Types of questions - present Simple tense

Ø Ask general - YES/ NO - questions:

Model: Do you like the melody? – Yes, I do. I like the melody.

– No, I don’t. I don’t like the melody.

 

1. sleep well /you 2. cook very well / Mike 3. play computer games /you

4. study at school /your sister 5. smell nice /roses 6. like milk /your cat

 

Ø Ask alternative – OR- questions:

Model: Do you like red or yellow roses? – I like red roses.

 

1. prefer tea or coffee / you 2. live in Minsk or in Kiev /she 3. like theatre or cinema /you

4. study English or French /he 5. dance tango or salso / they 6. play football or volleyball /Nick

 

Ø Ask special – WH /H – questions:

Model: Where do you live? – I live in Minsk.

1. What songs /you /like 2. Why / he / prefer winter 3. Where /your friends / study

4. When / you / have supper 5. Which film / your sister /want to see 6. How many English books /they /have

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Ø Ask general (YES/ NO) questions:

Model: Are you listening to the melody? – Yes, I am. I am listening to music now.

– No, I am not. I am not listening to music.

1. sleep /you 2. read a book / Mike 3. still /play computer games /you

4. write a letter / your sister 5. watch a football match /they /right now 6. drink milk /your cat /at the moment

 

Ø Ask alternative – OR -questions:

Model: Is he watching football or volleyball? – He is watching football

 

1. drink tea or coffee / you 2. talk on the phone or sleep / she 3. live in Rome or in Paris /they /now

4. read an English or a French book /he 5. dance tango or twist/ they/ right now 6. play football or watch TV/Nick

 

Ø Ask SPECIAL (Wh /H) questions:

Model: What is she doing right now? – She is reading.

1. What song /you /sing 2. Why / he / still sleep 3. With whom /your sister/ talk

4. Why / you / have supper so late 5. Which film / your friend /watch on TV 6. How /you /feel now

 

3. Choose the correct adverbs of time:

1. It is raining (every day, right now).

2. It rains (at the moment, often) in autumn.

3. It is snowing (usually, all day long today).

4. Tom watches TV- news (right now, every evening).

5. Can I talk to Tom? – Sorry, he is watching football on TV. (at 6 o’clock, at the moment)

6. Tom is meeting with his friends at the stadium (on Sundays, at 6 o’clock tonight).

 

4. Match A and B parts. Ask and answer questions in English:

A. Чем ты занимаешься (your profession)? Чем ты занимаешься (right now)? Чем ты занимаешься (at present)? Чем ты занимаешься (tonight)?

B. – watch TV, read a book, talk on the phone – a lawyer, a procurator, a judge, a doctor – meet with my friends, visit my grandma – learn Chinese, do joga, play tennis

5. Open the brackets, remember about ACTION and NON-ACTION verbs:

1. People (have) different ideas about the family.

2. Some people (hope) to have a traditional family.

3. They (expect) to have babies after marriage.

4. Tom and Sue (love) each other very much.

5. At present they (have) a nice time in Paris.

6. They often (have) their vocations in France.

7. Right now Tom and Sue (have) breakfast in the hotel.

8. Tom (see) that Sue (smell and taste) the milk.

9. Sue (want) some fresh milk. It (seam) that the milk (smell and taste) fresh.

10. While Tom (look) through the newspaper, Sue (think) over her plans for tomorrow.

11. Sue (remember) that she (see) her doctor at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

12. She (expect) a baby.

13. In general Sue (feel) well, but today she (feel) not very well.

14. Tom (think) that Sue (want) to have twins.

15. Tom (expect) a girl and a boy.

6. Translate into English, remember about stative verbs:

1. Ты меня слышишь?

Что ты слушаешь?

Эта музыка звучит слишком громко.

 

2. Куда ты смотришь?

Я вижу твою сестру.

Она очень хорошо выглядит.

 

3. Как себя чувствует Катя?

Я чувствую, что Катя не здорова.

Катя чувствует себя гораздо лучше.

4. Почему ты пробуешь и нюхаешь это яблоко?

