1. My friend lives in Australia (read the information about this country).

Australia is the world’s largest island and smallest continent. The continent is south of the Equator. Much of the land is a useless desert. Great Sandy and Great Victoria cover nearly 2 000 000 square kilometers. Most of the continent is sunny most of the year. Its population is very small (only 0.3% of the world’s population) for such a huge country. Many people live far away from towns in the outback. Severe draughts, floods and cyclones happen very often on the continent. The people suffer from limited fresh water.

Answer the questions:

2. Where is Australia situated?_________________________________________________

3. What is the population of Australia? __________________________________________

4. What have you learnt about the climate of Australia?_____________________________

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5. What have you learnt about landscapes of the continent? __________________________

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6. I write to my friend (read my letter to my friend).

Hello! How are you? How is your sister? My apologies having waiting so long for my letter. I had so much work with my studying. I am going to visit Australia to study the language. I would like to come in summer and to visit some sights, because I want to study culture and traditions of your country. And I worry, because I know so little about lifestyle in Australia and it will be difficult for me to adapt.

Could you help me with my problems? What do you think about it? What can you advice? I hope to hear from you soon.

Your friend,

Olga

Answer the questions:

1. What is Olga going to do in summer?

2. What is the main reason of her visiting Australia?

3. What is she asking her pen friend for?

7. My friend writes me (read my friend’s letter).

I’m writing to invite you to come and stay with me this summer. Can you come from 24^th July to 15^th August? The first week we’ll visit Sydney. You’ll be able to meet my friends and to see the city.

I’ll show you my favorite places and sightseeing in the city. We’ll go up the skyscraper. You can see everything of Sydney from there. And we can visit the Opera house.

On the 1^st of August my parents will go on vacation. We are going to the camp on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. When we go there, we’ll be able to go swimming and cycling. You’ll have to bring your swimming things. We’re going to stay there for two weeks until 12^th August and then come back to Sydney. Can you come? Please write and tell me. I’m looking forward to getting your letter.

Your friend,

Judy.

Did Judy invite Olga to stay at her house?

What are Judy and her parents going to do in summer?

What city does Judy live?

8. Retell one of the letters.

2 часа Контрольная работа № 1.

Вариант 1

I.Вставьте, где требуется, артикли.

1. I got ______ interesting book from our library.

2. ______ librarian said that I could take it for ______ week.

3. She has ______ball. ______ ball is ______ big.

4. I got ______ letter from my ______ friend yesterday _______ letter was interesting.

II. Замените подчеркнутые слова личными местоимениями:

1 . The first-year students are writing the lecture. ______________________________________

2. The girl is sitting with her group mate at the desk. ___________________________________

3. Let Peter help his mother. ______________________________________________________

4. Father asked Alex to bring the newspaper. _________________________________________

III. Вставьте местоимения many или much:

1. He has ____________ friends here.

2. Have you _____________ time for reading?

3. I don’t eat ______________ mangoes.

4. There were _____________ plates on the table.

IV. Замените существительные с предлогом of на существительные с апострофом и

окончанием -s :

1. The voice of his master. ________________________________________________________

2. The stories of Mark Twain. _____________________________________________________

3. The ball of the dog. ___________________________________________________________

4. The table of our teacher. _______________________________________________________

5. The voice of this girl. __________________________________________________________

6. The new club of the workers. ____________________________________________________

7. The car of my parents. _________________________________________________________

8. The life of this woman. ________________________________________________________

V. Поставьте to be в нужной форме:

1.There ___________ a telegram on the table.

2. There ___________ much snow last winter.

3. There __________ a lot of stars and planets in space.

4. _________ there _________ a lift in your future house? Yes, there __________.

VI. Выберите подходящее местоимение:

1. That’s not (their/theirs) __________ office. (Their/theirs) _____________ is over there.

2. Is this (her/hers) _____________ friend or (your/yours) ____________?

3. (Her/hers) ______________ flat is bigger than (our/ours) _____________. But (our/ours) ___________ is more comfortable.

4. This is not (my/mine) ___________ pencil. (My/mine) __________ is broken.

Вариант 2

I. Вставьте, где требуется, артикли.

l. My brother can drive _____ car.

2. There are _____ sofas and _____ armchairs in the living-room.

3. This _____ pencil is broken. Give me that _____ pencil, please.

4. I can see three ______ boys. ______ boys are playing.

II. Замените подчеркнутые слова личными местоимениями.

1 .Our Mother saw Mary yesterday. ________________________________________________

2. My group mate bought a ticket to the concert. ______________________________________

3. Let Nick bring clean plates for the guests. __________________________________________

4. My son asked me to buy a new toy. _______________________________________________

IV.Вставьте местоимения many или much.

