1. Read the text about Christmas and answer the following questions:

l. Why isn't it possible sometimes to find a seat if you try to catch a train on December, 24?

2. What can you listen to in the churches on that day?

3.What are the traditional meals on that day?

4.Who delivers a traditional Christmas message on TV?

5.What is Boxing Day?

2. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:

1. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 3. As you begin the year so you'll end it. 4. Christmas comes but once a year. 5. At Christmas great loafs, at Easter clean souls, at Whitsuntide new clothes.

a) At Christmas play and make a good cheer, for it comes but once a year, b) Each holiday has its custom. c) Wherever you may be, you should follow the manners and customs of the people you are staying with. d) If you like to have a good year, then celebrate it properly. e) Never criticize or express displeasure when you receive a gift.

3. Read the following questions and answer them:

A.

1. She is wonderful in this film, isn't she?

2. You are a film star, aren't you?

3. You will be busy tonight, won't you?

4. He can play this role well, can't he?

5. You watch TV in the evenings, don't you?

6. There's a new comedy on in the Forum, isn't there?

7. She has played in hundreds of films, hasn't she?

8. They booked the tickets in advance, didn't they?

B.

1. He is not a comic actor, is he?

2. You don't like symphony music, do you?

3. She didn't dance yesterday, did she?

4. There was nothing worth seeing on TV, was there?

5. There are no tickets for this show, are there?

6. He hasn't seen this picture, has he?

7; You are not going to see this horror film at night, are you?

8. She won't be able to go out with us, will she?

4. Add question tags and answer the questions:

Model: You are Mr. Brown,... ?

You are Mr. Brown, aren't you? — Yes, I am.

Interview

You are Gloria Moon? - You live in Hollywood, ... ?

And you have lived there all your life, ... ?

You aren't a producer, ... ?

You are a film star, ... ?

You didn't go to University, ... ?

You started work when you were 17, … ?

You worked as a model, ... ?

You can't play any musical instrument, ... ?

But you can sing and dance,... ?

You've been to France, ...?

But you don't know French,... ?

You have your own villa on the sea coast, ... ?

You are married, ... ?

You have no children, ... ?

You'd like to take part in our film, ... ?

5. Open the brackets using: a. Past Perfect; b. Future Perfect.

A. 1. She hoped that I (to pay for the tickets already). 2. When we came the performance (to begin). 3. He went to bed as soon! as he (to switch off the TV set). 4. By the end of the year she (to play in two films). 5. When they came home the football match (to finish). 6. By the time the director arrived the actress (to learn her part). 7. She went for a holiday after she (to pass the? exam). 8. I didn't know what to do when I (to spend all the" money). 9. He didn't start eating before he (to wash his hands). 10. He understood the book only after he (to read it again).

B. 1. When the uncle returns from Australia his son (to growl up). 2. By the end of this year I (to learn English very well). 3. I'll need this magazine. Will you (to look through it by morning)? 4. If you come at 9 the concert (to finish). 5. We mustn't be late. They (to eat everything) by the time we come. 6. Before they choose a suitable house they (to see hundreds of

them). 7. When you go out it (to stop raining). 8. By the end of May she (to pass all the exams).