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Task 7: Look at self portrait by a famous painter. Answer the question.

Task 8: Listen to the audio guide and check your answers.

1. Do you know who he is?

2. How old do you think he is in this painting?

3. Do you know any of his paintings? Do you like them?

Task 9: Listen again and choose a, b, or c.

1. He was born in _______ in 1853.

A. Belgium
B. The Netherlands
C. Germany
2. His parents weren’t _______ .
A. Artists
B. Married
C. Poor
3. Before he was a painter, he was a _______.
A. Teacher
B. Doctor
C. Lawer
4. There are _______ photos of him when he was young.
A. No
B. A lot of
C. Not many
5. This self-portrait was a present for a painter _______ .
A. Monet
B. Picasso
C. Gauguin
6. The relationship between the two painters wasn’t _______.
A. Bad
B. Easy
C. Complicated
7. He was only _______ when he died.
A. 27
B. 37
C. 47
8. During his life, his paintings were _______
A. Unpopular
B. Valuable
C. famous

Task 10: Look at the highlighted verbs in task 9 and complete the chart.

Present is are Isn’t aren’t

Past

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Task 11: Read the text and check the answers in task 9.

This painting is a self-portrait by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on the thirtieth of March eighteen fifty-three. His parents weren’t poor –
his father was a church minister, and his mother was an artist. Van Gogh’s first job was in his uncle’s company,
selling paintings, but later he was a teacher in England, and finally a painter. We only really know what he looked
like because of his many self-portraits. Only three photographs of him exist, and they are all from when he was
young.
This portrait is from his time in Arles in the south of France, in eighteen eighty-eight, when he was thirty-five.
He was very poor, but he was happy because of the beautiful light and colours there. This portrait was a present
for his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin. Gauguin and van Gogh were together in Arles for a month. Van Gogh
was not strong mentally, and the relationship between them was difficult. After a big fight, van Gogh cut off his
ear, and was in a mental hospital for some time. He died on the twenty-ninth of July eighteen ninety. He was only
thirty-seven years old. His paintings weren’t popular during his lifetime and he was never rich or famous. But
today people think that Vincent van Gogh is one of the greatest painters in the world, and his paintings, like
Sunflowers, and The Starry Night, sell for millions of pounds.

I was there მე ვიყავი იქ I was not there მე ვიყავი იქ

He was there ის იყო იქ He was not there ის არ იყო იქ
She was there ის იყო იქ She was not there ის არ იყო იქ
It was there ის იყო იქ It was not there ის არ იყო იქ
We were there ჩვენ ვიყავით იქ We were not there ჩვენ არ ვიყავით იქ
You were there თქვენ იყავით იქ You were not there თქვენ არ იყავით იქ
They were there ისინი იყვნენ იქ They were not there ისინი არ იყვნენ იქ

Was I there? მე ვიყავი იქ? Yes, I was. დიახ No, I was not. არა
Was he there? ის იყო იქ? Yes, he was. დიახ No, he was not. არა
Was she there? ის იყო იქ? Yes, she was. დიახ No, she was not. არა
Was it there? ის იყო იქ? Yes, it was. დიახ No, it was not. არა
Were we there? ჩვენ ვიყავით იქ? Yes, we were. დიახ No, we were not. არა
Were you there? თქვენ იყავით იქ? Yes, you were. დიახ No, you were not. არა
Were they there? ისინი იყვნენ იქ? Yes, they were. დიახ No, they were not. არა

ხშირად გამოიყენება შემდეგთან: yesterday, last night, in2020, etc.

ასევე:

was born დაიბადა - I was born in Tbilisi.

were born დაიბადნენ - They were born in Georgia.

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Task 12: Underline the correct word or phrase.

1. We was / were on holiday last week.

2. They were / was at work this morning.
3. When was / were Aneta born?
4. Where were you / you were last night?
5. Was / Were Rosie and Fred at school yesterday?
6. The factories wasn’t / weren’t open today.
7. Yesterday was / were Sunday.

Task 13: Complete with was / were or wasn’t / weren’t to make true sentences.

