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31. Complete the conversations with the correct form of the adjectives.

Example:

A Life in the country is slower than city life. B Yes, the city’s much faster.

1.

A New York is ____ ____ London. (safe)

B No, it isn’t. New York is much ____ ____. (dangerous)

2.

A Paris is ___ ___ Madrid. (big)

B No, it isn’t! It’s much ____. (small)

3.

A Madrid is ____ ____ ____ Rome. (expensive) B No, it isn’t. Madrid is much ____. (cheap)

4.

A The Underground in London is ____ ____ the Metro in Paris. (good) B No! The Underground is much ____. (bad)

Practise the conversations with your group-mate. Compare two towns or cities that you both know.

32. Complete the questions with superlative adjectives. Choose the answers.

5)What was ______ (successful) European football club in the twentieth century?

a Bayern Munich b Real Madrid c Manchester United

6)Where is ______ (high) town or city in the world?

a the Rolling Stones b the Eagles c the Beatles

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33. Write the superlative form and complete the sentences to make them true for you.

Example: The busiest (busy) month of the year is December.

1)The ____ (good) day of the week is …

2)The ____ (bad) day of the week is …

3)The ____ (interesting) book I know is …

4)The ____ (sad) film I know is …

5)The ____ (beautiful) country I know is…

34. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

1)Family/ the/ am/ my/ in/ I/ oldest.

2)Sister/ me/ my/ than/ younger/ is.

3)Class/ who/ tallest/ the/ the/ in/ is?

4)Book/ interesting/ than/ my/ your/ more/ is/ book.

5)Difficult/ German/ English/ is/ than/ more/ much.

6)Weather/ better/ today/ than/ much/ is/ yesterday/ the.

35. Get ready to speak about Belarus.

УЭ-7 GREAT BRITAIN

1. Look around. Are there any people nearby? What are they doing? Who is smiling? Who is talking? Who is writing? Who is reading?

Example: My teacher is writing on the board.

Helen is sitting near the window.

2. What are the people wearing? What are you wearing?

Example: My teacher is wearing a dress.

I’m wearing blue jeans and a white jumper.

3.Find all the verbs in the sentences. Can you translate them?

4.All these verbs are in the Present Continuous tense.

We use this tense for actions happening now or around now. Study the rule.

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Positive

5. Look at the spelling rules for the -ing form.

1)Most verbs add -ing. Wear – wearing

Talk – talking

2)Verbs ending with -e take away the -e.

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Write – writing Live – living

3) Verbs ending with consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant.

Sit – sitting Run – running

6. Make true sentences for you. Positive or negative.

Example: I (eat) an apple. I’m not eating an apple.

1)I (wear) jeans.

2)I (chew) gum.

3)We (listen) to music.

4)Our teacher (explain) the rule.

5)I (stand up).

6)I (sit) near the door.

7)We (work) hard today.

8)I (smoke) a cigarette.

9)We (do) our homework.

7. Give positive or negative short answers.

1)Are you watching TV?

2)Are you wearing shoes?

3)It is raining?

4)Are you feeling well?

5)Is the sun shining?

6)Are you working hard today?

7)Is your teacher looking at you?

8)Are your group-mates listening to you?

9)Is it snowing?

10)Are you wearing make-up?

8. Put the words in the correct order to make questions in the Present Continuous.

1)You/ what/ are/ doing?

2)Cooking/ are/ you/ what?

3)Crying/ daughter/ why/ is/ your?

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4)It/ raining/ now/ is?

5)Sally/ wearing/ clothes/ best/ why/ is/ her?

6)You/ going/ are/ where?

7)Having/ at/ shower/ moment/ you/ the/ are/ a?

10. Use the Present Simple for actions that are always/ usually true.

Use the Present Continuous for actions happening now. We often use now, today, at the moment with the Present Continuous.

Don’t use these verbs in the Present Continuous:

want like love hate need prefer depend know mean understand believe remember forget

11. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1)I have/ I’m having a shower every morning.

2)Look! It’s raining/ It rains. We can’t go to the beach.

3)Where are you usually going/ do you usually go on holiday?

4)What are you doing/ do you do under the table?

5)I’m trying/ I try to find my pen.

6)I’m tired. I am wanting/ want to go home.

7)What is she doing/ does she do? She’s a dentist.

8)What are you doing/ do you do tonight?

12. Fill in the gaps with am/ is/ are/ do/ don’t/ does/ doesn’t.

1)Excuse me, _____ you speak English?

2)Why _____ you laughing at me?

3)I _____ want to go out. It _____ raining.

4)Where _____ you come from? From Canada.

5)I can’t talk to you at the moment. I _____ working.

6)George is a good tennis player but he _____ play very often.

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7)_____ you wear shorts a lot in the summer?

8)_____ you wearing a suit at the moment?

