A. Pre-questions:
1. What is your name?
2. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
3. What’s your father’s and mother’s name?
4. Do you have any friends?
5. What is his/her name?
6. Do you have much in common?
7. What do you do together?
B. Reading:
VICTOR’S NEW FRIEND
One evening, Victor’s father gives Victor a new book. “Read this book, Victor,” says father.
“All boys and girls like it.”
“Thank you, father,” says Victor and takes the book.
But Victor is sleepy. He doesn’t want to read the book. He looks at some of the pictures and then shuts the book and puts it on the bookshelf. He turns off the light and goes to sleep.
During the night Victor has a dream. In his dream he opens the book again and looks at the pictures. In one of them he sees a boy.
But what is it? The boy comes out of the book and says, “How do you do? What’s your name?”
“My name is Victor. But who are you?” asks Victor.
“My name is Tom,” says the boy. “I have a brother Sid and a sister Mary. We live with our aunt Polly. What about you, Victor? Have you any brothers and sisters?”
“No, I haven’t,” says Victor.
“No brothers or sisters? Well, let’s be friends then. I have a lot of good friends, “says Tom.
“All right,” says Victor, “let’s be friends…..”
Suddenly Victor wakes up. He opens his eyes and gets up. He goes to the bookshelf.
“Where is that book?” says Victor. “It must be interesting. I must read it.”
C. Exercises:
1. Write the synonyms of the following words:
a. picture
b. to come out
c. all right
d. to look
e. to shut
f. to live
g. to take
2. Write the antonyms of the following words:
a. friend
b. new
c. to put
d. boy
e. aunt
f. brother
3. Explain the following words:
a. sleepy
b. bookshelf
c. light
d. some
e. during
f. suddenly
g. where
h. must
4. Put the words in the plural:
a. evening
b. dream
c. book
d. bookshelf
e. picture
f. child
5. Make sentences with the following words:
a. to turn off
b. picture
c. let’s
d. book
6. Answer the following question:
a. What is the title of the story?
b. Who are the characters of the story?
c. When does the action take place?
d. What does Victor receive from his father?
e. How does he behave?
f. What does he dream about?
7. Make up three questions about this story.
8. Make up three negative sentences about the story.
9. Make up sentences with the adverbs: every day, usually, sometimes, generally, often, seldom.
10. Speak about your favourite book.
LESSON 2:
A.Pre-questions:
1. Do you work hard during the school year?
2. Where do you usually spend your winter holidays?
3. Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?
4. What do you like to do at the seaside?
5. Where would you like to go on holiday next year?
6. Have you ever been to a camp? Where?
B. Reading:
IN THE COSTINESTI CAMP
Dan and Mary meet on their way to school. They are classmates and they haven’t seen each other for two months. They start talking about their holidays.
Dan: You had a nice holiday, Mary, didn’t you?
Mary: Oh, yes, a great one! I went to a camp in Costinesti.
Dan: Oh, what was it like?
Mary: I enjoyed myself very much. The weather was fine most of the time. In the morning we usually got up at 7.30, did some exercises, and had breakfast. Then we went to the beach where we had a lot of swimming and sunbathing.
Dan: well, you certainly look brown!
Mary: Actually, I went fishing after lunch so I stayed in the sun all day long.
Dan: How did you spend your evenings?
Mary: Well, I played games with my friends, watched TV or listened to music, read books, talked…………
Dan: We spent our evenings in the same way!
Mary: So were at the seaside, too, weren’t you?
Dan: No, I was in the mountains. You know I love the mountains.
Mary: I see. So you enjoyed your holiday, too, didn’t you?
Dan: Enjoyed it? It was the holiday of my life. I’ll spend my winter holiday in a camp at……………
Mary: Dan, school has just started. Forget about your winter holiday. We’d better talk about our subjects and teachers.
Dan: That’s right, but we’d better hurry or we will be late for school.
C. Exercises:
1. Which is the right end for each sentence?
a. Dan and Mary meet………………………
• in the camp
• in the mountains
• on their way to school
b. They are………………………………………..
• brother and sister
• classmates
• cousins
c. They start talking about……………………..
• their holiday
• sports and games
• their new teachers
d. Mary spent her holiday………………………..
• in the mountains
• in the country
• in a camp
e. After breakfast each morning, she…………………
• went on trips
• visited museums
• went to the beach
f. Every morning, Mary went……………………
• swimming and sunbathing
• fishing
• shopping
g. In the evening, she……………………………
• talked with her parents
• played games
• wrote letters
h. Dan spent his holiday…………………………….
• at the seaside
• in the Danube Delta
• in the mountains
2. Answer the questions:
a. What are Dan and Mary?
b. Where does Dan meet Mary?
c. How long haven’t they seen each other?
d. What do they start talking about?
e. Where did Mary spend her summer holiday?
f. What did she do every day?
g. Where did Dan spend his holiday?
h. Did he enjoy it? Why?
i. Why must the children forget about their holidays?
3. Write the synonyms of the following words:
a. holiday
b. to start
c. to talk
d. to enjoy
e. to get up
4. Write the antonyms of the following words:
a. to get up
b. young
c. fine
d. morning
e. to forget
5. Put in Dan’s questions:
Dan: Mary:
a. Where …………………………… ? – I spent my holiday at the seaside.
b. Where……………………………..? – I stayed in a camp.
c. What time…………………… …..? – I got up at 7.30 every morning.
d. When ……………………………….? – I went fishing after lunch.
e. When………………………………..? – I watched TV in the evening.
f. How long …………………………..? – I stayed there for two weeks.
6. Complete the sentences:
a. The ……………………… is up in the sky.
b. The ………………………… are walking down the beach.
c. A …………………………… is swimming in the sea.
d. The ………………………… are sunbathing.
e. The ………………………… is fishing.
7. Say these in one or two words:
a. direction of travel =
b. to have fun =
c. a place where pupils spend their holiday together =
d. a place where you lie in the sun to get brown =
e. a pupil in the same class with another pupil =
f. Romanian, Maths, Geography, History =
8. Say these in a different way:
a. I had lots of fun at Diana’s birthday party.
b. I liked my stay at the seaside last month.
c. Go quickly to school or you’ll be late.
d. Fine! We can go to the theatre then!
e. I don’t remember what I told you yesterday.
f. We like to lie in the sun to get brown.
9. Choose the right words and complete the sentences:
each other/ most/ forget / bathe / the same / great / go fishing / way / enjoy myself / stay
a. ………………….of my friends watched TV last night. Only two of them went to the cinema.
b. Mother helps Mary and Mary helps mother. They help…………………………
c. When the water is warm, children like to…………………….. in the sea.
d. Don’t………………….. your English book again. You’ll need it your English lesson tomorrow.
e. I …………….during the summer holidays. The weather was fine and I had lots of fun.
f. There are a lot of fish in that river. You can …………………..there.
g. I always meet Dan on the ………………………to school.
h. Bucharest is a …………………….city.
i. When I go to the country, I………………….. at my grandparents.
j. Peter is in class 7B. Tom is in class 7B, too. They are in …………………..class.
10. Make up sentences using the words given:
a. go for a walk
b. enjoy
c. subject
d. go fishing
e. see a film
11. a. Tell the other pupils how Mary spent her holiday.
b. What do children do when they go on holiday to the mountains/to the seaside?
c. What do your parents do on holiday?
12. Write about your last summer holiday.