- •The natural world, weather
- •Предисловие
- •Тематика коммуникативных модулей
- •Желаем Вам больших успехов!
- •Contents
- •Module 9 the natural world, weather
- •2 Look at the pictures and match each animal to the name from the list.
- •6 Say if the sentences 1- 8 are True (t) or False (f) according to the text.
- •Wild animals should not be kept as pets!
- •11 Answer the questions below.
- •Passive Smoking and your Cat
- •20 Listen once again and check your answers.
- •21 Share your opinion about passive smoking and pets with a partner.
- •Snake seal chimpanzee camel deer elephant giraffe lemur bobcat tiger lion panda bear kangaroo rhino orangutan
- •Aggressive happy placid strong popular intelligent smelly timid deft brave funny careful
- •Lion parrot tiger pig whale giraffe gorilla cow zebra turtle alligator rhinoceros giant panda orangutan goat seal
- •33 Cross out an odd word from each line.
- •Feed internal warm conserve life communicate shallow recognize perform
- •38 Find the necessary information in activity 6 and complete the table.
- •39 Build up 10 questions according to the information in the table.
- •40 Make up a dialogue according to your roles and use the information from activity 3. Talk for 2 minutes.
- •44 Split into pairs and make up a dialogue using as many idioms as possible.
- •No Article
- •45 Compare the sentences:
- •46 Does the elephant have the same meaning in both sentences? Which refers to a particular animal and which to the species?
- •47 Complete the sentences with the wherever necessary.
- •The passive voice
- •Verbs with two objects have two possible passive structures.
- •48 Choose the best way a or b of continuing after each sentence 1-5.
- •49 You are going to read an article “How books are made”. Choose the best sentence a or b from each pair of sentences to build up a continuous text.
- •50 Make simple past passive negatives and questions.
- •51 Ask past questions with Who ……….By?
- •52 Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive tense, as in the example.
- •53 Imagine, that rich and famous, you return to your old home town after fifty years. A lot of things are different. Make sentences with present perfect passive, using words from the boxes.
- •54 Change the structure.
- •56 Here are some every day signs. Where can you meet them? Match the signs with the places.
- •Speaking
- •58 Make up a dialogue according to the situation and roles.
- •Virtual reality voyage
- •59 Work in pairs. You are going to discuss the topic “Animals should never be kept in captivity”. Follow the roles below. Talk for two minutes.
- •60 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation and your roles.
- •61 Read the tasks and text in the table below.
- •62 Use the notes and the words in the list to talk about rabbits as house pets. Use the words first, furthermore , also, moreover, on the other hand.
- •63 You have been asked to write an article for a magazine about whether rabbits are good house pets. Use the information from activity 61. Make a plan to write an article for giving your opinion.
- •1 Discuss in pairs if there is any difference between Climate and Weather.
- •2 Look at the pictures and say:
- •3 Look at the weather symbols given below and say what they mean. Answer the questions.
- •4 Before reading match the words 1-5 from the text to their definitions a-e .
- •The famous bbc weather symbols
- •7 You are going to read a text about weather prediction. Before reading answer the questions below.
- •8 Match the words 1-5 from the text to their definitions a-e to make sure you know them.
- •9 Read the text and fill the gaps 1- 4 with the most suitable missing sentences a-f. The first is given as an example(0) a. There is one extra option which you don’t need to use. Weather
- •10 Read the text once again and find information to answer the questions below..
- •Listening
- •11 You are going to listen to the weather report. Before listening look at the map. What words are you going to hear according to weather symbols?
- •12 Listen to the weather report and say which map a or b fits the report.
- •13 What do people feel about different weather? Listen to some people giving their opinions. Match the speakers 1- 6 to the phrases a-f.
- •14 What do you do when it’s cold and snowy? Listen to the song about winter weather. Fill the gaps 1-12 with the missing words. You nee to use only one word for each gap.
- •20 This is the bbc weather forecast for Africa and West Europe. Look at the symbols. What do they mean? Use the words from the vocabulary box.
- •Africa West Europe
- •21 Split into small groups of 3 or 4. Write a short story using as much weather vocabulary as possible.
- •Weather not clear to hand-draw international wax graphic virtual to provide color
- •24 Cross out an odd word.
- •Common social changeable folk latitudes violent prediction adventurous
- •27 Form new words from given in the right column.
- •28 Fill the gaps with the prepositions.
