Read the text and point out the most popular leisure time for most English people.

THE WEEKEND

 

Most people in Britain work a five-day week, from Monday to Friday. Schools, colleges and universities are closed on Saturday and Sunday. So, from Friday evening till Monday morning people are usually free.

People look forward to the weekend and when Friday comes, they say to each other when they leave work 'Have a nice weekend'.

Students, young people who work away from home and people who are not married like to go away for the weekend. They may go home to stay with their relatives or friends in different parts of the country or stay at a hotel in the country or at the se aside. It is more difficult for married people with children to go away for the weekend.

Those who stay at home at the weekend try to have a good time, too, and to do some work about the house.

Saturday morning is a very busy time for shopping as this is the only day when people who are at work on weekdays can go shopping all day long. At weekends shops close between 5.30 and 6.00 p.m. and they are closed all day on Sunday. On Saturday the shops in the centre of big cities usually close at 1.00 p.m.

On Saturday afternoons the most important sports events take place - football, tennis and others. Some men go and watch, others sit and watch the sport programmes on TV.

Saturday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the cinema or the theatre, in fact for 'going out'.

On Sunday mid-mornings most British people indulge in some fairly light activities such as gardening, washing the car, shelling peas for Sunday lunch, or taking the dog for a walk. Another most popular pre-lunch activity consists of a visit to a 'pub' - either a walk to the 'local', or often nowadays a drive to a more pleasant 'country pub'. The national drink in England is beer, and the 'pub', where Englishmen go to drink to, is a peculiarly English institution.

WORDS AND WORD COMBINATIONS:

to look forward to (doing) something – біреуді асыға күту

each other – бір бірін

from home – үйден алыс

at seaside –теңіздің жағасында

to try - тырысу

to go shopping – сатып алуға бару

sports events — спорттық жарыстар

to indulge - рахаттану

fairly -жеткілікті

peas – ас бұршақ

peculiarly - ерекше

 

I Answer the question (writly):

1. When does the weekend begin in Britain?

2. What do people usually do at the weekend?

3. Where do they go?

4. What games and sports do they like?

5. Britons like to spend their Sunday?

II.Complete the sentences:

1. People in Britain work....

2. From Friday evening till Monday morning....

3. Students, young people like to go....

4. It is more difficult for married people....

5. Those who stay at home....

6. Saturday morning is a very busy time for....

7. On Saturday afternoons some men go....

8. Saturday evening is the favorite time for....

IV Divide the text into several parts, entitle each of them, making a plan for retelling.

 

V. Write a composition about your last weekend.

 

1. Use the right forms of the verbs in the Present Indefinite Tense or the Past Indefinite in brackets:

1. His sister (to study) English every day.

2. She (to study) English two hours ago.

3. You (to come) home at six o’clock yesterday? - No, I ….Yesterday I (to come) home from school at half past eight. I (to be) very tired.I (to have) dinner with my family. After dinner I (to be) very thirsty/ I (to drink) two cups of tea. Then I rest.

4. My daughter (not to drink) coffee yesterday.

5. My mother always (to take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she (not to take) a bus.

6. Your sister (to go) to school every day? – Yes, she ….

7. You (to wear) it polka –dot dress to work? – Yes, I …. I (to wear) it yesterday.

8. We (to like) to go to the beach. We (to enjoy) swimming in the ocean last weekend.

9. I (to go) to bed at ten o’clock.

10. Last week she (to write) a funny story about her pet.

 

2. Give three forms of the verbs:

read, make, hear, buy, win, awake, fall, cost, live, wish, stop, drink, ring, see, find, bring, send, hide, say, think, understand, feel, run, drive, send, catch, speak, write

 

3. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite:

1. What your neighbors (to do) yesterday)?

2. Her brothers (to shout) at her.

3. The lion (to jump) and (to spring) at her.

4. He (to lie) there for an hour till someone finally (to hear) his cries for help.

5. The police (to open) fire and (to wound) two criminals.

6. She (to bake) a delicious apple pie.

7. She (to cook) a good dinner.

8. The children (to brush) their teeth, (to yawn) a little and (to go) to bed.

9. She (to wash) the dishes and (to look) very tired.

10. I suddenly (to see) a face in the window.

 

4. Write questions and negative sentences:

1. Last August we found a blackbird’s nest.

2. My grandfather decided to travel by train.

3. The guard saw Toto.

4. Nelly walked slowly home, wondering how to break the bad news.

5. She found the key in its unusual place.

6. She studied English two hours ago.

7. Last week she wrote a funny story about her pet.

8. Peter played football at the club yesterday evening.

9. I decided to go to the country on my day off.

10. She began learning English.

 

5. Ask all kinds of questions:

1. The students took all examinations last month.

2. He was in London last week.

3. They were at their office yesterday morning.

4. Our students read a lot of English books last year.

5. We decided to spend the weekend together.

6. He studied at the University.

7. We went to a party at the weekend.

8. Her eyes were dark blue.

9. Many years ago two friends went to a very small town.

10. I thought for some time and decided that I had time for myself.

6.Text (G.Vyborova, p.66)

 

7. Vocabulary.

(Г. Выборова, Учебник Английского языка, стр.113)

8. Grammar: The Continuous Tense Forms (Г.Выборова, стр.354-355)

 

Text №3: p.115, G. Vyborova, Easy English, 2002.

