Earth Alert
1. Think of a protected area in your country.
- Where is it?
- What lives there?
- What problems has it got?
- What can tourists do to help?
Collect information using the Internet. Use your answers to prepare a short article for the school magazine.
2. Comment on the following statement:
The modern world depends on cutting down trees, but this causes major problems.
What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200-250 words. Use the following plan:
- make an introduction (state the problem);
- state your first topic giving one argument for and one argument against;
- state your second topic giving one argument for and one argument against;
- state your third topic giving one argument for and one argument against;
- make a conclusion stating your position.
3. Your teacher has asked you to write an article discussing the pros and cons of travelling in the city by bike. Write your article. (100-150 words)
4. Design an information leaflet for tourists coming to your town/city. Decide on three or four places to visit and collect information using the Internet. Write what someone can do/see there.
5. You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Mendy:
…Last week I attended an environmental workshop in our school. I was really surprised at how much influence a single person can make on the environment. What are the most serious environmental problems in your country? What does your family do to help the environment? Where can one learn some information about protecting the planet?
By the way, I went to the south of England last weekend and the weather was awful…
Write an email to Mendy.
In your message:
- answer her questions;
- ask 3 questions about the weather in the south of England.
- Write 100-140 words.
6. You are on holiday and the weather hasn’t been very good. Send an email to a friend telling him about:
- where you are;
- who with;
- what the weather is like;
- what you are doing there.
7. Collect information using the Internet, then write a short article about an endangered species in your country. Write:
- name and type of species;
- habitat;
- threat(s);
- action taken.
Food and Health
1. List the words under the correct heading.
Grapes, oil, chicken, raspberries, broccoli, potatoes, mangoes, yoghurt, cherries, biscuit, tea, milk, aubergine, cake, cheese, pepper, cucumber, prawn, tuna, orange juice, crisps, lamb, cola, carrots, sardine, lobster, pineapple, chocolate.
| Fruit | Vegetables | Meat and poultry | Dairy products | Seafood fish | Fats and sweets | Drinks |
2. List which colour foods you ate yesterday. How do you think colour related to food? Look at the food list you made. How healthy do you think it is?
3. You work as a journalist for the local newspaper. Your editor has asked you to write a report on La Bocca di Lupo, a new Italian restaurant, assessing it in terms of food, service and prices and saying whether you would recommend it to the readers of the newspaper. Write 120-180 words.
4. Collect information using the Internet about a special festival in your country. Then, write a paragraph about it. Include:
- name of festival;
- date;
- reason;
- activities;
- food;
- any other special traditions involved.
5. Comment on the following statement:
Young people these days are eating more and more unhealthy foods. Some people feel that advertising junk food on TV should not be allowed.
What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200-250 words using the plan:
- make an introduction ( state the problem);
- express your personal opinion and give 2-3 reasons for your opinion;
- express an opposing opinion and give 1-2 reasons for this opposing opinion;
- explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion;
- make a conclusion restating your position.
Schooldays and Work
I. Where does each person work? Complete the table with the words from the list: managing director, artist, lawyer, author, nurse, secretary, fisherman, translator, businessman, surgeon, architect, doctor, gardener, cashier.
| Hospital | Office | Bank | Outdoors | From home |
2. Write a short article about your school (100-140 words). Write:
- type of school and classes;
- how students get there;
- hours;
- rules
3. What are your holiday plans for this summer? Write a short paragraph about them.
4. Design a leaflet inviting students from abroad to spend a year at your school. Write about:
- subjects;
- typical day at school;
- sports and extra-curricular activities.
V. You have seen the following advert in the local newspaper and would like to apply. Write your letter of application. Include: why would you like the job; why you think you would be good at it. (Write 100-140 words)
Summer Camp Activity Leaders Wanted for summer months
If you are 18 years or over, like working with young people and are available to work this summer, then contact us! You should be able to offer at least two activities.
Send your CV to: Fairfield Camp, P.O. Box 206, Sunnydale.
6. Ask questions and write your answers as if you were doing task 37.
1) My mum is a doctor and she says it is a really rewarding job but, honestly, I would not like to follow in her footsteps. ( Ask 3 questions about her mother’s job).
2) My mum said they are moving into their new office. (Ask 3 questions about the office).
3) My sister has just set up her own company. (Ask 3 questions about her sister’s company).
Strong ties
1. Подберите синонимы к словам в левом столбике, в правом даны варианты ответа:
| 1. family | close people, mother and father, my dearest and nearest |
| 2. university education | higher education, further education |
| 3. successful | effective, prosperous, profitable, happy, favored, fortunate |
| 4. Internet | web, global net, network, online |
| 5. responsible | reliable, trustworthy, capable |
| 6. enjoy | love, taste, delight |
| 7. strict | demanding, forbidding, tough |
| 8. attractive | beautiful, charming. good-looking |
| 9. important | great, necessary, essential, significant |
2. Перефразируйте следующие предложения:
| 1. Some people think that within 50 years there will be no families. | People often claim that in half a century father and mother relations will not exist |
| 2. One must discuss all important decisions in the family circle. | |
| 3. Many years ago young people were more responsible and mature. | |
| 4. The Internet is the greatest time-waster. | |
| 5. Money is not the main thing in life. | |
| 6. In our time, clothes play an important part in the life of young people. |
3. What do you need these things for? Make sentences as in the example:
I use a hoover to vacuum the floor.
A hoover, a mop, a bucket of water, a dust cloth, a broom, a watering can, a lawn mower, a collar and a lead, furniture polish, a dustpan, a sponge.
4. Make 3 true and 3 false sentences about your household chores. Try to use some of the structures below.
| When I was a kid, | I was responsible for … |
| I had to … | |
| my parents used to make me … | |
| I was made to … | |
| I preferred to … rather than +Ving… | |
| I preferred +Ving to Ving | |
| I must admit, | |
| To be honest, | |
| I have to say | |
| I know it may sound strange but | I quite like Ving… |
| I really love Ving because … | |
| I don’t mind Ving … |
5. You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend, Eve, who writes:
Yesterday, I went to the cinema with my brothers. We have so much fun together. What about you? How many people are there in your family? What are they like? Who do you get on most with?
I’ve got to go now. I’m meeting my best friend, Alex ….
Write a letter to Eve. In your letter:
- answer her questions;
- ask 3 questions about her best friend.
Write 100-140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.
6. Read the extract from your English pen-friend’s email:
What’s your family like? What do you do together? I can’t wait for the summer holidays! I’ve got lots of things planned.
Write an email to your pen-friend. In your email:
- tell him/her about your family;
- ask 3 questions about his/her plans for the holidays.
Write 100-140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.
7. You recently came back from a holiday, which you enjoyed a lot. Write a letter to your English pen-friend telling him/her what you did on your holiday, who you met and what they were like.
Write 100-140 words.