- •May and might for possibility.
- •Negative form
- •Remember! We use will or won’t to make predictions It’ll be dry and sunny tomorrow over the whole country. There won’t be much wind
- •29 Read “When’s the best time to visit your country?”. Is your country mentioned?
- •30 Speak about the best time for visiting your country.
- •31 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation.
- •32 Choose the correct form from the verbs in bold.
- •33 Match the beginnings in column a with the endings in column b to makefull and correct sentences. The first is given for you.
- •36 Study the difference in the meanings of the verbs given in the table below.
- •37 Open the brackets. Ing-form or infinitive?
- •Gerund as prepositional subject
- •41 Complete the sentences with -ing form or infinitive of the verbs in brackets.
- •42 Build up correct sentences from the words as in the example. Be attentive with –ing -forms and to-infinitive constructions.
- •43 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: infinitive or –ing ? The first is given for you.
- •44 Fill in the prepositions.
- •45 Match the verbs in bold in the sentences 1-2 with the definitions a- h.
- •S peaking
- •Picture a Picture b
- •5 Read the text and find answers to the questions below. Be ready to discuss them in class with other students.
- •Natural Disasters
- •6 Complete the sentences 1- 5 with the most suitable ending a, b or c.
- •7 You are going to read the text about climate changings and the causes. Before reading answer the questions below.
- •8 Match the words 1-5 from the text to their definitions a-e to make sure that you know them.
- •What is going on?
- •10 Say if the sentences 1-10 are true or false according to the text.
- •11 Listen to the report about volcanic eruption and for questions 1- 5 below choose the best answer a, b, c or d.
- •12 Put the sentences into the correct chronological order. Compare with other students. Then listen and check.
- •13 Fill the correct word from the box below. Use the words only once.
- •14 Listen once again and answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary and grammar
- •15 Match the words from the list to the definitions. Consult with a dictionary if it is necessary.
- •16 Match the words from the box to their definitions and write them.
- •18 Fill the gaps with one word only from the list to build up the collocations.
- •19 Match the antonyms.
- •20 Fill the gaps with one word only from the box.
- •21 Find two words in each sentence that stand in the wrong places. Underline the words, then rewrite the sentences again. The first is given for you.
- •22 Choose the correct item a, b or c and fill in the gaps 1-6.
- •24 Fill the gaps with the words 1- 4 from activity 22.
- •25 Form adjectives according to the model and translate them.
- •26 Form adjectives according to the model.
- •Regretful or regrettable? Where is the difference?
- •27 Fill the missing words: regretful or regrettable.
- •28 Form new words from the ones given in brackets and then fill them in the sentences below. The first is given for you.
- •It needs doing means It needs to be done
- •29 Make up one sentence from the two given using a gerund or gerund construction. The first is given for you.
- •30 Paraphrase the sentences below using the gerund. Point out the sentences where the gerund refers to an earlier action. The first is given for you.
- •31 Open the brackets in the sentences 1-7 using the correct forms of gerund.
- •32 Paraphrase the sentences 1-10 below using the gerund. The first is done for you.
- •33 Open the brackets in the sentences below using the gerund.
- •34 Complete the sentences 1-10 below with the gerund as subject. You should use your own variants. The first is given for you.
- •35 Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. The beginning of each sentence is given. The first is done for you.
- •36 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation and roles. Talk for two minutes.
- •37 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation and roles. Talk for two minutes.
- •Effects of climate change
- •The dissapearing rainforest
- •6 Say if the sentences 1- 6 are true or false according to the text.
- •7 Share your ideas with a partner if the problem of forests destruction is actual for your country or not.
- •8 You are going to read a text about animals extinction. Look at the pictures and name the animals in these pictures.
- •9 Before reading discuss the questions below with a partner.
- •10 Match the words 1-5 from the text to the definitions a- e.
- •11 Read the text. Find answers to the questions in activity 9. Compare them with yours. Extinction is forever
- •12 Say if the sentences 1- 5 correspond to the information in the text.
- •13 What actions can ordinary people do to protect the environment?
- •14 Listen to the text about problems of our planet. Before listening match the words 1-5 to the definitions a-e to make sure you know them.
- •15 Listen to the text and complete the missing information in the table.
- •16 Say if the sentences are True or False according to the text. Put a tick in the right column.
