Flying a kite

Helen: Hello, everybody! It's Playtime again.

What's your hobby? Do you like reading? Do you like painting? Do you like riding a bike? Do you like collecting things? I like collecting stamps. Look, this is a stamp. And this is my stamp collection.

Jack: Look, Jill.

Jill: What a beautiful stamp!

Jack: Oh, a kite. I like flying kites.

Helen: Jack, what do you like doing?

Jack: I like flying kites.

Helen: Jack likes flying kites. All right. Let's make a kite. Come on, Jack.

Jack: I want to make it myself.

Helen: All right. Jack wants to make a kite himself. Let's see what he needs to make his kite. Two pieces of wood, some paper, some nails… Oh no, these nails are too big. Some glue, a piece of string and a hammer.

Jill, tell me what you like doing.

Jill: I like painting. Look, I'm painting a kite.

Helen: Jill is painting a kite and Jack is making a kite.

Jack: What colour is your kite?

Jill: My kite is yellow.

Jack: Mine is yellow too.

Jill: What colour is the tail of your kite?

Jack: It's red and green.

Jill: Mine is red and green too. Look, Jack. My kite's finished.

Jack: Mine is finished too.

Jill: But the string is missing.

Jack: Oh, here it is. Hold the kite, please.

Helen: Oh, what a beautiful kite! Now Jack and Jill can fly their kite in the park. Good luck! I hope there's a strong wind today. Let's see how Jack and Jill are getting on with their kite.

Exercise 1. Ask questions and give negative answers:

I like it. Do you like it? I don't like it. What do you like?

He (/she) likes it. Does he (/she) like it? He doesn't like it. What does he like?

1. I want it. 2. I want to go home. 3. She wants to play hopscotch. 4. They want to play hide-and-seek. 5. We like watching TV. 6. They see a ghost. 7. He needs help. 8. I know it.

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Exercise 2. Make up sentences with the following words:

1. Do, it, know, you? 2. Do, have, a, you, hobby? 3. Does, like, she, hopscotch, playing? 4. What, they, want, do? 5. I, think, don't, so. 6. What, you, mean (иметь в виду), do? 7. What, you, see, do? 8. Has, got, he, laptop, a? 9. What, want, from, do, me, you? 10. What, he, need, does? 11. What, doing, you, like, do? 12. Can, swing, you, by yourself (ты сам/ сама, вы сами), on the swing?

Exercise 3. Ask questions and give positive or negative answers:

Do you like …? – Yes (No), I …

Does he (/she) like …? – Yes (No), he (/she) …

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read books, paint, ride a bike, collect things, learn new things, go to school, play football, play chess, swim, dance, play hopscotch, play hide-and-seek.

Part 2

Kite flying high in the blue of the sky.

Pull, pull and tug (дёргать) it goes (3 times), Soaring on (взмывать вверх) high.

Diana: Look at our kites!

Jill: Super! They're [ðeə] flying higher and higher.

Jack: Whose kite is this?

Tom: It's mine.

Jill: What a beautiful kite!

Jack: Let's fly our kite.

Jill: Let me unroll the string.

Jack: No. I want to do it myself. Hold the kite, please.

Jill: It's flying!

Jack: Oh dear. It's fallen onto the grass.

Jill: Don't worry, Jack. Try again. Look, it's flying now.

Jack: Blow (Бум!)!

Police officer: Hey! What's the matter? What's going on here?

Jack: Sorry, but our kite is in the tree.

Police officer: A kite? Where?

Jack: It's up there. In the tree.

Police officer: Mmm… Wait a minute. I'll get it down for you. I like kites. Come on, children, let's fly the kite now.

Jack: But I want to fly it myself.

Police officer: Oh, sorry. Here you are. But let me help you.

Jill: No, let me help you.

Jack: All right. Are you ready?

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Jill: Yes, I am. Run, Jack! Run! Pull the string!

Police officer: Pull it tight. It's flying higher and higher.

Jack: Look, there is a big cloud coming up. It's coming towards the kite. My kite! Where's my kite?

P olice officer: It's gone.

Jill: Pull the string! Pull it in!

Jack: I can't. It won't come.

Police officer: All together. Pull!

Jack: There it is. It's coming.

Jill: That's not our kite.

Jack: Whose kite is it?

Tom: It's mine.

Jack: Where's my kite?

Tom: I don't know.

Exercise 4. Translate into Russian:

1. Let's (= let us) make a kite. 2. Let's play a game. 3. Let me help you. 4. Let me go. 5. Whose kite is it? – It's mine. 6. It's a red umbrella. Look, is this yours? – Yes, it's mine. 7. I must say it was a real blow (удар) to me. 8. The wind is blowing (дуть) hard.

Exercise 5. Make up sentences with the following words:

1. What, hobby, (be), your? 2. How many, did, have, lessons, you, today? 3. Let, help, me, you. 4. Whose, (be), book, this? – It's, mine. 5. Whose, (be), toys, these? – They, mine, (be). 6. Let's, home, go. 7. Let, do, me, it. 8. (Be), any, butter, in, there, fridge, the? 9. I, new, like, to, things, learn.

Exercise 6.

It's my (your, his, her, our, their) house.

Whose house is this? – It's mine (yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).

These are my (your, his, her, our, their) books.

Whose books are these? – They are mine (yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).

Answer the following question:

Whose car is this? – It's … (ваша, её, моя, его).

Whose toys are these? – They are … (мои, наши, их, его).

Exercise 7. Transcribe the following words:

mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

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Part 3

Helen: I don't know where Jack's kite is either.

Do you like flying kites? When do you fly your kite? In spring, in summer, in autumn or in winter? I think the b est season for flying a kite is in autumn.

It's autumn in September, October and in November.

Let's look at some pictures from our story now. Jack said to Jill, "Let's fly our kite". Come and speak with me …

An apple fell on the police officer's head. The police officer said, "What's going on here?" The police officer wanted to fly the kite, but Jack said, "I want to fly it myself."

And here's another kite. It's not Jack's kite. Jack asked, "Whose kite is it?" It's Tom's kite. Tom said, "It's mine." I think I'd better go¹⁸ and look where Jack's kite is. Come and listen to Jack and Jill.

Jill: Look, Jack. It isn't a kite.

Jack: It looks like a … like a balloon.

Jill: It's Helen!

Helen: Hello, Jack! Hello, Jill! Look, I found your kite.

Our time is up. Goodbye, children. Till next Playtime.

Exercise 7. Make up questions about the text and answer them:

1. What, Jack, making, today, is? 2. What, Jack, need, does, the, kite, to make? 3. What, is, kite, the, colour? 4. Where, Jack and Jill, do, want, the, kite, to fly? 5. Is, easy, it, the, kite, to fly? 6. What, happening¹⁹, the, kite, to, is, when Jack and Jill, try, it, to fly?

Exercise 8. The names of the months are:

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Exercise 9. Translate into English:

1. Ты это знаешь? 2. Они любят играть в прятки? 3. Что ей нравится?

4. Что он имеет в виду? 5. Давайте играть в классики. 6. Давай я тебе помогу. 7. Чей это мяч? Это твой? – Нет, это её (его, их). 8. Желаю удачи! 9. Я думаю, нам (we) лучше подождать. 10. Тебе (you) лучше лечь спать.

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