K4 72

Guess the words and write down the correct variant. Mind the articles and particle “to”.

ntllgnt            

nrvs        

hlpfl        

stpd       

plt       

wtt      

hndsm         

mplt         

hnst       

Fill in the table with the opposites from the box

slim, nervous, lazy, silly, straight, intelligent, pretty, tidy, selfish, fair-haired

untidy     

clever      

quite        

stupid            

unattractive       

hard-working     

helpful        

dark-haired            

curly         

stout     

Open the brackets, translate the words into English

1. Alan’s room is (неохайний)        , because he’s a very lazy boy.

2. Kate is an (чесний)        person, that’s why she always tells the truth.

3. Jane is the most (схвильований)         of us.

4. Our English teacher is very (інтелігентний)             and (приємний)              .

5. My brother is rather (егоїстичний)         but he is very witty.

6. A new girl in our class is very (ввічлива)        . Besides she is so (вихована)           .

7. It seems to me that guide is rather (невихований)           .

8. Jack is as (красивий)          as his father.

9. One of my friend is (жадібний)        .

10. There were some (миловидний)        girls at Sam’s birthday party yesterday.

Read the words and the translation

to break the record – побити рекорд

to set / to establish the record – встановити рекорд

a record holder – рекордсмен

the Guinness Book of World Records – Книга Рекордів Гінеса

nothing is impossible – немає нічого неможливого

to enter a bike race – прийняти участь у велогонці

jumping jack – стрибки із розведенням рук в сторони

achievement – досягнення

to light a candle – запалити свічку

a pogo stick – ходулі

forward rolls – перекид вперед

Mount Fuji – гора Фудзі (діючий вулкан в Японії)

Read the text and be ready to do the tasks after it.

The man with the most world records

Ashrita Furman is a record-breaking record-breaker: He has set more records than anyone else in the world! In the last 40 years, he has established more than 600 records!

As a child, Ashrita loved reading the Guinness Book of World Records. He wanted to be in it too. But he thought people had to be good at sports to be in the book. He wasn’t a good athlete. He felt his dream would never come true.

But later in life, Ashrita learned meditation, and with this, he learned that nothing is impossible. He tested this idea in 1978 by entering a 24-hour bike race in New York. Without any training, Ashrita came third! After that, he started thinking about breaking records again.

First, he tried to break the record for the most jumping jacks. He failed at first, but, remembering that ‘anything is possible’, he trained, meditated and tried again. This time, he did 27,000 jumping jacks in 6 hours 45 minutes and became the new record holder. His achievement appeared in the 1980 Guinness Book of Records.

Today, Ashrita has a long list of records, including: walking the furthest distance with a bike on his chin, cycling the longest distance with a bottle on his head and lighting the most candles on a birthday cake.

He says his favourite record was “the longest distance on a pogo stick”. While he was on holiday in Japan, he saw Mount Fuji and thought it was beautiful, so he decided to try to break a record there. He did 11.5 miles. The most difficult record was “the most forward rolls”. In 10 hours, 30 minutes, he did 8,341 of them, travelling 12 miles!

If you want to break a world record too, Ashrita gives this advice. “Choose something you enjoy because you will need to practise. And don’t give up. Your mind will tell you that something is impossible, but it isn’t. If someone else has done something, and you work hard, you can do it too!

Find the English equivalents of the following phrases in the text and write down. Mind particle “to” before verbs.

поставити більше рекордів ніж хто-небудь інший                                     

Він відчував що його мрія ніколи не справдиться.                                         

Він зрозумів, що немає нічого неможливого                                       

стати новим рекордсменом                              

найдовша відстань на ходулях                                     

вибирати щось, що вам подобається                           

Choose the correct variant and finish the sentence.

1) When Ashrita was a child, he...

                                       [a. was good at sports., b. dreamed of being in the Guinness Bo, c. achieved his first world record., d. met a record-breaking athlete.]

2) When he was a child, he thought that...

                                         [a. one day he would achieve his dream., b. everything is possible., c. only good athletes could break record, d. he would become a good athlete one da]

3) When Ashrita did the 24-hour bike race, he learned that...

                              [a. training is important., b. breaking records is easy., c. anything is possible., d. meditation is unnecessary.]

4) Which activity did Ashrita do for his first world record?

