Ex. 5. Reproduce the dialogues. Make dialogues using the prompts
1. — I'd like some stamps please.
— How many stamps would you like?
— Three please.
2. — May I have three stamps please?
— Of course. Anything else?
— No, thank you.
Prompts: four records, five tickets, six seats, half a dozen eggs, eight ice-creams, eleven bars of bottles of milk, two cups of coffee.
Ex. 6. Ask your neighbour the time.
Model: — What's the time please?
— It's five o'clock.
It's a quarter past (to) two.
It's half past four.
It's twenty eight minutes past (to) nine.
Prompts: 3.00; 6.15; 5.30; 8.00; 10.03; 7.35; 8.20; 4.45; 9.50; 7.20; 8.37;
Ex. 7. Read the table and answer the questions.
YEARS
1900 nineteen hundred
1901 nineteen one (nineteen oh one, nineteen hundred and one)
1905 nineteen live
1910 nineteen ten
1917 nineteen seventeen
1941 nineteen forty-one
2000 two thousand
1. When were you born? 2. When did you go to school? 3. When did you finish school? 4. When did you enter the University? 5. When did you take part in the election for the first time? 6. When did the II World War begin? 7. When was Vitebsk found? 8. When will the next winter (summer) Olympic Games be held?
Ex. 8. Consult the table. Convert the following British measures of length and weight to the metric system.
LENGTH
| British and American | Metric |
| 1 inch 6 inches 1 foot = 12 inches 2 feet = 24 inches 1 yard = 3 feet =36 inches 1 yard 3 inches | = 2.5 centimetres = 15 centimetres = 30 centimetres = 60 centimetres = 91 centimetres = 1 metre |
WEIGHT
| British and American | Metric |
| 1 ounce (oz) 4 ounces (ozs) = ¼ of a pound (lb) 8 ounces = ½ pound 1 pound =16 ounces 1 pound 2 ounces 2pounds 4 ounces 14 pounds = 1 stone | = 25 grams (gms) = 100/112 grams = 225 grams = 450 grams = 500 grams = ½ kilogram = 1 kilogram (1 kilo) = 6 ¼ kilograms |
Model: 2 inches are equal to 5 centimeters; 1 pound is equal to 450 grams
Prompts: 4 inches (10 centimeters), 3 feet 3 inches ( 1 meter), 4 feet (1 meter 22 centimeters). 4 feet 6 indies (1 meter 37 centimeters), 5 feet (l meter 53 centimeters), 5 feet 6 inches (1 meter 68 centimeters), 6 feet (1 meter 83 centimeters), 3 pounds (1 kilo 350 grams), 16 ounces (450 grams), 2 stones (12 kilo 250 grams).
Ex. 9. Convert the following British measures of distance to the metric system.
Model: 1 mile =1.6 kilometers (One mile is equal to one point six kilometers or one kilometer six hundred meters).
| Prompts | Miles 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 80 90 100 |
| Kilometers 16 32 48 64 80 97 113 128 145 160 |
Ex. 10. Convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade (Fahrenheit is converted to Centigrade by subtracting 32 and multiplying by 5/9, Centigrade to Fahrenheit by multiplying by 9/5 and adding 32).
Model: 212°F = 100 С (Two hundred and twelve degrees F are equal to one hundred degrees Centigrade).
Prompts: 104°F = 40°C; 98.4°F = 36.9°C;
86°F = 30°C; 68°F =20°C;
50°F = 10°C; 32°F = 0°C;
23°F = -5°C; 0°F = -18°C.
Ex.11. Read the table of British and American money and memorize it.
MONEY
BRITISH AM E RIСA N
Pounds (£); Pence (p); £ 1 = 100 p Dollars ($ ); Cents (¢); $1 = 100
Coins
½ p a half penny 1 ¢ a cent, one cent, a penny
1 p a penny (one p) 5 ¢ five cents, a nickel
2 p two pence (two p) 10 ¢ ten cents, a dime
5 p five pence (five p) 25 ¢twenty-five cents, a quarter
50 p fifty pence (fifty p) 50 ¢fifty cents, half a dollar (a half dollar)
Notes
£ 1 a pound, one pound $1 a dollar, one dollar
£ 5 five pounds $5 five dollars
£ 10 ten pounds $10 ten dollars
£ 20 twenty pounds $20 twenty dollars
£ 2.72 two pounds seventy-two $2.72 two dollars seventy-two cents
pence
Ex. 12. Make dialogues by analogy.
Model 1: Assistant is helping Betty to choose a pair of shoes.
— Are the shoes all right?
— Er — no, I'm afraid they arc not big enough.
— Well try these (on). They are bigger.
— They are fine. What are they made of?
— Leather.
— How much are they please? (How much do they cost?)
— £7.99.
Prompts: trousers (wool, £ 19.98); jeans (cotton, £ 9.97); gloves (leather, £ 7.76); tights (nylon, 58p).
Model 2:
— Is the suit all right?
— Er — no. I'm afraid it's (a little) too small.
— Well, try this one (on). It's bigger.
— It's fine. What's it made of?
— Wool and cotton.
— How much is it please? (How much does it cost?)
— £50.
Prompts: a blouse (silk, £ 17.67), a dress (cotton, £ 12), a shirt, (wool and cotton, £ 6.79), a coat (leather, £ 111.89).
Ex. 13. Answer the questions. Write the numbers in full.
1. How many minutes are there in two hours? 2. How many kilometers are there in a mile? 3. What is your normal temperature? 4. How much do you weigh? 5. How many cents are there in $2.5? 6. How many days are there in a year? 7. What is your telephone number? 8. What is the number of your flat? 9. What is the approximate population of Belarus?
Ex. 14. Make short dialogues by analogy.
Model: – When was Charles Dickens born?
– Charles Dickens, probably the best-known and best-loved English novelists, was born on February 7, 1812. He died at the age of 58.
Prompts:
1. Charlotte Bronte (April 25, 1816; whose name is mentioned among the representatives of the brilliant school of British novelists of the 19th century; 1855; 39).
2. William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811; one of the greatest English novelists; 1863; 52).
3. Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667; the greatest English satirical writers; 1745; 78).
4. Mark Twain (November 30, 1835; the most out-standing American writer of the 2nd half of the 19th century; 1910; 75).
5. Jack London (January 12, 1876; оne of the greatest American writers; 1916; 40).
6. George Gordon Byron (January 22, 1788; one of the greatest English poets, the poet of liberty, an outstanding representative of revolutionary romanticism in England; 1824; 36)
7. Robert Burns (January 25, 1759; the greatest poet of Scotland; 1796; 37).
8. Henry Longfellow (February 27, 1807; oneof the most famous American poets; 1882; 75).
9. William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564; the greatest English writer; 1616; 52).
10.George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856; one of the greatest playwrights, and one of the most important representatives of critical realism in English literature; 1950; 94).