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English as a foreign language Department of General Humanitarian

Training

Intermediate level Academic year 2012-2013

2 credits The 3^rd term

Practical lesson № 4

Lexical theme “Money matters”

Grammar “Present Perfect”

Assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna

Grammar

Present perfect simple: have/has+ past participle(worked/ seen, etc.) I’ve been to London, but I haven’t been to Oxford. He’s just arrived at the airport. I’ve already done my homework. Can I watch TV?

Make sentences with present perfect (and for /since if necessary)

1. he/feel very well recently -

2. we/spend/much time together -

3. they/know/each other/ 10 years +

4. how long/marry/you/to Alan ?

5. I/ buy/ a lot of thing -

Vocabulary

1. Read and translate the words with help of a dictionary which refer to the theme “Money matters”.

be worth borrow can’t afford charge cost earn inherit invest lend owe save take out waste

Complete these sentences with a verb in the correct tense.

1. My uncle died and left me £200. I … £200 from my uncle.

2. I put some money aside every week for my next holiday. I … money every week.

3. I asked my brother to give me €10 until next week. I … €10 from him.

4. My brother gave me €10 until next week. He … me €10.

5. I often spend money on stupid things. I often … money.

6. I don’t have enough money to buy that car. I … to buy that car.

7. I had to pay the mechanic €100to repair my car. The mechanic …€100.

8. I went to the cash machine and got €200. I … €200 the cash machine.

9. I bought a book. It was $25. The book … (me) $25.

10. Jim gave me $ 100. I haven’t paid it back yet. I … Jim $ 100.

11. I bought some shares in British Telecom. I … some money.

12. I work in supermarket. They pay me €2000 a month. I … €2000 a month.

13. I could sell my house for about €200,000. My house … about €200,000.

2. Read the quotation from a science fiction novel. Which planet do you think it is describing? What are” the small green pieces of paper’? What does the author think about them?

“This planet has-or rather had- a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.” Douglas Adams

Listening [1, p. 23]

1. Listen to a new bulletin. How many different news items are there?

2. Listen again and answer the questions with a number.

1. How many people were injured in the car crash?

2. How fast the lorry was going?

3. How many workers have walked out of the Peugeot factory?

4. What pay rise do they want?

5. How many more unemployed is there this year?

6. How many are there in total?

7. By how much have house prices increased in the last five years?

8. How much does a three-bed roomed house cost in south-east England?

Reading

Read the texts

Money has no smell

People say that these words belong to Vespasian, an emperor of Rome. Suetonius, a Roman historian, writes that the words were used by Vespasian on the following occasion. Once the emperor’s son Titus reproached his father that he had introduced a tax on public lavatories. Vespasian told him to smell the money he was holding in his palm and to see if the smell was not foul. Titus said that the smell was not foul. Vespasian remarked that money was in the urine, because it had been just paid as the tax on lavatories.