Listening and writing

Ex. 1. Assignments for oral and written composition.

1. Make up a written plan for a typical weekend of a typical Englishman.

2. Speak about your favourite form of entertainment.

3. Tell your friends about your impressions of a camping holiday.

Ex. 2. Write a description of food and eating habits in your country for a foreign visitor.

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Part B

Vocabulary File

The following words are essential for understanding the text and discussing its content. Learn their meaning and pronunciation.

Words and word combination

Translation

entertainment, n picnic, n eating out admire, v socialize, v relax, v amuse, v enjoy, v go swimming contact, n maintain ~ leisure time outing, n cancel the ~ pastime, n play tennis recreation, n rest, n have a ~ the right to ~ sightseeing, n see the sights spend the day reading stay indoors going out ~ for a meal ~ for a drink ~ for a company and conversation be a Mozart/theatre lover be mad about be keen on do smth for one’s own enjoyment spend time (on) cost, n price, n value, n store, n mall, n give a discount for bargain, n do (window) shopping discotheque/disco, n street festivity concert, n art gallery exhibition, n restaurant, n café, n bar, n wine ~ snack ~ coffee ~ pub, n participate, v compete, v go in for join in pull out take up get on with put up with make up For your personal vocabulary

Reinforcing Vocabulary

Ex. 1. Consult the dictionary and give the derivates of the following words.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
enjoy
	entertainment
		admirable
relax
			amusingly
	rest
		priceless
value
	participation
			impractically
	friend
compete

Ex. 2. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings.

go in for join in pull out take up get on with put up with make up

participate, take part start a hobby, sport, etc. enter a competition stop being involved in an activity tolerate have a good relationship (with) become friends again after an arguing

Ex. 3. Choose the right word below.

1. Any kind of entertainment where there’s something to watch or look at.

2. Things collected in one place for the public to look at.

3. Place for showing exhibitions.

4. Such things as cinemas, exhibitions, music, etc. all provided in one place, perhaps with bars and restaurant.

5. Place offering different kinds of entertainment such as cinemas, amusement arcades, dancing, etc. often with bars and restaurants.

6. Place providing various kinds of indoors sports.

7. Place for dancing to records – lots of loud music and bright lights.

8. A regular meeting of people with particular interests.

9. Public holiday in England are called.

club, exhibition, show, discotheque, gallery, arts center, entertainment center, sports center, Bank holidays

Ex. 4. Why would you go to these places? Match each place with the most likely reason for going there.

a disco, an art gallery, a casino, a concert, a theatre, a zoo, a ballet

1 _________ to see a play 5 _________ to look at the animals

2 _________ to watch people dancing 6 _________ to listen to music

3 _________ to dance 7 _________ to look at paintings

4 _________ to try to win money

Ex. 5. Supply the missing prepositions in the following sentences.