Text 1.

                                                  25 Station Road

                                              Los Angeles, California,                                                    

                                               90023 June 23, 1993

        Dear Maria,

         I'm sorry I haven't written so long. I was very busy last month but now school is over and I can write a letter to you. Things are going well for me. I'm learning a lot in my French class and I feel better about speaking French now. Last night I think I even spoke French when I was sleeping! But I still have some problems {'problamz], you know.

        In your last letter you asked me to write a few words about my hobbies. Well, I'm fond of reading. I've got a very good col­lection of books at home and I'm really proud of it. I can't say my collection is thematic. I've got different books: fiction and historical novels. I've got many books about animals and birds. I also have books which can tell you about different countries and lands. I think many people can say that their hobby is reading and I am sure it is easy to'explain why. We learn when we read books.

      Whatever you do, wherever you go, you'll always need a true friend and a good teacher. This friend and the teacher for you is the book. I've already read many books. Some of them are very interesting indeed; some are boring. Some of them are easy to read, and some are difficult to understand. But I usually read all of them up to the end. As I have already said my collection of books at home is good, but I often go to the library and take books to read there. My favourite books are about animals.

Now I really think I'm finishing. Sorry for such a long letter!

                                                  Remember me to your parents.

                                                                      Love, Helen

1. This letter is from Maria.
2. This letter is about hobbies.
3. Helen is learning English.
4. Helen has written a short letter to Maria.
5. She has got her school holidays now.
6. She enjoys reading books.
7. Helen has no fiction in her library at home.
8. Books can’t teach people anything.
9. Helen likes to read books about travelling.
10. Helen reads all books up to the end.
11. She doesn’t go to the library.
12. Book is a friend and a teacher for you.

  Text 2.

                                            

                                                                         20^th  September

Dear Pedro,

        Thank you for your (1)………... You’re a very good pen friend! And thanks for the photo  (2)……..your friends. Rosita is very (3)……..l

        Here’s a photo of Vicki, Kim, Rob and me. Kim’s a new girl in our class. She’s from (4)………. But her mother is from Scotland and her father is from Wales. A lot of Londoners have got parents from other parts of Great Britain and from other countries. Rob’s dad is Italian and Rob often visits his (5)….. in Italy. Lucky him!

        Do you remember Jenny? Well, Jenny doesn’t go to our (6)….now. She’s in Australia! Her dad’s got a new job in Melbourne. She doesn’t write letters to us – she sends (7)…….. to my parents’ computer!

        Do you like your town? What do you do there? London’s great! It’s got a (8)……….. zoo and lots of amazing (9)…….. and parks. You can do lots of things here. I usually go to a (10)……….. match on Saturday afternoons. Rob plays for the school football team. He’s brilliant!

       My friends and I sometimes (11)…….. to the ice rink or the cinema and every Wednesday we go to an indoor swimming pool. Vicki’s a fantastic swimmer. Kim doesn’t like swimming under water and I don’t like diving. I always do a belly flop!

        Please send some (12)………. Of Mexico City.

                                                                                      Your friend, Mark

           Photos                                     Grandparents

            Fantastic                                  Emails

            Letter                                       Museums

           Of                                            Pretty

           School                                     Football

           Go                                           London

Text 3.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND

      In Britain children start school when they are five years old. They go to the primary school. Schools in England have names, not numbers. They often get names after the places where they are (Green Hill School) or after some famous people (St. Mary's School).

      Most schools start at about 9 o'clock and finish about 3:30. Children don't go to school on Saturdays or Sundays.

Pupils sit in rows in their classroom and follow a regular  timetable. Their subjects are: English, Maths, History, Nature Study, Geography, Art, Music. Swimming, PT and Religion  are on the timetable, too.

     Children spend a lot of time outdoors. They visit different museums and other interesting places. Sometimes their teachers take them to London and other big cities. They walk and play a lot.

     In many schools pupils wear a school uniform. Pupils in British schools usually call teachers 'Miss' if, they are women, and 'Sir' if they are men.

True or false?

1. British children usually start school at the age of five.
2. School get names after the places or famous people.
3. School start at about 8.30
4. Children go to school five days a week.
5. They don’t study Religion or Geography at the primary school.
6. They always visit interesting places.
7. British schoolchildren don’t wear a school uniform.
8. They walk and play a lot outdoors.

Text 4.

TRAVELLING

1.      I like travelling by sea. It is really great to breathe the sea air, to watch the fish swimming in the water. The passengers live in comfortable rooms. They have their breakfasts, lunches and dinners in a restaurant on the ship. There is a pool on board the ship, too. The passengers may swim in it ad sunbathe I the sun. it is the best and the most comfortable way to travel from one continent to another.

