2. For each question (1-4) choose the best answer a. B, c or d.

1) What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?

A to describe how heroes catch villains

B to describe some well-known heroes and villains

C to tell some well-known cartoon stones

D to tell some well-known fairy Tales

2) What does the writer say about Saruman?

A He was not always evil

B He is the writer's favourite character

C Frodo wants to destroy him

D He has lost a valuable ring

3) Which of the statements is true of Captain Hook?

A He works on his own.

B He has a partner called Jolly Roger

C He has a black beard

D He takes care of his appearance

4) What is the writer's opinion of villains?

A They are more important than the heroes

B He likes them more than the heroes

C He is happy to see them lose

D They are just as important as the heroes

3. Render the text in English.

4. Speaking. Tell the class about your favourite film or TV hero(-ine).

UNIT 2.

Практические занятия

Vocabulary: lifestyles, describing places;

Topics and speaking: jobs and places;

Grammar: degrees of comparison;

Reading: places where we live.

Vocabulary

1. Describe the place where you live using the following

clear lake high mountains trees clean air busy motorway a lot of cars bus stop air pollution a variety of expensive shops passengers in a queue wait to get on bus cozy house pretty garden lots of flowers and bushes

2. What can you see on the map. Ask questions in pairs

- How can I get…..?

3. Where do these people work?

Secretary, librarian, security guard, dentist, waiter, teacher, traffic warden, bank clerk, journalist, nurse, sales assistant.

Grammar

1. Read the rules. Degrees of comparison

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative	Spelling rule
One-syllable and two-syllable adjectives ending in -y
young	younger	the youngest	most adjectives:
tall	taller	the tallest	+ -er, the -est
nice	nicer	the nicest	adjective ends
large	larger	the largest	in -e: + -r, the -st
thin	thinner	the thinnest	one vowel + one
big	bigger	the biggest	consonant: double the consonant
pretty	prettier	the prettiest	change -y to -/
Other two-syllable adjectives and longer adjectives
serious	more serious	the most serious
sophisticated	more sophisticated	the most sophisticated

Irregular forms

good bad far little

better worse farther / further less

the best the worst the farthest / furthest the least

4. Complete the sentences about you and your family.

a) ______________ is the youngest person in my family.

b) People often say I look like_________________ .

c) I am alike my ________________ .

d) My hair is ____________ my__________ .

e) My mother is _____________ than my father.

f) My father is the _____________ person in the family.

g) I’m more __________ than my brother / sister / cousin.

Reading