Alen: This is interesting. What do you
Bota:it's original, but I'm not sure I like it.
Alen: it looks like an animal
Bota: it reminds me of a Franz Marc painting
Alen: yes,it looks a bit strange
Bota: look at this one over here. It's very unusual
A: I don't like that at all. It looks as if child painted it
B: oh come on! It isn't that bad Don't you think it's colourful
A: yes but the colours are all over the place
B: WELL I love it.And I'm sure it'll grow on you
Task 3. These verbs (believe, belong, contain, forget, hate, like, love,
matter, need, own, prefer, realize, remember, suppose, understand,
want) aren’t normally used in progressive forms. Use some or all of them
to complete the sentences. More than one answer may be possible.
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This book (1) to me. <> I (2) you’re right. <> His father
(3) a chain of hotels. <> I (4) a drink of water. <> I (5)
his face, but not his name. <> (6) you (7) this music? <> I
(8) how old she is. <> She says she (9) to see Fred. <>
Money doesn’t (10) to me. <> “Beer? I (11) water.” <> That
bottle (12) petrol.
Task 4. Choose the correct form (simple present or present progressive).
1).
I (have) a great time. 2). She (have) plenty of money just now. 3). She
(appear) to have a problem. 4). He (appear) at the Fortune Theatre next
week. 5). Why (you look) at me like that? 6). It (look) as if it’s
going to rain. 7). I (see) the manager this afternoon. 8). I (see) what
you’re trying to say. 9). I (think) you’re right. 10). What (you think)
about? 11). I (feel) very tired today. 12). I (feel) she’s making a
mistake.
Task 5. Revision of present tenses → put in the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
1).
Vegetarians are people who (don’t eat, are not eating) meat. 2). Look
out, my husband (comes, is coming). 3). What (happens, is happening) in
golf if you lose the ball? 4). I (play, ‘m playing) tennis every
weekend. 5). “What (are you looking, do you look) at.” “A strange bird”.
6). Some people still think the sun (goes, is going) round the earth.
7). An alcoholic is a person who (drinks, is drinking) too much and
can’t stop. 8). Who (sits, ‘s sitting) in my chair? 9). I (stay, ‘m
staying) with John for a few weeks until my flat’s ready. 10). We
(usually stay, ‘re usually staying) with Peggy when we go to Chicago.
11). Can you explain why water always (run, is running) downhill? 12).
What (do you do, are you doing) with my coat? 13). Nobody (gets, is
getting) up early for fun. 14). Not many passenger planes (fly, are
flying) faster that sound.
Task 6. Revision of present tenses → math the questions and answers.
1).
What do you do? 2). What are you doing? 3). Where do you work? 4).
Where are you working? 5). Does your son play the violin? 6). Is your
son playing the violin? 7). What language does she speak? 8). What
language is she speaking? 9). Who drinks champagne? 10). Who’s drinking
champagne?
a). Actually, that’s the radio. b). French – she’s from
Belgium. c). I want to get this car started. d). I’m an architect. e).
I’m in Cardiff this week. f). In a big insurance company. g). it sounds
like Russian. h). Me – can I have some more? i). Me, when I can afford
it. j). No, the piano.
Task 7. Revision of present tenses → put in the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
1).
I (think) he’s away. 2). You (know) what I (mean). 3). She (always
complain). 4). We (always start) at nine. 5). I (think) about your
father. 6). While the butter (melt), you (take) three eggs and (break)
them into a bowl. 7). Scientists (believe) the weather (change). 8). I
(not see) what the problem is. 9). Why (you look) at the like that?
<span>Canada is situated on the north of Northern America, washed by the
Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west, and the
Arctic Ocean in the north and in the northeast by the Baffin Bay and the
Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland, In the south and in the
north Canada borders on the USA. It is a land of vast distances and
rich natural resources. Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867
while retaining ties to the British crown. Canada's territory is the
world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia. It
includes many islands, notably the Canadian Arctic Islands, also called
Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Economically and technologically
the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbour to the
south. The total area is about 10 million sq km. Canada is slightly
larger than the US. It is an important manufacturer, and its major
cities, such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary
and Winnipeg are centres of commerce and industry.
The climate of
Canada varies from temperate in the south to subarctic and arctic in the
north. The highest Canadian point is Mount Logan 5,959 m. The
population of Canada is about 32 million people. There are two state
languages: English and French. English is spoken by 60 % of population;
French is spoken by 23 % of people.
Most of Canada's inhabitants live
in the southern part of the country and vast areas of the north are
sparsely inhabited. The country is divided into ten provinces (Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan) and three
territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, Nunavut Territory).
The third territory called Nunavut, to be carved from the present
Northwest Territories, was created in 1999.
The name Canada is derived from an Iroquoian term meaning «village».
Among
the great rivers of Canada there are the Saint Lawrence River, draining
the Great Lakes and emptying into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the
Ottawa and the Saguenay rivers, the principal affluents of the Saint
Lawrence River; the Saint John River, emptying into the Bay of Fundy.
The government type is confederation with parliamentary democracy. The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
Canada
became independent from the United Kingdom on July, 1, 1867. Legal
system is based on the English common law, except in Quebec, where civil
law system based on the French law prevails.
The racial and ethnic
makeup of the Canadian people is diversified. About 35 percent of the
population is composed of people of the British origin. People of the
French origin total about 25 percent of the population. The vast
majority of French-speaking Canadians reside in Quebec, where they make
up about three-fourths of the population; large numbers also live in
Ontario and New Brunswick.
French-speaking Canadians maintain their
language, culture, and traditions, and the federal government follows
the policy of a bilingual and bicultural nation. During the 1970s and
1980s the proportion of Asians among the Canadian population increased,
and today those who count their ancestry as wholly Asian make up 8 to 10
percent of the population. More than two-thirds of the Asian immigrants
live in Ontario or British Columbia. The remainder of the population is
composed of people of various ethnic groups, such as German, Italian,
Ukrainian, Netherlands Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek,
and Native American. Blacks have never constituteda major segment of the
Canadian population. Indigenous people make up nearly 2 percent of
Canada's inhabitants.
The largest religious community in Canada is
Roman Catholic. Nearly half of Canadians who are Roman Catholic live in
Quebec. Of the Protestant denominations in Canada the largest is the
United Church of Canada, followed by the Anglican Church of Canada.
Other important Protestant groups are the Baptist, Presbyterian and
Lutheran. Nearly 2 percent of the population are Orthodox. Muslim and
Jewish adherents each number about 1 percent. A substantial number of
Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs have been brought to the country in recent
years by immigration. Nearly 13 percent of Canadians claim no religion.</span>
Hello, I _am__1 Sally Brown. I
_am__2 David Miller’s sister. We _are__3 really a large family! This _is__4
_my__5 brother and _his__6 son Timothy. And this __is_7 Bob, _my__8 husband. Here
_are__9 _our_10 children: __our_11 daughters Vanessa and Sarah, and __her_12 son
Edward. Vanessa _is__13 _our__14 youngest, she _is__15 five, Sarah __is_16 the
eldest, she _is__17 eleven.
And this _is__18 __our_19 father Albert and
Jenny, __his_20 second wife. She _is__21 __our_22 stepmother. __Our_23 mother died
when we were still in school. Oh, at the head of the table _is__24 _our__25
grandmother Emily.