- •18 You are going to listen to some people’s opinions about building a big oil refinery in a small fishing town. Before listening read the information about Dolwyn Bay.
- •25 Watch the episode once again. Choose one word from two in bold to make the sentences correct. Then watch the episode and check your answers.
- •26 Label the pictures using the words from the list.
- •27 Watch the episode once again and say if the sentences are true or false.
- •28 Make notes under the headings below. Think for a minute and tell the class what we can do to save water.
- •Vocabulary and grammar
- •29 Match the animals with the words as in the example. Use a dictionary if it is necessary.
- •30 Find in the text The disappearing forest the words, defined below.
- •31 Fill the gaps with a suitable word from the box.
- •Habitat threatening prevent consumption produce extinct instincts captured forested poachers
- •33 Fill the gaps with the most suitable word to your mind.
- •34 Fill the gaps with the words from the box. Use each word once only.
- •35 Cross out an odd word.
- •Fill in the correct simile from the box in the sentences 1- 6 below.
- •37 Split in pairs and make up a dialogue with similes from activity 36. Talk for two minutes Clauses of purposes
- •38 Read the following sentences. How are the clauses of purpose introduced?
- •39 Now join the sentences using to or so that.
- •42 Choose the best ending 1-10 for each sentence a- j.
- •43 Form new words from the ones given in the right column.
- •Rewrite each sentence beginning and ending as shown in the first sentence.
- •45 Rewrite each sentence with a passive verb, and so that the names of people are not mentioned. The first is done for you.
- •46 Complete each sentence1-10 with a passive verb. The first is done for you.
- •47 Put the sentences into the Passive Voice where possible.
- •48 Put the verbs in brackets into Past indefinite or Past Continuous Passive following the examplel.
- •49 Rewrite the following sentences in the passive. Do not mention the subjects of the active verbs. The example is done for you.
- •50 Put the verbs into the correct form : to-infinitive or ing-form.
- •51 Fill in the prepositions.
- •52 You and your partner want to get involved with an environmental group to protect natural environment in your town and around. Discuss with your partner questions below. Talk for 2 minutes.
- •53 Look at the pictures. Compare and contrast them. Work with a partner.
- •54 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation and roles. Talk for two minutes.
- •55 Work in pairs. Read the following information.
- •Video class
- •1 You are going to watch an episode about elephant exhibition “Nature’s Great Masterpiece”. Before watching discuss the points with other students.
- •2 Suggest your own answers to the questions below. Then watch the episode and compare you suggestions.
- •4 Watch the video and check you answers to the questions in activity 2.
- •5 Watch once again the section with the news reporter Harriet Ryley. Choose one word from two in bold to make the sentences correct.
- •6 Watch the section with Jane Pickering, Assistant Curator, and fill the gaps with necessary words.
- •Elephants
- •11 Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue according to the situation and roles.
32 Paraphrase the sentences 1-10 below using the gerund. The first is done for you.
1 The carpet needs to be cleaned. The carpet needs cleaning. 2 The room needs to be brightened up a bit. 3 The wine needs to be cooled in the fridge. 4 I think these potatoes need to be cooked a little longer. 5 We all agree that the wildlife needs to be protected. 6 The plants need to be watered. 7 The children need to be collected at 4 o’clock. 8 Two points of this report need to be discussed. 9 His hair needs to be cut. 10 there are a lot of things to be done before we go on holiday.
33 Open the brackets in the sentences below using the gerund.
1 Niagara Falls is worth (to see). It is the most beautiful place in the world. 2 there is a lot of advice in the book on baby care. Most of it is worth (to take). 3 The car is worth (to repair). 4 That tennis racket was not worth (to buy). It broke the first time I used it. 5 Bob is not worth (to help). He always work independently. 6 The exhibition is not worth (to visit). 7 The book is well worth (to read) if you are going to take the exam. 8 this film is worth (to see) for the costumes alone: they are superb.
34 Complete the sentences 1-10 below with the gerund as subject. You should use your own variants. The first is given for you.
1 __________was extremely difficult. Working full-time was extremely difficult. 2 __________will improve my chances to get this job. 3 __________ was one of her greatest drawbacks. 4 __________ is not my idea. 5 __________ was very tiring. 6 __________ is intellectually stimulating. 7 __________ takes a lot of time. 8 __________is hardly worth trying. 9 __________ can be very interesting. 10 _________ not so difficult as you think.