Tag Questions (розділові питання: "чи не так?")

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You speak English,	don’t you?
She speaks English,	doesn’t she? – Yes, he does. – Так (розмовляє). No, he doesn’t. – Ні (не розмовляє).
You have a good idea,	don’t you?
He is your best friend,	isn’t he?
It is very warm today,	isn’t it?
I am late,	aren’t I?
I can go now,	can’t  I?
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You don’t speak English,	do you?
She doesn’t speak English,	does she? – No, she doesn’t. – Так (не розмовляє). Yes, she does. – Ні (розмовляє).
You don’t have a good idea,	do you?
He isn’t your best friend,	is he?
It isn’t very warm today,	is it?
I am not late,	am I?
I can’t go now,	can I?

Ex. 6. Add the correct ending to the following tag questions.

1. You really know this, …..? 2. He never does this, …..? 3. We love our pets, …..? 4. Nancy swims quite well, …..? 5. Her children visit her mother quite often, …..? 6. He isn’t a doctor, …..? 7. This oak tree is too old, …..? 8. I don't have any facts, …..? 9. They never argue, …..? 10. She doesn’t play computer games, …..? 11. Theresa shovels the leaves, ……? 12. Barry doesn't fix his taps himself, …..? 13. Dennis and Monty are here, …..? 14. I don’t know his address, …..? 15. Liz wishes to leave in a year, …..? 16. You never change your furniture, …..? 17. Mike is a hardworker, …? 18. This man's face looks rather familiar, …? 19. Jerry and Frank are not my neigbours, …? 20. Roy never smiles, ….?

Part III. READING: SPARTAN EDUCATION

In ancient Sparta, on the day of his birth a Spartan boy was taken to the elders for a careful examination. If the boy was weak and deformed, he was left on a mountainside to die because the elders thought that he could never perform his duties as a soldier. If he was found physically fit, he was allowed to live with his family until the age of seven.

Then, boys at aged seven years old left their homes and entered the public educational system. The goal of this system of education was to produce a well-drilled military machine composed of soldiers who were "obedient to the word of command, capable of enduring hardships and victories in battle.", to produce men who were not only physically fit but psychologically disciplined. Spartan youths were taught to be modest in manner and brief in speech. In fact they were known for their short speech which is now called laconic, after Laconia, the state ruled by Sparta.

When they reached the age of eleven, Spartan boys were moved up to the next level of their education. They no longer had a tunic, received one cloak a year, had hardened skin, and took very few baths and used practically no ointments, except on a few prescribed days of the year. They slept together according to platoon and herd on pallet beds made of rushes which they plucked with their bare hands from the River Eurotas – no knives were allowed. In winter they went barefoot and slept outdoors. Their chief food was a very bad-tasting broth, but as part of their training they were taught to feed themselves by stealing food from farms and gardens. If they were caught, they were whipped — not because he had stolen, but because he was found out. The Spartan male's education did not end till he reached the age of thirty. In this educational regime, literacy and the arts were not a priority.

Ex. 1. Make up the annotation to the text you have read.

Ex. 2. Compose the mini-vocabulary of the text.