XI. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words from Appendix 1

1 Mary Poppins was very friendly with the Butcher and the Fishmonger.

2. The kids enjoyed shopping.

3. Mary Poppins went for Gingerbread to the nearest shop.

4. The curious shop was very clean and neat.

5. Mrs. Corry was very nice and polite to her daughters.

6. The twins were afraid of Mrs. Corry.

7. The kids always threw the stars from gingerbread away.

8. Mary Poppins took the kids’ stars to decorate her room.

XII. Answer the following questions.

1 What did Mary Poppins buy at the Butchers’ and at the Fishmongers’?

2. What characters did the salesmen have? Why was Mary Poppins angry with them?

3. Describe the appearance of Miss Fanny and Miss Annie and their mother.

4. Describe the strange shop where sweets were sold.

5. What did Mrs. Corry do to calm the babies down?

6. Where did the kids keep the stars?

7. What did Mary Poppins do with the stars?

8. What was Jane thinking about that night?

XIII Make up dialogues between:

- The children discussing the strange shop.

Use the phrases from Appendix 3.

XIV Give the retelling of the text as if you were:

- One of the kids;

- Mary Poppins.

Chapter 9

John and Barbara’s story

I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.

To perch spectacles on one’s nose

To look like a shop window

A perch

To flicker

A shaft of sunlight

To oblige smb

To say smth approvingly

A starling

To talk the leg off a chair

To cock one’s head on one side

To laugh heartily

To hop down

In a soft wheedling voice

An arrowroot biscuit

To swoop down

To pluck smth out

To nibble smth greedily

To say smth meaningly

A rebuke

To goble up smth

To go mad with delight

Complacency

To wrinkle up one’s forehead

To sober smb

To be outdone in courtesy

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