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Speaking and Listening
5. Read the statements about a real friend made by students. Tick (√) the ones you agree. Compare your ideas with a partner. Be ready to give the arguments.
‘A real friend is a person who likes and dislikes the same things’.
‘A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out’.
‘A real friend is a person, who does not envy you when you have won,
but is really proud of you and your victory’.
‘A real friend can only be a person who you know for a long time’.
6. Complete the sentence with your own ideas. Read your sentence to the class.
A real friend is…
7. Listen to the stories. Be ready to answer where speakers met their friends. Match the speakers from the left-hand column with the appropriate places from the right-hand column.
| Speaker 1. | A) Internet |
| Speaker 2. | B) Germany |
| Speaker 3. | C) University |
8. Complete the questions below using the prepositions from the box.
| about at for in on to |
a) What activities and hobbies are you good_______?
b) What topics do you like reading ________?
c) What do you spend most of your money________?
d) What types of activities are you keen _________?
e) What information are you interested ________?
f) What parties do you belong________?
g) What do you usually talk_______with friends?
h) How many languages are you fluent _________?
9. Choose any five questions from above to ask your groupmates.
Grammar Reference:
Questions, Negatives.
Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect.
10. Read the text below. Underline or mark the main idea in each paragraph.
 For You to Know: Taboos
Some topics may be considered taboos in some cultures.
In the UK many people avoid the topic of religion. This may be because Britain is now a very secular country where religion has a relatively minor role, or may be that British regard someone’s religious beliefs as very personal.
A stereotype of the Americans is that they ask you how much money you earn quite soon after meeting you. This is certainly not generally true. However, Americans do tend to be more open about money and its importance.
Death is taboo subject in many countries; people seem to be ill at ease discussing anything connected with the end of their lives!
Politics can be a delicate subject in some parts of the world. In the UK, many people are very guarded about their political allegiance.
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11. Pair-work. Exchange the results of your work with a partner. Compare the information on taboos given above with those in Ukraine. Exchange your own opinions and thoughts on taboos with a partner. To express your own thoughts you may use the following phrases:
Note: If you need more phrases use Part II Self-study Resources.
12. Read the questions/sentences given below and correct the mistakes if any.
Example: 0) Where do you from?
Where are you from?
a) Where did you born?
b) How long you lived at home?
c) He doesn’t lives here anymore.
d) Is he like playing football?
e) Does he married or single?
f) She don’t like Mathematics.
g) Do she plays the piano?
h) Does she a student?
i) Does he live in residence hall?
j) Does he marry last year?
k) Did he met her in Dnipropetrovsk?
l) Who he met in Kyiv?
13. Pair-work. Work in pairs using the cards Student A given below and Student Bgivenon the next page. Ask each other questions to fill in the gaps with the missing information.
Example: Where was Fedir born?
Student A
Fedir was born in __________ (where?) in 1987. He went to school in Ternivka for ______ (how long?) before moving to Dnipropetrovsk. He misses _________ (what?), but he enjoys studying and living in Dnipropetrovsk. In fact, he _____ (what?) in Dnipropetrovsk for over 3 years. Currently, he _________ (what?) at the National Mining University of Dnipropetrovsk where he is going to receive his Bachelor of Mining Science next ______ (when?). After he receives his degree, he is going to return to Ternivka to marry _____ (who?) and begin a career as a mining engineer. Olesia ______ (what?) at the University in Kyiv and is also going to receive ______ (what?) next May. They met in _____ (where?) in 2005 while they were going sightseeing together within ______ (where?). They have been engaged for ________ (how long?).
Follow-up
14. When you finish compare the texts you both have got. Write the text describing your experience of study at the university using the given text as a sample. Pay attention that it should contain your personal information. You may write it in a form of letter to your friend.
15. Write a response to the e-mail message you were interested in.
16. Prepare a short story about your best friend(s).
Student B
Fedir was born in Ternivka in ______ (when?). He went to school in _______ (where?) for 12 years before moving to ______ (where?). He misses living in Ternivka, but he enjoys ________ (what?) in Dnipropetrovsk. In fact, he has lived in Dnipropetrovsk for ______ (how long?). Currently, he is studying at the ______ (where?) where he is going to receive his _______ (what?) next June. After he receives his degree, he is going to return to _____ (where?) to marry his fiancé Olesia and begin a career as ______ (what?). Olesia studies Art History at the ________ (where?) and is also going to receive a degree in Art History next _____ (when?). They met in Kyiv in _____ (when?) while they _______ (what?) together within a group of the best students of Ukraine. They have been engaged for three years.
PROJECT WORK ‘ THE TREE OF MY GROUP’
Stage 1. Choose three groupmates. Draw their faces in the frames and write their names and information about them on separate sheets of paper using the answers to the following questions:
· What was your first impression of a groupmate?
· Why do you like him/her?
· What things do you have in common?
· What are the main features of his/her character?
· What activities/hobbies is s/he keen on?
· What don’t you like in him/her?
Write down your name under the information you have written.
Stage 2.Gather all the sheets with the information about your groupmates and sort them in accordance with their names.
Stage 3. Draw a tree in the centre of the poster. The number of branches of the tree should correspond to the number of your group-mates.
Stage 4. Put the drawings and information about your groupmates on the branches of the tree. Draw a line between groupmates who know each other better. (You may use signatures on the gathered sheets of paper).
Stage 5.Describe the poster to the whole group.