1. I spent ____________ time on this work.

2. Did she write __________ letters to you when she was in Miami?

3. __________ of these students don’t like to look up words in the dictionary.

4. Why do you eat so __________ ice-cream?

IV. Замените существительные с предлогом of на существительные с апострофом и

окончанием –s.

1 .The monitor of our group lives far. _______________________________________________

2. The Lenin Square is in the centre of our town. ______________________________________

3. The letter of Pete. _____________________________________________________________

4. The handbags of these women. __________________________________________________

5. The computer of my son. _______________________________________________________

6. The songs of my friend. ________________________________________________________

7. The work of these students. _____________________________________________________

8. The name of the girl. __________________________________________________________

V. Поставьте to be в нужной форме.

1. __________ there any telegrams from Moscow? Yes, there ________ some.

2. Some years ago there _________ many old houses in our street.

3. There _________ a lamp over the table.

4. ... there _________ a test next lesson?

VI. Выберите подходящее местоимение.

1. (Your/yours) __________ pen is bad, take (my/mine) _____________.

2. This table is (my/mine) ___________, and that is (he/his) ______________.

3. These are (her/hers) ___________ sandwiches.

4. They are new guests and I don’t know (their/theirs) _____________ names.

Вариант 3

I. Вставьте, где требуется, артикли.

1. There is ______ meeting in _____ conference hall this evening.

2. Is there _____ bookshop in this street?

3.1 have _____ bicycle. ______ bicycle is black. My ______ friend has no _______ bicycle.

4. Our _______ room is large.

II. Замените подчеркнутые слова личными местоимениями.

1. The professor showed an experiment to the group. __________________________________

2. This book is for students. _______________________________________________________

3. My friend prepares the breakfast. ________________________________________________

4. Jane took three cups from the table. _____________________________________________

III. Вставьте местоимения many или much.

1 .We have bought _____________ fruit for the party.

2. He has ___________ mistakes in his paper.

3. I never eat __________ read with soup.

4. There are __________ new pictures in this room.

IV.Замените существительные с предлогом of на существительные с апострофом и окончанием - S.

1. The parents of David. _________________________________________________________

2. The birthday of our group mate. _________________________________________________

3. A friend of my cousin. _________________________________________________________

4. The poems of Pushkin. _________________________________________________________

5. The children of my brother. _____________________________________________________

6. The questions of my son. _______________________________________________________

7. The room of the boys. _________________________________________________________

8. The skateboard of that man. ____________________________________________________

V. Поставьте to be в нужной форме.

1. ________ there _______ a flight for Moscow tomorrow? Yes, there ________ .

2. There _______ much snow last winter.

3. There ________ a lot of stars and planets in space.

4. ________ there _____ a lift in your house? Yes, there ________.

VI. Выберите подходящее местоимение.

1. It’s (their/theirs) ________ table, not (our/ours) ________.

2. (My/mine) ___________ flat is bigger that (her/hers) _________ but (her/hers) ___________ is nicer.

3. They took (our/ours) __________ books and we took (their/theirs) __________.

4. Is this (your/yours) ___________ bag or (her/hers) _____________?

Вариант 4

I. Вставьте, где требуется, артикль.

1. My college can drive _____ car.

2. There is _____ sofa and _____ armchairs in _____ living-room.

3. We wrote _______ dictation yesterday. ________ dictation was long.

4. She has two _______ daughters and one _______ son. Her ______ son is ______ pupil.

II. Замените подчеркнутые слова личными местоимениями.

1. The students learned English yesterday. _______________________________________

2. Our teacher showed a videofilm. ____________________________________________

3. Victor helped the guests to choose the wine. ___________________________________

4. Mother asked Mary to wash the dishes. _______________________________________

III. Вставьте местоимения many или much.

1. Did you spend _________ time on this work?

2. She wrote __________ letters when she was in Miami.

3. She ate so __________ice cream that she’s going to have a sore throat.

4. The students of our group ask _____________questions on the lesson.

IV.Замените существительные с предлогом of на существительные с апострофом и

окончанием -s:

1. The sister of Peter lives in Tbilisi. ___________________________________________

2. The center of the town. ____________________________________________________

3. The songs of the children. __________________________________________________

4. The umbrella of my grandmother. ___________________________________________

5. The coats of those women. _________________________________________________

6. The room of the girl. ______________________________________________________

7. The work of these students. ________________________________________________

8. The toys of my son. _______________________________________________________