2. Reading activities

2.1 Read and translate the text: a Visit of a Doctor

One day mother fell ill. She had a running nose, a cough, a bad headache and a sore throat. Her temperature was very high. Father called in a doctor. In some hours the doctor came. He examined mother. The doctor felt her pulse, checked her blood pressure. It was 140 over 8O. That was normal for her. Then he listened to her heart and lungs, examined her throat. The doctor told mother that she had flu. So she had to stay in bed for some days. The doctor prescribed mother some medicine. She had to take them regularly. He gave mother a sick-list. In some days mother felt better.

flu - грип; a sick-list - лікарняний;

3. Post-reading activities

Task 1. Give the English equivalents:

захворіла; нежить; запалене горло; викликав лікаря; оглянув; виміряв тиск;вислухав серце та легені; оглянув горло; залишатися в ліжку декілька днів; прописав ліки; приймати регулярно; видав лікарняний; почувалася краще.

Task 2. Make up sentences:

Mother, did, my, feel, not, well

decided, a doctor, mother, call in, to, my

keep, he, bed, must, in, days, for, some

the, three, a day, times, doctor, him, to take, told, medicine

Task 3. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What happened to mother one day? 2. What was her temperature? 3. How did the doctor examine mother? 4. What was her pulse? 5. What diagnoses did the doctor make? 6. How often did mother have to take medicine?

Task 4 Fill in:

Pete had ... and his mother put ... on his back.

He ... and became very weak.

The doctor ... some medicine.

She ... her throat 3 times a day.

(Gargled, lost appetite, prescribed, a cough, mustard plasters)

Task 5 Fill in:

He had to stay ... bed. (in, on)

She put mustard plasters ... his back, (at, on)

I was sitting ... her bed for two hours, (in, at)

He was sick ... hot milk, (of, on)

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous утворюється з допоміжного дієслова to be в Past Perfect та дієприкметника теперішнього часу основного дієслова. Дієслово в Past Perfect Continuous не змінюється за особами:

I (he, she, it, we, you, they) had been working.

Цей час виражає тривалу дію, яка почалася до якогось моменту в минулому і або продовжувалася в цей момент, або закінчилася безпосередньо перед ним.

Питальна форма: Had you been working?

Заперечна форма: I had not been working.

Exercise 1 Read the situation and then write a sentence:

Example: The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut lip. (they/fight) They had been fighting.

1. Tom was watching TV. He was feeling very tired. (he/study/hard all day) He …………. .

2. When I walked into the room it was empty. But it smelled of cigarettes. (somebody/smoke/in the room) Somebody …… .

3. When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun. (she/lie/in the sun too long) She ………… .

4. The two boys came into the house. They had a football, and were both very tired. (they/play football) They ……………. .

5. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened, and she didn’t know where she was. (she/dream) She ………… .

Exercise 2 Read the situation and then write a sentence:

Example: We began playing football. After half an hour there was a terrible storm. We had been playing football for half an hour when there was a terrible storm.

1. The orchestra began playing at the concert. After about 10 minutes a man in the audience began shouting. The orchestra …….. for about 10 minutes when ……. .

2. I had arranged to meet Sue in a café. I arrived and began waiting. After 20 minutes I realized that I had come to the wrong café. I …… for 20 minutes when I …….. .

3. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins went to live in the south of France. Six months later Mr. Jenkins died. They ….. when …… .

Exercise 3 Make up five sentences from each table

I	had been	sleeping waiting for him working here looking for it living there	for an hour for 20 minutes for 5 years for 3 months	when he came before she left by that time by 8 o’clock
He
She
We
You
They

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