4. The dream house

Helen: Hello, children. Welcome to Playtime. Oh dear. What's going on here? Hello, Jack and Jill.

Jack: Hello.

Jill: Hi!

Helen: What are you doing?

Jack: I'm painting. Careful! Don't touch.

Helen: Oh, I see. Wet paint. The paint is still wet. Jack is painting a chair. What colour is it now? Yes, it's yellow. The paint in this pot is yellow.

Look at the other pots. What colour is in here? Red. It's red.

And the paint in this pot is green.

What colour is in this pot? It's blue.

What else have we got? Ah yes, the colour in this pot is brown.

Look: brown, blue, green, red and yellow.

Jill: Hey, careful! Don't touch.

Helen: What are you doing, Jill?

Jill: I'm painting.

Helen: Ah, I see. Jill is painting too. No, Jack! No. Don't paint my table. I don't want a brown table.

What about painting your dream house? Come on, Jack and Jill. Start painting your dream house now.

Jill: What a good idea! This brush is too big. Jack, give me the small brush.

Jack: No. I need it.

Exercise 1. Find the following sentences in the text:

1. Что тут происходит? 2. Осторожно! Не притрагивайся. 3. Краска ещё мокрая. 4. Джек красит стул. 5. Какого он теперь цвета? 6. Что у нас есть ещё? 7. Как насчёт того, чтобы нарисовать дом твоей мечты? 8. Начи­найте рисовать сейчас. 9. Какая хорошая идея! 10. Эта щётка слишком большая. Дай мне маленькую щётку.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions:

1. Are Jack and Jill at home? 2. What is Jack doing? 3. What colour is the chair now? 4. What paint colours do Jack and Jill have? 5. Why may Jack not paint Helen's table? 6. Helen says what Jack and Jill can paint. What is it? 7. Do the children like that idea? 8. What does Jill need?

Exercise 3. Make sentences with "that" and "those":

That is a car. – Those are cars.

a picture, a house, a table, a chair, an animal, a bear, a horse.

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Part 2

Jill: What's that?

Jack: It's my dream house. Careful! Don't touch

Jill: But it's an elephant.

Jack: Yes, it's an elephant house. Careful! Don't touch.

Jill: But where's the window?

Jack: This is the window.

Jill: No, that's the elephant's eye.

Jack: No, it isn't. It's a window.

J ill: And where's the door?

Jack: Here.

Jill: No, that's the elephant's ear.

Jack: No, it isn't. It's a door to my dream house.

Jill: Oh! Give me the small brush. You can have the big one.

Jack: What are you painting?

Jill: I'm painting my dream house. Look, this is the roof and this is the chimney.

Jack: And this is the window.

Jill: There are two windows.

Jack: And where's the door?

Jill: It's here.

Jack: What's this?

Jill: It's a flower.

Jack: Oh! Where's my brush? I need the big brush. I can't find my brush.

Jill: Look, it's under the chair. My picture's finished. What's this?

Jack: Careful! Don't touch. It's a ladder.

Jill: Oh, a ladder to your door. What a funny house!

Jack: My picture's finished.

Proverb: Business before pleasure. 

Exercise 4. Find the following sentences in the text:

1. Где окно? 2. Это глаз слона. 3. Это ухо слона. 4. А где дверь? 5. Дай мне маленькую щётку. А тебе будет большая. 6. Это крыша, а это труба. 7. Это цветок. 8. Я не могу найти свою (= мою) щётку. 9. Она под стулом. 10. Моя карти­на закончена. 11. Какой забавный дом!

Exercise 5. Spell the following words:

the window, the elephant's eye, the door, the chimney, finished, careful.

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Exercise 6. Answer the following questions:

1. What is Jack painting? 2. Is his dream house big? 3. What is it like³? 4. Is there a window? 5. Is there a door? 6. Is Jill's dream house finished? 7. What is it like? 7. Is there a roof? 8. Is there a chimney? 9. Are there windows? How many⁴ windows are there? 10. Is there a door? 11. Do you like Jack's dream house? Why? 12. Do you like Jill's dream house? Why do you like it?

Exercise 7. Present Continuous (Present Progressive)

I am playing we are playing

you are playing you are playing

he, she, it is playing they are playing

Make sentences with the following words:

1. What, the children, doing, are? 2. Are, playing, they? 3. No, they, not, are, playing. 4. They, painting, are. 5. Is, painting, Jack, an elephant? 6. No, painting, is, his dream house, he. 7. Is, painting, Jill, too? 8. What, she, painting, is? 9. What, you, now, doing, are? 10. Are, painting, you, or (или), you, are, playing? 11. I, English, learning, am. 12. She, swinging, the swing, on, is.

Part 3

Jill: Hey, Pooh's in the pot.

Jack: Ding, dong, dot! Pooh is in the pot.

Ding, dong, dot! Pooh is in the pot.

Look at him in there. Oh, poor bear!

Ding, dong, dine! Pooh is on the line.

Look at him on there. Oh, poor bear!

Helen: Let's build a house for Pooh. Look. What's this in English? It's a window. A window. There are one, two, three, four windows. What's this? It's a door. A door. What colour is the door? It's brown. It's a brown door. What's this? It's the roof. It's a red roof. What's this? It's the chimney. What colour is the chimney? It's brown. It's a brown chimney. What are these? They are flowers. Flowers. What colour are the flowers? They are blue. Blue flowers.

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There are blue flowers in front of the house. It's Pooh's house. Pooh, your house is finished. And here's your car.

Let's have a look at some pictures now. Джек рисует дом своей мечты.. I'm painting my dream house. Он просит Джил не трогать рисунок. Careful! Don't touch. Джек закончил свой рисунок. My picture is finished. My pictu­re's finished. Come and listen again to Jack and Jill.

Jack: My picture's finished.

Helen: My picture's finished too. Careful, Pooh! Watch out!

Ding, dong, dar! Pooh is in the car.

Look at him in there. He's a funny bear.

Goodbye, children. See you next Playtime.

Exercise 8. Find the following sentences in the text:

1. Давайте построим дом для Пу. 2. Что это по английски? 3. Здесь есть четыре окна. 4. Какого цвета дверь? – Она коричневая. 5. Это красная крыша. 6. Это коричневая дымоходная труба. 7. Что это? – Это цветы.

8. Какого цвета цветы? – Они голубые. 9. Перед домом голубые цветы.

10. Мой рисунок закончен. 11. Осторожно! Смотри в оба! 12. Посмотрите на него. 13. Он забавный медведь.

Exercise 9. Translate into English using the Present Continuous:

1. Что они сейчас делают (do)? 2. Они поют (sing) песню. 3. Она играет (play) в классики. 4. Кто рисует (paint) дом? 5. Мы идём (go) на ярмарку.

6. Всё ещё (still) идёт (rain) дождь. 7. Я выигрываю (win). 8. Он проигры­вает (lose). 9. Карусель останавливается (stop). 10. Я строю (build) дом.

Есть глаголы, которые обычно не употребляются в Present Continuous (Present Progressive). Вот несколько таких глаголов:

be – быть have* – в значении: иметь, владеть

like – нравиться, любить want – хотеть

know - знать need – нуждаться

see – видеть hear – слышать

love – любить think - думать

understand – понимать mean – иметь в виду

Where is she? Have you got many toys? I like it. What does he want? I don't know. We don't need it now. Do you see it? Do you hear me? He loves her. What do you think? Do you understand me? What do you mean?

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