                      [a. meditating, b. cycling, c. jumping jacks, d. using a pogo stick]

d. using a pogo stick

5) Which of these sentences is NOT true about Ashrita?

                                         [a. He failed his first record-breaking a, b. Ashrita learned meditation., c. In one record, he carried a bottle on, d. He doesn’t enjoy training for records]

6) Which sentence might Ashrita say?

                                         [a. “You don’t have to practise much to b, b. “Doing the most forward rolls was eas, c. “Do what your mind tells you to do.”, d. “Anyone can break records.”]

Type True or False in the blank space.

1. Ashrita came first in 24-hour bike race in New York.       [True, False]

2. Ashrita is 40 years old now.       [True, False]

3. Ashrita broke the record for the most jumping jacks for the second time.       [True, False]

4. His favourite record was lighting the most candles on a birthday cake.       [True, False]

5. He set his favourite record when he was on holiday in Japan.       [True, False]

6. He travelled 12 miles on pogo stick.       [True, False]

Read the words and the translation

to be in there for – бути там протягом якого часу

to go quite well – пройти (про якусь подію) досить непогано

an interview – інтерв’ю

to be filled with – бути заповненим

to get in – потрапити

flash – спалах

Nothing changes – Нічого не змінилося

polite – ввічливий

class project – груповий проект

another – інший 

Before listening: Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation task: Write the words and phrases in the correct group.

Right.                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

No way!                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

Let’s see …                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

Really?                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

Umm …                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

And?                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

I mean …                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

Well …                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

I know.                                          [When you’re thinking of something to say, When you show the other person you are l]

Task 1

Match the topics (1–4) with the conversations (a–d).

Topic Conversation

1.   [a, b, c, d]An old photo

2.   [a, b, c, d]A university project

3.   [a, b, c, d]A holiday

4.   [a, b, c, d]A work interview a.

Conversation

a. Conversation A

b. Conversation B

c. Conversation C

d. Conversation D

Task 2

Are the sentences true or false?

1. (Conversation A) The woman was in the interview for 15 minutes.       [True, False]

2. (Conversation A) The woman thinks she is going to get the job.       [True, False]

3. (Conversation B) The woman was trying to look at art.       [True, False]

4. (Conversation B) The woman is thinking about not taking photos on holiday any more.       [True, False]

5. (Conversation C) The man and the woman grew up in the same family.       [True, False]

6. (Conversation C) The girl had an older boyfriend at school.       [True, False]

7. (Conversation D) The man is not in the group because the others don’t like his work.       [True, False]

8. (Conversation D) The man needs to find another group.       [True, False]

Choose the correct variant.

1. Peter is a tall boy, isn’t he? – Yes, he is. He     [is, are, am] the tallest pupil in the class.

2. In my opinion, Jane      [are, were, is] much cleverer than her elder sister.

3. Who      [do, does, did] Peter look like? – He looks like his mother. He is as slim as she is.

4. The woman is         [wearing, wears, wear] a warm scarf on her neck, because it is a cold day today.

5. My grandfather has had a beard and a moustache since he      [were, was, is] a young man.

6. What does Mr Smith look like? – He is bald and stout. He’s        [got, get, gotten] a round face and an oval chin.

7. In my opinion, the book about actors     [is, are, be] very popular. The book about singers is less popular. The book about writers is the least popular in our library.

8. A comfortable house in     [the, a, an] centre of the town is much more expensive than an old house in the village.

9. Red apples     [is, am, are] much more juicier than green ones.

10. Look at yourself, Nick. Your face and neck     [is, are] dirty.

Correct the underlined mistakes. You DON’T need to rewrite the whole sentence.

1. In the last             English lesson the pupils do     some difficult exercises.

2. My room is the most cozy             in the flat.

3. My mother’s face neither is round nor oval                        .

4. How many tests the students have write                           this week?

5. Sam haven’t retold               the text yet, has he?

6. All my friends are helpfuly         , but Jim is the helpfulest                  of all.

7. Kyiv is more bigger             than Kropyvnytskyi.

8. Charlie didn’t understand                   the rule yet, because he hasn’t listened               to the teacher.

9. Alice shan’t get           a good mark at Maths          because she hasn’t did             two exercises.

10. Are the children ski or skate                   now?