Glossary

ENGLISH	RUSSIAN	KAZAKH
couple ['kʌpl]	пара	жұп
half brother [ha:f 'brʌðə]	сводный брат	әкесі бір, шешесі басқа ағайындар
single parent ['sıŋgl]	одинокие родители	жалғызбасты ата-ана
stepmother ['stepˌmʌðə]	мачеха	өгей шеше
an only child [æn 'əunlı tʃaıld]	единственный ребенок	жалғыз бала
independent [ˏındı'pendənt]	независимый	тәуелсіз
jealous ['dʒeləs]	ревнивый	қызғаншақ
reliable [rı'laıəbl]	надежный	сенімді
selfish ['selfıʃ]	эгоистичный	өзімшіл
moody ['mu:dı]	капризный	қыңыр
SIW № 1 Exercise 1,2,3; p.146 [1]

SIW № 2

Match the questions in list A to their answers in list B.

A B

1 What is it like living here? a I like westerns and thrillers.

2 what is your father like? b I enjoy going for long walks and

3 What does he look like? going out in the evening with my friends.

4 What does your house / flat look like? c He is a bit taller than me and he’s got darker hair.

5 What would you like to do in the future? d I’d love to go to the USA.

6 What do you like doing in your free time? e I’d like to study computer programming.

7 What were you like as a child? f It’s quite boring for young people – there’s

8 What kind of films do you like? nothing to do in the evening.

9 What country would you most like to visit? g I was very naughty and always got told off

by the teachers.

h It’s quite modern and is painted white.

i He’s very quiet and very intelligent.

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

Additional:

3. John and Liz Soars «New Headway”. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2010

4. John and Liz Soars «New Headway”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press, 2010

5. Audio discs of “New English File” for Intermediate level, Disc-1.

6. R.Murphy. “Essential grammar”. Second edition. Intermediate level. Cambridge University Press. 2010

Hand out № 62

Discipline: English as a foreign language Сredits: 2

Intermediate level Practical lesson

Lexical theme: Changing your life

Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous

Teacher: assistant professor: Nussipaliyev N. S.

What vocabulary do you associate with birth, marriage and death? Write a list of words for each group of picture.

Complete with a verb from the list in the present perfect continuous.

bark cry do eat play shop not sleep watch

A Your sister’s lost a lot of weight!

B Yes. She’s been eating a lot less recently.

A Your eyes are red.___________ you __________?

B Yes. I ______________ a sad film.

A It’s very late. Why aren’t you in bed?

B I can’t sleep. That dog _____________ for the last to hours.

A You look tired.

B I know. I ____________ well recently.

A Wow! You bought a lot of things!

B Yes, we __________ all day.

A You look hot! What _________ you__________?

B I ____________ in the garden with the children.

● We use the Present perfect continuous to talk about recent activities. It answers the question ‘How have you been spending your time?’: I’ve been writing letters. I haven’t been working very hard. ● Like the present perfect simple, this tense cannot be used with past time expressions, but we can use it with expressions such us recently, this week, over the last few days: I’ve She’s been working hard I’ve been writing a lot of letters recently. I haven’t been working very hard this week. ● Forms of the present perfect continuous : Have you Has she been working hard? Present perfect continuous and simple tenses Present perfect continuous and simple tenses are often used together. We use the continuous form to talk about activities, and the simple form to talk about individual actions: I’ve been getting ready for my trip. I’ve packed my case, I’ve collected my tickets I’ve changed some money. I’ve been writing an essay. I’ve written it in rough but I haven’t typed it out yet.

Exercise 1 You’re going to read an article about two people whose lives were changed by a holiday. Work in pairs. “A” read about Victoria, “B” about Sally.

Exercise 2 In pairs, take turns to tell each other about the two women. Answer these questions.

1. What is she doing now?

2. What was she doing before?

3. What made her change her life?

4. How does she feel now?

Exercise 3 In pairs, try to guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Then match them with their definitions below.

First text

1 of little importance _________________

2 crazy _________________

3 a person who looks after animals (e.g. in a zoo) _________________

4 animals like large monkeys _________________

5 not looked after well _________________

Second text

6 the London underground _________________

7 vary tasty _________________

8 asked for (in writing) _________________

9 burning brightly _________________

10 very small _________________

Exercise 5 Read these texts. What do you think the people’s jobs are?

What is the difference between the Present perfect simple (I’ve done) and the Present perfect continuous (I’ve been doing)

Holidays can be good for your health. You lie on a beach and relax, and tensions disappear. But sometimes a holiday can change your life completely, which was what happened two years ago to Victoria Smith and sally Gook.

