3. Answer the following questions:

1. What lesson was to be on Thursday and what teacher conducted it?

2. Why was Neville afraid of flying?

3. How did Hermione prepare for flying?

4. Why did pupils complain of the school brooms?

5. What were brooms compared to?

6. What happened to Neville?

7. How did Harry get Neville`s lost Remembrall?

8. Why didn`t Pr. McGonagall punish Harry for his forbidden flight?

9. What did Malfoy offer Harry to do at night?

10. Why did Harry and Ron have to take Hermione and Neville with to the duel?

11. What helped Harry and the rest escape from the closed Charms class?

12. Who did they see in the forbidden corridor? What did he do there?

13. What was Harry thinking of going to bed?

4. Choose the right sequence of events according to the chapter.

1. the horrible dog

2. the fake duel

3. Neville`s Remembrall

4. Harry`s first flight

5. Harry`s in the Quidditch team

6. the accident with Neville

5. Retell the chapter as if you were:

• Neville

• Hermione

• Malfoy

• Harry

Chapter 10.

The Letter.

1. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations and reproduce the context in which they are used.

1. позволить себе хотя бы ручку

2. корзина

3. бита

4. буйвол

5. взмахни и щелкни

6. с тюрбаном набок

7. привести тролля в ярость

8. цепляясь за бесценную жизнь

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What was “either really valuable or really dangerous or both”?

2. Who sent Harry the Parcel and what was in it?

3. Harry was proud of his Nimbus Two Thousand and told everybody about it, didn`t he?

4. Why was it thanks to Malfoy that Harry got his broom?

5. Describe Nimbus Two Thousand.

6. What can you say about Harry`s first practice with Wood?

7. How long has Harry been at Hogwarts?

8. Was Harry a success in making objects fly? Who was?

9. How did Ron insult Hermione?

10. What happened during the Halloween feast?

11. How did Harry and Ron manage to put Hermione out of trouble with the troll?

12. How did the three of them explained to the teachers why they were not in their dormitory?

13. Were they punished?

3. Look at the rules of Quidditch. What game(s) does it remind you of?

• There are seven players on each side.

• The 3 Chasers throw a Quaffle to each other and try to get it through the hoops to score a goal.

• The Keeper flies around the hoops and stops the other team from scoring.

• The Bludgers rocket around, trying to knock players off their brooms.

• The 2 Beaters protect their side from the Bludgers and try to knock them toward the other team.

• The Golden Snitch is the most important ball. It`s fast and difficult to see. The Seeker`s job is to catch it. Whichever Seeker catches the Snitch wins his team extra 150 points. A game is over when the Snitch is caught.

Is sport an essential part at studies?

What can you say about team sport at your University?

4. Dramatize the following:

1. Your are Harry Potter. Speak about your first experience at Quidditch.

2. You`re Hermione. What can you say about meeting the troll and the following explications to Pr. McGonagall?

3. You`re the troll. Speak about the naughty children who interfered with your walk at Hogwarts.

5. How can you comment on the relations among students at Hogwarts? Are they friendly and warm? What were your relations with your classmates and schoolmates?

6. What do you know about Halloween? When is it celebrated? What legends and symbols belong to it?