Підручник Англійська мова 9 клас (9-й рік навчання) - О. C. Любченко - Основа 2017 рік

STARTING UP Mamma, it was summer!

Lesson 1 ZEST OF REST

1. a) Match the pictures A- P on p. 5 and the activities.

Playing computer games, playing sports, going to a summer camp, boating, playing hopscotch, blowing bubbles, fishing, painting, going to amusement parks, flying a kite, yachting, canoeing, smartphoning, swimming, horse riding, biking, camping out.

b) Which of them are:

✵ exciting?

✵ quiet?

✵ childish?

✵ expensive?

✵ interesting?

✵ entertaining?

✵ boring?

✵ dangerous?

Explain why you think so.

c) In small groups, arrange the activities above in the order of importance, and then compare your results with the rest of the class.

2. In pairs, exchange your memories about the summer holidays.

What was your sweetest memory? What upset you most? Why? Did you take up any of the activities from Ex. 1? What were they?

3. When we talk about some events in the past, we normally use one of the Past tenses - Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

Read Jason Blake’s email to his Liverpool schoolmate Edward and decide, which of the Past Tenses the verbs in bold belong to:

1) Which of the verbs just state a fact of an event in the past? What grammar tense is used?

2) Which ones are about the actions happening at a certain moment or during a certain period of time? What grammar tense is used?

3) Which ones tell us that one action in the past took place before another action? What grammar tense is used?

(You may consult Grammar Reference on p. 162)

4. Look at the pictures below about summer jobs the teenagers did during their summer holidays and say what jobs those are. In pairs, choose any two summer jobs and make a list of at least three things those teenagers did at work. Discuss your lists with the class for possible additions or changes.

5. Did you or your friends take up any summer jobs this summer? What were they — something from above or something different? What did you do while doing the job? Describe the job you or your friends did to your desk mate, then share the results with the rest of the class and find out what summer job was most popular with teenagers this summer.

6. In pairs, prepare and make a presentation «Summer Jobs for Teenagers - For and Against».

Quick Grammar Aid - Past lenses

We use Past Tenses for actions that happened some time ago and have no direct connection with the time when we are talking about them.

Past Simple is used to say

✵ that the actions happened in the past for some time:	I went to school in Liverpool. (I am giving a fact.)
✵ about a single action in the past:	On my way to school I stopped at the corner.
✵ about a few actions happening one after another:	She came home, opened the door, turned on the lights and saw a ghost.

Past Continuous is used for actions that happened at a specified moment or period of time in the past indicated by:

✵ exact time:		They were doing their homework at 8 p.m.
✵ a single action in the past:		They were doing' their homework when their mother came. (Paн attention to the use of when in such sentences.)
✵ a period of time:		They were doing their homework from 7 till 9 p.m. (Pay attention to the use of from … till …in such sentences.)
✵ two or more actions in the past that took place at the same time:		They were doing their homework while their Dad was cleaning the house and their granny was cooking dinner for the family. (Pay attention to the use of while in such sentences.)
IMPORTANT! Past Continuous is always about unfinished actions.
Past Perfect is used for actions that happened before a specified time in the past indicated by:
✵ actions in Past Simple:	They had washed the dishes before they started doing' their homework. OR They started doing' their homework after they had washed the dishes. - washing the dishes happened earlier than doing homework. (Pay attention to the use of before and after in such sentences. Memorize a simple rule: Past Perfect is used before «before» and after «after».) OR They had washed the dishes by the time their mother came. (Pay attention to the use of by in such sentences.)
✵ exact time in the past:	They had washed the dishes by 7 p.m. (Pay attention to the use of by in such sentences.)
IMPORTANT! Past Perfect is most often used in complex sentences with two actions in the past to compare.

Mamma, it was summer!