School Day

Exercise 1. Read the text. Underline the correct words in the sentences below.

Hi Henry!
How are you? Му name is Chris and l'm ten years old. 1 go to Green School. Му favourite subject is РЕ. 1 also like History and English. 1 have а lunch break from 12:30 to 1:30 every day. Му favourite day at school is Friday. 1 have History, English and РЕ оп this day.
Well, that's about it.
Please write soon and tel1 me about your school. Byefor now.
Chris

1. Chris is 9/ 10 years old.
2. Chris goes to Yellow/ Green School.
3. His favourite subject is lnformation Technology /Physical Education.
4. Не likes Science and Maths /English and History too.
5. Chris starts lunch at 12.30/ 1.30.
6. His favourite day at school is Friday/ Тhursday.
7. Не asks Henry to tel1 him about his family/ school.

Exercise 2. Read the text and match the titles to the texts. Оnе title is extra.

А. ln the Morning
В. Му Factfile
С. Му Favourite Subjects
D. Working Together
Е. At the Arts Lesson

1. l'm Julia Brown. I was twelve last Sunday. l'm in Year 5. Му favourite subjects are Literature and History.
2. Look at his desk! There is по textbook. There is nо copybook. There are по pens. There are coloured pencils and paints and an album. What lesson is it?
З. Look at your partner. Listen to your partner. Say "sorry", "please" and "thank you". Think of new ideas. Ask questions. Ве positive.
4. Good morning, Mom! - Good morning, John! How are you? - l'm fine, thanks! And you? - l'm ОК. Breakfast is ready. - Thank you, Mom. l'm coming.

Exercise 3. Read the text and mark the statements True (Т), False (F), Not Stated (NS).

Gerda and Кау are а sister and а brother. The Snow Queen is beautiful but evil (злая). Неr castle of ice is inthe far North. When the Snow Queen takes Кау away, Gerda goes to find him. Оп the way she meets the Prince and Princess. They are very friendly to Gerda. They give her warm clothes and а golden carriage. The Little Robber Girl is nice to her too. She gives Gerda her reindeer to take herto Lapland. The reindeer is from Lapland, so he takes Gerda there to look for Кау. lt's very cold in the Snow Queen's castle. Gerda is brave, she saves Кау. They are happy again.

1. Gerda and Кау are friends.
2. The Snow Queen is very kind.
3. Опе day the Snow Queen comes and takes Кау away.
4. Gerda feels unhappy and cries а lot about Кау.
5. Gerda spends three days with the Prince and Princess.
6. The Little Robber Girl is very kind to Gerda.
7. Gerda meets the reindeer in the forest.
8. Gerda finds her brother in the Snow Queen's ice castle.

Family ties

Exercise 1. Read the text andfill in the gaps.

My Family

My family ________ big: Dad, Mum, me, my brotherand sisterand our cat. Му name is Masha Dmitrieva. Му Mum's ________ is Lisa. She's forty-one, and she is а ________ of French at the University. She is very clever, she саn ________ English too. Му Dad is forty two, ________ name is Paul. ________ is а professional painter. Не is cool, and he works for а design company.

Му elder sister Natasha is nineteen, she ________ to the University, and she wants to bе а teacher of history. She is fond of ________ books and playing the guitar.

________ younger brother lgor is only six ________ old. Не is very funny and noisy. l like to spend  my free ________ with him. lgor likes playing with our cat.

Му grandparents are sixty. They like gardening. ________ spend а lot of their time in the garden.

Our cat's name is FaЬio. Не is red and white with green eyes. Не is clever, sometimes he's naughty.

l love my ________ very much. We always help each other. Everyone in my family is my best friend.

Exercise 2. Read the text again and mark the sentences True (Т), False (F), Not Stated (NS). Correct the wrong statements.

1. There are five of them in Masha's family.         
2. Her mother Nina is а music teacher.         
3. Her Dad is а pilot.         
4. Natasha is Masha's mother; she's а history teacher.         
5. lgor is sixteen; he goes to university.         
6. They've got а dog, Alex bу name.         
7. The cat Fabio is clever but naughty.         
8. Masha's grandparents are forty.         
9. Natasha plays the violin and the piano.         
10. Natasha is а very good student.

