English FOR YOUNG READERS

1. Irregular Verbs

2–3 ученика выходят к доске и пишут 3 формы глаголов.

2. Who knows more?

Каждая команда получает по листку А4 и за 3 минуты пишет названия фруктов. Затем проверяем, кто написал больше.

3. Arrange the Sentences in the Logical Order

Listen to the text:

Stuart, the mouse, lives in an American family. Every morning he washes his hands and his face, cleans his teeth, then he dresses and goes for a walk about the house. He sees Snowball, the cat.

“Now I want to do my morning exercises” says Stuart to Snowball.

“No, I don’t want it.” “Why not? Let’s do

exercises!”

“No, I don’t like it at all.”

“Oh, what about your teeth?” says Stuart. “My teeth… they are OK. They are big and…” “But they are not white… Go and clean them!”

Now Snowball is angry. He is coming toward Stuart and the mouse can see the cat’s big teeth.

“Ha, ha, ha! They look like big yellow bananas!” Stuart is not afraid of Snowball.

Каждая команда должна разложить предложения в логическом порядке. Кто делает это быстрее и правильнее, тот победитель.

•STUART TELLS SNOWBALL TO GO AND CLEAN HIS TEETH

•SNOWBALL IS ANGRY WITH STUART

•STUART SEES THAT SNOWBALL’S TEETH ARE NOT WHITE

•STUART LIVES IN AN AMERICAN FAMILY

•STUART WANTS TO DO EXERCISES BUT SNOWBALL DOESN’T

•EVERY MORNING STUART DRESSES AND GOES FOR A WALK

•STUART SEES SNOWBALL

4. Song

Каждая команда поет песню (“I am hungry”, “Apples and bananas”).

5. Recite a Poem

Каждая команда читает стихотворение (“Breakfast in the morning”, “I like coffee”).

6. Word Puzzle

Необходимо найти 11 слов по теме “Еда” (3 min).

7. Magic Bag

Дети должны на ощупь найти фрукты и овощи в мешке.

8. Pantomime

Дети показывают, что они едят.

9. Match Two Parts of the Words

Каждая команда получает конверт с разрезанными на 2 части словами по теме “Еда”.

10. Results

Подводим итоги, награждаем победителей.

By Natalia Sachkova,

School No. 1699, Moscow

I. READING 1. Read the text.

VEGETARIAN

A vegetarian is someone who avoids eating the flesh of animals (meat, poultry, or fish, including shellfish). Most vegetarians will also not eat eggs or cheese or use cosmetics or toiletries that may contain animal ingredients or are tested on animals. The word “vegetarian” coined around 1842, comes not from “vegetable” but from the Latin word vegetus meaning “whole, fresh, full of life”.

People are vegetarians for a number of reasons. Some think that it is wrong to keep and kill animals for use as food and in other products. Others choose to be vegetarians because they believe that a vegetarian diet is healthier than a diet that includes meat. Indeed, a vegetarian diet fits in very well with modern medical advice to cut down on fat, salt, and sugar, and to eat more fibre and fresh vegetables. It is also cheaper than meat. Some people are vegetarian because of their religious beliefs.

Some people have chosen to be vegetarian for ecological reasons. They argue that the growing of vegetables takes up much less valuable space than the raising of livestock; moreover, it is easier to provide food for all the people on Earth by growing vegetables for food rather than raising vegetable-eating animals.

Livestock – домашний скот

This paragraph summarizes the text. Put one missing word in each gap to complete the paragraph.

A vegetarian is someone who (1)_______________ eating meat. The word “vegetarian” comes from the Latin word vegetus (2)_______________

“whole, fresh, full of life”.According to the text, people (3)_______________

to be vegetarians for various reasons. Here they are:

1.It’s (4)_______________ to kill animals for food.

2.A vegetarian diet is (5)_______________ than a diet that includes meat.

3.A vegetarian diet is also (6)_______________ than a diet that includes meat.

4.Some vegetarians practice it because of their (7)_______________ beliefs.

5.Some people have (8)______________ to be vegetarian for ecological reasons.

6.Growing vegetables is simpler than raising herbivorous animals to

(9)_______________ food for all the people.

2. Read the text and for the questions below, choose the best answer.

WHAT IS A CALORIE?

Nowadays, it seems that everybody is “watching their calories”. There are even restaurants which print the number of calories each dish contains right on the menu. To understand what a calorie is and the part it plays in the body, let’s start with the subject of nutrition in general.

Modern science is still not able to explain exactly how a cell transforms food into energy. We just know it happens. And we also can’t explain why

Five-Minute Tests

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Variant 1

Read the text and write it in the Past Simple. (Last year…)

We go to school five days a week. We wear a uniform in class. We have a lot of interesting and useful subjects on the timetable. At the English lessons we listen to cassettes, write exercises, read books, sing songs and speak English.

Key: went, wore, had, listened, wrote, read, sang, spoke.

Variant 2

Read the text and write it in the Past Simple. (Last year…)

We have a lot of interesting subjects on the timetable. At the Russian lessons we write exercises, learn rules and read books. At the P.E. lessons we run, jump and ski in winter. After classes we go to the playground. We do our homework in the evening.

Key: had, wrote, learnt, read, ran, jumped, skied, went, did

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Variant 1

Write the verbs in the Past Simple.

1. to try; 2. to travel; 3. to love; 4. to carry; 5. to stop; 6. to leave

Key: 1. tried, 2. travelled, 3. loved, 4. carried, 5. stopped, 6. left

Variant 2

Write the verbs in the Past Simple.