1. Mother Teresa ____________ born in India.

2. Kurt Vonnegut ____________ an English writer.
3. Tchaikovsky ____________ the composer of Swan Lake.
4. The Vikings ____________ from Germany.
5. Gustave Eiffel ____________ a famous French engineer.
6. Roald Dahl____________ a famous British musician.
7. The Beatles ____________ from Liverpool.
8. Jennifer Lawrence ____________ in the Hunger Games films.
9. Socrates and Plato ____________ Greek artists.
10. Pablo Picasso____________ Spanish.
11. Beethoven ____________ a Swiss composer.
12. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ____________ the first men to walk on
the moon.
13. Adele’s first album ____________ 25.

14. The Incas ____________ from Mexico.

15. Marco Polo ____________ born in Venice.
16. The Olympic Games ____________ in Brazil in 2016.
17. Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci ____________ famous German
painters.
18. Barack Obama ____________ the 44th President of the USA.
19. Monet and Gauguin ____________ French painters.
20. Albert Einstein ____________ a German politician.

Task 14: Work with a partner. Make questions and test your partner’s memory. Correct the information if you can.
Was Mother Teresa born in India? - No, she wasn't. She was born in Albania.

Task 15: Look at three self portraits. Do you think the self-portraits look like the people in the photos?

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Task16: Read the three biographies and number the events in the correct order, 1-3.

Kurt Vonnegut
____ slaughterhouse-Five was a bestseller.
____ He was a soldier.
____ he was a painter.

Billy Dee Williams

____ He was in his first film
____ He was very successful as an actor.
____ He was an art student.

Adele
____ She wasn’t very interested in schoolwork.
____ 19 was a bestseller.
____ She was a student with singer Jessie J.

Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer. He was born in 1922 in Indianapolis. He was a
soldier during World War II, and was in a prison camp in Germany from 1944 to 1945.
His first novel was Piano Player, published in 1952, but it wasn’t a success. However, his
novel Slaughterhouse-Five, an antiwar book, was a best-seller, and was made into a film in
1972. In later life, he was interested in politics and painting. His art was an escape from
the ‘work’ of writing.

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams is an American actor. He was born in New York in 1937. His father
was a caretaker and his mother was a lift operator. He was a student at the High School of
Music & Art. He was a theatre actor for 15 years, and in 1959 he was in his first film. He
was very successful in the 1980s, when he was in two Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes
Back and Return of the Jedi. Before he was an actor, Williams was at a fine arts academy
in New York, and this self-portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.

Adele
Adele is a British singer and songwriter. She was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in London
in 1988. When she was a child she was much more interested in music than in schoolwork.
When she was 14, her musical tastes were very different from most teenagers – she was a
big fan of Billie Holiday and Eminem. She was a performing arts student at the BRIT
School in London, where she was a classmate of singers Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Her first
album, 19, in 2008, was an immediate success and she is now a major star. Adele isn’t a
painter; this self-portrait was for an online art project called Face Britain.

Task 17: Read the biographies again. Then cover them. What can you remember about each person?

Task 18: Which of the four self-portraits in the lesson do you like most why?

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Task 19: Read about the National Portrait Gallery
in London and answer the questions

1. Where is it?
2. What can you see there?
3. When is it open?
4. How much does it cost?

National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery has a collection of portraits of famous British men and women, from the 16th
century to the present day. The portraits are both paintings and photographs. The National Portrait Gallery is near
Trafalgar Square, five minutes from the National Gallery, London’s most important art gallery. It is open daily and
entrance is free.

Task 20: Look at a photo which is in the National Portrait gallery. Cover the dialogue and listen.
Task 21: Who are the two people in the photo?

A I love that photo. Who are they?

B I think it’s King Edward Vlll and Wallis Simpson. Let’s see. Yes, that’s right.
A When was he the king? I don’t remember a King Edward.
B Well, he was only king for 11 months, in 1936, I think. He was Queen Elizabeth II’s uncle.
A Why was he only the king for a short time?
B Because he was in love with Wallis Simpson, the woman in the photo. She was American. The government
was against the marriage because she was divorced. It was a terrible scandal. In the end he abdicated and
they got married.
A Who was the next king?
B His brother, George VI.
A Were Edward and Wallis happy?
B I think they were happy. They were together for the rest of their lives.

Task 22: Look at three more pictures from the National Portrait Gallery.
Do you know who the people are or anything about them?

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Task 23: Read and Listen to three audio guile extracts.

