Unit 24topic: giving a party
GRAMMAR: REVIEW OF TENSES
PART A TEXT. THE WILSONS' PARTY
Mr and Mrs Wilson invited all their friends and neighbours to a party last night. They stayed home all day yesterday and prepared for the party.
In the morning the Wilsons worked outside. Their daughter Margaret cleaned the yard. Their son Bob painted the fence. Mrs Wilson planted flowers in the garden and Mr Wilson fixed their broken front steps.
In the afternoon the Wilsons worked inside the house. Margaret washed the floors and vacuumed the living-room carpet. Bob dusted the furniture and cleaned the basement. Mr and Mrs Wilson stayed in the kitchen all afternoon. He cooked spaghetti for dinner and she baked apple pies for dessert.
The Wilsons finished all their work at 6 o'clock. Their house looked beautiful inside and out!
Everybody enjoyed the Wilsons' party last night. The guests arrived at about 7.30. After they arrived, they all sat in the living--room. They ate cheese and crackers, drank wine and talked. Some people talked about their children. Other people talked about the weather. And everybody talked about how beautiful the Wilsons' house looked inside and out!
The Wilsons served dinner in the dining-room at 9.00. Everybody enjoyed the meal very much They liked Mr Wilson's spaghetti and they "loved" Mrs Wilson's apple pie. In fact everybody asked for seconds.
After dinner they sat in the living-room again. First Bob Wilson played the piano and his sister Margaret sang. Then Mr and Mrs Wilson showed slides of their trip to Hawaii. After that they turned on the stereo and everybody danced. As you can see, the Wilsons' guests enjoyed the party very much. In fact, nobody wanted to go home
Comprehension
/. Listen to the text "The Wilsons' Party" and answer the questions:
When did the Wilsons have a party? How did they prepare for the party? What time did the guests arrive? What did they do in the
living-room? What time did the Wilsons serve dinner? Did the guests enjoy the meal? What did the guests do after dinner?
//. Read the text and analyse the language peculiarities of the text. Do some exercises in the next section to remember them.
Special Difficulties
/. Report the following requests Do it as in the example:
e.g. Mary to Peter: Will you please give me your dictionary for a few days'
Mary asked Peter for his dictionary for a few days. 1. Mike to Jarnes: Will you please lend me your bicycle for an hour? 2 Alice to Helen: Will you please give me your pen? 3. Mrs Smith to her friend- Will you please lend me your records for a week? 4. Mr Jackson to his neighbour: Will you please lend me your car for tomorrow? 5. Dick to his father: Will you please give me some oranges? 6. Bill to Jack: Will you please lend me your tape-recorder?
//. Repeat what you have just said:
e.g. Put that pen down. Yes, put it down.
1. Take off your coat. 2. Put on your jersey. 3. Don't turn the light off. 4. Give away all your old toys. 5. Switch on the TV set. 6. Write down my address. 7. Take away that typewriter. 8. Turn on the iron. 9. Give back that book. 10. Ring up Peter.
///. Answer the questions, use the verb "prepare". Observe the use of the preposition "for": e.g. — What is Betty doing? (the party)
— She's preparing for the party.
1. What is your daughter doing? (the exam). 2. What are the children doing? (the picnic) 3. What is your father doing? (the business trip) 4. What is Jack doing? (the excursion) 5. What are the students doing? (the test) 6. What is the boss doing? (the meeting)
IV. Answer the questions using the prepositions "inside" and "outside":
e.g. — Where are the keys?
— They are inside the box.
1 Where is the car? (the garage) 2. Where are the students5 (the lab) 3. Where are the boys? (the garden) 4. Where is Mike? (the house) 5. Where is the bicycle? (the yard) 6. Where is the radio-set? (the box) 7. Where is the ice-cream? (the fridge) 8. Where are the notebooks? (the bag)
V. Translate into English (self check):
1. Тебе нравятся французские фильмы3 — Да. 2. — Чем занимается твой брат? — Он готовится к экзаменам. 3 — Мне нe понравился концерт. А тебе? — Мне тоже. 4. Вот твое пальто" Надень его. 5. Вчера мне звонил Николай. Он попросил мой магнитофон на несколько дней 6. — Где книги? — Они в ящике письменного стола. 7. Включи свет. Темно. 8. Мы хорошо провели время на вечере.
Text Exercises
/. Ask questions about: a) the preparations for the party; b) the dinner; c) the entertainments.
//. Speak on: a) the preparations for the party; b) the party itself.
///. When did you last go to a party? Did you enjoy yourself? How did you spend your time? Do you sometimes invite your friends and relatives to your place? When did it happen last? What preparations for the party did you make? What was the party like?