Exercise 1. Ask questions about the text and answer them.

1. What, this text, is, the title, of? 2. What, is, time, it? 3. Do, come, Jack and Jill, on time? 4. What, happened, them, has, to? 5. What, Helen and Jill, afraid, of, are? 6. Is, afraid, Jack, plastic spiders, too, of? 6. Where, Jack and Jill, going, are? 7. Who, MacDonald, is? 8. Has, got, MacDonald, animals, many? 9. Are, clever, on, the animals, the farm? 10. Is, a band, on, there, the farm? 11. Why, Tom, cannot, to, go, the farm, Jack and Jill, with?

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Exercise 2. What time is it?

 

8.55 – It's 5 (minutes) to 9. It's 5 till 9. (It's eight fiftyfive.)

9.45 – It's quarter to 10. (In the United States they say: It's a quarter to 10).

11.05 – It's five (minutes) past eleven. It's eleven o five. (о – от 1 до 9 включительно).

11.15 – It's quarter past eleven. (It's eleven fifteen).

11.30 – It's half past eleven.

В 10 часов – At ten o'clock (in the morning). At ten a.m.

В 13 часов – At one o'clock in the afternoon. At one p.m.

В 18 часов – At six o'clock in the evening. At six p.m.

В 22 часа – At ten at night. At ten p.m.

 

a.m. = ante meridiem (до полудня, т.е. с 0 час. до 12 час. дня).

p.m. = post meridiem (после полудня, т.е. после 12 до 24 час.).

 

Exercise 3. Ask questions to the following sentences:

1. Jack often plays jokes (шутки) on Jill and Helen. 2. Jill and Helen don’t like Jack's jokes. 3. Jack and Jill want to go to MacDonald's farm. 4. MacDonald has got a lot of animals. 5. His animals are very clever. 6. Jack and Jill want to see MacDonald's band.

 

 

Part 2

At the duck pond, the pigsty, the cow-shed and the sheepfold

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

And on the farm there are some ducks, E-I-E-I-O!

With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there,

Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack!

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

Jack: Look, Jill. Mister MacDonald is feeding the ducks.

MacDonald: Hello. Who are you?

Jack: I'm Jack.

Jill: I'm Jill.

Jack: Are you Mister MacDonald?

MacDonald: Yes, I am. Welcome to my farm.

Come and look around.

Jill: Pigsty.

MacDonald: Yes, the pigs live here. Oink! Oink!

 

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Jill: But there is nobody here.

MacDonald: That's right. The pigs are not at home. This is the cow-shed. The cows live here.

Jill: Are they at home?

MacDonald: Yes, come and look.

Jack: Have you got any sheep?

MacDonald: Yes, of course. There are some sheep on my farm. Look, there's the sheepfold. The sheep live here.

Oh, it's nearly four o'clock. Come along, kids, and listen to our band. Don't miss the concert.

At the concert hall.

Donkey: Sorry.

Jack: Have you ever seen a donkey ['dɒŋkɪ] with a trumpet?

Jill: No, I haven't. And I've never seen a pig on the piano ['pjænəʊ].

MacDonald: Is everybody here?

Pig: No, the cat's missing.

Cat: Get off my tail!

Cow: Sorry.

Cat: Sorry, I'm late.

MacDonald: That's all right. What's the matter, donkey?

Donkey: There is something in my trumpet.

MacDonald: Stop! No nonsense! Come back and play your violin.

Is everybody ready now?

Cow, cat, sheep: Yes, we are ready.

MacDonald: Good. Let's start.

 

Words:

some – несколько; duck – утка; everywhere – всюду; feed – кормить; look around – осмотреться; pigsty – свинарник; pig – свинья; cow-shed – коровник; cow – ко­ро­ва; sheep – овца; of course – конечно; sheepfold – загон для овец; nearly – поч­ти; come along – идёмте (со мной); miss – пропустить; concert ['kɒnsət] – концерт; sorry – изви­ни(те); ever – когда-либо; donkey ['dɒŋkɪ] – осёл; trumpet ['trʌmpɪt] – труба (муз. инструмент); never – никогда; everybody – все; Get off my tail! – Слезь с моего хвоста!; That's all right – здесь: Ладно, ничего; What's the matter with you? – Что с тобой?; something – что-то; No nonsense! – Без глупостей!; Come back! – Вернись обратно!; violin [vaɪə'lɪn] – скрипка; Let's start – давайте начинать; stop – останавливать(ся): Stop it (/that)! – прекрати!; Don't stop! – продолжай!; Stop talking (/shouting)! – перестань разгова­ри­вать (/кричать)!