1 Henry VIII was born in 1491. He was King of England from 1509 to 1547 and is famous for
separating the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, and for his six wives.
When he was young, as in this picture, he was very strong and good-looking. He was an
excellent sportsman, and was also a good musician and poet. However, in his old age he was
very fat and always in pain.

2 The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, were born between 1816 and 1820 in
a small village in the north of England. They were all writers, but only Charlotte, with
her novel Jane Eyre, was famous in her lifetime. Their brother Branwell, the painter of
this portrait, was originally in the picture between Emily and Charlotte. He wasn’t
happy with his self-portrait and now the painting shows only the three sisters.

3 Helena Bonham Carter, the actress, was born in London in 1966. Her
mother is half Spanish and her father, who died in 2004, was the grandson of
Herbert Asquith, the British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. Her first big
role was as Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View, and her other roles
include The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, Bellatrix Lestrange in the
Harry Potter films, and Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech. She has two
children with her partner Tim Burton, a film director.

Task 24: Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. How long was Henry VIII King of England? 4. Why isn’t their brother in the picture?
2. What was he good at when he was a young man? 5. Who was Helena Bonham Carter’s great
3. Were the Bronte sisters famous when they were alive? grandfather?
6. What was her first famous film?

Task 25: Cover the texts. What can you remember?

Task 26: Find words in the text for people made from these words:

1. sport____________ 4. write ____________ 6. act ____________ (or actor)

2. music____________ 5. paint ____________ 7. direct film ____________
3. poetry ____________

Task 27: Are the words below verbs or nouns? Do you know the words for the people?
Task 28: Listen and check. Practice saying the words.
1. Sign ___________________ 5. Police___________________ 8. Business ___________________
2. Compose ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
3. Politics ___________________ 6. Novel___________________ 9. Sail ___________________
4. Science ___________________ 7. Invent __________________ 10. Art ___________________
Task 29: Write the name of four famous people in each circle. Ask a partner.

alive dead
1. _________ _________ Who’s Shakira? – She’s a singer.
2. _________ _________
Who was Charles Darwin? – He was a scientist.
3. _________ _________
4. _________ _________

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Task 30: Read the text.

The taxi journey

Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, has three daughters, 18-year-old Kitty,
and 15-year-old twins Eliza and Amelia. They live in Althorp, a large country house
near Northampton, about 85 miles (136 kilometres) north of London.
One of the sisters and her friend wanted to go to a football match in London. It was
a Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. They
called a taxi to take them to London and back. The taxi arrived and the driver typed
Stamford Bridge into his satnav. The girls relaxed in the back of the car. They
probably chatted, listened to music on their iPods, and texted their friends.
They didn’t talk to the taxi driver.
Two hours later the taxi stopped. They looked out of the window. It was a
street with pretty houses.
The girls were a bit surprised, and they asked the taxi driver where they were.
‘In Stamford Bridge,’ he said. ‘Where did you want to go?’

Task 31: Read and listen to the true story about a Journey. Number the sentences 1-7.
Task 32: Listen and check.
Do you think they were in London?
____ The taxi arrived at the girls’ house.
____ They looked out of the window.
____ They chatted and listened to the music.
____ The girls wanted to go to a match.
____ The taxi stopped in a street with pretty houses.
____ They called a taxi.
____ The taxi driver typed their destination into the satnav.
Task 33: Listen to the news story on the radio.
Where were they?
…. and finally on the news today the story of two football fans who missed the big match.
Last week Chelsea played Arsenal at Chelsea’s famous stadium, Stamford bridge in West London. It was the match
that football fans all over the world wanted to match. Charles Spencer’s daughter and a friend were among the
lucky people with tickets. The girls were in Anthrop, which is about 140 kilometers from London and they
decided to go by taxi. But when the taxi stopped in a small village it was clear that something was wrong. They
were in Stamford Bridge, but not at Chelsea stadium. The driver had typed Stamford Bridge into his satnav. But
unfortunately Stamford Bridge is also a small village in the north of England – and that’s where they were! Of
course, they missed thy match.
Task 34: Read the text again and highlighted ten more past simple verbs+, one past simple negative -, and one past
simple question?
Task 35: In pairs, complete the chart answer questions 1-3.
Present simple Past simple
They want to go to the match. They _______________ to go to the match.
They don’t talk to the taxi driver. They _______________ to the taxi driver.
Where do you want to go? Where _______________ to go?

