Work in pairs. Speak about your favourite place for a holiday.

7. Write a description of ‘ An ideal day out’. Choose freely the place you would like to be in, your activities and the company you would like to have. Compare it with your partner’s description. What are the differences and the common things?

Here are some suggestions:

1) for a place: a visit to the beach, a picnic in the country, a visit to a historical building, a visit to some friends, a walk in the mountains, etc.;

2) for activities: to swim, to lie in the sun, to windsurf, to play badminton (tennis, volleyball), to go fishing, to take photographs, to go on a tour of the castle, to go sightseeing, to buy souvenirs, to climb, to enjoy hiking, etc.;

3) for a company: friends, relatives, group-mates, class-mates, family.

Section II Grammar in Practice

PASSIVE VOICE

1. Make up sentences from the words using Present or Past Simple Passive:

A. Example: tea/grow/India              Tea is grown in India.

1) Cornwall/ situate / England                       2) Oranges/import/into Britain 

3) Moussaka/eat/in Greece                 4) Daewoo cars/make/in Korea

5) Elephants /protect/ in Africa                     6) 65 alphabets/use/in the world 

B. Example:

The Eiffel Tower/build/in 1889    The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.

1) America/discover/in 1492          2) The telephone/invent/in 1876

3)Tsaritsyn/found/in 1589             4) East and West Germany /unite/in 1989

5) iPad /invent/ in 2010                  6) The world’s first skyscraper/build/1885      

Ask questions in the passive (present or past) and answer them in pairs.

Example: When/Moscow/found? When was Moscow founded? – In 1147

1) When/the mobile phone/invent?

2) When/Moscow Underground/build?

3) Who/Mona Lisa/pain by?

4) When/ Australia/discover?

5) What /an evening meal/call?

6) Where /houses/heat/ by hot water from under the ground?

7) How often /a new US president /elect?

 

Write negative sentences and WH questions.

1) Hotels are graded from one to five Stars. 2) Lunch was served from 1 to 3 o’clock. 3) Next summer this place will be packed with tourists. 4) Souvenirs are being sold everywhere. 5) The question was being discussed from 5 to 6 o’clock. 5) The tickets have just been booked. 7) The dinner had been finished by 8 o’clock. 8) The zoo will have been reconstructed by the end of the year.

Make the sentences passive. Use by-object where necessary.

Example: Popov invented radio in Russia. – Radio was invented by Popov in Russia.

1) They invite a lot of people to the party. 2) The police caught a bank robber last night. 3) Sorry, we don’t allow dogs in our safari park. 4) They will show the guests many interesting places. 5) My mum has made a delicious cherry pie. 6) We didn’t discuss your offer yesterday. 7) The Customs officer gave us a form to fill in. 8) Nobody met us at the airport. 9) He sends us messages every day. 9) Do they make Roquefort cheese in France? 10) They must check luggage at the customs. 11) Sometimes passengers leave things behind on the plane. 12) Have they cancelled the flight?

 

Put suitable Passive forms of the verbs.

1) The roads ______ (to cover) with the snow today. 2) Chocolate _______ (to make) from cocoa. 3) The Pyramids ______ (to build) in Egypt. 4) This coat _______ (to buy) four years ago. 5) Your parents _______ (to invite) to the meeting next week. 6) The suitcases already ______ (to pack). 7) The castle can _______ (to see) from a long distance. 8) The guests must ______ (to meet) at noon. 9) The first photograph of the Loch Ness monster ______ (to take) by a local man in November, 1933. 10) Coffee ______ (grow) in Brazil for hundreds of years.

Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions.

1) Are the Olympic Games held every 10 years?

2) Is bread made from flour or potatoes?

3) Was the Eifel Tower built in Moscow?

4) Will the final exams be taken in summer or in winter?

5) When is Christmas celebrated in Europe?

Read the text and supply suitable Passive forms of the verbs.

Maslenitsa in Russia

Maslenitsa is one of the Orthodox Church favorite and merry festivals. Maslenitsa is a preparation for Lent week. Meat ____ traditionally _____ (forbid) but fish, diary and butter _______ (allow). In heathen beliefs the sun ________ (symbolize) by hot yellow pancakes. Blini _____ (make) every day especially much from Thursday up to Sunday during The Wide Maslenitsa. At Maslenitsa pancakes _____ (cook) in very large quantities and ______ (give) to friends and family all through the week. Pancakes _____ (serve) with caviar, mushrooms, jam, sour cream, and of course, lots of butter.

During this holiday people ______ (involve) into many activities. It _____ (require) to visit and receive guests when Maslenitsa. The Winter’s dummy _____ (install) on that day in many parks and ______ (burn) in grand manner.

8. Think about an important ritual or festival in Russia or other countries. Make notes on:

· what it’s called

· what preparations are made

· what is drunk

· what is celebrated

· what food is cooked

· what gifts are given

Translate into English.

1) Для туристов подготовили красивые подарки. 2) В день рождения ей подарили цветы, испекли пирог и украсили дом. 3) Эти музеи всегда посещают туристы на каникулах. 4) Автобусы были переполнены, поэтому мы опоздали на праздник. 5) На вечеринку пригласили известную рок-группу. 6) Цветы упаковали и привезли вовремя. 7) Предложения о том, куда поехать в отпуск, обсуждали неделю. 8) Когда выбор был сделан, купили путевки и оформили визы. 9) Эта проблема будет решена в ближайшем будущем. 10) Все было организовано своевременно. 11) Все сувениры были куплены еще вчера. 12) История этого острова полна легенд, которые были собраны и записаны известным писателем прошлого века. 13) Статуя ‘Родина-Мать зовет’ на Мамаевом кургане в Волгограде была спроектирована выдающимся архитектором Евгением Вучетичем. 14) Все эти церкви были построены русскими умельцами.

Section III Reading

“A Cold Place for a Holiday”