Грамматический блок Сравнение Present Simple, Present Progressive,

Present Perfect

Exercise 1.Write negative sentences.

Напишите  следующие предложения в  отрицательной форме:

1    I like visiting countries outside Europe. 2    She travels a lot. 3    He is preparing for the trip. 4    They have been to China. 5    Tina has seen the Great Wall of China. 6     I'm learning Spanish. 7    Peter and Jean are buying new clothes for the journey. 8    We've been to the Amazon.

Exercise 2.Write the questions in the dialogue, using the cues to help you.

Дополните диалог вопросами, используя подсказки:

Lisa: /you ever be/ to South America?  1    Have you ever been to South America?  David: No, never. Why? /you like/ travelling? 2     ----------------------------- Lisa: Yes! Don't you? /you always go on holiday in this country?  3   ---------------------------------   David: Yes, I do. It's easier. You can speak your own language, /you learn/ Spanish? 4   ------------------------------ Lisa: Yes. I'm learning as much Spanish as I can before I go. David: And /you read/ books about South America? 5     -------------------------------------------- Lisa: Yes. Well, I'm reading one book, /you read/ travel books?  6     -----------------------------------------   David: No. But I like adventure books, like Scott's Diaries, /you read/ Scott's Diaries? 7    ---------------------------------------------- Lisa: No. But I want to read them, /he write/about the last expedition? 8    ------------------------------------- David: Oh yes! It's very interesting.

Exercise 3.Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Дополните текст нужными формами глаголов (Present Simple/ Present Continuous/ Present Perfect)    

Jason Peters (1) ..................       (be) a wildlife cameraman. He (2) ......................   (film) wild animals for documentary programmes on TV. For fifteen years,as part of his job, he (3).......................    (explore) the world's jungles and rain forests. Snakes(4)..................     (bite) him more times than he can remember and alligators (5).......................    (attack) him,too. At the moment he (6).............    (prepare) to go back to the Amazon. He (7)................    (love) filming there but another reason is that his girlfriend, Carmen, (8).......................    (live) in Manaus, near the Amazon. Peter and Carmen (9)...........................     (work) together when they can. They (10)................    (film) in Venezuela several times. While they were there,they lived with the Matis Indians. 'The Matis (11) ...........................   (eat) monkeys,' says Jason 'but they (12)...................................    (not eat) some animals which are part of their religion. At the moment I(13)..................     (study) them and the Amazon people and I (14) ................................   (try) to compare the two.

Тема 5

Australia

Лексический блок

Australia is the only country in the world that is also a continent. It is the sixth large country and the smallest continent. Australia lies between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is situated about 11 000 km southwest of North America and about 8200 km southeast of mainland Asia. The name of the country comes from Latin word «australis» which mean southern. The country's official name is Commonwealth of Australia.

The Commonwealth of Australia is a federation of states. Australia has six states — New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. Each state has its government. Australia has two territories — the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The capital of the country is Canberra.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy like Great Britain. The? nation is administered under written constitution. The British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, is also queen of Australia and country's head of state. But the queen has little power in the Australian government. She serves mainly as a symbol of long historical tie between Great Britain and Australia. Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations which is an association formed by Britain and some of its former colonies.

Australia is one of the world's developed countries. Australia has modern factories, highly productive mines and farms, and busy cities. It is the world's leading producer of wool and bauxite <the ore from which aluminium is made). It also produces and exports large amounts of other minerals and farm goods. Income from the export enables Australians to have high standard of living. The most important trading partners of Australia are Japan and the United States.

 Questions:

1. Where does the Australia lie? 2. What is the official name of the country? 3. What is the capital of the country? 4. Who is the country's head of state? 5. Is there a written constitution in Australia? 6. What are the main products of Australia? 7. What are the most important trade partners of the country?

Vocabulary: to lie — находиться to be situated — быть расположенным mainland — материк Latin — латинский Commonwealth of Australia — Австралийский Союз federation — федерация state — штат territory — территория capital — столица government — правительство tie — связь Commonwealth of Nations — Британское Содружество наций income — доход standard of living — уровень жизни