1. What letters do you add to a regular verb in the past simple, e. g. call?
2. What do you do if the verb ends in e, e.g. type?
3. What happens to verbs which end with one vowel and one consonant, e.g. chat, stop?
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Past simple - წარსული მარტივი დრო

გამოხატავს მოქმედებას რომელიც მოხდა წარშულში და დრო ცნობილია.
მოხდა წარშულში ერთმანეთის მიყოლებით.
მტკიცებითი
Subject Verb
I waited for the bus yesterday. მე მოვუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ.

You waited for the bus yesterday. შენ მოუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ.

He waited for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

She waited for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

It waited for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

We waited for the bus yesterday. ჩვენ მოვუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ.

You waited for the bus yesterday. თქვენ მოუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ.

They waited for the bus yesterday. მათ მოუცადეს ავტობუსს გუშინ.

უარყოფითი
I didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. მე არ მოვუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ.

You didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. შენ არ მოუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ.

He didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. მან არ მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

She didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. მან არ მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

It didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. მან არ მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ.

We didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. ჩვენ არ მოვუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ.

You didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. თქვენ არ მოუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ.

They didn’t wait for the bus yesterday. მათ არ მოუცადეს ავტობუსს გუშინ.

კითხვითი
Did I wait for the bus yesterday. მე მოვუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did you wait for the bus yesterday. შენ მოუცადე ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did he wait for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did she wait for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did it wait for the bus yesterday. მან მოუცადა ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did we wait for the bus yesterday. ჩვენ მოვუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did you wait for the bus yesterday. თქვენ მოუცადეთ ავტობუსს გუშინ?

Did they wait for the bus yesterday. მათ მოუცადეს ავტობუსს გუშინ?

ამ დროზე მიგვანიშნებს შემდეგი:

yesterday - გუშინ, ago - უკან,
last week - გასულ კვირას, how long ago - რამდენი ხნის წინ,
last month - გასულ თვეს, then - შემდეგ,
last year - გასულ წელს, when - როცა,
last Monday გასულ ორშაბათს, in 2000 – 2000-ში etc.

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Task 36: Rewrite the sentences in the past simple with yesterday.
Present Past
1. I watch TV ________________________________________________
2. We study English. ________________________________________________
3. Do you listen to the news? ________________________________________________
4. He doesn’t cook dinner. ________________________________________________
5. Does she play sport? ________________________________________________
6. They work late. ________________________________________________
7. I use the internet at work. ________________________________________________
8. She chats to her friends. ________________________________________________
9. My brother doesn’t dance. _______________________________________

Task 37: Complete the sentences with a verb in the past simple.
not call cry dance finish not listen play

1. We _______________________ work late yesterday.

2. I ________________________ my mother on her birthday.
3. The film was very sad. ________________________ you ________________________ ?
4. My brother ________________________ video games all day yesterday.
5. I ________________________ to the news this morning because I was late.
6. ________________________ Sarah ________________________ with Martin at a party?
Task 38: Complete the sentences with a regular verb in the past simple, first in the positive and than in the negative.
book download listen miss play study watch work

1. Yesterday I ____________________ my bus, but I ____________________ my train.

2. We ____________________ to the news, but we ____________________ to the weather.
3. My parents ____________________ French at school, but they ____________________ Spanish or Italian.
4. My sister ____________________ the film with me, but she ____________________ the football match.
5. The secretary ____________________ a table for lunch, but she ____________________ a taxi.
6. I ____________________ some music onto my laptop, but I ____________________ any films.
7. The shop assistant ____________________ last Saturday, but she ____________________ on Sunday.
8. My boyfriend ____________________ rugby at school, but he ____________________ basketball.

Task 39: Order the words to make Questions.

1. You / did / night / TV / what / on / last / watch? 5. Parents / your / arrive / late / did
A _______________________________________? A _________________________________________?
B I watched the news. B No, they didn’t. They were early.
2. Did / watch / the / time / film / what 6. Germany / your / in / friends / did / were / live
A _______________________________________? A _________________________________________?
B At six o’clock. B Hamburg.
3. Your / parents / birthday / like / you / did 7. Of / you / did / at / the / cry / film / end / the
A _______________________________________? A _________________________________________?
B Yes, I did. They were great! B Yes. I did. It was very sad.
4. Did / university / your /at / brother / what / study 8. Time / work / did / what / arrive / Sandra / yesterday /
A _______________________________________? at
B Modern Languages. A _________________________________________?
B At ten o’clock.

