The 1st time I (1)…(to visit) Silver Beach I was on holiday with my family. A friend of ours (2)… (tell) us that it was the best beach in the area. When we (3)…(arrive) we saw hundreds of people lying on the beach, enjoying the sunshine. We (5)… (not realize) that we were getting sunburnt, when we suddenly realized that we were getting sunburnt, so we (10) …. (decide) to go for a swim. The water was so refreshing that we (11)… (swim) for over an hour. After that we (12)… (to go) to the bar for a snack. Much to our surprise, when we got back to our spot, all of our things were soaked! While we (13)… (be) at the bar the tide (14 )… (come) in. our friend (15) … (forget) to tell us not to sit too close to the water.

8. Fill in the gaps with prepositions and find out some facts about Manchester

Manchester is a large city … (1) in the northwest of England. It is located … (2) the river Irwell, a tributary -…(3) the big Mersey river, and is linked … (4) it … (5) the Manchester ship Canal. Its position make it one …(6) the main ports … (7) England. Manchester was formerly known …(8) its wool and cotton industries, but is now the financial and business center … (9) the area. When Britain was an Empire, Manchester was known as “Cottonpolis” because there were many large cotton mills… (10) the city and … (11) the small towns … (12) it.

Manchester is a beautiful city but unfortunately many …(12) its old buildings (14) were destroyed. The citizens … (15) Manchester are called Manchurians.

Speaking

1. Look at the pictures on the blackboard and guess some of them:

a+ fast

b + diff

c + mon

d el+ (Bridge)

camel

e + gow

f+ chester

Key: a) Belfast, b) Cardiff, c)London, d) Cambridge, e) Glasgow, f) Manchester

2. On the blackboard the places of interest are written.

a) Choose only places of interest of London.Trafalgar Square

The Capitol

The Houses of Parliament

The White House

The British Museum

The Lincoln Memorial

Buckingham Palace

Kreschatic

The National gallery St Pauls Cathedral

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Piccadilly Circus

Big Ben

b) Tell about these places of interest, give some information

3. Guess the name of the city

It's 2000 years old. The Fatar settlement of Khadzybey first mentioned it in 1415. it was based here. The Ukrainian sea Cossacks conquered the Turkish fortress and the settlement of Khadzybey during the Russian - Turkish war of 1787-1791. the city was founded at the end of the XVII century in 1784 and 1795 it was renamed (Odessa)

c) Now choose a city in Ukraine and write a similar description. Don't give the name.

d) Now let's play a `Guessing game'. Read out the description to the rest of the class. Pupils guess the name of the city.

4. Speak on the following

In your opinion, can the capitals of the countries be called their typical cities?

Explain why or why not?

- If you could visit only 3 places of interest in Kiev, London and Washington which would you visit? And why?

- Can you explain what attracts people in the big cities?

- If you visit some new place do you prefer to see it from the bus or car window or to explore it on foot?

- Find three similarities and three differences in the 3 capitals

- Are you interested in the history of cities, towns, and villages in general and capitals in particular?

5. There are sheets of paper on the table with the names of the cities. They are put face down. In turns pupils come to the table and take one card. Pupils must tell classmates about cities, they have (chosen) (Coventry, Manchester), Liverpool, Oxford, Cambridge, Sheffield, and Birmingham. Pupils work in groups in four. Every group must guess some city. other group ask some questions to guess the name of the city.

Vocabulary

1. Label the different parts of the house and the garden using words of the text

Gazebo, roof, chimney, shed, porch, flowerbed, veranda, vegetable plot, tiles, drive, balcony, gate, wall, garage.

2. Complete the sentences:

1. London is the ……………... of England.

2. Birmingham and Coventry are two of the big …………. .

3. Sheffield is the center of the steel …………… .

4. Liverpool is one of the big …………… on the West coast of the island.

5. Manchester is a center of …………… industry.

Key: 1) Capital, 2) industrial center, 3) industry, 4) ports, 5) textile.

Tests

Test

І. Choose the right variant to complete the following sentences:

1. Kiev is

2. Kiev became the capital of Kyivan Rus

a) In the reign of Prince Volodimir;

b) In the reign of Prince Yaroslav;

c) Before the reign of Prince Volodimir;

d) After the reign of Prince Yaroslav;

3. Golden Gates in Kiev used to be

a) a place of warship;

b) a place of learning;

c) an entrance to the city;

d) an entrance to the cathedral;

4. Andriyivska Church

a) was designed by an Italian architect;

b) is in Shevchenko boulevard

c) was painted by Rastrelli

d) has frescos painted by Vrublyov

5. St. Pauls Cathedral is famous for it's unique

a) physical phenomenon

b) Clock tower

c) huge bell

d) irons

6. The changing of the guard takes place in front of

a) Westminster Palace

b) Buckingham Palace

c) The Tower

d) The Houses of Parliament

7. Nelson Column commemorate the British victory in the war with

a) Germany

b) Italy

c) Russia

d) France

8. George Washington was

a) the first President of the USA

b) the architect

c) assassinated in the Ford Theatre

d) the author of the Declaration of Emancipation

9. Washington is situated in

a) the state of New York

b) the state of Columbia

c) the state of Washington

d) no state

10. The Capital is

a) a musium in Washington

b) the Washington Memorial

e) the President's residence

c) the location of the Congress

11.The Lincoln Memorial looks like

a) big pencil

b) an ordinary house

c) a classical Greek Temple

d) a classical Roman Temple

ІІ. Capital quiz

1) Where in Kiev can you see monsters in the street?

2) In which of London's parks can you find the lake with a snake name?

3) What fruit-tree is honoured in one of Washington's festivals?

4) Who is the patron saint of Kiev?

5) Where will you go in London to find the lodging of Mr. Sherlock Holms?

6) Where in London can people of different historic epoch get together?

7) Abraham Lincoln's name can be found on the map of the USA. Where?

Cities of Ukraine

Writing

1. Translate into English:

1. Київ - одне з найкращих міст у світі. Розкинутий на мальовничих схилах Дніпра він увесь потопає у зелені садів і парків. 2 Історія України тісно пов'язана з Києвом .3 Хрещатик - головна вулиця Києва 4 Київ відомий своїми архітектурними пам'ятниками старовини

Grammar

1. Fill in the prepositions in the following text and learn about another large Ukrainian city.

Dnipropetrovsk is one of …(1) the most important cities … (2) the Southeastern part …(3) Ukraine. It stands … (4) a curve … (5) the Dnieper River and spreads … (6) its both banks … (7) many kilometers. It was founded … (8) 1776 … (9) the reign … (10) Catherine II and named …(11) her honour Katerinoslav

Today Dnipropetrovsk is the third largest city …(12) Ukraine a population … (13) 1 million people. It is industrial, scientific, educational center. It has many places …(14) interest that are worth seeing. You can begin … (15) Glory Square and the monument …(16) the liberators … (17) the city …(18) the Great Patriotic War.

Another very interesting place is Komsomolskiy Island. … (19) The 9th century there was a Greek monastery there which was visited … (20) Several Grand Kievan Princes and Princess Olga … (21) their way …(22) Visantium. Unfortunately it was ruined … (23) 1240. Today the island is a popular leisure center … (24) the largest fresh water aquarium … (25) Europe.

Using all this exercises, tests, quizzes the teacher can vary the lessons, do them interesting, useful, friendful. The teacher can change the forms of work - listening, reading, oral speech, writing. Every minute of the lessons must be thought over carefully. Let's go to the lesson in the 10th form.

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