13. Put the verbs in the Present Continuous or Present Simple. Positive, negative or question.

1)Listen! Somebody _____ (sing).

2)I’m sorry, I _____ (not/ understand).

3)How often _____ (you/ read) a newspaper?

4)I _____ (not/ like) Chinese food.

5)We’re tired and _____ (want) to go to bed.

6)I _____ (not/ get up) early on weekdays.

7)Anna _____ (have) a shower at the moment.

8)Sorry, I _____ (not/ remember) your name.

9)I _____ (read) a fantastic book at the moment.

10)_____ (she/ wear) a lot of make-up at work?

14.Describe what you are doing at the moment. Make up at least 6 sentences.

15.Pay attention!

1)The Present Continuous can also describe activities in the near future. (Со-

гласованные с другими людьми планы на ближайшее будущее). It is common with verbs such as go, come, see, visit, meet, have, leave.

We’re having pizza for dinner. Tom and Mary are coming tonight.

2)We use to be + going to for future plans. (Личные планы на ближайшее будущее).

I’m going to leave tomorrow.

We’re going to have a holiday in Italy. They are going to travel all over the world.

3)We also use to be + going to when we can see now that something is sure to happen in the future.

Take an umbrella. It’s going to rain.

Look at the time. We’re going to be late for the lesson.

We don’t usually use the verbs go and come with to be + going to.

–I’m going to go to London tomorrow.

+ I’m going to London tomorrow.

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16. Translate into Russian.

1)Anna is playing tennis tomorrow.

2)Andrey is going to the dentist on Monday.

3)I’m not going out tonight.

4)I’m hungry. I am going to eat this sandwich.

5)Are you going to watch the football tonight?

6)What are you doing tomorrow evening?

7)Are you going straight home after this lesson?

17. Are you going to do these things tomorrow? Make true sentences.

Example: (stay at home) I’m not going to stay at home tomorrow.

1)(wash your hair)

2)(have breakfast)

3)(ride a bicycle)

4)(eat in a restaurant)

5)(meet some friends)

18. Ask your group-mate what he/she is going to do after the lesson. Tell the class about his/her plans.

Example: Alice is going to walk home. She’s going to cook a meal and meet her boyfriend.

19. Going on holiday.

1. Read the information about these people's holidays. Make notes about your next holiday.

2. Write sentences about Mark and Lucy's plans.

1)Mark and Lucy arc going to Florida in the USA next summer.

2)They_____________________________________________

3)_________________________________________________

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4)_________________________________________________

5)_________________________________________________

3.Complete the conversation between Lucy and John. Lucy (1) ___________ on holiday next summer? John To Prague.

Lucy (2) __________ fly there?

John No, I'm not. I'm going by boat and train.

Lucy (3) ___________ ?

John In a hotel. The Hotel Vaclav. Lucy (4) ____________?

John For six days, from Friday to Wednesday.

Lucy And (5) _________?

John Well, the buildings are really beautiful, so (6)____________.

4.Write five sentences about your next holiday.

Practise the conversation with your group-mate. Make up a similar conversation about your next holiday.

20. Read the dialogues.

1.

A What’s Ali doing next year?

B She’s going to travel round the world.

2.

A The phone is ringing. B It’s OK. I’ll answer it.

3.

A I haven’t got any money.

B Don’t worry. I’ll lend you some.

A Thanks. I’ll pay you back tomorrow. I won’t forget.

Notice the forms of will.

I’ll = I will (short form)

I won’t = I will not (negative short form)

All these sentences express future intentions. Which of them are spontaneous?

21. Study the rule.

We use Will to express:

1. a future decision or intention made at the moment of speaking.

I’ll give you my phone number.

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2. an offer

I’ll carry your suitcase.

3. a future fact. The speaker is sure this will (or will not) happen.

Manchester will win the cup.

We often say I think I’ll/ I don’t think I’ll…

I’m tired. I think I’ll go to bed early tonight. It’s cold. I don’t think I’ll go out.

In modern English we usually use Will for all persons. Though Shall can be used with I and We. We always use Shall in offers and suggestions that look like questions.

Shall I take your coat? Shall I call you tomorrow?

Form

Will + infinitive without to

Will is a modal auxiliary verb. The forms of will are the same for all persons.

Positive and negative

22.Choose the correct verb form.

1. “My bag is so heavy”.

“Give it to me. I’ll carry/ I’m going to carry it for you. 2. “What are you doing tonight?”

“We’ll see / we are going to see a play at the theatre”.

3.Congratulations! I hear you’ll get married / you’re going to get married.

4.You can tell me your secret. I won’t tell / I’m not going to tell anyone.

5.“Tony’s back from holiday”.

“Is he? I’ll give / I’m going to give him a ring”.

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23. Travelling abroad is an exciting experience. You can learn more about the foreign country if you can speak its language. Now we are going to read and speak about Great Britain.

Study the words.

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