца гатаваць самой.
Што прыгатаваць на абед? – Для мяне няма нічога лепш за смажаную курыцу.
Перадай мне, калі ласка, гарчыцу. – Калі ласка.
Што вы будзеце на першае? – Я вазьму гарохавы суп з грэнкамі. – А на другое? – Біфштэкс і бульбяное пюрэ.
Частуйцеся пірагамі. – Дзякуй. Пірагі вельмі смачныя.
Пасля заняткаў я завітаў у кавярню. Я вельмі добра павячэраў: з’еў адбіўную катлету, мясную салату і выпіў кубачак выдатнай кавы.
Я вельмі хачу піць. Я б выпіў мінеральнай вады.
Ты праглядаеш меню ўжо дзесяць хвілін. Пара зрабіць заказ. Ты знайшоў сабе што-небудзь па гусце? – У меню нічго няма. – Няўжо? Паглядзі, сёння ў меню столькі смачных страваў: салата з агуркоў і памідораў, вяндліна, сасіскі, апельсінавы сок...
4. Fill in the gaps with articles where necessary:
1. I don't like ... mineral water, I prefer ... cup of ... tea. 2. Is there anything to your taste on ... menu? 3. She is going to cook ... fish soup for ... dinner. 4. What can you recommend for ... first course? 5. ... meat is just to my liking. 6. What do you usually have for ... second course? 7. ... cheese was fresh and tasty and he ate it with ... appetite. 8. At ... dinner we sat far from each other and could not talk. 9. After ... dinner sit a while, after ... supper walk a mile. 10. Who is coming to ... tea? 11. I had ... supper at the hotel restaurant. 12. For ... breakfast I had ... boiled egg and ... cup of ... strong tea. 13. He prefers ... roasted meat for... second course. 14. She likes ... black coffee for ... breakfast. 15. Will you please buy ... loaf of ... brown bread? 16. He is fond of ... cabbage soup. 17. I liked ... pork we had for ... supper. 18. I had ... big dinner today. 19. Did you enjoy ... meal? 20. ... juice was delicious. 21. ... dinner is cold already. We must warm it up. 22. It is ... very substantial breakfast, isn't it? 23. I enjoyed ... lunch they served at the restaurant.
5. Match the words
a loaf
a tin
a packet
to roast
a lump
to dress
a bar
to bake
a drop
to stew
sardines sugar
cake
chocolate
meat
bread
vegetables
water
salad
crisps
Fluency
1. WHAT DO YOU SAY IF YOU WANT
to offer someone another plate of soup
to treat your friend to sweets
to know if your friend likes ice-cream
to ask your guest to help himself/herself to some more pie
2. USE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN SHORT DIALOGUES OF YOUR OWN
The pudding is just to my liking.
The salad tastes good.
As to the steak, I want it a bit underdone.
No, thanks, I want neither ham nor sausage.
Help yourself to some more pie.
The steak is very tender.
As to the soup it was cold and tasted awful (It had a nasty taste).
You know, I have a sweet tooth.
3. Answer the following questions:
What does your usual dinner consist of? What are your favourite dishes? Are you a good cook? Can you give me a recipe of one of the dishes you can cook best? Have you got any children? What are their likes and dislikes as far as food is concerned? Do you always eat at home or do you sometimes dine out? When did you last go to a restaurant? Did you like the service and the cooking? Which of the Minsk restaurants do you prefer? Why? Have you ever travelled abroad? How did you find the food in the countries you visited? What is the canteen in your university like? Do you often have your meals there?