24 Complete the sentences with question tags.
You like music of the 70s, __________?
You enjoyed celebrating your sister’s wedding, __________?
Let’s go out tonight, __________?
This isn’t very interesting, __________?
I’m too impatient, __________?
You wouldn’t tell anyone, __________?
Listen, __________?
I shouldn’t have lost my temper, __________?
Don’t drop that vase, __________?
He’d never met her before, _________?
Writing
25 You have decided to enter a short story competition. The competition rules say that the story must begin or end with the words:
It was the most exciting and unusual wedding party I’ve visited.
Write approximately 180-200 words in an appropriate style.
TIP STRIP
Useful language
Start of the story
At first, …
In the beginning, …
The first thing that happened was …
Sequencing events in the story
Then, …
(Minutes) later, …
After some time, …
After that, …
Things that happened fast/slowly
Suddenly, …
All at once …
Gradually, …
Slowly, …
The end of the story
In the end, …
Eventually, …
At last, …
Don’t forget to use a range of time phrases to sequence events in the story; try to make your story interesting/exciting; choose vivid, colourful words rather than very simple vocabulary. You can end on a moment of suspense and let your reader imagine what happens next. Alternatively, you can show how a problem was resolved.
Here is the sample of a story.
Tom woke up when he heard voices. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 11 p.m. Yawning, he looked out at the window, expecting to see his parents arriving home.
But there was no car outside. Deciding he must have imagined the noise, Tom went back to the book he had been reading. As he turned the page, he heard the noise again. This time however, it was louder. It sounded like a window breaking. He turned and looked at the living room door. The handle was turning!
What should he do? “Keep cool!” he told himself. “Think!” Quick as a flash, he jumped behind the curtains just as two men entered the room. Were they kidnappers? Had they come to burgle the house? Whatever they had come for, Tom was not going to let them succeed.
The telephone was just next to the window. Holding his breath, Tom crept towards it. The men were busy. Nobody would hear him. He was nearly there when, suddenly, the phone rang. Tom froze in horror. “My parents must be calling me”, Tom thought. “What am I going to do now?”
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СELEBRATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD
Reading
1 Read the text and questions below. For each question, choose the correct answer – a, b, c or d.
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honoured by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington. The president of the Chicago branch of the Lions' Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father's Day with his organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closest date to Meek's own birthday!
Regardless of when the first true Father's Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young, and he had raised six children without their mother. In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her father's birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June, 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
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hildren
made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an
annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of
this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge
made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations
between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the
full measure of their obligations."
Since then, fathers had been honoured and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June. When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are whimsical so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.
Father’s Day is a special Day in:
A winter |
B spring |
C summer |
D fall |
Mrs. Dodd’s father was a veteran of the:
A American Civil War |
B Vietnam War |
C Napoleonic War |
D World War II |
Father’s Day became a national holiday in:
A 1908 |
B 1909 |
C 1916 |
D 1924 |
Choose the statement which is not true:
A On this Day, fathers get cards.
B On this Day, fathers are presented with gifts.
C On this Day, fathers don’t go to work.
D On this Day, fathers are taken out for dinners.
It’s a tradition to present fathers with:
A sentimental cards.
B colourful cards.
C expensive cards.
D funny cards.
2 You are going to read an article about carnival. Choose the most suitable headings from the list (A-H) for each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
A Part of the costume used to be worn to prevent recognition.
B The length of the Carnival period is not the same in all countries.
C The wearing of a costume is compulsory during the parade.
D Entrance to some parts of the Carnival is restricted.
E Carnival here grew from very small beginnings.
F Some of the Carnival traditions have not become quite so popular everywhere.
G Participants work together to win a contest.
H The tradition of Carnival has been adopted all over the world.