Exercise 3. Read the text and mark the statements True (Т), False (F), Not Stated (NS).

Му name is Ivan; my nick in the lnternet is "bike" because my favourite hobby is riding а bike. I love riding my bike. I сап see parks and ponds or rivers and fields when I am in the country! Му elder brother Alex is fond of photography. Не takes pictures of everything he sees. Не also plays the guitar and sings songs. 1 like being with him. Му little sister Olga likes dolls, of course. She's got а Ьig collection. Some of them are from foreign countries. Our dad is а real sportsman. Не plays football and likes swimming. Не swims all the year round, in the river, in the sea or in the swimming pool. Mum prefers classical music and interesting books. She сап play the piano. Our cat Vasily also has а hobby, he likes sleeping and eating! ln the evening we like getting together, talking and listening to some music.

1. Ivan is fond of nature.
2. Ivan knows his neighbourhood very well as he often rides his bike.
3. Vasily plays the guitar and sings рор songs.         
4. The mother plays classical music.         
5. Olga is lvan's elder sister, she has по hobbies.         
6. The father does sport.         
7. Alex is good at photography and takes part in exhibitions.         
8. All the members of the family are busy and they don't often spend evenings together.

Exercise 4. Match the titles to the book reviews. One title is extra.

А. Son's Love
В. Life of the Future
С. Love is а Family
D. The Magic Вох
Е. The Fantastic World

1. The book is about а little girl and her grandmother. Rosalba and her grandmother spend time together and travel all over NewYork. Riding оп а bus Rosalba imagines they're in the sky and are flying over the city. Неr grandmother tells her about her girlhood. They imagine they go to the past. The story ends with Rosalba and her grandmother climbing into а boat for оnе more adventure. Abuela bу Arthur Dorros (illustrations bу Elisa Kleven, 1995) is а fascinating book for boys and girls.

2. The Button Вох bу Margarette S. Reid (1990) is good for age 5-8. The book is about а bоу who loves а bох with buttons that his grandma has. The bоу likes to look at buttons. Не imagines they are precious stones. At the end of the story the bоу learns about the history of buttons. lt tells us that оnе time а king had а suit with 13,600 buttons. The buttons are so colorful. The collection is amazing. Some have animals оп them. There are leather оnеs and cloth оnеs and metal оnеs.

З. Daddy, Will Yоu Miss Ме? by Wendy McCormick (1999) is for little children. Daddy's business trip to Africa will bе only four weeks, but his sоп thinks it is forever. The father and the sоп think how to feel close to each other over the осеаn. They mark calendars and blоw kisses. lt helps. When the bоу and his mother feed the winter birds, the bоу imagines his father who is watching giant African birds. The story is full of love.

4. Meet Zenon Kar. She lives оn а space station in the MilkyWay. Неr parents send Zenon to her grandparents' farm оп the Earth for the summer. She's а typical elementary school kid, but she lives оп а space station in 2049! Zenon's teacher leads her fifthgrade class оn а very special field trip off Space Station 9. Zenon loses her way. She finds out what it's like to Ье stuck (застрять) оn Earth! Enjoy Stuck оn Earth: Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century by Marilyn Sadler (1996).

In all weathers

Exercise 1. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words from the bох to complete the text. One word is extra.

Hello, l'm Mike. l live in Canada and l'm happy to have all the four seasons where l live. I haven't got а favourite _______ I really love all four of them. Look at some pictures of my family. When the first _______ соmе out in spring, I always make а small bouquet for my mother. ln this picture I am _______ flowers in the forest. The weather is lovely. The sky is bluе. The sun is _______.

Summer is usually hot in our parts. l like to go _______ in the summer with my family. We take а tent, sleeping bags and а basket with some food. Look! We аге having а _______ here. We feel really happy.

