For the 8th form

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CHARACTER AND COLOURS

Whether we are a vibrant Orange, or a peaceful Blue, our colour preferences are a key to understanding our personalities. What does your favourite colour reveal about you?

WHITE

Symbolic of purity, innocence, and naivete, white has strong con­notations of youth and purity. It may also symbolize a desire for simplicity or the simple life.

 GREEN

You are very strong-willed and determined and can accomplish much when left alone and undisturbed. Easy-going and original, you are capable of relaxing and enjoying the finer things in life. You have an eye for art. You work hard to improve your life and to surmount the tensions involved in the struggle.

 YELLOW

You are an original and powerful thinker, capable of overcoming great obstacles. You are easy-going and enjoy the finer things in life. You have an eye for art. You are calm and relaxed and you try not to "rock the boat". Searching for new ideas, methods and styles, you can be very productive when focused on a course of action.

 RED

You have incredible will-power and you are capable of overcoming obstacles that would stop others. You enjoy a pleasant and colorful environment. You are capable of bursts of high energy spontaneity, though generally more "laid back". You are energetic and interested in many areas of life. You are capable of accomplishment when consciously focused and persistent.

 BLUE

You enjoy a peaceful environment in which to relax and appreciate life. You have a refined sense of beauty. You are capable of persisting against all odds when determined to reach a goal. You are intent on establishing a personal attitudinal framework within which to accomplish your goals.

 BLACK

You demand a calm environment, free of conflict and disagreement. You prefer natural to artificial. You are capable of being comfortable in conditions that would bother others. You are not easily disconcerted. You enjoy attention, but are unsure of how to handle it. Just treat others as you'd like to be treated. It works!

 PURPLE

You are very spontaneous; you have a quick and original mind that knows no boundaries. You are com­paratively conservative and ap­preciate beautiful surroundings, especially in nature. You are relaxed and self-assured. You work well with others. You are a unique individual, and have unusual tastes, but you're quite comfortable among more conservative peers.

 BROWN

You are natural and easy-going, you prefer a calm environment. You are attracted to the outdoors. You have a refined sense of beauty. You have a rather conservative and well-ordered mind, you are not attracted to the bizarre. You are comfortable with your current value system, you are not entertained by fads or styles.

 PINK

This colour embodies the gentler qualities of Red, symbolizing love and affection without passion. Pink desires protection,            special treatment, and a sheltered life. Pink people require affection and like to feel loved and secure, perhaps wanting to appear delicate and fragile. Pink people tend to be charming and gentle, if a trifle indefinite.

 ORANGE

This colour of luxury and pleasure appeals to the flamboyant and fun-loving person who likes a lively social round. Orange people may be inclined to dramatize a bit, and people notice them, but they are generally good-natured and popular. They can be a little fickle and vacillating, but on the whole they try hard to be agreeable. Orange is the colour of youth, strength, fear­lessness, curiosity, and restlessness.

1. Put the verbs into the correct tense form (Past Simple or Present Perfect).

1. My friends (visit) the British Museum last year.

2. I (be / never) to the National Gallery.

3. But I (see) lots of wonderful pictures.

4. And yesterday I (buy) a book about the British Museum

and its collections.

5. I (read) 30 pages already. It’s really interesting.

6. I (just / finish) my homework.

7. Mary (already / write) five letters.

2. Choose the right letter (a, b, c or d). 

1. The Sun ….. in the East. 

 a) rise; b) will rise; c) rises; d) rose. 

2. My little sister ….. to school every day. 

 a) go; b) goes; c) will go; d) went.

3. It often ….. in winter. 

a) snow; b) snowed; c) snows; d) will snow. 

4. Benny ….. fruit. 

a) like; b) will like; c) liked; d) likes. 

5. Mother always ….. in the morning. 

a) cooked; b) will cook; c) cook; d) cooks. 

6. Water ...... at 100 degrees.

a) boils;  b) is boiling; с) will boil; d) will have been boiling.

7. .... she .... two foreign language?

a) does...speaks;  b) do...speak; c) does...speak; d) did ... speak/

8. What time ... you usually ... ?

a) do... get up; b) did ... get up; c) does... get up; d) are ... getting up.

9. John likes to sing, ... ? 

a) doesn't he; b) does he; c) didn't he; d) hasn't he.

10. What kind of  music ... you ...?

a)  do ... prefer; b) does ... prefer; c) did ... prefer; d) will ... prefer.

MY DEAR FRIENDS!

Hope you are well 

          and have much spare time!             

Don't waste your precious time and use it properly, I mean,  

for learning English.