Dialogues: p.109, G. Vyborova, Easy English, 2002.

Make up your own dialogues. Use the situations: “At the bookshop”, At the department of ready- made clothes, “At the jeweler’s ”, “At the fitting room”, “At the bookshop”, “At the cash desk”.

Prepare the project: Welcome to our supermarket.

 

9.Text№1. “Shopping”. p. 106, G. Vyborova, Easy English.

 

Тақырыбы: Shopping

Lexis: Shopping

Grammar: The Continuous Tense Forms

Lexis: The Day’s Work begins

Grammar: The Past Indefinite Tense.

Prepositions of time

 

Grammar: The Continuous Tense Forms

a) Present Continuous;

 

I am reading. We are reading.

You are reading. You are reading. He, she, it is working. They are working.

Вопросительные предложения и ответы.

Am I reading? - Yes, you are. No, you aren't.

Are you speaking? - Yes, I am. No, I am not.

Is he working? - Yes, he is. No,he isn't.

Are they smiling? -Yes, they are. No, they aren't.

a)Present Continuous:

1)Дәл айтылып жатқан уақытта болып жатқан іс әрекет: She is speaking on the phone. —Ол телефонмен сөйлесіп жатыр.

They are having dinner. —олар түстеніп жатыр.

2) келер шаққа байланысты іәреккеттер:

We are going to the country for the weekend. – Сенбі және жексенбі күндері біз қаланың сыртына шығамыз.

What are you doing tonight? – Сен бүгін не істейсің?

 

б) Past continuous: I was reading. We were walking.

You were speaking. You were waiting. He, she, it was working. They were smiling.

Was I reading? - Yes, you were. No, you weren't.

Were you speaking? - Yes, I was. No, I wasn't.

Was she working? - Yes, she was. No, she wasn't.

Were they smiling? - Yes, they were. No, they weren't.

 

Past Continuous іс-әрекеттің өткен шақтағы белгілі бір дәл уақытта болып жатқанын білдіреді: Where were you going when I met you? –Мен сені кездестірген кезде қайда бара жаттың? Nobody was talking on the phone at that time? –Бұл уақытта телефонмен ешкім сөйлесіп жатпады.

 

в) Future Continuous:

I, we shall be reading at 2 o'clock.

You, he, she, it, they will be working at that time.

Вопросительные предложения и ответы

Shall I be waiting for you? Yes, you will. No, you won't.

Will you be working? Yes, I shall. No, I shan't.

Will he be speaking? Yes, he will. No, he won't.

 

Future Continuous іс-әрекеттің келер шақта белгілі бір дәл уақытта болып жатқанын білдіреді:

We shall be waiting for you from 5 till 5.30.

Біз сіздерді сағат 5 тен 5.30 ға дейін күтеміз.

She'll be sleeping at 6 in the morning, don't call her.

Сағат 6 да ол ұйықтап жатады.

Reading. Text.

The Baxters go shopping.

The other day my wife took me on a usual shopping round. In fact I hate going to the butcher's, grocer's and other shops of this sort but of course I have to help my wife about the house.

First we bought some pork and beer at the butcher's. Then we dropped in at the grocery and greengrocery. Jill wanted to buy sugar, salt, tomatoes and cucumbers. We also called at the baker's where we bought a loaf of brown bread, some buns and biscuits.

On our way home we were passing Selfridge's. "Let's drop in here for a while. You need a suit for everyday wear", my wife said. 1 agreed.

Selfridge's is still one of the biggest and most popular stores in London. They sell everything here. All the things for sale are on the counters. The customers walk round and choose what they want. The store has several departments: women's clothes, men's clothes, shoes, toys, sports goods, umbrellas, leather goods, china and glass, food and so on.

When we entered the shop we went straight to the men's department. A salesgirl showed us a number of suits but we didn't like any of them. One of them was a bit loose on me, another was to tight. As to the third our opinions were quite different. I liked the suit. My wife found it too expensive. She wanted a suit as good as that one but less expensive. The salesgirl showed us a cheaper suit. It was of good quality but I didn't like the style. We were about to leave the counter when they delivered a new selection of goods. They were not only suit but different kinds of clothes: coats, raincoats, shirts, jackets and trousers. I tried on two or three suits. The last was all right. It was just my size and fitted me perfectly. We both liked the suit and the price was not high. "We'll take it, wrap it up, please!" I said to the salesgirl.

After we left the men's department my wife spent the rest of the morning trying on hats. She wanted a pink straw hat to match one of her summer frocks. There was such a good selection of hats in the shop that in the end Jill bought two.

 

New vocabulary to the text.

pork –шошқаның еті

bun —булочка china - фарфор

deliver – алып келу, табыстау

a pink straw - солома

 

Answer the questions:

1.Does Mr. Baxter help his wife about the house? What food shops did the Baxters do to? Why did they do to Selfridge's? What did the Baxter's buy at the butcher's? What departments does Selfridge's have? Did the Baxters choose the right suit at once? What did Jill buy for herself?. Text №3: p. 115, G. Vyborova, Easy English, 2002. Dialogues: p. 109, G. Vyborova, Easy English, 2002. Make up their own dialogues. Use the situations: "At the bookshop", At the department of ready- made clothes, "At the jeweler's ", "At the fitting room", "At the bookshop", "At the cash desk".