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9. Make more conversations using words from ex. 4 and the following phrases.

There isn't any ... . There isn't enough ... .

I need some (more) ... . There aren't any ... .

There aren't enough ... . I need some (more) ... .

The ... doesn't work. The ... has gone wrong.

The ... is broken. I can't turn on the ... .

I can't turn off the ... . The ... doesn't / don't work.

The ... has / have gone wrong. The ... is / are broken.

I can't turn on the ... . I can't turn off the ... .

My room's too … . My room isn't ... enough.

Part 4

1. You're planning a holiday. Which three things are most important for you? Number them from 1 to 3. Which things are least important for you?

• Good weather • Luxury hotels

• Shopping • Interesting places to visit

• Meeting the opposite sex • Peace and quiet

• Exciting nightlife • Activities (e.g. surfing, skiing)

• A budget flight • Beautiful scenery

• Theme parks • Food and drink

• Cheap accommodation • Spending time with friends / family

• Practising your English • Beaches

2. What do you like doing on holiday? Is there anything that you don't like doing?

3. Tell your partner about a really good holiday. Use the How to... Box to help you.

How to

talk about a holiday you’ve had

When ...?

I went on holiday last July.

What …?

Where …?

How long …?

It was a two-week beach holiday in Portugal.

Booking

We got a last-minute deal.

Accommodation

We stayed in a lovely hotel.

Activity

We sunbathed all day.

WRITING PROJECT

You are going to do some travel writing. Follow these instructions.

  1. Think of the place you have travelled to (e.g. a beach, a town) and make notes about the place.

  2. Tell your partner about your place and ask questions about your partner’s place.

  3. Write about your place. (Use about 100 words)

Grammar Part

1. Rewrite the sentences in Past Simple Tense.

On Tuesday I get up at half past six. I go to the bathroom and wash myself and clean my teeth. Then I dress, go to the kitchen and cook breakfast for my family. At half past seven my son gets up and has breakfast. I have breakfast with my son. My son eats a sandwich and drinks a cup of tea. I don't drink tea. I drink coffee. After Breakfast my son leaves home for school. I don't leave home with my son. On Tuesday I don't work in the morning. I work in the afternoon. In the evening I am at home. My husband and my son are at home, too. We rest in the evening. My son watches TV, my husband reads newspapers and I do some work about the house. At about eleven o'clock I go to bed.

2. Open the brackets using verbs in Present or Past Simple.

1. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock every day. 2. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock yesterday. 3. My brother (to wash) his face every morning. 4. Yesterday he (to wash) his face at a quarter past seven. 5. I (not to have) history lessons every day. 6. We (not to rest) yesterday. 7. My mother always (to take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she (not to take) a bus. Yesterday she (to walk) to her office. 8. You (to talk) to your grandparents every day? - Yes, I ___. But yesterday I (not to talk) to them: I (to be) very busy. 9. 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 (to rest). 10. Your sister (to go) to school every day? — Yes, she ___.

3. Open the brackets using verbs in Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. They (to drink) tea when I (to come) home. 2. The old man (to think) about his plan when he (to fall) asleep. 3. We (to listen) to an interesting lecture yesterday. 4. When I (to enter) the classroom, the teacher (to write) words on the blackboard and the pupils (to copy) them into their exercise-books. 5. Yesterday at one o'clock I (to have) lunch at the canteen. 6. You (to do) the home task when the teacher (to come) into the classroom? 7. What you (to do) at eight o'clock yesterday? - At this time yesterday I (to go) home. 8. You (to sleep) when I (to go) out. 9. He (to read) on the sofa when I (to come) in and (to sit) down beside him. 10. She (to look) out of the window when I (to see) her.

4. What was John doing at these times yesterday? Complete the sentences.

1. John (to ride) a wild bull at 7 o'clock in the morning.

2. He (to pack) his parachute at 10 a. m.

3. He (to visit) his hairdresser at 11 a. m.

4. He and his wife (to eat) hamburgers in the park at 2 p.m.

5. He and friend (to swim) in the pool at 5 p.m.

5. Ask your partner questions about his/her early childhood.

1. Go / to kindergarten? .

2. Who/be / your best friend? .

3. Stay /with your grandparents/ at the weekend? ________________ .

4. What / like eating? .

5. What / your first word? .

6. Open the brackets using verbs in Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. When I (to come) home, my little sister (to sleep). 2. When my mother (to come) home, I (to do) my homework. 3. When the father (to come) home, Pete (to read) a book. 4. When the mother (to return) home, the children (to play) on the carpet. 5. When I (to get) up, my mother and father (to drink) tea. 6. When I (to come) to my friend's place, he (to watch) TV. 7. When I (to see) my friends, they (to cross) the street. 8. When I (to open) the door, the cat (to sit) on the table. 9. When Tom (to cross) the street, he (to fall). 10. When I (to go) to school, I (to meet) my friend.

7. Match the sentences on the left with the related sentences on the right.

1. I drank 3 mugs of beer

a. while I wasn't looking.

2. A rear wheel came off

b. while I was bowling.

3. He sneezed

c. as I was driving.

4. A little boy spat in my soup

d. when he was eating with his mouth full.

5. The bride and groom fell down

e. while all the other boys were hesitating

6. Mike made friends with a girl

f. when he was carrying her in his arms.

7. The milk boiled over

g. when I was swimming in the pool.

8. The same boy blew his nose in my towel

h. while my wife was talking on the phone.

8*. Fill in the right word from the word column.

A Railway Station

Hardly anybody is in a normal state of to lose tickets

mind on a 1........ . Either one 2........ far too early to start

and is irritated by the waste of time compartment

involved in 3........, or one has left for 4........too the lunch basket

late and is afraid to leave 5........behind, or has arrived

to forget 6......... or 7........ or 8........ altogether. All station

one's natural kindness and good manners to miss the train

seem to disappear on the railway station waiting for the train and in a train which is about 9........ . One luggage

rushes for 10......... looks indignantly at 11....... the best seat

who come into the same 12......... . As the time railway station

of 13........ of the train draws nearer, the passengers

anxiety increases. Doors 14......... guards blow their whistles shout and 15........ . Everybody shouts departure out the things that have been said a thousand are banged times, those on 16........ beg those in the train the platform

to write to them when they 17........ destination. arrive at their

9*.. Fill in the blanks with the corresponding English word or phrases and pay attention to the use of tense forms.

1) Don't you want а носильщик for your luggage, miss? 2) The sea wasn’t calm and many passengers страдали морской болезнью. 3) The plane взлетел and soon we were high in the sky. 4) Though we зарезер­вировали rooms in the hotel there were no свободных комнат. 5) Are we going to приземлиться anywhere? 6) Unfortunately there was no вагона-ресторана on the train and we had to take a lot of food along with us. 7) We managed to get only билеты в один конец. 8) I hate flying and always prefer to travel по железной дороге. 9) It is always more convenient to book tickets заранее. 10) The evening was nice and warm and lots of passengers were walking по палубе.

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