Put synonyms instead of underlined words

1. A young man intended to marry a beautiful girl. 2. The man had a great wish to give her a present. 3. He especially liked the vases, but they were high-priced. 4. Moving towards the door he heard a noise. 5. By the time he came into the room the guests had already assembled. 6. Everybody was having a nice time at the party. 7. Saying «Many happy returns» the young man started unwrapping the parcel. 8. The bus was overcrowded. 9. Once the girl said she would celebrate her birthday and asked the young man to come down and join the birthday party. 10. As he was short ofmoney he had to leave the shop without making a purchase.

4. Choose the antonyms to the following words from the right column:

noise, happy, expensive cheap, silence, unhappy, few,

to wrap, many, to enter, to unwrap, to sell, much,

to buy, young, birth, to dislike, ugly, death, old

beautiful, to like, little

5. Make up sentences with the help of the words given in brackets. Use models:

Model 1. He said he had bought a present for her (to celebrate one’s birthday, to invite his girl- friend to the theatre, to buy a beautiful vase, to see the film twice).

Model 2. Almost everybody was enjoying the party (to talk, to joke, to laugh, to dance, to leave the shop, to buy something, to eat something, to listen to music).

Model 3. Some of the guests were dancing, others were singing. (Use the words given above)

6. Make up sentences using models:

I am not going to do it.

(жениться, говорить ему об этом, отмечать свой день рождения, приглашать его на день рождения)

I am eager to do it.

(изучать английский язык, посмотреть этот фильм, послушать эту музыку, сделать ей подарок, потанцевать)

I am afraid he is busy now.

(что вы не правы, что он еще не приехали, что не смогу вам помочь, что ваши часы идут неправильно (wrong))

I enjoyed this film.

(вечеринкa, его шуткa, книгa, дискотека, вчерашний матч, ваш рассказ)

Let’s gather at Nick’s place.

(давайте соберемся у Ани; у них; у меня; у вас; у нас)

7. Answer the following questions. Use conversational formulas. Work in pairs:

It seems to me - мне кажется;

I should say - я бы сказал;

as far as I know - насколько я знаю;

if I am not mistaken - если я не ошибаюсь.

1.What was the young man to do? 2.What did the girl tell him one day? 3.Where did the girl invite the young man. 4.Why did the young man go to the gift shop? 5.What did he particularly like of all the things he saw in the shop? 6.Why couldn’t he buy a vase? 7.Why did he have to leave the shop without buying anything? 8.What did he suddenly hear? 9.What idea came to his mind? 10. What did the young man ask the salesman to do? 11.The salesman got a little surprised at the young man’s request, didn’t he? 12.Did the young man go home or to the girl’s place? 13.Who had gathered at the girl’s place by the time he entered the flat? 14.What were the guests doing? 15.What did the young man say to the girl on seeing her? 16.Why did he suddenly get pale? 17.What did the young man see when he unwrapped the parcel?

Role Play