Му sister hates autumn. When it is rainy she always gets а cold and mustspend sometime at home awayfrom school. l like this time of the уеаr because of all the _______ colours. But 1 don't like to rake all the leaves in the garden. Look at me in the picture! l'm doing it anyway!

lt's а winter picture. There's а lot of    _______ and it is still snowing. I am happy when we have а cold and long _______.
I like playing snowballs with my friends. ln the picture you сап see my best friend Martin and me. Martin is wearing his favourite red scarf. We аrе playing _______.

Exercise 2. Read the text again and mark the sentences True (Т), False (F), Not Stated (NS). Correct the wrong statements.

1. Mike lives in North America.
2. There is по summer in Canada.
3. Mike loves all the seasons.
4. Mike shows us some pictures of his class.
5. There are often winds in summer.
6. The family's hobby is going camping.
7. Mike has got а brother..
8. His sister doesn't like autumn.
9. Mike's favourite work in the garden is raking leaves.
10. ln the winter picture Mike is playing snowballs with his friend Martin.

Exercise 3. Read the text and mark the statements True (Т), False (F), Not Stated (NS).

English people say "Other countries have а climate, in England we have weather". The weather changes more often in England than in other countries. British winters are mild and springs are cool because of the winds from the Atlantic Осеаn. They blоw two days out of every three.

ln spring sunshine often changes for showers during the day. So in spring оnе must have аn umbrella or а raincoat in England. Spring is the season when nature awakens from its long winter sleep. Everything is full of new life again. The days grow longer and warmer; the ground gets covered with green grass.

Summer is the hottest season in England. lt's time for holidays, when people go to the seaside for sunbathing and swimming. lt usually gets hot in July. The summer nights are short, but they are wonderful.

As for autumn it isn't so nice. lt'sаseason of winds and beautiful sunsets. The leaves turn yellow and reddish and fall to the gro­ und and the birds migrate to warm countries. ln autumn the days become shorter. There is а short period of sunny weather in September called lndian summer. ln England September and October are warm and dry, but November is the foggiest month. Nobody likes late autumn. Everything looks gloomy (мрачно). ln winter it sometimes rains and sometimes it snows. The rivers in England never freeze, that's why children there go skating very seldom.

1. The weather in England changes as often as in other countries.
2. The winds from the Atlantic Ocean make the climate in Enlgand mild.
3. ln England they usually have three windy days, then two days without wind.         
4. An umbrella or а raincoat is а must in spring in England.         
5. August is the hottest month in England.         
6. English sunsets are wonderful in autumn.         
7. lndian summer is the hottest period of the year.         
8. lt often rains in October.         
9. You сап see rain and snow in winter.         
10. Skating is English children's favourite winter sport.

Exercise 4. Match the titles to the texts about climate in different countries. One title is extra.
А. Canada 
В. Australia 
С. lndia
D. Russia
Е. Norway

1. This big tropical country is famous for its different climate in different regions. The main factor forming the climate here is monsoon. The monsoon, also known as the rainy season, starts in June and finishes in September. The rainfall starts at the end of Мау. The post-monsoon season spans the months of October to December. The months of November and October normally have а bright weather.

2. This large island continent is in the southern hemisphere. So the seasons are opposite from the northern hemisphere. The temperature contrast between summer and winter is small here. lt is оnе of the driest continents оп earth. The dry climate, especially in the northern region leads to droughts, heat waves and bushfires. The inland deserts сап remain totally dry for years whilst rains сап produce floods in some of the regions.

3. Because of the Gulf Stream, this northern country has а friendlier climate than the other northern territories like Alaska, Greenland and Siberia. Temperatures in July and August сап reach 25°С -  300  С. ln the autumn the landscape is beautiful, all in golden colours. This is а good season for berry and mushroom picking. ln winter much of the country is usually transformed into а snowclad paradise. Winter temperatures сап reach below - 40°С. The weather in spring сап bе very varied.

4. lt is а very big country, so the climate differs: there is а cold arctic climate in the north Siberia and there is а sublropical hot climate near the Black Sea. The climates of both European and Asian parts are continental with warm summers and very cold winters. Summers саn bе quite hot and humid, even in Siberia. Because of the global warming winters became warmer, there is less snow. ln the south of the country there is а sublropical climate.