Доброго дня, шановні восьмикласники!

Пропоную під час карантину самостійно попрацювати з наступними завданнями. 

Good afternoon, my Dear friends! 
Welcome to our English lesson!

I'm very happy to chat with you during my lessons. 
How are you? I hope that everyone is healthy. 
I want you great immunity, cheerful mood and productive job. 
I wish success and creativity in your work! 
You are the best!

Friday, the twentieth of March

Homework

Computers and Electronic Devices

Today we are going to speak about things which are very familiar and interesting for you. The world is becoming a wireless, digital, computer orient society.

I. a) Translate the words and give the definitions in a written form.

Camcorder, digital photo frame, digital radio, e-book reader, game console, HD TV, MP3 player, notebook, satnav, satellite TV, smartphone, tablet PC.

b) Complete the sentences with electronic devices from exercise a).

1. You can download a book into a __________ .

2. You can use a __________ to find the way.

3. You can pause a TV programme on a __________ .

4. You can use a __________ to play games on your TV.

5. You can listen to radio programmes on a __________ .

6. You can listen to music on an __________ or a __________ while you are walking to school.

II. Read the text and complete the sentences.

According to a recent report, people in Britain spend more time texting then those in most other European countries. There are 60 million in Britain, but over 70 million mobile phones in use. And these phones send 11 million texts an hour!

Most people now understand the language of texting – or SMS language – with its numbers and missing letters. It is easier than writing whole words, and it saves time. Many people think this will be bad for the English language, but research shows that young people can still spell properly when they need to.

27-year-old Melissa Thompson from Manchester in Britain said she was feeling ‘gr8’ when she became the world’s fastest texter. The new champion beat the previous record by almost 10 seconds. She had to write, ‘The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasaimus and Pysgocentrus at the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.’ It only took her 25,94 seconds. And as you can see, there is no SMS language in those two sentences. Try it yourself and see how quickly you can do it!

III. After-reading activity. Read the text and say if the following sentences are true or false.

1. There are more mobile phones in Britain than people.

2. People use SMS language to save time.

3. Some adults worry that SMS language isn’t good for spelling.

4. Melissa Thompson was 10 seconds slower than the previous champion.

5. She used SMS language during the competition.

IV. Writing.

The senders of text messages have invented a unique language of abbreviations in order to shorten writing. Here are some of the most common

CU – see you

GR8 – great

L8R – later

MSG – message

NE – any

R – are

THX – thanks

TXT ME BAC – text me back

U – you

RU – your / you’re

WAN2 – Do you want to … ?

Y – why … ?

2Day – today

2Moro – today

I LUV U – I love you

R U @ home? – Are you at home?

a) Write these words and phrases from text messages in normal English. 

1. call me b4 2moro ____________________

2. i luv u                   ____________________

3. cu l8r                    ____________________

4. thx 4 ur msg         ____________________

5. ru @ home?         ____________________ 

b) Challenge! Writing.

Respond to a text message from a friend. Write the message in "text language".

1. Thank your friend for the message and 2. ask where he or she is, 3. invite your friend in your house and 4. tell your friend to call you tomorrow. 

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one that best fits each space (17-22). There are two choices you do not need to use. 

WHAT IS ACID RAIN?

Acid rain is a result of air pollution. When any type of fuel is burnt, (17) ___. The smoke that comes from a fire or the fumes that come out of a car exhaust don’t just contain the sooty grey particles that you can see — (18) _____.

Power stations, factories and cars all burn fuels they also contains lots of invisible gases (19) ____. Some of these gases (especially nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide) react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds to form sulphuric and nitric acids. The rain from these clouds then falls as very weak acid — (20) ____. The release of sulphur dioxide can also occur naturally when a volcano erupts.

Acid rain can be carried great distances in the atmosphere, not just between countries but also from continent to continent. The acid can also take the form of snow, mists and dry dusts. The rain sometimes falls many miles from the source of pollution but wherever it falls (21) _____. In the 1970s the effects of acid rain were seen at their worst.

Forests all over the world are dying, in Scandinavia the fish are dying; lakes were crystal clear (22) ____. Many of Britain’s freshwater fish are threatened, their eggs are damaged and deformed, fish are being hatched. This in turn leads to fish-eating birds and animals also being affected.

A it can have a serious effect on soil, trees, buildings and water.

В  acid rain can cause trees to grow more slowly.

C seems to have more effect in some areas than it does in others.

D but now contain no living creatures or plant life.

E that is why it is known as “acid rain”.

F that can be even more harmful to our environment.

G and therefore they all produce polluting gases.

