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Customer: By credit card. In a Restaurant. Waiter: Are you ready to order?. Customer:It was really fine. Could I have the bill, please?
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Customer: By credit card.
Shop assistant: That’s fine. Thank you.
In a Restaurant
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Customer: Yes, I’ll have a steak.
Waiter: And how would you like your steak? Rare, medium, well done?
Customer: Medium, please. And I’d like a vegetable salad and some mineral water.
Waiter: Still or sparkling?
Customer: S parkling, please.
Waiter: Fine. Would you like to see the dessert menu?
Customer: No, thanks, but I’ll have a coffee.
After lunch
Waiter: Well, how did you find the lunch?
Customer: It was really fine. Could I have the bill, please?
Waiter: Yes, sure.
2. Make up your own dialogues. Make wide use of the vocabulary.
WRITING PRACTICE
1. Write a short description of:
a) the supermarket closest to your block of flats;
b) your favourite shop.
2. Write a composition or an essay on of the following topics.
1. The Main Principles I Observe When I Shop for Food.
2. Men’s and Women’s Shopping Styles.
LESSON 7
EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
| Grammar practice: | 1. Participle I 2. The Present Continuous Tense |
| Reading and translation practice: | 1. Education in Russia |
| Conversation practice: | 1. Talking about Making a Career Choice 2. My Future Career |
Writing practice: 1. Essay
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
The Present Continuous Tense
(Настоящее длительное время)
The Present Continuous Tense употребляется для выражения:
· действий, происходящих в момент речи:
They are writing a grammar test now;
· временных ситуаций в настоящем;
She's looking for a job at the moment;
· изменяющихся ситуаций, тенденций:
Holidays abroad are becoming increasingly popular;
· запланированных действий в ближайшем будущем.
My parents are leaving for Prague tonight and I am seeing them off.
Наречия и фразы, характерные для употребления The Present Continuous Tense:
· now;
· at the moment;
· at present.
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Short Answers |
| I am working | I’m not working | AmI working? | Yes, I am; No, I’m not. |
| You are working | You aren’t working | Are you working? | Yes, you are; No, you aren’t. |
| He is working | He isn’tworking | Is he working? | Yes, he is; No, he isn’t. |
| She isworking | She isn’tworking | Is she working? | Yes, she is; No, she isn’t. |
| It is working | It isn’tworking | Is it working? | Yes, it is; No, it isn’t. |
| We are working | We aren’tworking | Are we working? | Yes, we are; No, we aren’t. |
| You are working | You aren’t working | Are you working? | Yes, you are; No, you aren’t. |
| They are working | They aren’tworking | Are they working? | Yes, they are; No, they aren’t. |
1. Write the Participle I of the verbs below.
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| 1) listen… 2) make … 3) learn … 4) teach … 5) plan … | 6) prepare … 7) get … 8) study … 9) receive … 10) pass … |
2. Make sentences. Use the Present Continuous Tense.
Example: It/not rain. – It isn`t raining.
1) They / not play very well today.
2) What / you study at the moment?
3) They / make a big mistake.
4) Your brother / work in London now?
5) She / talk to her father at the moment.
6) Why / you wear sunglasses? It / rain.
7) I / go on a picnic. Come along?
3. Give short answers to the questions.
Example: Is he sleeping? – No, he isn`t.
1) Are they listening to the lecturer? – Yes, …
2) Is Kate making copies? – Yes, …
3) Are you playing a computer game? – No, …
4) Is Mike doing exercise 5? – No, …
5) Are the students dancing in the hall? –No, …
6) Is Sheila having a break? – No, …
7) Are you preparing for a presentation? – Yes, …
4. Put the following sentences into the negative and interrogative. Give short answers.
Example:
She is reading a text-book.
She is not reading a text-book.
Is she reading a text-book? – Yes, she is. No, she isn`t.
1) She is drinking apple juice.
2) I am laying the table.
3) He is cleaning the carpet.
4) You are making sandwiches.
5) They are writing a poster.
6) We are arranging a surprise party.
5. Present Continuous vs Present Simple. Match the answers to the questions.
| Are you watching TV? | She works at the bank. |
| What are you doing? | At half past four. |
| Where is Jane going? | I`m going home. |
| Are they writing a letter? | No, he works in the afternoon. |
| Do you get up at ten? | She`s going home. |
| When does Joe go home? | No, I`m having dinner. |
| Does he work at night? | No, I get up at nine. |
| Where does his sister work? | No, they are sleeping. |
6. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1) In, park, the, he, riding, at, is, his, the, moment, bike.
2) He, evenings, on, often, Friday, goes out.
3) They, call, daughter, their, every, lives, in, Paris, who, weekend.
4) Never, watches, television, as, she, she, prefers, to read.
5) You, him, can't, now, see, because, is, he, working.
7. Choose the correct item.
1. I can`t hear you. I … a shower.
а) am having; b) have; c) has.
2. What`s the noise? What … in there?
a) do you do; b) are you doing; c) do you doing.
3. The River Danube … into the Black Sea.
a) is flowing; b) flows; c) flow.
4. Listen, Joe! Mary … to talk to you.
a) want; b) won’t; c) wants.
5. He … a bath every evening.
a) is having; b) has; c) have.
6. They are in the garden. They … tennis.
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a) are playing; b) is playing; c) play.
7. Hey! Where are you … this magazine? I … it!
a) taking…am reading; b) take… read; c) take…reads.
8. … coke? – No, it’s apple juice.
a) Do you drinking; b) Do you drink; c) Are you drinking.
9. I … you are mistaken.
a) think; b) thinking; c) am thinking.
10. Don’t ask Jane now, she … a headache.
a) has; b) is having; c) are having.
11. Philly, … the party?
a) do you enjoy; b) are you enjoy; c) are you enjoying.
12. He …, don’t distract him!
a) drive; b) is driving; c) does drive.
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