Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story. Palm, squeak, thumb, ton, furniture, row, statue, blancmange, almond, flour, squiggle, blind, napkin

Palm, squeak, thumb, ton, furniture, row, statue, blancmange, almond, flour, squiggle, blind, napkin, brooch, cherub, precious, bully.

Comprehension Check

a) What event is described in the story?

b) How well-off is the family described in the story?

c) What was Mother busy with?

d) What were the children’s names and what did they look like?

e) In what way were they different?

f) Why was the kitchen the place to be in?

g) Why was the table worth looking at?

h) How meticulously were the children dressed up?

i) What kind of people were invited to the party?

j) How was the party going on?

k) What did the dining- room look like when the children entered it?

l) What made Sun give a loud wail? Did Moon wail too?

 

Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.

1.to behave in a particular way in order to make other people believe smth that is not true.	at any rate
2.to be annoyed or quite angry.	used to do sth
3. to make a series of short loud sounds when hitting against smth hard.	to be cross with smb
4. behaving badly, not willing to obey.	to trim something
5.to shut and open your eyes quickly.	to rattle
6. to break smth violently and noisily into many pieces.	to jingle
7.used to show that you were being more accurate about smth you have just said/	precious
8. loved or valued very much.	naughty
9. to make a pleasant gentle sound like small bells ringing.	to smash smth
10.to make smth neater, smaller, better by cutting parts from it.	to blink
11.used to say that smth happened frequently in the past.	to pretend

 

Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.

a)   We --------------- that nothing had happened.

b) Every time the train went past, the windows----------.

c) Ruth -------------Martin for being late.

d)  It’s difficult to manage -------- children.

e)  Several windows had been -------------- during the storm.

f) She --------- at him and forced a smile.

g) Adam said that I was infinitely ---------- to him.

h) The gardener ----------- the bush into a heart shape.

i) You -------- to see a lot of her, didn’t you?

j) She ------ the coins in her pocket.

k) He said he’ll be coming tomorrow. --------, I think that’s what he said.

 

Explain in other words the following phrases. Find in the story sentences with the following expressions and read them aloud. Translate them into Russian and let your fellow students translate them back into English without a book.

to keep out of one’s way; to get tangled in people’s legs; to make eyes at something; to be high time one did something; to take ages; to do something on purpose; to make silly of oneself; give somebody a bone; pajamas legs; to stump off.

 

Differentiate between the words and expressions denoting ways of producing sounds taken from the story.

to squeak; to groan; to whisper; to cry; to shriek;   to sob; to wail; to laugh.

Find words opposite in meaning to the following ones from the story.

Perfect; real; heavy; silly; skinny; serious; naughty; jolly.

Give synonyms.

To be tired; to be frightened; shining; clean; precious; lovely.

 

Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.

Не мешайтесь под ногами; ему так не хотелось; мужчина с бледным лицом; место, где стоило побывать; совсем не сердитая; глядеть во все глаза; пора; раздеть догола; медлить; спокойные игры; сделать нарочно; дурачиться; угостить; не позволю собой командовать.

Put in the missing prepositions.

a) Are you afraid …spiders?

b) I entirely agree … you.

c) We agreed … most things.

d) Let’s try to agree… a date.

e) I’ll agree … your suggestion if you lower the price.

f) I’m angry … her … lying to me.

g) What are you so angry …?

h) I must apologize … disturbing you.

i) What time do we arrive … the airport?

j) What time do you arrive … England?

k) Don’t believe … her.

l) I don’t believe … a word she says.

m) I half believe … life after death.

n) He doesn’t want to be dependent … his parents.

o) I often dreamed … being famous when I was younger.