H lots of different chemicals are produced.

ІІ. Writing

Put the verbs into the correct tense form (Past Simple or Present Perfect).

1. My friends (visit) the British Museum last year.

2. I (be / never) to the National Gallery.

3. But I (see) lots of wonderful pictures.

4. And yesterday I (buy) a book about the British Museum

and its collections.

5. I (read) 30 pages already. It’s really interesting.

6. I (just / finish) my homework.

7. Mary (already / write) five letters.

8. Tom (move) to this town in 1994.

Choose the right letter (a, b, c or d). 

1. My friend ….. to me very often last year. 

 a) write; b) wrote; c) writes; d) written. 

2. Bad students never ….. hard. 

 a) works; b) work; c) worked; d) will worked. 

3. There ….. a lot of people at the lecture tomorrow. 

 a) are; b) were; c) be; d) will be. 

4. They ….. London next summer. 

 a) visit; b) will visit; c) visits; d) visited. 

5. I ….. my English exam the day before yesterday. 

 a) taken; b) takes; c) take; d) took. 

6. We haven `t got any money so we ….. on holiday this year. 

a) don’t go; b) doesn’t go; c) won’t go; d) will go. 

7. Mary ….. him about her plans last Monday. 

a) tell; b) told; c) tells; d) will tell. 

8. Tom ….. Lviv two days ago.

a) leave; b) left; c) leaves; d) leaved. 

9. When did Mary ….. you up ? 

a) rings; b) ringed; c) ring; d) rang. 

10. He ….. the book now. 

 a) read; b) reads; c) was reading; d) is reading. 

11. Look ! The Sun …… 

a) is rising; b) rising; c) rise; d) was rising.

12. Tom ….. on the sofa at this moment. 

a) sat; b) sitting; c) is sitting; d) was sitting. 

13. The bell ….. just ….. 

a) have***gone; b) will have***gone; c) has***gone; d) had***gone. 

14. I … never ... you for ages. 

 a) haven’t seen; b) hadn’t seen; c) didn’t see; d) have ***seen. 

15. How many pages ….. you already …..? 

a) had***translated; b) has***translated; c) have***translated; d) will have***translated.

1. Choose the correct form of the verb in the brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I ... (like / am liked) this place.
2. What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Ukrainian?
3. Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?
4. This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.
5. Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.
6. Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.
7. The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.
8. The news programme ( is watched / watched ) by millions of people every day.
9. The Mona Liza ( painted / was painted ) by Leonardo da Vinchi.
10. The new cinema ( be built / will be built ) next year.
11. New pop groups ( are much spoken / is much spoken ) about among teenagers.
12. The letters (be sent / will be sent ) by post tomorrow.
13. The translation (was finished / were finished ) two hours ago.
14.  London ( visited / is visited ) by hundreds of tourists every year.
15. The dinner ( be / will be ) ready in an hour (через час).

REMEMBER!!!

MY DEAR FRIENDS!

Hope you are well 

          and have much spare time!             

Don't waste your precious time and use it properly, I mean,  

for learning English.

Check your skills

І. Reading

Read the text given below. Decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is my fifth day at the summer camp. Life in the great outdoors isn’t exactly what I have expected, but I’m not starving ... yet ... so don’t worry about me.

I guess I should tell you about what I do every day. First, everyone has to get up at 5:30 A.M. They have this silly old rooster named Harry who loves to wake us up. Next, we have to make our beds and tidy up the cabin before our camp counselor, Jeff, comes to inspect the place.

Then, we have breakfast around 6:30 A.M. After that, we have some free time, so I’ve been going down to the nearby stream to fish for a couple of hours. But yesterday, the only thing I caught was an old shoe and a tree branch. Great catch, Huh? Then when I was trying to swat a mosquito buzzing around my head, I slipped and fell in the stream and lost my fishing pole. That ended my fishing career.

Well, in the afternoon, there are different activities we can choose from like archery, horseback riding, and hiking. I thought archery would be the sport for me until I shot an arrow through Jeff’s pant leg. As you can imagine, I haven’t been invited back since.

In the evening, everyone is assigned a different chore to get dinner ready. Yesterday, I was in charge of cooking the hotdogs, but I accidentally dropped them in the fire, so we had to settle for beans instead. The other kids are always razzing me about it.

At night, we sit around a campfire in front of the cabin, sing songs, and tell ghost stories. That’s usually fun, but one night while trying to find more sticks for the fire, I got all turned around and got lost. After about an hour of wandering aimlessly in the forest, I finally found my way back, but no one seemed to have realized what had happened, thinking that I just had gone to bed. A bear or wolf could have eaten me and no one would have known it. I was so beat I just crashed ... out like a light.