Task 40: Circle the correct answer.

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1. I chatted to my friends for an hour last night / yesterday night.
2. My girlfriend finished university ago two years / two years ago.
3. They travelled abroad last month / the last month.
4. Did you call me last morning / yesterday morning?
5. It stopped raining two hours ago / two ago hours.
6. My brother worked in Greece last July / the last July.
7. We watched that film before two weeks / two weeks ago.
8. David booked the tickets yesterday afternoon/ last afternoon.
9. Steve was born in 1900 / on 1900.
10. I played golf the day yesterday before / the day before yesterday.

Task 41: Complete the sentences with ago, in last, or yesterday.

1. My husband changed his job _____________________ 2020.

2. I called a taxi five minutes _____________________ .
3. We talked to our bank manager _____________________ month.
4. She posted her holiday photos on Facebook _____________________ morning.
5. They arrived in Venice the day before _____________________ .
6. I booked the restaurant three days _____________________ .
7. Jack and Daniel lived in San Francisco _____________________ 2010.
8. We travelled to Asia _____________________ summer.

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Task 43:Complete the conversations in the past tense. Use the verbs in brackets.
Practice the conversations with a partner.

Annie 1 ________________ French at university? (study)

Beth No, I 2 ______________ French; I 3 ______________ Italian. I 4 ______________
in Rome for six months in my third year. (not study, study, live)
Annie Where 5 _______________ you______________ in Rome? (live)
Beth Near the Forum. I 6________________ a house with some Italian students. (rent)
Annie 7 _______________ you _______________in Italian all the time? (talk)
Beth Not always, because they 8 _______________to practise their English. But I 9_______________ to cook
great pasta! (want, learn)

Alan 10_______________ you _______________ Brazil? (like)

Ben We 11 _______________ it! We 12 _______________ to come home. (love, not
want)
Alan 13 _______________ you _______________ around the country? (travel)
Ben We 14 _______________ much, because we were only there for two weeks. (not
travel)
Alan 15 _______________ you _______________ in hotels? (stay)
Ben No, we 16_______________ with Brazilian friends. (stay)

Dave 17 _______________ you _______________ the match? Arsenal and Real

Madrid? (watch)
Carl No, I 18 _______________.
Dave Why not?
Carl I 19 _______________late last night. I 20 _______________ until 7.00. (work,
not finish)
Dave But the match 21 _______________ at 7.45. (start)
Carl Yeah, but I 22 _______________ my train. I 23 _______________home until 9.30. (miss, not arrive)
Dave What a pity! It was a great game.

Sam I 24 _______________you three times last night, but you 25_______________ .

(call, not answer)
Lucy Sorry. I was at the cinema with my sister.
Sam And I 26_______________ you, too. Why 27_______________
you________________ me back? (text, not text)
Lucy Because I was angry.
Sam Angry? Why?
Lucy Because you 28 _______________to me at the party last week. You 29_______________ to Eva for about
an hour. (not talk, chat)
Sam I 30_______________ to Eva for an hour! She had a problem, and she just 31 _______________to tell me
about it. (not chat, want)
Lucy A problem? Is that why you 32_______________ with her for 20 minutes? (dance)

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Materials for vocational programme by Teona Khabashvili; Module: English language - part 3; 2022-2023, short version, (a rough draft)
Task 76: Read the biography.

Charles Dickens
The English writer Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He grew up in a large family with
seven brothers and sisters. As a child he spent a lot of time reading and enjoyed being outdoors. He didn’t get
much formal education because he left school early and got a job in the same factory where his father worked as
a clerk. His father had problems with money and had to go to prison because of his debts. Dickens tried very
hard to raise some money to free his father, but he wasn’t successful. His father only came out of prison when
Dickens’ grandmother died and left them some money.
Before Dickens became a political journalist, in 1831, he worked at the law office of Ellis and Blackmore in
London as a junior clerk. He became famous in 1836, when he started writing The Pickwick Papers. He edited a
weekly journal for twenty years, and also wrote fifteen novels, including Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.
He also wrote hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles. He wasn’t just a writer, though; he also
campaigned for children’s rights and social reforms.
Dickens fell in love with Catherine Hogarth in 1835, and they got married a year later, in 1836. They had the first
of their ten children, Charley, in 1837. This was also one of the saddest times of his life, because it was when his
sister-in-law, Mary, who lived with them in London, died after a short illness. Dickens and his wife Catherine
stayed together for twenty-two years, but got divorced in 1858, a year after Dickens fell madly in love with an
actress, Ellen Ternan. His love for Ellen lasted until he died, in 1870.
At just twenty years old, Dickens already knew that he wanted to become famous. Later in his life, and after his
death and the beginning of the 20th century, critics recognized him as a literary genius. Today, he is considered
one of the most successful writers of all time.

