It may be interesting to find differences in modern and old places. Use the Internet to do it.

Do you know any Russian or Soviet ghost towns? Have you ever heard about Chernobyl? Look at the picture and say, what comes to your mind first? What do you think happened? Who is the monument to?

4. Read the short text about Chernobyl. Mark with “+” what you know, “?” what is new for you and “!” what surprises you.

Chernobyl was a city in northern Ukraine, in the Kyiv Oblast near the border with Belarus. The government evacuated the city in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) north-northwest. The power plant was named after the city, and located within Chernobyl Raion (district), but Power Plant workers lived in Pripyat, a city, which was larger and closer to the power plant.

Though the city today is mostly uninhabited, a small number of inhabitants live in houses marked with signs stating that the "Owner of this house lives here".

Before the government evacuated the people, there lived about 15,000 residents.

Share your notes about the text.

Ask several questions to your deskmate to check the understanding of the text. What questions would you like to ask to learn more about that disaster? Write them down. Use the internet to find the answers. Tell your classmates about your findings.

Rewrite the sentences in the past. Add adverbs of time.

• I play tennis on Mondays.
• My friends go to the library in the afternoon.
• Once a month my parents and I go to a classical music concert.
• I watch cartoons every evening.
• Kate wants to go to Mineral Park.

Give short answers to the questions.

• Did people live in Mineral Park? - ________________
• Was there a school in the town? - _______________
• Did people work in the mines? - _____________
• Did people like to spend their free time at work? - ______________
• Were people unhappy there? - ______________
• Did the government evacuate the city (Chernobyl) after explosion? - _____________

Write sentences about what you did last weekend. Tell your deskmate about it. Did you do the same things?

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9. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the table in the Past Simple:

enjoy start happen finish rain want

• The movie ________________ at 17.15 and ______________ at 19.00.
• When my mom was a child, she _____________ to be a teacher.
• It ____________ yesterday, but today it is sunny.
• I will never forget my summer trip to London, I really ______________ it.
• The accident ______________ two days ago.

B. Halloween Spirit

Language puzzle. Find 8 words, copy them out and translate. Make up 3 sentences with them.

m	w	o	r	r	i	e	d	s
t	i	r	e	d	e	r	u	t
e	v	s	c	a	r	e	d	r
x	y	e	e	w	s	x	o	e
c	c	b	o	r	e	d	a	s
i	o	p	h	j	a	f	x	s
t	b	n	j	k	l	b	e	e
e	b	v	u	t	r	o	l	d
d	p	u	z	z	l	e	d	e

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Find English equivalents to the following Russian word combinations. Use them in sentences of your own. Make scary but funny sentences. Decide whose sentences are the best ones.

Кошелек или жизнь
Было очень поздно, и мы очень устали
Дом казался пустым
Нам было страшно
Огромное существо
Непослушный
Стучать

Fill in the empty squares with the missing verb forms and translation. Work in pairs. Student 1 names the present form of the verb and Student 2 names the past simple form and translation. Then Student 2 says the present form of a verb, and so on. You have 5 minutes to play the game. The student, who makes no mistakes and answers quickly, wins.

Present	Past	Russian
Be
	Had
		Решать
	Saw
Say
	Got
		Слышать
Fall
	Thought
Teach
		Встречать
	Built
Buy
	Caught
		Делать

Play tic-tac-toe. You may cross or circle the square if you use the verb in the square in the correct affirmative/interrogative and negative sentences.

Break	Choose	Come
Drink	Eat	Have
Leave	Sell	Speak

Play “Snowball”: use one of the verbs below to make up a story that happened last summer. One student says a sentence. Every next student repeats the previous sentence then says the sentence of their own. Make it fun and logical.

Go, see, find, buy, eat, get sick, call, visit, get better, talk, laugh.