Биболетова М. З.

Work in pairs. Discuss the situations described in Ex. 38.
1    Which situation do you think is the most embarrassing? (Подробнее...)

Listen to the recording again and write down some examples of the embarrassing situations the speakers talk about.
Use your (Подробнее...)

Listen to the teenagers and choose which situations they are speaking about.
 
•     Embarrassing moments at school (Подробнее...)

Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions:
1   Do you always feel comfortable at school / at home?
2    Can you remember (Подробнее...)

Work in groups of 4-5. Discuss your arguments and come to an agreement.
Get ready to sum up the results of your discussion and (Подробнее...)

Think about which is better: to have siblings (brothers or sisters) or to be an only child. Make a list of arguments.
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Write a similar story (6-8 sentences) about yourself, one of your friends or relatives or a famous person.
 

Read the notes Mike has made about his brother Peter and rewrite them using can) could) be able to. You may add some details or (Подробнее...)

Read the extract from the book The Wedding Day by Cathreen Elliott and complete the sentences with could / couldn’t, was able to / (Подробнее...)

 Choose the correct answer.
1    Mary was a very talented girl. She ... read when she was only four.
a)     can b) could c) (Подробнее...)

 Read the joke. Explain why was able to is used in it. Can it be replaced with could?
Jones:       Aren’t your daughter’s (Подробнее...)

 Read and remember.
We use could or was / were able to to talk about general ability to do something in the past.
I could / (Подробнее...)

 Use be able to in the correct form to complete the sentences.
1    I... (be able / understand) my sister very well since she went (Подробнее...)

 Find in the text examples with can. Do they describe...
a)       obligation?
b)       ability? (Подробнее...)

Read the text again and work in pairs to answer the questions. Discuss the questions with your partner.
 
1     Who are the (Подробнее...)

Find the words and expressions in the text that have a close meaning with the following.
 
1     a lot of imaginary words (Подробнее...)

Read the text and choose the sentence that best describes the twins.
1    The twins are very naughty.
2        The twins have (Подробнее...)

Read the joke and guess the word that is missing.
A father was asked whether his ... were the ones making such an awful noise at (Подробнее...)

Work in groups of three. Share your feelings about having / not having brothers or sisters. Use the expressions from Ex. 17, 19 and 20. (Подробнее...)

Fill in the gaps in the sentences. Use the words from the list below.
Make necessary changes.
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