Can people do without you?
Дополнительные упражнения для
контроля понимания пройденного материала (уч.
Английский язык, 7 кл., В.П. Кузовлев, Н.М. Лапа и др.)
Active Vocabulary: an aim, to be/get involved in, charity, a
charity (organisation), disabled, to donate (money), elderly, to get experience, to give a
helping hand, homeless, lonely, to make a contribution, to make a difference, to make
donations, needy, a nursing home, an orphan, to provide, to raise money, a shelter, to
show sympathy, to support, voluntary, a volunteer, to ask, to do something, to make do
something, to want, to do a crime, deaf, fur, a murder, right, a waste of time; It’s
boring. It bores me stiff; a circus, clay, to earn, a fair, handmade, holder, to juggle,
loom, to perform, a scarf, stuffed, a toothbrush, a trick, to weave, arbour, a flop, to
grin, a lottery, a sponsor, to sponsor, a square, to wander around
Grammar: structures used for asking somebody to do something;
Complex Object – structures used for making somebody do something (V + object +(to)
infinitive); speaking about different activities (V-ing form)
I. Listen to the text and complete the sentences according to it.
WHO IS THE BUSIEST IN THE FAMILY?
My family can’t do without my help. Everybody wants me to help. Look
at these messages on the fridge. Mum asks me to help with dinner as usual. My little
brother John wants me to repair his bike. My elder brother asks me to clean his room up
because he is waiting for guests in the evening. My Granny wants me to visit her more
often. My elder sister asks me to rent a movie. They don’t make me do all these
things. They only ask me to do them: “Steve, please, you are not very busy today.”
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1. Steve’s Mum asks him…
2. Steve’s little brother wants him...
3. Steve’s elder brother...
4. Steve’s Granny...
5. Steve’s elder sister...
6. They don’t make him...
7. They only ask him....
II. Read the text and the missing sentences (a–e) below. Choose from
the sentences the one which fits each gap (1–4). There is one extra sentence which you
do not need to use.
MAKE MONEY
AND HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME?
Kim would like to make money and have fun at the same time. (1)______.
“I’m good at drawing. I love drawing. When people see my drawings, they often tell me
how pretty they are. I’m good at writing funny stories. How can I turn my ability to
draw and to make up stories into an interesting business? Cartoons? It’s very difficult.
It takes special education,” she often thought. (2)______. Her favourite cartoon series
were the Flintstones. And suddenly she had an idea to create a board game of the
Flintstones. The game was based on her favourite cartoon characters. But she gave the
Flintstones, who lived in the Stone Age, the same problems as she and her friends have at
school. (3)______. It was interesting and unusual and people liked her game.
Kim has now created four board games. The scripts of her next board games are based on her
favourite books. (4)________.
Kim is very proud that pupils buy her board games and enjoy them.
a) Her board game was full of humour and funny adventures of
Neanderthal-type characters.
b) She had a lot of ideas, but she didn’t know how to turn her ideas into a small
business.
c) Kim got good experience in a charity organisation.
d) Kim liked cartoons.
e) Peter Pan and Harry Potter act in her board games.
DIALOGUES
Read the dialogues. Learn by heart three of them. Think of your own
dialogues.
– Why do you work for charity?
– I want to support needy people.
– Have you ever been involved in a charity?
– Yes. I’m a volunteer at the Youth Volunteer Center.
– What is your job there?
– We organise charity concerts for children.
– What holiday would you like to have?
– My new holiday would be a “No Fighting Day”. It would be the best chance for
making a difference.
– Would you like to start your own business?
– I’d love to. But I have no ideas.
– I have a lot of ideas. For example, to weave things or to make stuffed animals.
– I think it is fun doing such things.
– Any plans for summer?
– I’d like to earn some money in July. I want to try babysitting or maybe delivering
newspapers. Would you join me?
– I like babysitting. It’s more interesting than delivering newspapers.
– Just about everyone has a day.
– What do you mean?
– There’s a Mother’s Day for mothers, and a Father’s Day for fathers. There’s
even a day for trees. It is called Arbor Day.
– What do people do on this day?
– It is a day for planting trees or cleaning up the nearest park. It is a day for making
your city and your country a more beautiful place.
– Have you heard about the Samaritans? What do they do?
– Samaritan volunteers give advice over the telephone to people who feel unhappy.
– Where can one find their telephone?
– In the local telephone book.
TEST
I. Use “to” where necessary to complete the sentences.
1. Do your parents often ask you ___ go shopping?
2. Parents always make their children ___ do homework properly.
3. All parents want their children ___ know English.
4. Does Ann want you ___ help her with the project?
5. We want our history teacher ___ take us to historical places.
6. They made me ___ take part in tennis competition.
7. The teacher wants our pupils ___ give a helping hand to needy people.
8. All people want the world ___ be a better place.
II. Nick is collecting money for RSPCA. There are some mistakes in his
appeal. Correct them.
CHARITY APEAL
RSPCA is one of the world’s oldest charity. It help pets and protect
animals in the wild. It help homeless animals to find new homes. RSPCA don’t get money
from the government. Please will donate money. Make donations generous.
appeal обращение, просьба
III. Complete the questions below and write your own answers.
A. Part-time job or own small business
1. ____ you want to have a part-time job or start your own small
business?
2. ____ you ever had a part-time job, such as babysitting or delivering selling
newspapers?
3. ____ anyone offer you a part-time job at McDonald’s or other places last summer?
4. ____ you like to start your own business?
5. ____ you good at stuffing animals, weaving or making fenechkas?
B. Helping hands
1. ____ you always ready to give a helping hand?
2. ____ makes you help other people?
3. ____ you worry about people around you?
4. ____ you ever found a new home for a needy dog or cat?
5. ____ do you do to make your city a better place?
IV. Complete the sentences using the correct form of one of the verbs:
to get, to give, to make (2), to raise, to show, to support.
1. Sometimes the members of the Youth Volunteer Centre _____ money and
collect clothes for the charity.
2. Linda worked at McDonald’s last summer and _____ work experience.
3. Hilary always _____ sympathy to her next-door elderly neighbour and helps him.
4. What do you think _____ young people help a charity?
5. Charity events usually raise money for _____ and helping needy people.
6. A lot of famous people _____ contributions to charity.
7. Mstislav Rostropovich is famous for his charity work. He always ______ a helping hand
to talented children.
KEY:
I.
1. Steve’s Mum asks him to help with dinner.
2. Steve’s little brother wants him to repair his bike.
3. Steve’s elder brother asks him to clean his room up.
4. Steve’s Granny wants me to visit her more often.
5. Steve’s elder sister asks him to rent a movie.
6. They don’t make him do all these things.
7. They only ask him to do them.
II.
1. b; 2. d; 3. a; 4. e
TEST
I. 1. to; 2. –; 3. to; 4. to; 5. to; 6. –; 7. to; 8. to
II. CHARITY APPEAL
RSPCA is the world’s oldest charity. It helps pets and protects
animals in the wild. It helps homeless animals to find new homes. RSPCA doesn’t get
money from the government. Please, donate money. Make donations generously.
III.
A. 1. Do; 2. Have; 3. Did; 4. Would; 5. Are
B. 1. Are; 2. What; 3. Do; 4. Have; 5. What
IV. 1. raise; 2. got; 3. shows; 4. makes; 5. supporting; 6.
make; 7. gives
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
Moscow, School No. 814
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