Practice the following sentences with the words given below.

a) music: I am good at music.

sport, sewing, swimming

b) dance: He is keen on dance.

photography, workout, card games

c) Sport: Sport does me a lot of good.

reading, traveling, jogging

d) me: Sport keeps me in shape.

her, him, us, you, them

Say what the hobbies in your family are.

Example: My father’s hobby is carpentry.

 

Team-work. Look up the dictionary for more words about “reading”.

Example: poem, magazine.

Team-work. Look up the dictionary for more words about “music”.

Example: rock, classical.

7 In pairs discuss the question: which of the hobbies do you consider not worth your time (harmful, boring, expensive, delightful, useful, dangerous, useless…)?

Example: - I think (suppose, guess) that sewing is boring.

- So do I / I don’t agree with you.

Grammar

Was/were

Read the following sketches and guess what the words “was” and “were” mean.

- Are you a good swimmer now? - Are they your friends?

- No, but I was at school. - No, but they were my good

friends some years ago.

Remember! Глагол “to be” (быть, являться, находиться) в настоящем и прошедшем времени не требует вспомогательных глаголов для построения вопросительных и отрицательных предложений. Например, I was at the theater yesterday. Was I at the theater yesterday? I was not at the theater yesterday.

 

Утвердительное	Отрицательное	Вопросительное	Краткие ответы
I wasin the gym.	I was not (I wasn’t) in the gym.	Was I in the gym?	Yes, I was. No, I was not.
You were in the gym.	You were not (You weren’t) in the gym.	Were you in the gym?	Yes, you were. No, you were not.
He was in the gym. She was in the gym. It was in the gym.	He was not (He/she/it wasn’t) in the gym.	Was he/she/it in the gym?	Yes, he (she/it) was. No, he (she/it) was not.
We were in the gym.	We were not (We weren’t) in the gym.	Werewe in the gym?	Yes, we were. No, we were not.
They were in the gym.	They were not (They weren’t) in the gym.	Were they in the gym?	Yes, they were. No, they were not.

9 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb «to be»: was, were.

1. I _____ a sportsman.

2. _____ you a fan of “Salavat Yulayev” team?

3. She _____ a good guitar player.

4. What _____ your hobby in your childhood?

5. He _____ my best friend.

6. We _____ not dancers we ______ singers.

7. _____ she pleased to meet me?

8. It _____ nice to see you.

9. They _____ not right.

 

Give short answers to the following questions.

1. Were you good at sports at high school?

2. Was your father a football player?

3. Were you popular at school?

4. Were you keen on reading when you were at school?

Grammar

Past Continuous (Прошедшее продолженное время)

I was watching a film when you called me. Yesterday at 4 p.m. we were flying in a jet.

Действие происходило в определенный момент в прошлом.

 

Remember! · Время Past Continuous образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to beв прошедшем времени и смыслового глагола с окончанием –ing. · Важно помнить, что в предложении должен быть указан момент действия в прошлом.

 

Утвердительное	Отрицательное	Вопросительное
I was listening to music when mother came. You were listening to music when mother came. He (she, it) was listening to music when mother came. We were listening to music when mother came. They were listening to music when mother came.	I was not listening to music when mother came. You were not listening to music when mother came. He (she, it) wasn’t listening to music when mother came. We weren’t listening to music when mother came. They weren’t listening to music when mother came.	Was I listening to music when mother came? Were you listening to music when mother came? Washe (she, it) listening to music when mother came? Were we listening to music when mother came? Were they listening to music when mother came?

11 Remember and say what you were doing yesterday at:

8 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. 10 p.m.

Example: Yesterday at 8 a.m. I was going to the University.

Act out the dialogues from Exercise 1 in class.

Make up your own conversations in pairs changing some of the words and phrases in the dialogues and act them out in class.

Take-home assignment