                                                         Alice

2.      I like my bike best of all. I can ride to any place in the city I want. I don’t need any money to ride my bike. When I ride it I ca stop in any place. I can feel the wind blowing to my face. The only problem is that I can’t ride my bike I winter. It’s very cold.

                                                      Tom

A.    True   or    False?

  1.Alice doesn’t like to watch fish in the water.

  2. Passengers of ships live in rooms.

  3. Sometimes there are pools on ships.

  4. Passengers may walk o board the ship.

  5. You can travel from one continent to another by sea.

  6. Travelling by bike is the cheapest.

  7. You can ride and stop your bike where you want.

  8. You can travel by bike in winter.

B.   Agree  or disagree.

1. Travelling is very popular nowadays.

2. The fastest way of travelling is by train.

3. Travelling by plane is slower than by train.

4. Travelling by car is the best.

5. Trains are more comfortable than buses.

6. Train journeys are more interesting than ship voyages.

7. Travelling is the best way to study nature.

Text 5.

Travelling

       Most people like travelling. People can travel by plane, by train, by car and even on foot! It’s very interesting to visit new places in foreign countries, try tasty and unusual food and take many beautiful photos.

   I like travelling very much. Every summer my parents and I go to some interesting city or foreign country. Sometimes we travel by plane but I like travelling by train more because we can see many nice towns and cities from the window. My parents like visiting museums and picture galleries and I like going to the amusement parks. We usually take a lot of pictures and buy souvenirs in the places which we visit.

Choose the right answer.

1. Many people like___________________ .

  a) visit            b) travelling         c) travel              d) train

2. People usually travel________plane or______train.

  a) on              b) in                     c) at                    d) by

3. When we travel, we usually _________new places.

  a) come         b) visit                 c) take                 d) like

4. I like to try tasty____________in foreign countries.

  a) flat             b) foot                 c) food                d) fat

5. We usually____________beautiful photos.

  a) take           b) buy                 c) draw               d) visit.

6. My parents and I________to some interesting city.

  a) visit           b) take                 c) go                   d) have.

7. My parents like visiting______________.

  a) museums    b) mountain       c) picture             d) parks

8. I often visit__________________.

   a) museums    b) mountain       c) picture             d) parks

9. We usually____________souvenirs in the palces which we visit.

    a) by               b) buy              c) like                  d) bye

10. I like to spend my holidays in________countries.

   a) travelling     b) tasty          c) foreign           d) celebrate.

Read and complete the sentences. Use the words:

                     Travel, slower, could, read, dining-car, fields, summer.

     Trvelling by train is_________than by plane. But Mary likes to____by train. She went to her grandmother by train last______. Her train was comfortable with a________. She__see beautiful______ and forests through the window and ____books.

Read, complete and write the text. Use the words:

    family, hour, had, car, London, railway.

   Last Friday Tony and his_____had a trip to Brighton. Brighton is a nice place near____. It is easy to get there by car or by ________. Tony’s family hasn’t got a _______ . They got to the________station by bus ad travelled to Brighton by train. It took them about an____ to get there. The family____a wonderful time  in  Brighton.

Text 6.

                                                  September 27^th, 2005

Dear Oscar,

      I would like to tell you about my school. It is very big. There is a small playground ad a large yard in front of the school building. There is a school history museum o the first floor.

     We have got many classrooms. There is also a big assembly hall, a ice gymnasium and a good library in our school. Many pupils take the books they need there.  We leave our coats in the cloakroom and have lunch in the school canteen. The Headmaster’s Office and the Staff Room are on the second floor. The Nurse’s Room is on the first floor.

      We have got the Computer Study, the Arts and the Crafts Room, the Music Room, some English Studies and specialized rooms where we learn different school subjects. The classrooms are comfortable and always clean.

        School life is so interesting!

        Write me soon.

                                               Best wishes,

                                                             Steve.

1.      Steve tells us about his lifetime.

2.      He studies at the university.

3.      Steve’s school is I the country.

4.      There is a large playground in front of the school building.

5.      There are some specialized classrooms in Steve’s school.

6.      There is a good library in Steve’s school.

7.      They leave their clothes in the school canteen.

8.      The pupils take books they need at the cloakroom.

9.      The boy enjoys his school life.

10We can find a history museum in Steve’s school.

Text 7.

WEATHER

Rain, coat, fun, sun, weather, like, white, sunny, day,

 stay, snow, wet, lovely, hot, wear, warm, umbrella.

The…………………….behaves in different ways

It can change from day to ……………………..

…………….. and …… ………and sunshine, too

What’s the weather ………………. with you?

