Card №17

LISTENING (7 min.)

Task 1. Listen to the text [T.17]- 2 min. and give T(true) and F(False) answers. (Time for preparation-1 min., time for answering- 1 min.) .

		True	False
1	I worked from 6.00 in the morning until 10.00 at night.
2	Sixteen hours in the cotton fields and I only earned $9 a day.
3	When I was sixteen I married Hubert.
4	Hubert came just before she was born.

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text (Time for preparation-2 min., time for answering-2 min.).

SPEAKING (10 min.)

Task 1. Discuss on the given situation. (Time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering- 2 min.). You have met your former classmate. Your classmate is asking you such questions like: How often do you do exercise? Do you do a marital art, e.g. karate, tai chi? How often do you meet your friends? Answer to his questions and discuss them. Example: - I do exercises every day. I do karate twice a week. ………………………… .

Task 2. Speak on the given topic “My daily routine”. (Time for preparation- 5 min., time for answering- 1 min.)

READING (9 min.)

Read the text (by yourself- 1 min., aloud- 2 min.).

Why did she stop acting?

From the age of three Shirley Temple Black worked very hard for 20^th Century Fox. “I acted in three or four movies every year. Fortunately I loved acting”. And the public liked her and her films. The films earned over $35 million.

She says “I didn’t go to school. I studied at the studio and my mother looked after me there”.

So why did she stop acting? When she was 12, she finally started school.

Task 1. Find the key words of the text (Time for preparation- 1 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

Task 2. Translate the 2^nd paragraph of the text (Time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

WRITING (14 min.)

Task 1. Write the sentences to the given situation. (20 words). (Time for preparation- 13 min., time for answering- 1 min.). You bought a flat with new furniture and would like to inform it to your sister who lives in other city. Describe your flat. Example: Dear Ann, last week we bought a flat with new furniture. There are 3 rooms in it. …

Card №18

LISTENING (7 min.)

Task 1. Listen to the text – [T 18]- 2 min. and give T(true) and F(False) answers. (Time for preparation-1 min., time for answering- 1 min.) .

№		True	False
1	Silvia wore dress but her friends wore jeans and a jacket
2	They went to a restaurant in Ipanema
3	At the restaurant they had beer and coconut water.
4	It was fantastic

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text (Time for preparation-2 min., time for answering-1 min.).

SPEAKING(10 min.)

Task 1. Discuss on the given situation. (Time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

You are going to travel to London, speak about the places which you want to see and why.

Task 2. Speak on the given topic “My last weekend” (Time for preparation- 5 min., time for answering- 1 min.)

READING (9 min.)

Read the text (by yourself- 1 min., aloud- 2 min.).