Oral Activity

The teacher divides the class into two teams and chooses a leader. He/she gives the leader a list of objects. The leader asks the teams questions and the teams answer in turn. Each correct answer gets 1 point. The team with the most points is the winner.

Leader’s list: pen, cup, book, paper, knife, trousers, sandwich, wardrobe, radio,

calculator, soap, water, refrigerator, telephone, chair, bus, friends,

flowers, suitcase, computer, blanket, spoon, car, library, bank

Leader: Why do you need a pen?

Team A S1: To write a letter.

TOO - ENOUGH He was too busy to see anyone. Он был слишком занят, чтобы видеться с кем-либо. He is clever enough to understand it. Он достаточно умен, чтобы понять это.

Ex. 269. Combine two sentences into one using “enough/too” with the infinitive.

Example: He is clever. He can answer the question.

He is clever enough to answer the question.

1. It isn’t very hot. We can’t lie in the sun. ________________________________________

2. The coffee isn’t strong. It won’t keep us awake. ____________________________________

3.You aren’t very old. You can’t understand these things. ______________________________

4. He was very curious. He opened the letter. ________________________________________

5. You are quite thin. You can wear this dress. _______________________________________

6. My cousin was optimistic. She applied for the job again. _____________________________

7. I am quite old. I could be your father. ____________________________________________

8. The old man was broad-minded. He sympathized with the younger generation.

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9. James was rich. He could buy a new house. ________________________________________

10. Mr Burton was so cruel that he could sent a man to death. ____________________________

Example: He is very ill. He can’t work today.

He is too ill to work today.

1. It’s very hot. We can’t run. _____________________________________________________

2. I am rather old. I can’t wear this dress. ____________________________________________

3. He was nervous. He couldn’t speak. ______________________________________________

4. I was terrified. I couldn’t move. _________________________________________________

5. It is very cold. We can’t have a swim. ____________________________________________

6. It was very dark. We couldn’t see him. ___________________________________________

7. It was rather cloudy. We couldn’t see the sun. ______________________________________

8. She is very week now and she can’t take her exams. _________________________________

9. Jane was very frightened. She couldn’t even call. ___________________________________

10. The man is very wicked. He won’t make you a good husband. ________________________

11. He has done very much. Ht can’t give up his experiments. ___________________________

12. She is very happy. She can’t think of anything else. ________________________________

Ex. 270. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using

“too /enough” with infinitive.

1. I am rather old. I can’t wear that kind of hat. ______________________________________

2. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle. _____________________________________

3. The ladder wasn’t very long. It couldn’t reach the window. ___________________________

4. He is lazy. He won’t get up early. _______________________________________________

5. It was very dark. We couldn’t see the stars. ________________________________________

6. The oranges were rather sweet. We could eat them. _________________________________

7. I was very tired. I couldn’t walk. ________________________________________________

8. It is very warm. We can bathe. __________________________________________________

9. Our car is very wide. It can’t get through this gate. __________________________________

10. It is very cold. We can’t have breakfast in the garden. ______________________________

11. You are very young. You can’t have a front door key. ______________________________

12. It’s not very dark. We can’t see the stars clearly. ___________________________________

13. He hadn’t much money. He couldn’t live on it. ____________________________________

14. He was furious. He couldn’t speak. _____________________________________________

15. Tom was very foolish. He told lies to the police. ___________________________________

16. You are quite thin. You can slip between the bars. __________________________________

17. The floor wasn’t strong. We couldn’t dance on it. __________________________________

18. I was terrified. I couldn’t move. ________________________________________________

19. He was very drunk. He couldn’t answer my question. _______________________________

INFINITIVE AFTER ADJECTIVES

We use construction adjective + to-infinitive after glad, surprised, difficult, easy, impossible, hard and a few other adjectives.

John doesn’t speak very clearly. A It is difficult to understand him.

B He is difficult to understand.

Ex. 271. Write these sentences in another way, beginning as shown.

Example: It is difficult to understand him. He is difficult to understand.____________

1. It’s quite easy to find our house. Our house is ______________________________________

2. It was very difficult to open the window. The window _______________________________

3. It’s impossible to translate some words. Some words ________________________________

4. It’s not very difficult to make bread. Bread ________________________________________

5. It’s not safe to stand on the chair. That chair _______________________________________

6. It’s difficult to explain some grammatical rules.

Some grammatical rules _______________________________________________________

7. It’s hard to find a good restaurant in this town.

A good restaurant ____________________________________________________________

8. It’s almost impossible to read your writing. Your writing _____________________________

9. It’s a very difficult question to answer. This question ________________________________

10. Do you think, it is safe to drink this water?

Do you think, this water _______________________________________________________

Ex. 272. Use the words to make sentences or questions.

Example:

hard / find a good job

It’s hard to find a good job.

1. I / surprised/ see you here _____________________________________________________

2. This book /easy/ to read ______________________________________________________

3. It /lovely/ see Anna last night __________________________________________________

4. it possible / leave early? _______________________________________________________

5. I /pleased/ see you’ve stopped smoking __________________________________________

6. This exercise /not difficult/ do __________________________________________________

7. English /easy/ understand? _____________________________________________________

8. It /important/ keep vocabulary notes _____________________________________________

9. It /unusual/ have long, hot summers in England

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10. It /easy/ make mistakes when you’re learning language

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11. I /surprised/ hear your news ____________________________________________________

12. It /impossible/ learn all the words _______________________________________________

13. I /pleased/ meet you __________________________________________________________

14. It /impossible/ keep the house tidy with five children

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15. Japanese /hard/ write _________________________________________________________

Ex. 273. Use the following words to complete these sentences:

delighted/get astonished/find sorry/hear pleased/see glad/hear

1. I was really __delighted to get__ your letter last week.

2. Thank you for your letter. I’m _______________________ that you’re keeping well.

3. When I walked into my bedroom, I was ________________________ a complete stranger

sleeping in my bed.

4. Hello! I’m so glad you could come. I’m really _______________________ you again.

5. I’m __________________________ that your mother is ill. I hope she gets better soon.

INFINITIVE WITH QUESTION WORDS

Инфинитив часто встречается в сочетании: глагол (ask, decide, know, remember, forget, explain, understand) + вопросительное слово (what / where / how / when / who / whether) + “to-infinitive”.

We asked how to get to the station.

Have you decided where to go for your holidays?

Ex. 274. FIRST AID. What do you know about first aid?

Use words from each column to make eight sentences.

Examples: I know what to do if someone faints.