1.2. Insert the proper articles. Pay attention to the use of the articles with the nouns school, bed.

A. 1. Felicia certainly wants to leave ... school.

2. They had met through ... Labour party activities when Peter had been teaching in ... school on ... south side of London.

3. There will be no ... school tomorrow.

4. Smith was ... former headmaster now retired but still living in his large house near ... school.

5. Towards ... top of ... hill ... school was shut in by... high wall.

6. Miss Carter might have gone into ... school to call on Emily.

7. Donald's success was obviously pleasing to ... school.

B. 1. Then we found out that he could not stay in ... bed.

2. He went to ... bed and slept excellently.

3. He got into ... bed but could not sleep.

4. He found Dora lying on ... bed in their bedroom reading ... novel.

5. I'll bring you some coffee and ... egg in ... bed.

6. Did you make … bed on ... Saturday morning?

7. He jumped out of ... bed and put on ... dressing-gown while I told him of Pilbrow.

Текст Hobbies

1. Review the following words.

To jog – бігати, to skate – кататися на ковзанах, to ski – кататися на лижах, competition – змагання, health – здоров'я, slim – стрункий, trim – в гарній формі, grown-up – дорослий, coin – монета, web-pages – веб-сторінки, increasingly – в більшій мірі, to knit – в'язати, to sew – шити.

2. Read and translate the text.

Tastes differ. Different people have different hobbies. Some of them like to knit very much; others spend all of their time sewing things: skirts, blouses, dresses. It is interesting to make everything with one's own hands: to repair an iron, a radio-set or a tape recorder.

If one goes in for sports he feels much better, looks much better, and sleeps much better. You'll be slimmer and trimmer and what is even more important you'll not sick often. It is very important for a man to be strong and well-built.

Many children and grown-up like to collect things: old coins, postcards, post stamps, for example. They have huge and very interesting collections of these things and spend a lot of money to buy them. In their free time they like to look at their collections with their friends.

Nowadays many people are fond of using Internet, because it has a lot of stuff on it. They design web-pages for all sorts. It is fun learning increasingly about it and experimenting and making pages, and watching them work for you. So, hobbies are not only wonderful but very useful too.

3. Agree or disagree to the matter of these sentences.

1. Hobby is a favourite occupation of a person in his free time.

2. To be in a good shape it is not obligatory to jog every morning and to do morning exercises.

3. To watch sport on TV is enough for liking sport.

4. If one goes in for sport his physical appearance will change too.

5. Collecting different things is worth a lot of money.

4. Make up sentences to illustrate the meaning of the following word combinations.

Playing computer games, to get interested in, to start one's hobby, to spend all of one's free time, to arrange new stamps in the albums.

5. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.

1. Each stamp has a story to tell about distant countries and new people.

2. I like stamps that have pictures of animals and birds.

3. My friend likes flora and fauna stamps.

4. He started drawing when he was about 9 years old.

5. To repair different things is a very good hobby.

6. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Я займаюся спортом й мені подобається грати в теніс.

2. Спорт є важливою частиною нашого життя.

3. Спорт не для слабих, бо він вчить програвати, а це не легко.

4. Майже кожна людина має захоплення.

5. Моя улюблена приказка – “Про смаки не сперечаються”.

7. Retell the text using the following situations.

• You are telling your foreign friend about what you like doing and what you dislike doing and why.

• Make up a talk for your friends about activities you are good and bad at.

Питання для самоконтролю.

1. Перевірка розуміння змісту опорного тексту за допомогою запитань.

Tastes differ. Can you say the same about hobbies?

Have you chosen a hobby according to your character and tastes?

Do you like computer games?

Are you fond of making things?

Have you ever collected anything?

What can be collected?

Whose hobby is sport?

Do you agree that learning new things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby?

2. Перевірка засвоєння лексичного мінімуму за темою “My Day off”.

3. Перевірка розуміння змісту тексту за фахом за допомогою запитань або виконання завдань до тексту.

4. Перевірка засвоєння граматичного матеріалу. Випадки вживання неозначеного артикля.