1. Read the following:
• small, talk |
•' at the restaurant |
all, all right |
in the mountains |
for all of us |
to the mountains |
• It this your first visit to Mos- |
• She could not leave her office. |
cow? |
Have you got a sister or a |
Is she busy? |
brother? |
She goes to the mountains |
My daughter is also in the |
every winter. |
mountains. |
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There are five of us. |
2. Translate into Russian:
The businessmen are still at the restaurant.
They are enjoying their meal and have a small talk.
They speak about Moscow and about their families.
David has got a sister.
Nick has got a brother.
Pete has got a son and a wife.
There are five people in Pete's family.
David says it's a typical English family.
There are usually five people in an English family.
Спряжение глагола to be
Настоящее простое время (Present Indefinite)
I am You are
He/ She/ It is=He/ She/ it's
We/ You/ They are
Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite)
I was
You were
He/She/It was
We/ You/ They were
Будущее простое время (Future Indefinite)
I shall be = I'll be
You will be = you'll be
He/ She/ It will be = He/ She/ It'll be
Настоящее совершенное время (Present Perfect)
We have been
You have been
They have been
3. Underline the verb to be and translate the following sentences into Russian:
They are still at the restaurant.
She is not with me now.
Is she busy?
He is on holiday in the mountains.
My elder daughter is also in the mountains.
She is fond of skiing.
There are five of us.
This is my family.
I was in Moscow last year.
Nick and Pete are Russian businessmen.
One day they were at the Sheremetievo airport.
Have you been to London?
Have you been to England?
Now the businessmen are at the restaurant.
4. Make sentences and translate them into Russian:
• They are enjoying |
their meal their small talk their meal |
• It this your first visit to |
Moscow |
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London |
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New York |
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Liverpool |
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New Zealand |
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Australia |
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• I was in |
Moscow |
last year |
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Russia |
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London |
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Sydney |
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Washington |
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• I like |
Moscow |
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your city |
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Russia |
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Russian winter |
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English summer |
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• I have got |
a sister |
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a brother |
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a wife |
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a family |
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• It's a pity |
he |
is |
not with me now |
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she |
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they |
are |
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5. Complete the dialogue and act out a similar one:
• P.: David, is this your first...?
D.: Oh no,... last year. I like... It's a pity my sister... She wanted... so much.
6. Write down everything that Pete said about his sister.
7. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones:
D.: Have you got a sister...?
N.: Oh, yes. I have... He is on... mountains.
D.: Oh, really? My elder daughter is also... Chechia now. She... skiing and goes...
D.: • Have you got...?
P.: I wouldn't... There are... Two daughters...
D.: Quite... family!
8. Answer the following questions using the prompts:
• Have you got a sister or a brother?
(Yes, t have...)
• Have you got a big family?
(1 wouldn 't say so. There are...)
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