Module 4.

Reading and Writing

Exercise 1. Match the questions to the answers.

1. What is his full name? a. Yes, he’s got a brother and a

2. How old is he? sister.
3. When is his birthday? b. He’s clever and caring, quite
4. Where is he from? cool.
5. What does he look like? c. Yes he does, he’s the captain of
6. Has he got any brothers? the team.
7. What hobbies has he got? d. Painting and football.
8. Does he play football well? e. He is from Sochi.
9. What is he like? f. Dmitry Ivanovich.
g. On the 6th of July.
h. He’s tall with short dark hair and
blue.
i. He is thirteen years old.

Exercise 2. Read the text and fill in the gaps.

♦ he ♦ my ♦ is ♦ name ♦ time ♦ teach ♦ his ♦ teacher ♦ family ♦ years ♦

goes ♦ interesting ♦ they ♦

My Family

My family (1)… big: Dad, Mum, me, my brother and sister and our cat.
My name is Masha Dmitrieva. My Mum’s (2)… is Lisa. She’s forty-
one, and she is a (3)… of French at the University. She is very clever,
she can (4)… English too. My Dad is forty-two, (5)… name is Paul.
(6)… is a professional painter. He is cool, and he works for a design
company. My elder sister Natasha is nineteen, she (7)… to the
Univeristy, and she wants to be a teacher of history. She is fond of
(8)… books and playing the guitar. (9)… younger brother Igor is only
six (10)… old. He is very funny and noisy. I like to spend my free
(11)… with him. Igor likes playing with our cat.
My grandparents are sixty. They like gardening. (12)… spend a lot of
their time in the garden. Our cat’s name is Fabio. He is red and white
with green eyes. He is clever, sometimes he’s naughty. I love my
(13)… very much. We always help each other. Everyone in my family
is my best friend.

Exercise 3. Read the text from ex. 2 again and mark the sentences
True (T), False (F), Not Stated (NS). Correct the wrong statements.

1. There are five of them in Masha’s family. ___

2. Her mother Nina is a music teacher. ___
3. Her Dad is a pilot. ___
4. Natasha is Masha’s mother; she’s a history teacher. ___
5. Igor is sixteen; he goes to university. ___
6. They’ve got a dog, Alex by name. ___
7. The cat Fabio is clever and naughty. ___
8. Masha’s grandparents are forty. ___
9. Natasha plays the violin and the piano. ___
10. Natasha is a very good student. ___

Exercise 4. Fill in the missing sentences to complete the dialogue.

One sentence is extra.

♦ How old is she? ♦ Who is she? ♦Yes, it is fantastic ♦ Come and meet
her. ♦ The one with dark long hair and big blue eyes? ♦ What’s her
name? ♦ She’s friendly and kind, a good friend. ♦

Sally: The film is wonderful!

Kate: ___________________.
Sally: There were so many people at the cinema. Look at the girl over
there. She’s looking at us. ___________________.
Kate: ___________________?
Sally: Yes.
Kate: She’s my sister’s friend.
Sally: ___________________.
Kate: Natasha.
Sally: She’s beautiful. What is she like?
Kate: ___________________.
Sally: She looks cool. ___________________?
Kate: She’s fifteen like my sister.

Exercise 5. Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False
(F), Not Stated (NS).

My name is Ivan; my nick in the Internet is “bike” because my

favourite hobby is riding a bike. I love riding my bike. I can see parks
and ponds or rivers and fields when I am in the country! My elder
brother Alex is fond of photography. He takes pictures of everything he
sees. He also plays the guitar and sings songs. I like being with him. My
little sister Olga likes dolls, of course. She’s got a big collection. Some
of them are from foreign countries. Our dad is a real sportsman. He
plays football and likes swimming. He swims all the year round, in the
river, in the sea or in the swimming pool. Mum prefers classical music
and interesting books. She can play the piano. Our cat Vasily also has a
hobby, he likes sleeping and eating! In the evening we like getting
together, talking and listening to some music.

1. Ivan is fond of nature. ___

2. Ivan knows his neighbourhood very well as he often rides ___
his bike.
3. Vasily plays the guitar and sings pop songs. ___
4. The mother plays classical music. ___
5. Olga is Ivan’s elder sister, she has no hobbies. ___
6. The father does sport. ___
7. Alex is good at photography and takes part in exhibitions. ___
8. All the members of the family are busy and they don’t ___
often spend evening together.
Exercise 6. Fill in the missing words to complete the text.

♦ has ♦ hair ♦ hobbies ♦ funny ♦ man ♦ his ♦ live ♦ husband ♦ father ♦

play ♦ he ♦ playing ♦ is ♦

Meet the Flintstones. “The Flintstones’ is a very (1)… cartoon about a

modern stone-age family. They (2)… in prehistoric times. Fred and
Wilma Flintstones and their friends, Barney and Betty Rubble, live in
Bedrock. Fred Flintstone is the (3)… of the family. (4)… can quickly
get angry but he (5)… a very loving and caring husband and father.
Fred can (6)… golf, poker and likes bowling. Fred’s catchphrase is
“Yabba-Dabba-Doo!”. His (7)… are singing and (8)… different games.
Fred always shouts but he is a friendly (9)…, ready to help people.
Wilma Flintstone is (10)… wife. She is tall, slim with red (11)… . She
is more intelligent and level-headed than her (12)…, sometimes she’s
skeptical, and she (13)… a habit of spending money.

Exercise 7. Read the text again and choose the right item.