On rainy days we all get …………………….

Take your   ….. ………………– don’t forget!

Wear a …… ……………..to keep you dry

Or if you can, just ……………….. inside

On snowy days the world is ………………….

It really is a ….. ………………..sight

Put on …. ……………clothes, then off you go

Have  ……………….. playing in the snow

On sunny days, the weather’s …………………

So ………………. the coolest clothes you’ve got

Play outside and enjoy the ……………………………

…… ……………………………days are lots of fun.

Text 8.

Read the article about Brian’s weather conditions and mark the sentences as   True or False.

   Britain has quite a cold climate. The weather there is often rainy and cloudy.

   It usually snows in winter and it is very cold and wet. It rains a lot and it sometimes snows. The sun doesn’t shine very much in winter. The sky is grey and cloudy most of the time. In autumn, it is often quite windy and the leaves fall from the trees. Spring isn’t very warm and it rains a lot. Summer is usually warm and sunny, but sometimes it is cloudy and rainy. Summer is the hottest season in Great Britain.

   In autumn the days become cooler and wetter than they are I summer. The sky is often grey and cloudy. It is often windy, too. It doesn’t snow in autumn, but it rains a lot.

  You never know what  weather to expect in Britain. But one thing is certain – you always need to carry an umbrella with you, just in case it rains.

1. Britain has a warm climate.
2. It usually snows in winter.
3. It is often warm in autumn.
4. It rains a lot in spring.
5. It is usually warm in summer.
6. It is much rain in autumn.
7. The days can be rainy in any season of the year.
8. You always know what weather to expect in Britain.

1. Read and speak about what children do after dinner at Henry’s school.

Text 9.

Henry White tells us about his school

        I go to school in Greentown, a small town near London, where I live.
School begins at 9 o'clock in the morning. We have four lessons in the morning. 
At 12 o'clock we have a break of an hour¹ and a half for dinner. Children who live not far from school go home for their dinner. But some have dinner at school. They eat in the school canteen.

After we come back to school at half past one we have three lessons in the afternoon. During the breaks we play or walk on the playground.

School finishes at ten minutes past four. Some children school after lessons for clubs: music, drawing and others. One afternoon a week is for sports only. We usually go to a park for sports. We have no school on Saturday morning.

All schools in England have got good classrooms. They have a gymnasium for PT lessons, an Assembly Hall for school parties, a comfortable canteen and a school playground.

1            When we are on duty we clean the blackboard, dust the desks, sweep the floor of the classroom, water the flowers. Some of us help people who live near our school. Others look after small school­children.

1      1) Henry lives… 

1         a) in the big city; b) in London;   c) near London.

1      2) They have got… lessons in the morning.

1         a) four;                 b) three;        c) five.

2     3) Children…have dinner in the school canteen.

2        a) never;              b) sometimes;   c) always.

2     4) They have…..lessons after dinner.

2       a) five;                b) three;              c) four.

2     5) Some children stay at school after lessons for….

2       a) playing           b) walks;           c) clubs.

2     6) ….English schools have got a gym or an Assembly Hall.

2       a) All                    b) Some;          c) Not all

2     7) Pupils on duty usually……the floor.

2      a) polish;             b) dust              c) sweep.

3    8) Some of the schoolchildren help people, who live…

3     a) London;          b) near their school;    c) far from their school.

Text 10.

Read the letter.

             Dear John,

How are you? Thank you for your letter. You want to know about school in England.

  My school is open all day. It starts at nine o'clock when we all come together in the school hall for Assembly. At Registration our Form Teacher makes sure that everyone is there. We have Morning Registration at 9:15 and Afternoon Registration at 2 o'clock. We don’t get much homework.  We usually get homework in two subjects a day. We have real tests at the end of the school year, in June. But our parents often go to school to see our work. Sometimes we have exhibitions of the pupil’s art or project work. Our school has a school choir and an orchestra and we hold concerts. Plays at the end of the school year are very popular, too. Some of the parents help the teachers with their activities.

I'm in the school swimming team. There are competitions in all the other sports, too. Tomorrow is our school National Festival, and today all the kids at my school prepare for it. The school orchestra practises three times a week. They sing folk songs. In my classroom some kids make posters. So, we are having a real busy day today. Are things very  different at your school ?

      Bye for now!

                           Bob

        True or false?

    a) Bob wants to know about school in England.

b)  Bob's school starts at 9:15.

c)  Afternoon Registration is at  2:00.

d)  Parents never come to school.

e)  The school has got a school choir and an orchestra.

f)   Bob is in school football team.

    g)The pupils are preparing for the National Festival.

    h)The pupils in Bob's classroom make Easter eggs.