Imagine you work for a mobile phone company.

· Work in a group to design a mobile phone of the future.

· Think about the features it has and what it can do.

· When you have decided, try to draw the phone and label all the features.

· Then you can present your idea to the group

MOBILE PHONE QUIZ

How much do you know about mobile phones? Try this quiz and find out.
1) What is the average number of mobile phones owned by each British person?

a) 0.8
b) 1.8
c) 2.8

2) When was the first mobile phone created?
a) 1973
b) 1983
c) 1993

3) What were the first words spoken on a mobile?
a) “Can you hear me?”
b) “I’m on the train”
c) “Guess where I’m calling from?”

4) How many phone numbers could the first mobile phones hold in their memory?

a)10
b)30
c)100

5) How much money was spent last year in Britain on ring tones?
a) ₤ 26 million
b) ₤ 56 million
c) ₤ 76 million

6) Which country has the most mobile phones in use?
a) The United States
b) India
c) In China

7) How many people in the whole world own a mobile phone?

a) 4 million
b) 4 billion
c) 4 trillion

8) What percentage of drivers use their mobile phone while driving in the UK?
a) 0.8
b) 1.8
c) 2.8

9) How many texts are sent every second in Britain?
a) 1000
b) 5000
c) 10 000

10) What is the universal emergency number for all mobile phones in the EU?
a) 112
b) 999
c) 911

Imagine you work for a mobile phone company. - student2.ru TEST YOURSELF

1. 1 Kate ________ in London.

A to live Clive
B is living D lives

2. She ________English.

A is Care
B is being D am

She ________English now.

A speak Cspeaks
B is speaking D are speaking

4. Do you ________Russian?

A speak Cis speaking
B speaks D are speaking

You ________ to speak English now.

A learning Cis learning
B are learning D learn

Water ________ at 100 degrees celcius.

A boiling Cboil
B is boiling D boils

I ________ in Moscow with my friend (only for a couple of weeks).

A am living Clives
B live D are living

8. The water ________. Can you turn it off?

A boil Cis boiling
B to boil D boils

I ________English now.

A am speaking Cam saying
B speak D is telling

My parents ___ in a detached house.

A lives Cis living
B live D living

The Sun ___ in the East.

A rise Care rising
B rises D rising

12. Red traffic lights ___ “Stop”.

A points Cmeans
B reads D speaks

He ___ to any parties.

A not to belong Cdoesn’t belong
B don’t believe D believes

14. Do you ___ where the post office is?

A knowing Crealize
B know D speak

My mother usually ___ lots of money on clothes.

A spends Cis asking
B is wasting D rejects

Martin never ___ me text messages.

A sends Creceives
B doesn’t send D obtains

I ___ too much coffee.

A drinking Cdrink
B drinks D is drinking

The bank always ___ on time.

A close Copens
B serve D open

19. I ___ I’ll show you the city.

A promise Cam promise
B promising D promises

You ___ your things. You shold be more attentive.

A always lose Care always losing
B are losing always D lose

A solar eclipse ___ when the moon ___ in front of the sun.

A happen, passe Chappens, passes
B happens, is passing D is happening, is passing
   

22. What ___ of my hair?

A do you think Care you thinking
B think D you are thinking

23. What ___ about now?

Ado you think Care you thinking
Bthink Dyou are thinking

My term in university course ___ until next month.

Ais starting Cstart
Bstart Ddoesn’t start

He always ___ a blak hat.

Awears Cbring
Bclothes Dsell

26. When ___ ?

Ais the plane arriving Cthe plane is arriving
Bdoes the plane arrive Dthe plane arrives

27. Why ___ now?

Adoes she cry Cis she crying
Bshe cries Dshe is crying

28. What time ___ in the morning?

Aare you getting up Cdo you get up
Byou are getting up Dyou get up

This weekend I ___ my friends in Brighton.

Avisit Care visiting
Bam visiting Dvisits

30. ___ in the pool at the moment?

ADo they swim CAre they swimming
BThey swim DThey are swimming

UNIT 2

GRAMMAR: PAST INDEFINITE; PAST CONTINUOUS

TEXTS: GALILEO’S EXPERIMENTS; ALBERT EINSTEIN

PAST INDEFINITE

Affirmative form Interrogative form Negative form
I He She It We You They played I he she Did it play? we you they I He She It did not play We (didn’t) You They
       

!!! Але деякі дієслова мають неправильну форму дієслова у стверджувальних реченнях:

To read − read

To write − wrote

To go − went

To see − saw

Список неправильних дієслів подається у додатку “Irregular Verbs”.

SHORT ANSWERS

Affirmative form Negative form
I he she Yes, it did we you they I he she No, it did not we (didn’t) you they

Зверніть увагу!!!

1. Якщо слово закінчується на приголосну та літеру “y”, то перед закінченням –ed літера “y” змінюється на “i” (to try - I tried).

2. Літера “y” не змінюється, якщо слово закінчується на голосну + “y” (to play -I played).

3. Якщо слово закінчується на голосну + приголосну, приголосний подвоюється (to stop – I stopped).

Signal words: yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last week (month, year), in 2012.

Past Simple вживається:

1. Для вираження дії, що регулярно відбувалася у минулому:

Last winter I spent a lot of time Минулої зими я проводив багато часу

in the library. в бібліотеці.

While she was in London, she Коли вона була в Лондоні,

wrote us letters every week. вона писала нам листи щотижня.

2. Для вираження факту в минулому:

What did you say? Що ви сказали?

The negotiations ended last week. Переговори закінчилися минулого тижня.

3.Для вираження послідовності минулих дій:

He came to the table, took a pen Він підійшов до столу, взяв ручку

and started writing. і почав писати.

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