Я всегда пробую и нюхаю яблоки.

Тебе нравится этот вкус и запах?

Это яблоко сладкое на вкус и пахнет приятно.

 

 

TEXT 1. FAMILY RELATIONS

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

1. Master the active vocabulary from the topic:

Marital status – семейное положение:

be married – замужем/женат; marry – жениться, выйти замуж, marriage(n)

be divorced – разведен(а); divorce (n) – развoд

be single – одинокий(ая)

 

Family members:

spouses: wife–жена, husband – муж

birth parents – родные родители: mother = Mom/Mummy, father = Dad/Daddy

biological children – родные дети: daughter[dɔ:tə], son[ ۸ ], sister, brother[ ۸],twins–близнецы

adopted children – усыновлённые дети; adopt – усыновить, adoption(n)

stepparents – приёмные родители: stepfather /mother – мачеха

stepbrother /sister – сводные брат и сестра

grandparents: Grandpa – дедушка, Grandma/Granny – бабушка

relations – отношения, связь, relationships–взаимоотношения; relatives –родственники

uncle [ ۸ ] – дядя, aunt [a:] – тётя, cousins[k ۸ znz] – двоюродные

nephew[`nevju:] – племянник, niece[ni:s] – племянница

mother / father-in-law – тёща /свекровь; тесть/ свёкр

son /daughter-in-law–зять / невестка

teenager-подросток, adults – взрослые, elderly – пожилые

unite-объединять, united – единая, дружная; union – союз

be proud of – гордиться

take care of – заботиться о

discuss – обсуждать, discussion(n)

g a ther[æ] tog e ther[e] – собираться вместе

have (spend) a nice time – хорошо проводить время

far from / close to – далеко/близко

2. Match A and B parts:

A	B
1. современное общество 2. брачные отношения 3. полная семья 4. неполная семья 5. мать-одиночка 6. дружная семья 7. быть в кровном родстве 8. родные (биологические) родители 9. родные дети 10. приёмные (усыновлённые) дети 11. близкий друг 12. много общего	a. lone mother b. birth parents c. single-parent family d. biological children e. adopted children f. full family g. marriage relationships h. modern society i. close friend j. united family k. much in common l. be related by blood

3. Match Russian A & English B parts with their definitions C:

A	B	C
супруг(a)	1. stepmother/father	a. the mother of smb’s spouse
тёща, свекровь	2. cousins	b. smb’s husband (wife)
невестка	3. nephew	c. the brother of your mother or father
зять	4. niece	d. the sister of your mother or father
племянник	5. mother-in-law	e. children of your aunt or uncle
племянница	6. daughter-in-law	f. the husband of smb’s daughter
тётя	7. son-in-law	g. a new wife (husband) of smb’s parents
кузены	8. uncle	h. the son of smb’s brother or sister
дядя	9. aunt	i. the daughter of smb’s sister or brother
мачеха, отчим	10. spouses	j. the wife of smb’s son

4.Match the synonyms:

1. have a nice time 2. not far from 3. be a workaholic 4. like /love / be interested in smth very much 5. a united family 6. different opinions

a. a family with close friendly relations b. not the same point of view c. close to d. be fond of, be keen on, be crazy about e. spend time very well f. work too much

5. Complete the sentences with phrases from the box below:

1. Children born at the same time by one mother are …

2. A child up to one year old is a …

3. Children from 13 to 18 are …

4. People who are older than 18 (in some countries 21) are …

5. People who are older than 80 are …

6. If somebody works too much and spends too much time at work he is a …

7. If you live not far from your work, you work very … to your home.

8. Separation of life-partners for a lifetime is a …

9. If somebody is not married, he is …

 

divorce, single, twins, grown up people, baby, teenagers, elderly people, close to it, workaholic

READING PRACTICE

Read and translate the text, pay special attention to the active vocabulary:

Helena Sokolova is a first-year student. Her future profession will be a lawyer. She has many interesting hobbies. She likes reading, and she is fond of listening to music. She can play the piano very well and she also plays tennis.