1. to cry; 2. to speak; 3. to wear; 4. to leave; 5. to sing; 6. to hop

Key: 1. cried, 2. spoke, 3. wore, 4. left, 5. sang, 6. hopped

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Variant 1

Complete the questions.

Five-Minute Tests

4.We must work hard, …?

5.He can’t do the exercise, …?

6.He didn’t like the film, …?

Key: 1. isn’t she, 2. weren’t they, 3. doesn’t he, 4. mustn’t we, 5. can he, 6. did he

Variant 2

Complete the questions.

1.Jack hasn’t got a car, …?

2.He was at home yesterday, …?

3.We mustn’t make a noise in class, …?

4.He reads a lot, …?

5.They do their homework every day, …?

6.You should work hard, …?

Key: 1. has he, 2. wasn’t be, 3. must we, 4. doesn’t he, 5. don’t they, 6. shouldn’t you.

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Variant 1

Ask questions to the following sentence.

Yesterday my mother bought a nice watch in a shop.

Did…?

Who…?

When…?

Where…?

What…?

Key:

1.Did my mother buy a nice watch yesterday?

2.Who bought a nice watch in a shop?

3.When did my mother buy a nice watch?

4.Where did my mother buy a nice watch?

5.What did my mother buy in a shop yesterday?

Variant 2

Ask questions to the following sentence.

Yesterday the boys laughed a lot in the playground.

Did…?

Who…?

When…?

What…?

Where…?

Key:

1.Did the boys laugh a lot in the playground?

2.Who laughed a lot?

3.When did the boys laugh in the playground?

4.What did the boys do in the playground?

5.Where did the boys laugh a lot?

By Tatyana Mahkrina

We do know that food is broken down in the body by combining with oxygen. We might say it is “burned” up like fuel. Now, the way we measure the work a fuel does for the body’s functioning is by means of calories.

A “gram calorie” is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree centigrade. The “large calorie” is 1,000 times as great. In measuring the energy value of food, we usually use large calorie.

Each type of food, as it “burns up”, furnishes a certain number of calories. For instance, one gram of protein produces four calories, but one gram of fat furnishes nine calories. The body doesn’t care which “fuel” is used for the needed energy, as long as it gets enough of that energy from food to maintain life.

The amount of calories the body needs depends on the work the body is doing. For example, a man who weighs 150 pounds needs only 1,680 calories per day if he is in a state of absolute rest. If he does moderate work such as desk work, he needs 3,360 calories per day. And if he does a heavy work, he may need as much as 6,720 calories a day to keep his body functioning properly.

Children need more calories than adults, since older people can’t burn the fuel as efficiently. Interestingly enough, we use up more calories in winter than in summer. Suppose, however, we take in more fuel than we need? The body uses up what it needs and stores the remainder away for future use. The body can store away about one-third of the amount it needs each day. The rest becomes fat!

And that’s why we “watch our calories”.

Answer the questions:

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

a)A caloric countdown

b)What is a calorie?

c)Everybody is watching their calories

2.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

a)A calorie helps us to understand why the cell in the body needs certain foods, and not others, in order to function properly.

b)The body cares which “fuel” is used for energy.

c)We don’t know how a cell transforms food into energy.

3.According to the passage, what happens to unneeded body fuel?

a)it becomes added weight

b)it is stored away for future use

c)the body burns it, but not so quickly

II. VOCABULARY

1. Match words with their equivalents.

2.Make the sentences complete using the words from A.

1.The word “vegetarian”__________ around 1842, comes not from “vegetable” but from the Latin word vegetus meaning “whole, fresh, full of life”.

2.One gram of protein __________ four calories.

3.The __________ of calories the body needs depends on the work the body is doing.

4.Professor Johnson specialises in the science of

__________.

5.The body doesn’t care which “fuel” is used for energy

__________ life.

6.A vegetarian is someone who __________ eating meat, poultry, or fish.

7.He holds __________ rather than extreme or radical opinions.

8.If you do heavy work, you may need as much as 6,720 calories a day to keep your body functioning

______________.

III. PHRASAL VERBS

1. Match the phrasal verbs with their Russian equivalents.

2.Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs above.

1.I had to __________ meat.

2.He’s trying to __________ cigarettes.

3.He __________ his sleep to six hours.

4.A child has to have his food __________ for him.

IV. USE OF ENGLISH

1. Read the texts below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have an extra word which shouldn’t be there. If a line is correct put a letter R. If a line has an extra word, write the word.

2. Choose the answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.

1.Professor Johnson ____________________ eating habits of children since 1999.

2.Though meat provides a range of proteins and vitamins that are essential for a healthy body, she

____________________ it for a long time.

3. He’s given up smoking ,____________________?

4.You’d better make a carrot salad and eat it with a beefsteak, ____________________?

5. He ____________________ fat if he stopped exercising.

6.____________________ eating habits in Russia changed recently?

KEY:

I. Reading

1.1. avoids; 2. meaning; 3. choose; 4. wrong; 5. healthier; 6. cheaper; 7. religious; 8. chosen; 9. provide.

2.1-b; 2-c; 3- a.

II. Vocabulary

1.1. b; 2. c; 3. f; 4. g; 5. a; 6. d; 7. e; 8. h.

2.1. coined; 2. furnishes; 3. amount; 4. nutrition; 5. to maintain; 6. avoids; 7. moderate; 8. properly.

III. Phrasal verbs

1.1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. d.

2.1. 1/3; 2. 1/3; 3. 2; 4. 4.

IV. Use of English

1.1. such; 2. R; 3. the; 4. R; 5. R; 6. done; 7. are; 8. R.

2.1. B; 2. A; 3. A; 4. B; 5. C; 6. D.

By Youdif Boyarskaya,

School No. 814, Moscow