Describe the picture given bellow. You should spend about 20 minutes and write about 100 words.

Make a list of sights worth seeing in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

TASK FOR SELF-STUDY

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Exercise 1 Be going to and will + infinitive. Put the verbs in brackets into one of the above forms.

1. I’ve been measuring the windows. I (put) in double glazing.

2. You (wear) that nice dress in a dinghy?

- Of course not! I (sit) on the pier and (watch) you all sailing. I (not get) all wet and muddy and pretend that I’m enjoying it!

3. If you leave your keys with the hall porter he (take) the car round to the garage.

4. Shop assistant: We have some very nice strawberries.

Customer: All right. I (have) a pound.

5. Husband: This bread is absolutely tasteless! I wish we could have home-made bread.

Wife: All right. I (start) making it. I (get) a book about home baking today, and from now on I (bake) all our bread!

6. Mary: Ann’s busy baking. Apparently she (bake) all their bread from now on.

Jean: She soon (get) tired of that.

7. Why have you brought your camera? You (try) to take photographs? It’s not allowed, you know.

- No, I (try) to sell the camera.

- That’s not allowed either. If a policemen sees you, he (confiscate) the camera.

8. Tom to Jack, who has just helped him to change a wheel: I (have) to leave this at the garage; I don’t know how to mend a puncture in a tubeless tyre.

Jack: But it’s quite easy. I (come) round this evening and show you if you like.

9. Later:Tom to wife: I (not take) the tyre to the garage. I (mend) it myself. Jack (help) me.

10. Why are you rolling up the carpets? You (paint) the ceiling?- No, I (take) the carpet to the cleaner's.

 

Exercise 2 The present continuous and be going to. Put the verbs in brackets into one of the above forms, using the present continuous wherever possible.

1. I hear you’ve bought a caravan. You (use) it for your holidays?

- No, I (live) in it. I (start) moving my things next week.

- What you (do) with your house?

- I (sell) it to the man who sold me the caravan. He (get) married next month.

2. Mrs Jones (go) to hospital. She (have) her appendix out.

- Who (look) after the children?

- Her sister (come) down from Scotland.

3. He isn’t happy at his boarding school. I (send) him tb a day school.

- Have you decided on the other school?

- No, but I (see) (have an appointment with) the headmaster of the Park School this afternoon. I’ll probably send him there.

4. Tom (arrive) tomorrow.

- He (spend) the weekend here or (catch) the night train back as usual?

- He (spend) the weekend. He (give) a lecture on Friday and (attend) a big reception on Saturday.

5. He (bring) his wife with him? (Has he arranged to bring his wife?)

- Yes. She (do) some shopping while he (give) his lecture.

6. Five just arranged to do a part-time job. I (start) on Monday.

- What you (do) the rest of the time?

- I (study).

7. You (go) abroad for your holiday?

- Well, I (get) a holiday job. I (go) to an agent’s on Saturday to find out about it. I (ask) for a job abroad; but of course they may all be taken.

- You might get a job picking grapes. Jack (join) a camp in the South of France—his university arranged it—and they all (pick) grapes.

8. I (buy) a new coat. The weather report says that it (be) very cold.

9. Ann has won a car in a competition but she can’t drive.

Tom: What you (do) with the car? You (sell) it?

Ann: No, I (learn) to drive. I (have) my first lesson next Monday.

10. I hear you’ve bought a new house.

- Yes. I (move) in next week.

- You (have) a house warming party?

- Not just yet. I (paint) the house first. Thepaintwork’sterrible.

 

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

A - Match the words with the pictures

1. train 2. car 3. ship 4. fire engine 5. taxi 6.bicycle 7. tricycle 8. jet ski 9. balloon 10. van 11.bus 12. lorry 13. sail boat 14. ambulance 15. plane 16. speed boat 17. police car 18. jeep 19. motorbike 20. helicopter

B- Complete the table grouping the means of transports according to the place:

land transport
			air transport
		water transport

 

C- Circle the odd one out.

1. car, bus, plane, bicycle.

2. plane, ship, helicopter, balloon.

3. parachute, ship, speed boat, jet ski.

4. lorry, taxi, train, van.

5. police car, fire engine, ambulance, car.