Functional language. Describing people.

Exercise 3.Read and translate the second paragraph.

Exercise 4. Read the text and find key words.

Exercise 5. Complete with one word.

1 Please switch _____ your mobile. You can’t use it here.

2 I’m afraid John is out. Can you call ____ later?

3 I can’t believe it! He hung ______ in the middle of our conversation.

4 She looks ____ her mother. They both have big eyes.

5 He’s _____ his late forties.

Exercise 6.Match the questions 1-3 to the answers a-e.

1 What is she like?

2 What does she look like?

3 What does she like?

a.She seems very nice, relaxed and chatty.

b. She’s got short dark hair and dark eyes.

c. She’s young and wears really trendy clothes.

d. She’s very friendly.

e. Rock music

Exercise 7. In pairs, look at the girl in the photo and describe her.

Use must, may, might, can’t be.

For example. She can’t be over 25, she is about 20. She may be a student.

Exercise 8.Make a list of eight famous people with your partner.Choose on of the people from your list and describe his/her appearance. Your partner must guess who you are describe.

Check yourself

1 Choose the right variant:____ people think about themselves and not about other people.

a) selfish

b) spoilt

c) jealous

d) moody

2 Choose the right variant:My friend is ______.

I can trust on him..

a) sensitive

b) reliable

c) ambitious

d) talkative

3 Choose the right variant:They _____ Italian. They are speaking to each other in Spanish.

a) could

b) have to be

c) can’t be

d) must be

4 Choose the right variant:He _____ be over 70. He retired 6 years ago.

a) can’t

b) might

c) have to

d) must

Glossary

The child and his mother:

A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?”

The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child:

“It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!”

The child replied innocently: “Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate level Student’s book. Oxford. 2010.

2. Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones “Inside Out” Intermediate level. Student’s book. Macmillan, 2012

3. Philip Kerr and Ceri Jones. Straightforward. Intermediate level. Second edition. Macmillan, 2012

Additional:

4. Raymond Murphy. English grammar in use . Cambridge University Press, 2012.

5. Audio discs of “New Headway” for Intermediate level, Disc-1,2.

6. “Objective” by Michael Black, Wendy Shar. Intermediate.Cambridge University Press, 2010

Explain the meaning of the saying below. Do you agree or disagree. Give examples to explain your opinion. “You can’t judge a book by its cover”

MODAL VERBS: Can, could, be able to (ability and possibility)

Exercise 1.Complete with can, can’t, or could, couldn’t where possible. If not use a form of to be able to.

Exercise 2.Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. When I retired from politics I decided to write my______

2. The main ______in the book is a teenager growing up in a big city.

3. Her first______ was a spy thriller set in post-war Russia.

4. His latest book is due out in_______ next week.

5. The “Da Vinci Code” was a worldwide____ and sold more than 60 million copies.

Exercise 3.[T.10]

Listen to the interview with a ghostwriter Andrew Crofts and mark the true sentences.

1 He has written many successful books as a poet

2 The writer never has written books under his own name

3 He’s going to travel somewhere interesting and meet somebody

4 Like most writers he doesn’t go out so much

5He would like to be a film director.

Exercise 4.Tick the reasons why Andrew enjoys being a ghostwriter.

· He finds other people‘s lives and stories interesting.

· He gets out of the house and meets lots of different people.

· He likes writing about film stars.

· He likes living somebody else’s life for a few months

Exercise 5.Read and translate the third paragraph.

Books in our life

Throughout the centuries books had an enormous influence on the minds and hearts of people. Books bind together ages, personalities. It helps people achieve understanding, trust, cooperation and friendship.

Thanks to books we are able to express our thoughts and feelings more exactly. We can talk to people who lived in different countries. Through reading books we hear their voices, thoughts and feelings. Some people developed much time to reading books and reading becomes their free time occupation, their passion. They teach the readers to be truthful, friendly, honest, decisive, conscientious, frank, firm, fair and serious.

Great Britain gave the world a lot of talented people. Many famous writers and poets were born and lived in Great Britain. One of the best known English playwrights was William Shakespeare. He draw ideas for his tragedies and comedies from the history of England and ancient Rome. William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays which may be divided into: comedies and historical plays.

Exercise 6.Read the whole text again and put five questions.

Exercise 7.You are going to tell your partner about books you have enjoyed.

Use the following questions bellow.

1. What is the title of the story?

2. What is it based on?

3. What do you particularly like about?

4. Who is the author?

5. What kind of ending does it have?

Exercise 8.Speak on the given topic.

How do you choose a book? Do you agree or disagreewith these points?

a) I judge a book by its cover. If the cover is interesting I buy the book.

b) I read the first page, and if it’s boring, I don’t buy the book.

