Vocabulary:
a doorbell
to ring
to fall asleep
Tasks:
1. Listen to the pairs of words and repeat after the speaker:
1). This − his.
2). Bell − fell.
3). Had − set.
4). Read − rang.
2. Listen to the sentences and put “ + ” if they are identical or “ − ”if they are different:
1). This is a boy. / He is a boy.
2). He came home from school and sat at the table to do his homework. / He sat at the table to do his homework when he came home from school.
3). In the evening Peter sat at the table but soon he fell asleep. / Peter fell asleep at the table in the evening.
3. Listen to the sentences and translate them:
1). He came home from school and sat at the table to do his homework.
2). The doorbell rang and his friend Bob came to see him.
3). Then the telephone rang and Peter talked with Mary, his school friend.
4). In the evening Peter sat at the table but soon he fell asleep.
4. Listen to the sentences and repeat them after the speaker:
1). He came home from school and sat at the table to do his homework.
2). Then the telephone rang and Peter talked with Mary, his school friend.
3). Later they met in the street and went to the park.
4). In the evening Peter sat at the table but soon he fell asleep.
5. Listen to the beginning of the story and predict what this story is about:
This is a boy. His name is Peter. He is 9. And he goes to school. Yesterday he had 4 lessons. He came home from school and sat at the table to do his homework. The doorbell rang and his friend Bob came to see him….
6. Read the sentences and put them in the order they were in the text.
1). Later they met in the street and went to the park.
2). He came home from school and sat at the table to do his homework.
3). Then the telephone rang and Peter talked with Mary, his school friend.
4). Yesterday he had 4 lessons.
5). His name is Peter.
6). And he goes to school.
8. Make a plan to the text. Divide the text into meaningful parts and entitle them.
9. Retell the text from the point of view of the main character.
10. Listen to the text and give the title:
It Doesn’t Matter
Listen to the story and say what Betsy wanted to write.
Betsy is a little girl. She is only five. She doesn’t know how to read and write. But her sister Mary is a schoolgirl. She is ten.
One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
“What are you doing?” Mary asks her sister.
“I am writing a letter to my friend Kitty,” says Betsy. “But you don’t know how to write,” says her sister.
“Well,” she says, “it doesn’t matter, because Kitty doesn’t know how to read.”
Vocabulary:
it doesn’t matter − це не має значення
only − лише
doesn’t know − не вміє
sheet of paper − аркуш паперу
in front of her − перед нею
What are you doing? − Що ти робиш?
I am writing − Я пишу
Tasks:
1. Answer the following questions:
1). Why can’t Betsy read and write?
2).What does Mary see on day?
3). Whom is Betsy writing a letter?
4). What does Betsy answer to her sister?
2. Listen to the sentences and put “ + ” if they are identical or “ − ”if they are different:
1). Betsy is a little girl. / Mary is a little girl.
2). But her sister Mary is a schoolgirl. / Her sister Mary is a schoolgirl.
3). One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
3. Listen to the sentences and translate them:
1). She doesn’t know how to read and write.
2). One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
3).“Well,” she says, “it doesn’t matter, because Kitty doesn’t know how to read.”
4. Listen to the sentences and repeat them after the speaker:
1). One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
2). “But you don’t know how to write,” says her sister.
3).“Well,” she says, “it doesn’t matter, because Kitty doesn’t know how to read.”
5. Listen to the beginning of the story and predict what this story is about:
Betsy is a little girl. She is only five. She doesn’t know how to read and write. But her sister Mary is a schoolgirl. She is ten.
One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
7. Read the sentences and put them in the order they were in the text.
1). One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big white sheet of paper in front of her.
2). Betsy is a little girl.
3). She doesn’t know how to read and write. But her sister Mary is a schoolgirl.
4). She is ten.
5). “I am writing a letter to my friend Kitty,” says Betsy. “But you don’t know how to write,” says her sister.
8. Make a plan to the text. Divide the text into meaningful parts and entitle them.
9. Retell the text from the point of view of the main character.
10. Listen to the text and give the title: