Questions for a computer based test

 

1. Choose the right opposite adjective

“Beautiful”

a) cheap

b) tall

c) ugly

d) big

2. Choose the right opposite adjective

“Expensive”

a) cheap

b) new

c) white

d) long

3. Choose the right expression:

It's 45°C.

a) I am happy

b) I am cold

c) I am hungry

d) I am hot

4. Choose the right variant:

Julia Roberts played the main role in film “Pretty Woman”. It’s _________ film.

a) Kazakh

b) an American

c) Italian

d) Russian

GLOSSARY

English	Russian	Kazakh
cheap	дешевый	арзан
beautiful	красивый	әдемі
tall	высокий	биік, ұзын
expensive	дорогой	қымбат
dangerous	опасный	қауіпті
poor	бедный	кедей
clean	чистый	таза
empty	пустой	бос
dirty	грязный	кір

Home assignment.

Workbook. Exercises 1 (a), 3, 4 (a,b).[2.22-23]

Learn by heart the new words (vocabulary bank-common adjectives).[1.146]

Student’s individual work with teacher

1.Complete the crossword.[2.22]

2.Discussion: Who is the perfect Bond girl?.[2.23]

Office Hours

1.Speak about the topic “Describing people” (describe a person in your family).

References

Main literature

1. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File. Elementary. Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File. Elementary. Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Additional literature

3. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary. Student’s book. Oxford University Press.

4. Audio cassettes of New Headway. Elementary.

5.Internet resources.

 

 

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Hand out
English as a foreign language	Department of General Humanitarian Training
Elementary level	Academic year 2012-2013
2credits	The 1^st term
Practical lesson № 10
Lexical theme “Daily routine. Telling the time.” Grammar “Present simple tense”
Assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna

Warming up

What day is it today?

What’s the weather like today?

Do you like this weather?

What season is it now?

Do you like Autumn? Why?

What’s the weather like in Autumn?

Pupils: It often rains in autumn.

It’s usually cold and windy in autumn.

It’s seldom snowing in autumn.

T: It often rains in autumn. It’s usually cold and windy in autumn. It ’ s seldom snowy in autumn.

What Grammar tense is it?

Pupils: Present Simple.

T: It’s right. We use the present simple for repeated actions.

Grammar

Present Simple

􀀹When do we use the Present Simple

We use the Present Simple for:

􀂄 daily routines He does his homework in the evening

􀂄 repeated actions She goes to the gym every Wednesday

􀂄 habits He always takes the train to work.

􀂄 timetables The play starts at 8:00.

􀂄 permanent states He studies English.

Affirmative Negative

I like / go I don’tlike

He likes / goesHe doesn’tlike

She likes / goesShe doesn’t like

It likes / goes It doesn’tlike

We like / go We don’t like

You like / go You don’t like

Vocabulary “Telling the time”.

 

Match the pictures to the times.

1. It’s ten past eight;
2. It’s twenty to six;
3. It’s quarter past one;
4. It’s ten to eleven;
5. It’s twelve o’clock;
6. It’s five past two;
7. It’s twenty five to one;
8. It’s quarter to seven;
9. It’s half past four;
10. It’s nine o’clock;
11. It’s five to eight.

Speaking

Daily activities

Routines Do you…? get up early on weekdays have (a big) breakfast/lunch/dinner catch the bus to school/work go to bed late do homework work out in the gym

Free time Do you …? read newspapers/magazines/books go to the zoo listen to music play sports meet friends watch dvds go jogging

Chores Do you …? vacuum the floor make the beds mow the lawn walk the dog take out the rubbish iron the clothes do the shopping do the washing up dust the furniture

Which of the activities above do you rarely /often/sometimes/usully/always do? Which do you every day/morning/afternoon? once/twice a wek/? at weekends?

 

Student 1: I never read books.

I seldom do me homework.

Every morning I watch TV.

I visit my granny every weekend.

 

Listening[1, p.31

You are going to listen to Simon talking to Professor Parker. Listen to things Simon says and answer the questions.

2 How many children does Simon have?

3 What time does he get up?

4 Why doesn’t he have breakfast?

5 What time does he start work?

6 How many cuos of coffee does he drink?

7 What does he have for lunch?

8 What time does he finish work?

9 Why doesn’t he have dinner with his family?

10 What time does he get home?

11 What does he do after dinne?

Reading

Read the text.

Ann's dау

Ann usually gets uр at half past seven in the morning. She goes to the bathroom, cleans her teeth and washes her hands and face. Then she does her morning exercises. She has breakfast at eight о'clock. For breakfast she usually has an egg, а sandwich and а cup of coffee. She thanks her mother for her breakfast and goes to school.

Ann lives near her school. She likes to 1earn. She always gets goоd marks. Ann usually has five or six lessons. She comes home at two о'clock, has her dinner and goes for а walk with her dog Spot. At half past three Ann has her music lesson. She plays the violin. Ann does her homework from five о ‘clock to seven о’ clocks. In the evening Ann's parents and grandparents have supper. After supper Ann helps her mother to wash the dishes. Then she watches television or reads а book or а magazine. At ten о'clock Ann goes to bed.

Answer the questions

1. When does Ann usually get up in the morning?

2. When does she have her breakfast?

3. How many lessons does she usually have?

4. When does she go to bed?

Speaking

§ In pairs, interview your partner about his/her typical day.

 

What time …?

 

wake up get up go to academy start classes have lunch finish classes go home have dinner go to bed

Example: What time do you wake up?

(It depends.) At about eight o’clock.

§ Tell us what do you do every day.

S 1: First I get up. Then I wash my face, brush my teeth. After that I have breakfast. Then I brush my hair. I say ‘Goodbye’ and go to academy.

S 2: …

S3: …

 

Writing

1. Write an article for a magazine: My favorite day.

Write four paragraphs. Answer the questions

1) What’s your favourite day of the week? Why?

2) What do you usually do in the morning?

3 Where do you have lunch? What do you usually do after lunch?

4) What do usually do in the evening?

 

1. Find pictures of you/your family doing some activities. Write a short description of each. Write: ¯who they are ¯where they are ¯ what they are doing/ wearing ¯ how often they do so

 

Everyday English

Requests

Making requests -Can you please…? Could you …? -Would you mind (verb+ing)…?

Responding -Yes, of course. -Sorry, I can’t. I’m … -No problem. I/m … -I’m afraid not. I’m…

A: Can you please take out the rubbish?

B: Yes, of course.