Exercise 8.Imagine you received an e-mail letter from your foreign friend asking about customs and tradition in your country. Write an e-mail letter about the most popular traditions of your country.

Check yourself

1. 1. Choose the right meaning of the word: “bride”

a) a woman who is going to the party

b) a man who is about to be married

c) a woman who is about to be married

d) a couple who is going to the wedding ceremony

 

2. Choose the right variant: He hasn`t been to Shanghai before, …?

a) has he

b) is he

c) had he

d) was he

3. Choose the right variant: She wasn`t so happy, …?

a) will she

b) weren`t she

c) was she

d) is she

4. Choose the right phrase: It is better to marry for___________ than for love.

a) for many reason

b) life reason

c) your own reason

d) practical reason

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
startling ['stɑːlɪŋ]	поразительный	таңғалдыратын, жан түршігетін
broomstick ['bruːmstɪk]	ракитовый куст	сыпыргыш ағашы
coffin [ˈkɒfɪn]	гроб	табыт
mourners [ˈmɔːnə]	плакальщики	жоқтаушылар
wreath [riːθ]	венок, гирлянда	шір (гүлдерден өрген)
wedding [wedɪŋ]	свадьба	той
observe [əbˈzɜːv]	отмечать, праздновать	тойлау
destruction [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən]	уничтожение, разрушение	қырып-жою
dozen [ˈdʌzn]	дюжина	ондаған
widow [ˈwɪdəu]	вдова́	жесір әйел

 

Office hours № 11		Make up a topic “Customs and traditions in my country” and retell it. Using texts on p.173
LIW № 31		Write a condolence using a model. (p. 176)

 

 

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Intermediate. Student’s book, Oxford, 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Intermediate. Workbook, Oxford, 2010.

Additional:

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

4. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Intermediate.. Workbook. Oxford, 2009.

 

 

HAND OUT № 22(82)
Discipline: English as a foreign language	Credits-2
Intermediatelevel	Practical lesson
Lexical theme: How well do you know our world.
Grammar: Expressing a wish or a regret.
Teacher: assistant professor Gaiipova Gulipa Abdraimovna

GRAMMAR COMMENT

Expressing a wish or a regret

Use of I wish / if only:

There are three distinct types of I wish / if only sentences:

1. Wish, wanting change for the present or future with the simple past.

2. Regret with the past perfect.

3. Complaints with would + verb.

The expressions 'I wish' and 'If only' are used in English to express wishes and regrets about things that may happen in the future or may have happened in the past simple and past perfect.

Expressing a wish	Expressing regret	Complaining
Form: If only/I wish +simple past	Form: If only/I wish +past perfect	Form:I wish/If only +would+verb
Example: If only I knew how to use a computer. (I don’t know how to use a computer and I would like to learn how to use it.	Example:If only I had woken up early. (I didn't wake up early and I missed my bus.)	Example: I wish you wouldn't arrive so late all the time (I'm annoyed because you always come late and I want you to arrive on time
Use: To express a wish in the present or in the future. The simple past here is an unreal past. When you use the verb to be the form is “were”. Example: I wish I werea millionaire!	Use: To express a regret. The action is past.	Use: To complain about a behavior that you disapprove. Expressing impatience, annoyance or dissatisfaction with a present action.