 

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Exercise 4. Ask questions about the text and answer them:

1. What animals, MacDonald, got, his, on, farm, has? 2. What, MacDonald, doing, is, when, see, the children, him? 3. May, around, go, the children, the farm, and, at, the animals, look? 4. Where, the pigs, live, do? 5. Are, home, at, the pigs? 6. Are, any, there, cows, and, sheep, the farm, at? Where, they, do, live? 7. Why, the children, the concert hall, to, do, go? 8. What, the animals, musical instruments, do, play? 9. What, the matter, is, the donkey, with?
10. Do, like, music, the animals?

 

Exercise 5. Translate into Russian:

1. He has hurt his head. 2. Jill has lost the key. 3. Pooh has caught a goldfish. 4. Have you already read this book? 5. The snow has melted.
6. What has happened to them? 7. I have never seen anything like this.
8. Have you ever seen a donkey with a trumpet? 9. I have never seen a pig on the piano. 10. I have never seen animals like that before. 11. Have you ever been to London?

 

Эта временная форма называется Present Perfect (настоящее завершённое время).

Она употребляется для выражения действия или состояния уже завершившегося к моменту речи, если результат свершившегося имеет значение в настоящий момент.

Эта форма образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола have/has и Past Participle основного глагола.

На русский язык она переводится обычно прошедшим временем.

 

 

Part 3

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

And on the farm there are some ducks, E-I-E-I-O!

With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there,

Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack!

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

And on the farm there are some ducks, E-I-E-I-O!

With a quack-quack here and a baa-baa there,

Here oink, there moo, everywhere miaou.

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-I-E-I-O!

Helen: What a funny band! I've never seen animals like that before. Do you remember some of the animals on the farm? What's the name of this animal?
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It's a donkey. And the instrument it's playing is called – yes, a trumpet. The donkey plays the trumpet.

Here's another animal. What is it? It's a duck. And the instrument is called – right, a xylophone ['zaɪləfəʊn]. The duck plays the xylophone.

And here we have a sheep. The sheep plays the banjo ['bændʒəʊ].

What's the name of this animal? Yes, it's a pig. What does the pig play? Right, the piano.

Here we've got a cat. The cat plays the violin [­vaɪə'lɪn]. And the singer is a cow.

It really is a very funny orchestra. Now let's go back to Mister MacDonald and his band.

MacDonald: Oh, it's nearly four o'clock. Come along, kids, and listen to our band. Don't miss the concert.

 

 

Words:

before – прежде (чем); the instrument is called … - инструмент называется …; xylophone ['zaɪləfəʊn] – ксилофон; banjo ['bændʒəʊ] – банджо; right – правильно, that's right – это правильно; you are right – ты прав; all right – хорошо, he is all right – он здоров, он в поряд­ке; singer – певец, солист; orchestra ['ɔ:kɪstrə] – оркестр; really – действи­тельно, do you really want it? – ты действительно этого хочешь?; under'stand (under'stood – under'stood) – понимать, Do you understand me? – Ты меня понимаешь?

Exercise 6. Translate into Russian:

1. I wonder what happened to him. 2. I wondered what it was. 3. We will meet at quarter past eleven. 4. Is it really that funny? 4. It really is that funny. 5. He has got a car. 6. I have (I've) never seen him before. 7. Tell me, is it really true (правдивый)? 8. They have already missed the concert. 9. Have we ever met before? 10. I have never seen anything like that.

 

 

Exercise 7. Use the correct form of the Past Participle:

1. Has he (hurt) his arm? 2. Has she (lose) the key? 3. Have they already (do) their homework? 4. Have you ever (be) to Moscow? 5. I have (live) in Pskov for 10 years now. 6. We have not (forget) what you have (do) for us. 7. I have not (see) him yet. 8. They have (have) a good time in summer. 9. We have never (meet) before. 10. I have not (read) this book yet. 11. He has already (finish) his homework. 12. They have not (understand) each other (друг друга).

 

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