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CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

What Do You Know About Your Family?

Дополнительные упражнения для контроля понимания пройденного материала (уч. Английский язык, 6 кл., В.П. Кузовлев, Н.М. Лапа и др.)

Active Vocabulary: blind, childhood, darkness, to raise, silence, to tap, uncontrollable, used to, a grand master, to grow up, junior, to make a fortune, to move, a nationality, Norwegian, an owner, a shipbroker, to supply, a navy, to train, generous, humorous, lonely, lost, positive, unhappy, whereabouts

Grammar: Simple Past, Past Perfect, used to

Listen to the text and do the exercises.

YOU SHOULD TRY HARDER

John is very upset. His teacher Mrs. Smith spoke with him in the morning.
Mrs. Smith had taught John’s elder brother before she began to teach John. So she said, “Your brother used to try hard. He used to do his homework. He used to arrive at school on time. He used to win Geography contests. He didn’t use to tease his classmates. He didn’t use to play football in the street. He didn’t use to be so untidy. He used to do wonderful projects. He used to get “As and Bs”. And you? You should try harder.”

Exercises:

1. Answer the questions.

1) Why is John upset?

2) Why did Mrs. Smith talk with him in the morning?

3) Who had Mrs. Smith taught before she began to teach John?

4) Did John’s brother do well in school?

2. Write down what John’s brother used to do and didn’t use to do.

DIALOGUES

Read the dialogues. Learn by heart three of them. Think of your own dialogues.

– I think it is great to be a grand master’s child.
– Chess grand masters are always busy. They can’t spend much time with their children.

– Do you know the story of your family?
– Yes, of course. My Granny often tells me how my Granddad came to America to make a fortune.
– Where did he come from?
– He was a Norwegian.

– When were you born?
– I was born on the 5th of January in 1989.
– When did you learn to read?
– When I was 6.
– What did you use to do when you were little?
– I used to ask Mum to read me fairy tales.

– Where were you born?
– In Great Britain.
– Whereabouts in Great Britain?
– In Llandaff. It’s a city in Wales.

– Who is your hero?
– My father. He is kind and generous. He spends much time with me. We play football together. He used to play football for Manchester City, when he was a student.

– Who is your hero or heroine?
– My mother. She is a businesswoman. She is very good at computers. She teaches me how to be good at computers too. She is hard-working. She is very special.

– What foreign country do you want to visit?
– Australia. I think it’s an interesting place to visit.
– Describe this country in three or four words.
– An extraordinary collection of birds and animals.

– What is your favourite month of the year?
– December. It’s fun to see the New Year in.

– Do you sometimes feel lonely?
– No, I don’t. My parents spend their free time with me. We do different things together. They take me to concerts. They used to read me fairy tales when I was a child.

– Do you spend much time with your parents?
– With my Mum. Dad is always busy. He is a journalist. Sometimes he works on Saturdays and Sundays. But when he is free he tells me a lot of interesting things. He knows a lot.

TEST

I. Can you identify Simple Past and Past Perfect? Complete the table.

II. Put did or had to make questions complete.

1. When _____ Elizabeth II become queen?

2. What _____ she been before 1952?

3. When _____ Vivien Leigh play Scarlett in the famous Hollywood film?

4. ______ she acted in Hollywood films before 1939?

5. When _____ A. Agassi win the Wimbledon championship?

6. _____ he trained a lot before he won the championship?

7. When _____ C. Dickens become famous?

8. What _____ he been before he wrote his humorous Pickwick Papers?

9. When _____ H. Kasparov make his first move?

10. When ______ he become a chess grand master?

11. What _____ you learnt to do before you started school?

12. What _____ you learnt to do before your 11th birthday?

III. Put the verb into the correct form Past Perfect (had done) or Past Simple (did).

Example:

My Mum (to teach) me to read before I (to start) school.
My Mum had taught me to read before I started school.

1. I (to do) my homework before I (to go) for a walk.

2. I (to change) my haircut before I (to go) to the summer camp.

3. My sister (not to wash up) before Mum (to come) home.

4. My father (to learn) English before he (to begin) to learn French.

5. Captain Cook (to join) the Royal Navy before he (to go) on his first voyage.

6. Captain Cook (to make) three voyages before he (to discover) Hawaiian Islands.

7. Admiral Nelson (to sail) to Arctic before he (to become) the captain of his first ship.

IV. Wendy usually writes down all the things she should do during her holidays. What had/hadn’t she done before she started her third term?

Example:

Wendy had raised money for the zoo before she started the third term.
Wendy hadn’t written letters to her friends before she started the third term.

KEYS:

1.

1) John is upset because his teacher told with him.

2) Because John didn’t try hard.

3) Mrs. Smith had taught John’s elder brother before she began to teach John.

4) Yes, he did.

2.

TEST:

I.

1, 3, 6 – Simple Past; 2, 4, 5 – Past Perfect

II.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 – did; 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12 – had

III.

1. I had done my homework before I went for a walk.

2. I had changed my haircut before I went to the summer camp.

3. My sister had not washed up before Mum came home.

4. My father had learnt English before he began to learn French.

5. Captain Cook had joined the Royal Navy before he went on his first voyage.

6. Captain Cook had made three voyages before he discovered the Hawaiian Islands.

7. Admiral Nelson had sailed to the Arctic before he became the captain of his first ship.

IV.

Wendy hadn’t done the project for Geography class; hadn’t learnt 20 irregular verbs; hadn’t read books by G. Durrell before she started the third term.
Wendy had visited the Natural History Museum before she started the third term.

By Youdif Boyarskaya,
Moscow, School No. 814