Підручник Англійська мова 5 клас (5-й рік навчання) - А.М. Несвіт - Генеза 2018 рік

Unit 5. Nature and Weather

Lesson 8. Grammar Revision

1. Listen and order the pictures. Then say what the weather is like and what season of the year it is.

1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____

2. Listen and complete the text with the words from the box given below. Say what makes the person so excited.

• early • wind • window • summer • sunny • morning • music • nature • the grass • different • orchestra • blue •

I don’t usually get up (1) … but it was all (2) … today. I woke up to the sounds of (3) … . The birds were singing like a big (4) … . I got out of bed and looked out of the (5) … . It was a beautiful (6) … . The day was (7) … and the sun rays touched the trees and (8) … . There was no (9) … . The sky had a shade of (10) … that you can see only in (11) … though it was spring.

What a lovely thing it is to admire (12) … in spring!

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.

1. Granny: «Ann, you … (should / to take) your umbrella with you. It … (to rain) in the afternoon.»

2. Jane … (already / to listen) to the weather forecast today.

3. It … (to snow) in December and January so you … (can / to go) skiing and snowboarding.

4. People usually … (to wear) sweaters and scarves when the weather … (to be) cold.

5. The holiday season … (already / to start) and there … (to be) many people on the beach.

6. «Look, Kim! It … (to snow). We can play snowballs.»

4. Write. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense.

The Fox and the Goat (An Aesop’s Fable) It (1) … (to be) a hot sunny day. A fox (2) … (to be) very thirsty. But he (3) … (can / not / to find) any water to drink. At last he (4) … (to run) up to an old well. The fox (5) … (to try) to get some water and (6) … (to fall) into the well. The water was not deep, and he (7) … (to begin) to drink at once. But when he (8) … (to try) to get out of the well, he couldn’t. Some time later, the fox (9) … (to hear) a noise. That was a goat who (10) … (to come) to the well.

The goat (11) … (to see) a fox and (12) … (to ask), «What are you doing down there?»

«Oh, I’m drinking the water,» (13) … (to say) the fox. «It’s so fresh. Come down here.»

The goat (14) … (to listen) to the fox, and jumped down. The fox then, (15) … (to climb) up the goat’s back and (16) … (to get) out of the well. Then he (17) … (to turn) round and (18) … (to go) away.

5. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. In / it / England / snowy / always / winter / cold / sometimes / and / in / it’s / is /.

2. rainy / spring / In / sometimes / it’s, / but / it’s / sunny / usually /.

3. of / starts / at / the / Spring / London / March / in / end /.

4. cold / not / like / spring / Many / much / because / the / weather / is / very / people /.

5. summer / children / But / like /.

6. the / middle / year / ends / in / school / The / of / July /.

7. have / holidays / Then / their / schoolchildren /.

8. hot / usually / summer / It’s / sunny / in / and /.

9. sometimes / It’s / sunny / at / autumn / the / beginning / of / usually / but / at / the / end / it’s / cold / and / windy /.

Conversation Lab

6. Speak in class. Talk about your favourite type of weather. Start like this:

My favourite season of the year is …The weather is usually …

7. Write your story about the moment when you were impressed by the beauty of nature. What season of the year are you going to describe? Use Ex. 2, page 116 as an example.