Exercise 1

Fill in the gaps.

Заполните в рифму.

 

30days has S………………er, A………………

J…………………. and N…………………….

All the rest have 31

Excepting F………………….. alone

Which has 28 days clear

And 29 in each leap year.

 

 

 

Exercise 2

Fill in the gaps in sentences.

Заполните пропуски словами, подходящими по смыслу/

 

1. A year has four … and twelve months. 2. Each of the seasons lasts … months. 3. Thirty or thirty one days … a month. 4. The days of the … are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. 5. There are 24 … in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and … seconds in a minute. 6. There … four … of the day: morning,…, evening and night 7. Every season is… in its own way. 8. Spring is a … season of the year. 9. The days become … but there are sometimes … days in spring. 10. The days become longer and warmer, the … is blue and the … shines brightly. 11. Trees … green, young, fresh … appear, … becomes green too. 12. Everybody … younger and stronger. 13. Everyone likes … more than other seasons. 14. Lots of … have their … in summer most of them go to the … or to some place near the … and river. 15. It is much better to go for long walks in the country to …, to swim, to … in the sun and play … and other games. 16. In later autumn cold … begin to blow, it gets colder and sometimes it … raining.

17. But autumn is a season of rich … of grain, ripe … and fresh vegetables. 18. The … and trees are covered with snow. Sometimes it … hard. 19. Going out in such … is not pleasant and old people … to stay at home. 20. Children and … enjoy themselves skating on the … and skiing in the woods.

 

(ice, grown-ups, prefer, weather, freezes, ground, fruit, harvests, begins, winds,  lie, bathe, sea, country, people, volleyball, holidays, spring, feels, grass, leaves,  turn, sun, sky, warmer, cool, fine, beautiful, are, parts, afternoon, 60, hours, week,  make, three, seasons).

 

 

Exercise 3

Read texts and tell which season is described in every one.

Прочитайте отрывки и скажите, какое вре­мя года описано в каждом абзаце.

 

1. This season is the coldest season of the year. The days of this season are the shortest and the nights are the longest. It is cold and frosty, but children like this season because they can ski, skate, play snowballs. There is snow on the ground; there is ice on the rivers. Animals are cold and hungry. Children can help them. They can give them corn, bread and fruit.

2. This season is the hottest. The weather is usually sunny and warm. The days are long and the nights are short. Children can be outdoors all day long. The rivers and lakes are very warm and kids can swim every day. It is a beautiful season. The trees are green. You can see many flowers in the parks and forests. They are blue, yellow, red and pink. Birds sing their beautiful songs in the parks and in the gardens.

3. This season is not very warm. It is some­times cold and often rainy. But it is a very beau­tiful season. The trees are very bright and colourful. Their leaves are green, yellow, orange, pink, red and brown. They fall down from the trees and cover the ground like a beau­tiful carpet. It is a tasty season because it is a harvest time. There are many fruit and vegeta­bles. Birds fly away because it is getting cold and they have nothing to eat.

4. This is a very beautiful season. The weath­er is often warm and the snow is melting. So there are many streams and puddles in the streams. Kids have a lot of fun watching them and sailing toy boats and ships. Birds come back and sing their beautiful songs. Kids spend a lot of time outside.

 

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Exercise 4

Read and fin ….. word in each line.

Прочитайте и найдите "лишнее" слово в каждой строчке.

 

1.     ice – harvest – snow – melt

2.     warm – ground – hot – cold

3.     stream – puddle – season –

4.     rainy – cloudy – sunny – night

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 5

Answer the questions.

Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1) What are the four seasons of the year? 2) How long does each of them last? 3) When does winter begin? 4) Do we usually have many cold days in winter? 5) Does it often snow in winter? 6) Do you often go skiing in winter? 7) When do the days get longer? 8) How does the sun shine in spring? 9) Which do you like better: spring or autumn? 10) Which of the four seasons of the year do you like best? 11) Do we have many hot days in summer? 12) When does hot weather generally set in? 13) Do many people have their holidays in summer? 14) Where do most of them go? 15) Where do you usually spend your summer holidays? 16) Does it ever rain in summer? 17) When do the leaves change colour? 18) Do they fall off the trees in autumn? 19) Do we have much rain and fog in autumn? 20) Do we ever have fine days in autumn? 21) What sort of weather do we generally have in autumn?

 

 

 

Exercise 6

Put verbs in brackets into correct form.