Victoria Smith, six years ago, was working as a manager at Next, a British chain store. Then she went on holiday to Borneo…

“It was a working holiday”, said Victoria, ‘where you could study orangutans in the wild – I have always been interested in apes, so I thought it would be fun. The holiday was wonderful, and when Victoria came home she found it very difficult to return to her old life. ‘Suddenly the problems in the store just seemed so trivial.’ Although everybody told her she was mad, she decided to go back to university and study biology. For years later she became a chimpanzee keeper.

For the last two years Victoria has been working at Monkey World, a centre in south-west England which looks after apes which have been ill-treated. Many have been rescued from laboratories and circuses all over the world, she works long hours, and the pay isn’t very good but she loves it. ‘Apes are good family, each with their own personality.’

I’m really happy now. Since I started working here I feel that I’ve been doing something important, not just wasting my life.

Sally Gook wakes up every morning to a deep blue sky and blazing sun. For the last two years she has been living on the tiny Greek island of Lipsi, which is only 16 square kilometers in size and has a population of just 650.

But until a few years ago she lived in London. ‘I was working for American Express and I had a good social life and earned a lot of money. But I had to get up very early every morning, often in horrible weather, and get a train and the tube to work.

Then one day she and a friend decided they needed a relaxing holiday, and they came to Lipsi. ‘I loved it-people, the mountains, the sun, and the delicious food. Suddenly I knew there was a different life waiting for me here.’ A few months later she applied for a job at the travel company which had organized her holiday.

Since then she has been living on Lipsi and working as a tourist guide. Her boy friend, who is Greek, is a farmer. Sally said, ‘I’ve only been back to London once, and I can’t imagine ever living again.

Exercise 4 Whose life do you think has changed the most? Which of the two holidays would you choose?

Exercise 6 Work in pairs. Find out whether your partner has been doing any of these things recently.

going out a lot - spending a lot of money

working hard - watching TV a lot

going to bed late - travelling a lot

Example: A Have you been going out a lot recently?

B Yes, I have. I’ve been out four times this week.

No, I haven’t. I’ve been painting my flat.

No, I only went out once last week

Exercise 7 Look at the pictures. What do you think the people have (or haven’t) been doing?

Example: Picture A He’s been watching the late movie.

He hasn’t been sleeping well. He’s been working very hard.

Exercise 8 Read the conversations. What are the conversations about? Imagine what the people have or (haven’t) been doing?

1 A We’ve just got to do something. I mean she came home again after midnight last night.

B I know, she hasn’t looked at a book for weeks. She’s never going to pass her exam at this rate.

2 A I bet you’ll be glad to see them go, wont’ you?

B Yeah, it’s exhausting, I mean it’s nice to see them because they live so far away, but, well it ihard work.

3 A He’s so different. He used to be so shy and quit.

B I know it really is incredible. I think he’s changed since his divorce, don’t you?

Exercise 9. Listen to the texts and choose the best answer a, b, c, d [1, T 2.11, p. 27].

1. Kenny and I have been_________.

a) arguing

b) sending

c) talking

4. walking

2. He’s been sending _____ ________ to his ex-girlfriend again.

1. note book

2. text messages

3. copy book

4. face book

2. You’re going to feel _______ tonight.

1. awful

2. happy

3. terrible

4. furious

2. You look _________.

1. freezing

2. starving

3. enormous

4. exhausted

2. We’ve been walking all _______.

1. afternoon

2. night

4. morning

5. evening

Exercise 10 Retell the text.

Exercise 11 Write a dictation (7 sentences).

Exercise 12 Write a letter invitation to visit to your friend.

Dear Patrick,

I have just received your letter, and I hasten to answer. I think your idea of an exchange visit is excellent. We should be delighted to welcome your friends here this summer and to arrange an exchange with them for the next summer. Thank you very much for putting these suggestions to them as well. We are very glad that they agree to the proposal. I am sure we can make a success of it.

As to the details of the arrangements I will write to your friends directly.

Thank you very much for having taken the time to help us.

Kindest regards.

1. Choose the right variant. I'm exhausted! I ______ all day.

a) have working

b) have been working

c) has been working

d) were working

2. Choose the right variant. I _______ to the music for an hour.

a) listening

b) am listening

c) listened

d) have been listening

3. Choose the right variant. I don't believe it! Somebody ______ my chocolates. They are nearly all gone.

a) eaten

b) has been eaten

c) has been eating

d) was eaten

4. Choose the right word. Тоnу Russell has had his ______ mobile phone for only three months.

a) new “state of the art”

b) new “state of the work”

c) new “state of the impression”

d) new “state of culture”

English	Russian	Kazakh
disappear [ dιsə'pιə]	исчезать	жоғалу
apes [ eιp]	большая обезьяна	үлкен маймыл
trivial ['trvιəl]	незначительный	маңызды емес
circuses['sЗ:kəs]	цирк	цирк
tube [ t(j)u:b]	подземка	жер асты жолы
delicious[ dι'lιʃəs]	вкусный	дәмді
rescue ['reskju:]	спасать	құтқару