IV. Think of your school. How much do you remember? The following questions may be helpful to you.

1. Where was your school?

2. What was it like?

3. What was the name of your first teacher?

4. Can you describe him/her?

5. Can you describe your classroom?

6. What were the names of the pupils around you?

7. Can you describe your school-friends?

V. Look at the table below and tell how the people spent last summer/winter.

	Kristin	John	Frederick	Lesley
What did you do	Last summer?	Last winter?	Last summer?	Last winter?
Where did you go?	Went scuba diving in Hawaii.	Went skiing in the mountains in Colorado.	Went windsurfing in the Greek Islands.	Went to the World Gymnastics Championships in Rumania.
Did you have a nice time?	Yes. Lovely!	Yes. Very good!	Yes. Great!	Yes. Very interesting.
Where did you stay?	With friends	With my relatives	In a villa	In a hotel
Did you do anything special?	Went on a boat trip and saw some whales.	Went to a night club in Aspen.	Went to Delos and saw the ruins.	Went to see Dracula’s castle.

VI. Tell about the last holiday you had. Talk about:

• where you went;

• what you did;

• where you stayed;

• how long you stayed there;

• what the weather was like;

• when you went home.

VII. Read the letter.

VIII. Write the reply to Mary’s letter. Tell about your last weekend.

IX. Complete the text with the verbs from the box.

become complete die leave make go live move take be win work

The famous scientist Albert Einstein ……….. in Germany, Switzerland and the United States.

He ……. Born in Ulm, Bavaria, in 1879, and ………….. to school in Munich. In 1894 his parents …………. Germany and …………. To Milan. But Einstein ……………. His education in Zurich. In 1901 he ………. Swiss nationality. In 1905 he ………… a professor at the University of Zurich. From 1914 to 1933 he ………….. Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute in Berlin. He ……….. Germany and ……….. to the US, where he ………… at Princeton from 1934 to 1945. He …….. in 1955.

X. Think about any famous person. Can you tell about his/her life? Make up 10 sentences.

UNIT 13

Future Plans

I. Tell what you’re going and not going to do this weekend. Here are some ideas:

get up late do some housework

play football have a meal out

read the newspapers meet some friends

watch television go for a walk

work study

 II. Read the future plans of two people. Which of them are Gemma’s and which are Ms.Black’s?

Gemma, 11 Ms.Black, 62

I’m going to be a ballet dancer.

I’m going to travel all over the world.

I’m going to learn to drive.

I’m going to learn Russian.

I’m going to write a book.

I’m going to open a school.

I’m not going to marry until I’m 35.

I’m not going to wear skirts and blouses.

I’m going to wear jeans and tracksuits all the time.

I’m going to become a TV star.

Now listen and check. Were you right?