Ex.4. Give words or word combinations for the definitions: 1. the part of the theatre where the audience sits;
2. a raised platform in a theatre where the actors appear;
3. the highest balcony where the cheapest seats are placed;
4. a place where hats and coats mat be left;
5. a piece of wood or metal with a number on it given in return for hat or a coat;
6. a set of actors in a play;
7. programme;
8. the main role;
9. a trial performance of a play;
10.a person who shows people to their seats;
11.seats in the theatre behind the stalls.
Ex.5. Fill in the blanks with the corresponding words given below. If you want to go ... we must first look through ... to find out what ... . As it is sometimes rather difficult to get .. we must book them at ... . Some people don’t like to have ... far from ... . They try to get tickets for ... . If we little money we take seats on ... . When we come to any theatre in our country we leave our coats in ... and take ... in order to get them back when ... is over. If we want to know ... we buy ... . After this we take our seats and wait for the lights to ... . Soon the lights go down, ... goes up, the play begins.
The curtain, a theatre, go down, the leading role, is on, the cast, tickets, a check, a playbill, seats, the performance, the stage, book, the stalls, the gallery, go up, box- office, cloakroom. Ex.6.Speak on the following sub- topics: My first visit to the theatre.
“Everybody is excited, looking forward to the play”
My leisure hours.
Grammar: Sequence of Tenses.
If the verb in the principal clause is in one of the past tenses, a past tense (or future –in-the-past) must be used in the subordinate clause. The action expressed in the subordinate clause can be simultaneous with the action expressed in the principal clause ,prior or posterior to that of the principal clause.