Well, today is another day and tomorrow I go home ... and not a bit too soon. I’ve learned that camping is just not for me.

Love,

Brad.

1. Brad wrote a letter to his sister and brother.

2. Brad wrote in his letter that he wasn’t starving.

3. Brad does the same things every morning.

4. Brad wakes up at 6:30 in the morning.

5. Brad never has free time at the camp.

6. A mosquito caused Brad to fall into the stream.

7. Brad really enjoys archery.

8. Brad shot his friend Jeff in the leg with an arrow.

9. Brad dropped the beans in the fire, so the kids had to eat hot dogs.

10. Brad was lost for an hour in the forest.

ІІ. You have to write a short article (35–45 words) for your school newspaper about a museum you visited last week. 

Include the following:

• what museum you visited;

• what you liked / didn’t like about the museum;

• why this museum can be interesting to its visitors.

1. Santa Clause sent you a beautiful card. Can you guess what did he write to you?

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1-m	2-e	3-r	4-y	5-c	6-h	7-i
8-s	9-t	10-a	11-n	12-d	13-p	14-w

2. Answer some questions about Christmas:

• Who’s got a beard that’s long and white,
• Who comes around on special night? 
• Where does Santa put presents? 
• How does he get into the house? 
• Who helps Santa? 
• What tree do we decorate? 

3. Find all the presents which Santa wants to give to you:

Htapplescardsrtballpodolldwbookytsweetsesdisks

4. Find the odd word in each line:

• Snowman snowflake snowball snowaunt
• Halloween Monday New Year Easter
• March January February December
• Stockings pudding fir tree flowers
• Candle crackers books cards

5. Answer Santa Clause funny puzzles:

– What is white and made out of snow? 

– What is the end of Christmas? 

– Is it better to write a letter to Santa on the table or on the desk? 

– We dream about them all night before Xmas? 

– We usually put them on, but once a year we hang them for the presents? 

– In what month do children talk least? 

– Why can’t it rain two days without stopping? 

– What is it that never was, never will be and yet is? 

– It is running night and day, but it never runs away? 

– They stand next to each other and yet they cannot see each other? 

– What is it that a cat has but no other animal can have? 

– What is the difference between here and there?

6. Children should take pieces of paper hanging on the Christmas tree and make a Christmas poem out of them.

I love Christmas for many things
Trees, candles, angle wings,
Stars in the heavens,
Snow covered hills,
Little toy trains,
Dolls in their frills.
I love Christmas, ribbons of gold,
Familiar carols, so very old.
Sweet candy canes, bright red sleds,
Little ones tucked snug in their beds.
I love Christmas but most of all
I look forward to a neighbor’s call
A friendly chat, a cup of tea
Love in the homes means Christmas to me.

7. Let’ sing a wonderful Christmas song:

Dashing through the snow
On a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go,
Laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring,
making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight, O
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh (repeat)
A day or two ago,
I thought I'd take a ride,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upset’s
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)
A day or two ago,
the story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there
I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away, O
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob-tailed bay
two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead, O
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

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Пропоную під час карантину самостійно попрацювати з наступними завданнями. 

Read the text and choose the titles. There is one choice you do not need to use.

1. Teenagers’ Interests
2. Do Teenagers Have Problems?
3. Typical American Teenagers.
4. Are Teenagers a Problem?
5. What is a Teenager?

A. Officially, a teenager is anyone aged from 13 to 19 inclusively, but most people would probably think first of the younger age group and exclude 18 and 19-year-olds. After all, once you reach 18 you can vote, get married without your parents’ permission, and join the army. On the other hand, children are growing up and developing more quickly, and these days 11 and 12-year-olds would like to include themselves in the ‘teenager’ group.

B. According to ‘the older generation’, teenagers are lazy, they wear ridiculous clothes, and are appallingly rude to their betters and elders; they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, constructive, caring or hard-working. What’s more, they spend all their time listening to awful music and watching unsuitable films.

C. Teenagers are human so, of course, they have problems. It is a difficult time for them because it is a period of transformation. It isn’t quite as bad as a chrysalis changing into a butterfly, but it may seem like that. It isn’t easy to grow up, and the dramatic physical and emotional changes are often confusing and worrying.

D. Typical American teenagers are in fact very ordinary. They think their teachers make them work too hard; they love their parents, but are sure they don’t understand anything; and their friendships are the most important things in their lives. Some of them do have a lot of money to spend, but usually they have earned it themselves.