Поставьте глаголы в правильную форму.

l) In autumn the leaves (to change) colour and (to fall) on to the ground. 2) It is autumn. The leaves (to fall) and you can see lots of them (to lie) on the ground. 3) the last few leaves (to fall) off the branches of the big tree (to grow) in front of the window. 4) The grass (to grow) very fast in spring. 5) The grass (to grow) high in the garden. 6) In autumn the days (to get) shorter and it (to get) dark early in the afternoon. 7) Sometimes dark clouds (to gather) in the sky and it often (to rain). 8) We (not to have) rain for many days. 9) Dark clouds (to gather) in the sky and it is going (to rain). 10) When summer (to come) hot weather (to set in); many people (lo leave) the town and (to go) to stay in the country. 11) Spring (to come). The sun (to shine) brightly and you can see green grass (to grow) in the garden. 12) The birds (to come) back from the hot countries and we can hear them (to sing) in the woods.

Exercise 7

Translate into English.

Переведите на английский язык.

1) Осенью в Англии часто бывают туманы. 2) Какая погода бывает там в апреле месяце? 3) Обычно у нас бывает много снега зимой.

4) Зимой вы часто ходите на лыжах? 5) Где вы обычно проводите свои зимние каникулы? 6) Осенью дни становятся короче и часто идёт дождь. 7) Я всегда одеваю плащ, когда идёт дождь. 8) Сегодня на нем темно-синее пальто и серая шляпа. 9) Кто этот мужчина, который идёт с зонтиком? 10) Она никогда не носит шляпу. 11) Подержите мой портфель, пожалуйста. 12) Летом он носит светлый костюм.13) Пожалуйста, снимите пальто и проходите в мою комнату

 

                                     

Exercise 8

Translate into Russian.

Переведите на русский язык:

 

1. It is going to rain.2. It will be raining very often soon.3. It snows in December. 4. It was raining at five o’clock yesterday. 5. It is raining now. 6. It rained all day long yesterday. 7. It is rains in autumn.8. It is difficult text for me. 9. It will be easy to find the railway station. 10. It will be interesting for you to read this book. 11. It was warm yesterday. 12. It was simple to translate that text. 13. It is always cold in January.

 

 

Exercise 9

Translate into English paying attention to the structure.

Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.

 

1. Это предложение перевести легко. 2. Трудно спрашивать его об этом. 3. Здесь хорошо отдыхать во время каникул. 4. Поздно идти туда сейчас. 5. Ему необходимо начать учить английский. 6. Ей легко перевести эту книгу   на французский язык так она хорошо его знает. 7. Им трудно учится, так как они работают вечером на заводе. 8. Мне необходимо знать, где она живёт. 9. Необходимо поблагодарить её за помощь. 10. Сейчас это письмо невозможно отослать. 11. Невозможно описать эту картину. 12. Вам необходимо поспешить домой. 13. Вполне возможно, что он знает этого художника. 14. На прошлой неделе часто шел снег. 15. Сейчас слишком рано обсуждать этот вопрос. 16. Важно сказать ему сегодня, когда мы уезжаем. 17. Зима. 18. Довольно холодно. 19. Часто идёт снег, и иногда я совсем не хочу выходить из дома. 20. Зимой трудно вставать рано, потому что утром ещё темно. 21. Борис знает немецкий и французский языки, поэтому ему легко изучать английский язык. 22. Вам трудно идти? Давайте возьмём такси, а? 23. Совсем не странно, что Петров, наконец, закончил институт, он много занимался. 24. Дождь уже идёт? Нет ещё, но скоро пойдёт. 25. Когда я вышел из дома, шёл дождь. 26. Как часто идут здесь дожди? 27. Сегодня утром ещё шёл дождь, а сейчас идёт снег. 28. В воскресенье,  мы обычно ездим за город. 29. Погода хорошая пойдём купаться. 30. Я не умею кататься на коньках. 31. Кто плавает лучше - ты или твой брат? 32. Осенью часто идёт дождь. 33. Сейчас идёт снег. 34. Приятно пройтись пешком в такой солнечный день. 35. Мой брат хочет стать врачом. 36. Дни становятся длиннее, а ночи короче. 37. Темнеет тебе пора спать. 38. Кто из них моложе? 39. Каким спортом вы занимаетесь? 40. Похоже на дождь.

 

 

Exercise 10

Look at these pictures. What season is presented in every one. Justify your choice.

Посмотрите на картинки. Скажите, какое время года изображено на каждой из них. До­кажите свой выбор.

 

 

 

Model.

Образец:

It is summer, because the weather is sunny and hot.

It is not cloudy. The trees are green.

Men play volleyball on the beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  

 

 

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