Unit 1 About myself

1. Learn new words and word-combinations:

s lender - стрункий

dark-haired - з темним волоссям

fair-haired - зі світлим волоссям

hazle - карий

the only child - єдина дитина

lawyer - юрист

retired - на пенсії

gardening - садівництво

вesides - окрім того

еxciting - захоплюючий

сompetitions - змагання

to surf the Net - блукати в «павутині»

to communicate - спілкуватися

social nets and

forums - соціальні мережі та форуми

2. Read and translate the text:

Let me introduce myself. My name is (Igor). I’m sixteen years old. I’m the 1^st year student. I study at the Vinnitsia College of the National University of Food Technologies. I’m tall(not very tall), slender, dark-haired (fair-haired) boy(girl) with blue(green,hazle,grey) eyes.

I live in Vinnitsya. I have a brother and a sister(I am the only child in my family). My elder brother Sergey is twenty, he studies at the Kiev National University, and he will be a lawyer. My younger sister Olga is ten, she studies at school. My Mum is forty-two, she is a Spanish teacher(…). My Dad is forty-five, he is a computer programmer(…).

My grandparents are already retired. My Grandma likes gardening, and Grandpa likes fishing. They live in our city(village) and visit us at weekends(we visit them at weekends) .

I have many friends. We spend a lot of time together. We play football, volleyball, basketball. In summer we like swimming in rivers and lakes.

Besides college, I go in for sports. I play tennis(basketball,volleyball,football). It’s an exciting game, and I like it very much. Sometimes I take part in different tennis (basketball,volleyball,football) competitions.

I like computer games, I like to surf the Net, to communicate with people in different social nets and forums. Also I try to be a good student to become a good specialist in future.

3. Answer the questions (work in pairs):

1. How old are you?

2. Where do you live?

3. Where do you study?

4. Is your family small or large?

5. Where do your grandparents live?

6. What is your hobby?

4. Put the right words in the following word-combinations:

……me introduce myself,

to spend ….. of time,

to go ………sports,

to take part ……..competitions.

5. Rewrite the sentences changing the possessive pronouns as in the example:

Example: This is my house. - This house is mine.

1. This is his T-shirt.

2. This is my computer.

3. This is her book.

4. It is our school.

6. Answer the questions in two ways. Follow the example:

Model: Whose trousers are these? (My, mine) -1.These are my trousers.

-2.These trousers are mine.

1. Whose book is this? (Her, hers.)

2. Whose car is this? (His.)

3. Whose business is this? (Our, ours.)

4. Is this my hat? (Your, yours.)

5. Whose clothes are these? (Their, theirs.)

6. Is this your sister (My, mine.)