Check yourself

1. Choose the right answer:

In 1957 Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for _________.

a) art

b) literature

c) science

d) history

2. Choose the right answer: A person who writes about the news in a newspaper or speaks about it on TV.

a) a politician

b) a librarian

c) a reporter

d) a teacher

3.Choose the right answer: If I spoke better English, I _______ get a job in the hotel.

a) won’t be able to

b) would be able to

a) was able to

b) be able to

4. Choose the right answer: They _______ find a flat yet. They are still looking

a) are able to

b) could

c) can’t

d) can

Glossary

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate level Student’s book. Oxford. 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig “New English File”. Intermediate Work book. Oxford, 2010.

Additional:

3. John and Liz Soars New Headway. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford, 2009.

4. Raymond Murphy. English grammar in use . Cambridge University Press, 2012.

5. Audio discs of “New Headway” for Intermediate level, Disc-1,2.

6. “Objective” by Michael Black, Wendy Shar. Intermediate.Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Exercise 1.Listen to the text [T.11] and give T (true) or F (false) answers.

1.Charlotte is a bit worried about history.

2.Charlotte wants to study medicine at Cambridge university.

3.Charlotte will get her results by post in 2 weeks.

4.Charlotte will do another year at school and take the exams again.

Exercise 2.Retell the listened text.

Exercise 3.Discuss on the given situation. You are going to study abroad. You want to know about educational system in the USA and Great Britain. You want to visit one of the high schools abroad and meet the teachers and speak about their education system.

Use the following expressions: I think …. In my opinion …. I believe .... I suppose ... As far as I know .… As far as I remember …. I'm sure that…

Exercise 4.Answer the questions.

1 Why did you study in Academy?

2 What is your future profession?

3 What are your favorite subjects at Academy and why?

Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloom

How do you understand the quotation? What does it mean? Do you know the equivalents in Russian and Kazakh?

Exercise 5.Read the text and translate the 2^nd paragraph.

Schools Abroad

In Britain all children from five to sixteen go to school. They spend six years in primary school and then go on to secondary school. In Britain there are state schools, which are free and private schools for which parents pay. Many British private schools are boarding schools. The children there usually wear uniforms. They stay at school all the time and only come home in the holidays.

In America all children from 6 to 16 go to school. They spend six years in elementary school and four or six years in secondary or high school. At the end of every school year the child takes a test. If he doesn't do well, he has to repeat the material once more. If he does well he will go into the next class. School education is free. Some schools have modern teaching equipment like computers. But there are also small country schools with just one classroom. At the end of their time at school, most students get a high school diploma.

Exercise 6.Answer the questions.

1 When do British children go to school?

2 When do the children from boarding schools come home?

3 What can you tell about education in America?

4 What tests do the children take before going to college?

GRAMMAR COMMENT

First Conditional

Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets. All the sentences are about the future. Use will/won't or the present simple (I see/he plays/it is etc.).

1 I'll phone you when I (get) _____ home from work.

2 I want to see Margaret before she _____ (go) out.

3 We're going on holiday tomorrow. I _____ (tell) you all about it when we _____ (come) back.

4 Brian looks very different now. When you _____ (see) him again, you _____ (not/recognize) him.

5 We must do something soon before it _____ (be) too late.

Choose the right verb.

1 If I will hear/hear the thief I catch/will catch him.

2 I will call/call her if I will find out/find out her number.

3 She feel/will feel ill if she eats/will eat so much.

4 You get/will get wet if you don’t take/won’t take an umbrella.

5 He causes/will cause an accident if he drives/will drive too dangerously.

Exercise 7.Unscramble the words.

The ndcaetiou system in Germany consist of primary, ncsedaryoand gerhhieducation. At all levels of the rucstertu is represented by both public and private educational issontituint. Eemtnleryaschool is to 6 from10 years (or up to 12 years in Berlin and Brandenburg). Children learn to read, count, write, study ltunaarscience. Secondary education is from 10 to 19 years. There are several types of secondary lsoshoc. Which school is perfect for a student solved in accordance with the oiconmdmreaent of the school, the desire of parents, school level assessments, as well as the result of entrance isonanamiext.

1. Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb.

If I don't pass the exam, I _____ it again in January.

a) will be done

b) did

c) do

d) will do

2. Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb.We _____ an umbrella, if it rains.

a) will take

b) took

c) taken

d) would take

3. Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb.

As soon as he _____, we can have dinner.

a) come

b) comes

c) came

d) will come

4. Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb.

Don't buy it unless you _____ sure you like it.

a) been

b) be

c) are

d) will be

Glossary

References

Main:

HAND OUT № 12 (72)

Discipline: English as a foreign languageCredits-2

Intermediatelevel Practical lesson

Lexical theme: My ideal house

Grammar: Second conditional

Teacher: assistant professor Moldabayeva Magira Kitobayevna

Do you remember any proverbs and sayings about home? Give Russian or Kazakh equivalents of this proverb

My home is my castle

What do you think it means?

Exercise 1.Look at the pictures. Which of these things can you identify in the pictures?

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