1. The Flintstones live/lived in … .

a) old times b) present-day America c) the 18th century
2. Fred Flintstone often gets … .
a) caring b) angry c) different
3. Fred is friendly so he often … .
a) plays games
b) goes shopping
c) helps someone
4. Fred’s bad habit is … .
a) spending money
b) playing poker
c) shouting
5. Wilma Flintstone is … .
a) tall and plump with fair hair
b) short and slim with red hair
c) tall and thin with red hair
6. Wilma likes … best of all.
a) playing the guitar
b) shopping
c) different games

Exercise 8. Match the titles to the book reviews. One title is extra.

A. Son’s Love
B. Life of the Future
C. Love is a Family
D. The Magic Box
E. The Fantastic World

1. The book is about a little girl and her grandmother. Rosalba and her
grandmother spend time together and travel all over New York. Riding
on a bus Rosalba imagines they’re in the sky and are flying over the
city. Her grandmother tells her about her girlhood. They imagine they
go to the past. The story ends with Rosalba and her grandmother
climbing into a boat for one more adventure. Abuela by Arthur Dorros
(illustrations by Elisa Kleven, 1995) is a fascinating book for boys and
girls.

2. The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid (1990) is good for age 5-8.
The book is about a boy who loves a box with buttons. He imagines
they are precious stones. At the end of the story the boy learns about the
history of buttons. It tells us that one time a king had a suit with 13,600
buttons. The buttons are so colorful. The collection is amazing. Some
have animals on them. There are leather ones and cloth ones and metal
ones.

3. Daddy, Will You Miss Me? by Wendy McCormick (1999) is for

little children. Daddy’s business trip to Africa will be only four weeks,
but his son thinks it is forever. The father and the son think how to feel
close to each other over the ocean. They mark calendars and blow
kisses. It helps. When the boy and his mother feed the winder birds, the
boy imagines his father who is watching giant African birds. The story
is full of love.

4. Meet Zenon Kar. She lives on a space station in the Milky Way. Her
parents send Zenon to her grandparents’ farm on the Earth for the
summer. She’s a typical elementary school kid, but she lives on a space
station in 2049! Zenon’s teacher leads her fifth-grade class on a very
special field trip off Space Station 9. Zenon loses her way. She finds out
what it’s like to be stuck (застрять) on Earth! Enjoy Stuck on Earth:
Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century by Marilyn Sadler (1996).

Exercise 9. You’ve got an e-mail from your English pen friend.

Write him a letter and answer his three questions. Write 50-60
words.

… There’re four of us: Dad, Mom, my brother and me. My dad is a

pilot. He can speak French and Spanish. He is very clever. Mom
doesn’t work because my brother is only two. She’s kind and caring.
My brother is funny. We’re a happy family. How many members are
there in your family? What’re your dad’s and mom’s jobs? How old are
they?
Best wishes

Alex
 Module 4. Grammar and Vocabulary

Exercise 1. Match the adjectives to the definitions.

1. friendly a. helpful and sympathetic towards other people

2. naughty b. good at learning and understanding things
3. caring c. making a lot of noise
4. funny d. acting like a friend
5. cool e. behaving in a way that shows you care about other
6. kind people and want to help them
7. clever f. making people laugh
8. noisy g. behaving badly
h. very good

Exercise 2. Choose the right option.

1. Thank you for your … invitation, we’ll come on Sunday.

a) clever b) sweet c) kind
2. They are quite … children, as some of their teachers have problems
with them.
a) cool b) naughty c) funny
3. Because students spend long hours at school, it is important to have a
… teacher who will give positive support to students.
a) caring b) sweet c) cool
4. The fireworks are …, it’s now illegal to sell fireworks that are louder
than 120 decibels.
a) cool b) noisy c) friendly
5. I prefer comedies. I like … films.
a) clever b) naughty c) funny
6. Don’t be afraid. Alex is a … dog.
a) sweet b) friendly c) caring
7. We had a … time at the party.
a) cool b) noisy c) naughty
8. The … schoolboy didn’t do his homework!
a) cool b) noisy c) naughty
9. A …person is someone who is willing to spend their time in order to
help others.
a) sweet b) caring c) friendly
10. People at the hotel were very … and made us feel at home.
a) funny b) clever c) friendly

Exercise 3. Match the words from the two columns.

1. music a. the guitar

2. play b. diary
3. speak c. baby
4. computer d. person
5. make e. French
6. secret f. teacher
7. friendly g. cookies
8. sweet h. games

Exercise 4. Put the verb in the right form of the Present Simple to
complete the text.

Jane … (be) twelve years old. She … (be) short and slim, even thin. She
… (have got) red hair and green eyes. Her eyes … (be) big and
beautiful. She … (have got) a small nose and a small mouth. Jane …
(be) pretty. She … (be) clever, kind and friendly. Her friends … (like)
her very much.

Exercise 5. read the text and fill in the gaps transforming

capitalized words.

Dima Bilan is a pop … and … . Bilan SING, ACT

represented our Country at the Eurovision Song
Contest 2006. He … second, with Never FINISH
Let You Go. In 2008 the … singer won the RUSSIA
contest in Belgrade, with the … Believe. SING
He has had several no. 1 hits.
Exercise 6. Match the words from the two columns.

1. as wise as a. a mule
2. as busy as b. a mouse
3. as playful as c. a snail
4. as proud as d. an ox
5. as stubborn as e. a bee
6. as strong as f. a kitten
7. as quiet as g. a peacock
8. as slow as h. an owl