Helena’s Mum and Dad are a happy couple. Her father is rather tall, thin and already grey-haired. Helen’s mother is a good-looking woman with long blond hair and big grey eyes. She looks very young for her age.

Helena’s parents have much in common – both of them are jurists. Helena’s father is a judge and mother is a lawyer. They are highly educated and broad-minded people, they read much and are interested in world news.

Helena respects her parents very much. She often helps them to do the work about the house. Right now, while they are watching the latest TV news, Helena is washing the dishes.

Helena’s brother is a teenager, five years younger thanhis sister. He is keen on break dancing and is absolutely crazy about computer games. Everybody can hear how he is listening to rap music in his room.

Helena’s elder sister Olga has the family of her own. She is an economist, but she isn’t working at present, because she takes care of her two-year old twins. Helena’s nephew and niece are as pretty as littleangels. The more they grow, the more Helena loves them. Olga is a model housewife - she keeps the house and is very good at cooking. Helena thinks that Olga is a workaholic, because she works too much. But Olga says that she is the happiest mother and the best wife in the world.

Olga’s husband Dennis is a dark-haired, broad-shouldered and strongly built young man with a good sense of humour. He is a good son-
in-law and a loving Daddy. At the moment Dennis with his little son and daughter are playing in the yard.

Helena also has a lot of relatives: grandparents, elderly people who live not far from their grand children, and also her uncle, aunt and cousins.

On big holidays their bigfamily gathers together, discusses family problems and have a nice time. Helen is proud of her united family.

COMPREHENTION PRACTICE

1. Do you agree or disagree? Correct the false statements using the expressions of:

opinion	agreement	disagreement
To my mind, In my opinion, From my point of view, As far as I remember/ know	I fully agree with you. You are quite right I'm of the same opinion. It's really so.	Sorry, I can’t agree with you I'm afraid, you are wrong. It's not quite so. Quite on the contrary.

 

1. Helena is a second-year student at the Belarusian Institute of Law.

2. She is single, not married.

3. Reading and playing computer games are Helena’s best hobbies.

4. Helena’s father spends a lot of time at work and has no time for reading newspapers.

5. Helena’s mother is a good-looking woman. She looks her age.

6. Helena’s mother is a housewife. She thinks that her husband’s job is more important.

7. Helena’s brother- in-law is a workaholic. He has no time to play with his children.

8. Helena’s brother is keen on dancing rap and crazy about playing the guitar.

9. Helena’s grandparents live close to the family.

10. Every week-end Helena’s relatives gather together and spend a nice time.

SPEECH PRACTICE

TEXT 2. MODERN FAMILIES

1. Translate the text, open the brackets:

Nowadays, people around the world (have) different ideas about the family. But many

people, mostly women, today still (dream) about a traditional family, in which both parents, a husband and a wife, (live) together with their biological children. In the old times, people (marry), (have) children and never (leave) their families, because divorce (be) unusual and expensive.

Unfortunately, in a modern society marriage (be) not as important as before. In many countries more than 50% of marriages (end) in divorce. Some modern women (prefer)their career tomarriage. As a result, 24% of British kids (live) in single parent families, as a rule with their lone mothers.

Only 26% of the Americans (think) that a family (be) a group of people
related by blood, marriage or adoption. 74% of Americans (think) that the family can (be) not only a child’s birth mother and father or adopted parents, but also stepparents and, of course, our close relatives: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - nephews and nieces, or even beloved pets. They (believe), a real family (be) people, who (love) each other and (take) care of one another.

 

2. Answer the questions:

1. Do you agree that marriage relationships are not as important as before?

2. Do all Americans have the same opinion about a family? If not, prove it.

3. What do you think a family is?

4. What makes a couple really happy?

5. Why are single-parent families and lone mothers not unusual any more?

6. Will you prefer a career to marriage?

7. Are you ready to marry?

8. How many children will you have?

9. Do you think it’s easy for a woman to work and to be a wife and mother?

10. Do you believe that you can be a modal husband /father? Why do you think so?

11. Why must we take care of our grandparents?

 

WRITING PRACTICE