Vocabulary

1. was born დაბადება (აქ.) 11. weekly ყოველკვირეული

2. grew up გაიზარდა(აქ.) 12. non-fiction არამხატვრული
3. outdoors გარეთ 13. campaign /kamˈpeɪn/ კამპანიის ჩატაქრება
4. clerk /klɑːk/კლერკი 14. rights უფლებები
5. debt /dɛt/ ვალი 15. illness ავადმყოფობა
6. raise შეგროვება 16. get divorced განქორწინება
7. prison ციხე 17. death გარდაცვალება
8. law office იურიდიული ფირმა 18. critic კრიტიკოსი
9. junior უმცროსი 19. recognize აღიარება
10. edit რედაქტირება 20. considered მიჩნევა, ჩათვლა

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Materials for vocational programme by Teona Khabashvili; Module: English language - part 3; 2022-2023, short version, (a rough draft)
Task 77:Complete the sentences with the words bellow .

grew up raise got divorced debts campaigned left school weekly

got a job law office considered recognized edited was born illness

1. Charles Dickens ________________in 1812 in Portsmouth, England.

2. He ________________in a large family with seven brothers and sisters.
3. Dickens and his wife Catherine ________________ in 1858.
4. Critics ________________ him as a literary genius.
5. Today, he is________________ one of the most successful writers of all time.
6. He ________________ early and ________________in the same factory where his father worked as a clerk.
7. His father had problems with money and had to go to prison because of his________________.
8. He ________________a ________________journal for twenty years.
9. He also ________________for children’s rights and social reforms.
10. His sister-in-law died after a short________________.
11. Dickens tried very hard to ________________some money to free his father.
12. He worked at the ________________.

Task78 : Read the text about Charles Dickens and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Charles Dickens was one of seven children. ____

2. His father went to prison because of debts. ____
3. Dickens raised the money to free his father. ____
4. Dickens was a banker before he started working as a political journalist. ____
5. He wrote many novels and hundreds of short stories. ____
6. He married Catherine in 1836 and they had seven children together. ____
7. Their first son was born in 1835. ____
8. He got divorced in 1858. ____
9. Dickens fell madly in love with another writer, Ellen Ternan. ____
10. Dickens is considered to be one of the most successful writers of all time. ____
11. Charles Dickens’ parents had eight children. ____
12. As a child, Dickens wasn’t interested in reading. ____
13. As a young man, Dickens wanted to help his father get out of prison. ____
14. Dickens was a clerk in an office before he started working as a political journalist. ____
15. He wrote two novels and hundreds of short stories. ____
16. He married Catherine in 1836. ____
17. Dickens was very sad when his sister died in 1837. ____
18. Dickens and Catherine were together for twenty-two years. ____
19. Dickens fell in love with an actress, Ellen Ternan. ____
20. Dickens became famous after he died. ____

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Materials for vocational programme by Teona Khabashvili; Module: English language - part 3; 2022-2023, short version, (a rough draft)
Task 79: Complete the biography form with your personal information.

My name is __________________ __________________and I was born __________________ in a small town

__________________ /small village, __________________ in Georgia. / the capital city of Georgia. I grew up in a
large/ small family with __________________ brother/brothers and __________________ sister/sisters. My mother
is __________________ __________________ . She is a/an __________________. She works in a/an
__________________. My father is __________________ __________________. He is a/an __________________ .
He works in a/an __________________.

I started school in __________________ . At just __________________ years old, I already knew that I wanted to
become a/an __________________ so when I graduated from school in __________________ I passed (national)
exams and entered __________________ university/college in __________________. Where I studied from
__________________ to __________________.

In __________________ I got a new job as a/an __________________. I worked for __________________ from
__________________ to __________________ .

Task 80: Write your biography.

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