III. Scan for the details and circle the correct letters.

1. Students of the department of a) psychology b) sociology c) law often work with a) a plan b) a questionnaire c) a book..

2. They know how to draft questions, how a) carry out b) correct c) collect piloting.

3. But a) the majority b) the minority c) the average number thinks that spring is the best season in a year.

4. The beginners in sociology a) have interested b) have asked c) have interviewed many people and a) considered b) determined c) believed that some of responders like winter and some of them prefer autumn.

5. Summer makes us a) concentrate b) rest c) lie in the sun.

6. When spring comes the days get a) warmer b) cooler c) windy.

7. In autumn the weather is often a) beautiful b) unpleasant c) sunny.

8.Winter brings much joy, a) swimming b) snowflakes c) snowballs, skating and skiing.

IY. Detect and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.

a. Students of the Department of Sociology often works with a questionnaire.

b. The beginners in sociology have interviewed much people and determined their tastes.

c. When the ice gets thick enough the children can to go skating.

d. When spring comes, the days gets warmer.

e. The sun shine brightly in the blue sky.

f. Many people has their vocations in summer.

g. At summer we often have thunderstorms.

 

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h. In autumn it get dark.

j. I think that every season have its own charm.

i. Winter brings much joy, snowflakes, skate and ski.

Y. Match the words and make up word combinations.

1. Work with	a. makes us relax
2. The beginners in	b. many people
3. To draft	c. has its own charm
4. Carry out	d. their nests
5. Have interviewed	e. sociology
6. Many cold days	f. skating and skiing
7. The birds make	g. quickly
8. Have	h. red and yellow
9. Approach	i. questionnaire
10. Turned	j. piloting
11. Summer	k. questions
12. Every season	l. in winter
13. Winter brings	m. thunderstorms

 

YI. Match the parts of the questions.

1. Who	A. did they determine?
2. What	B. it drizzle in autumn?
3. How many	C. often works with a questionnaire?
4. What	D. we enjoy spring days?
5.When	E. do the students of sociology know?
6.Why	F. people have the beginners in sociology interviewed?
7.Does	G. does winter begin?
8. Do	H. there four seasons in a year?
9. Are	I. does the snow melt quickly?

 

YII. Answer the key questions according to the text.

1. What is this text about?

2. Who often works with a questionnaire?

3. What do the students of sociology know?

4. Have the beginners in sociology interviewed many people?

5. What did they determine?

6. How many seasons are there in a year?

7. What are they?

8. What are the names of months?

9. How long does each season last?

10. What can you say about spring days?

11. What is about summer?

12. How can you describe autumn?

13. Do you like winter? Why?

14. Every season has its own charm, doesn’t it?

 

YIII. Agree or disagree with these statements.

1. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the four seasons.

2. In winter the days are long and the nights are short.

3. There is much snow on the roads and the water freezes in rivers and lakes in winter.

4. Some people like to skate and to ski in winter.

5. The snow is deep and there are traffic jams in winter.

6. When it gets warmer there is slush on the roads.

7. In spring it gets cold.

8. The temperature rises and the trees begin to bud in spring.

9. Spring rains are warm and pleasant. In May we can see thunderstorms.

10. Sometimes the temperature rises to 35 degrees above zero in summer.

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11. At the seaside we don’t swim and lay in the sun.

12. In autumn it gets cool.

13. It often drizzles and the sky is overcast in autumn.

14. The leaves on the trees turn red and yellow in autumn.

15. There are few vegetables and fruit in autumn.

IX. Make up sentences and translate them into Ukrainian.

a)

	mild		winter
	fine
	good		spring
The weather is	changeable	in
	wet		summer
	cold
	cool		autumn
	snowy

b)

	windy		winter
	stuffy
It is	rainy		spring
	frosty	in
It was	foggy		summer
	sunny
	chilly		autumn