Ex. 1. Answer the questions. Where was the Dunes' house situated? 2.Was it possible to get there by bus? 3.Was it a usual house for that area? 4.What view can one have from its windows? 5. What can one see around the house?
6.What was the house built of?
Ex. 2. Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers: 1. We had to walk the last two miles to the Dunes' house.
2. This place was so quiet and beautiful.
3. It was a compact building and rose like a tower on the hill.
4. The windows faced the entire valley.
5. It was a two-storied building with an attic.
6. A two-car garage was to the right of the house.
7. There was an orchard and a vegetable garden near the house.
8. We climbed up the steps and rang the door bell.
Ex. 3. Give a short summary of the text. Ex. 4. Find Russian equivalents to the following: 1) an estate agent; 2) to purchase a house; 3) landlord/landlady; 4) to get a mortgage; 5) down payment; 6) to rent a studio apartment; 7) to inherit a property; 8) a tenant; 9) a room to let; 10) a newspaper ad; 11) to pay interest; 12) full board; 13) an apartment owner.
Grammar: The Present Indefinite (Simple) Tense.
It is formed from the Infinitive without the particle “to”.
Ex. 5. Answer the following questions according to the example:
Example: What does a driver do?- He drives.
What do drivers do?- They drive.
1.What does a singer do? 2. What does a runner do? 3.What do students do?
4. What does a dancer do? 5.What do cooks do? 6.What do dancers do?
7.What does a painter do? 8.What does a typist do? 9. What do writers do?
Ex. 6. Write the following sentences in the 3rd person singular.
1. I think I am ill. 2.They often visit their granny. 3.We live in Leeds.
4. You usually speak too quickly.5. Do you like boiled potatoes?.
6. Good animals always obey their masters.7.His dogs always attack the neighbors.
Ex. 7. Translate the sentences into English using the Present Indefinite Tense.
1.Я обычно делаю домашнее задание вечером.
2. Мой друг живет на Севере.
3.Моя сестра учится в медицинском колледже.
4.Он всегда навещает нас, когда бывает в Москве.
5.”Сколько времени вы тратите на дорогу домой?” - “Как правило, я трачу на дорогу домой около тридцати минут.”
6.Он теперь редко путешествует.
7..Я не учу французский язык, я учу немецкий.
UNIT 8. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
Text: This Fragile Planet. Grammar: The Present Continuous Tense.