Read the grammar topic on modal verbs (pp. 216-219). Study the situations and respond to each one using an appropriate modal verb as in the example. 1. You want to go to the Black Sea with your friends this year. Ask
your parents for permission.
• Can I go to the Black Sea with my friends this year?
2. You are very tired but much work is left to do and you ask your
friend for help. Don't forget you are a polite person.
3. You are asked for a job interview. You use computers, you speak three foreign languages, you type fast and you want to get this job very much. Tell the interviewer about your abilities.
4. You are working on a project. It is necessary to finish it today and present it to your classmates. Your friends don't want to work any more. What will you say?
5. Your friend is going to London. He asks you if you want anything.
You tell him it isn't necessary to get anything for you.
6. Your sister doesn't know what to buy her friend for his birthday.
You suggest a book.
7. You are telling your friends about the things which were forbidden
when you were small.
8. Your friend is good at climbing. When he was small he had the
ability to climb to the top of a mountain. Say about it.
The English do not always agree. Some say the Americans are louder, richer and noisier than any other nationality. Other British people think there are lots of good things about the USA like Hollywood, jazz and Superman. It is true that most American skyscrapers are taller than buildings in the UK, but the British think their stately homes are older and more beautiful than anything in the USA. The Americans love coke and hamburgers – people in the UK think British food is much healthier.
Clothes are cheap in the USA but fashion design in the UK is better than design in the USA.
У Леры есть много друзей по переписке и она любит писать писем. У нее есть много конвертов с марками из разных городов и населенных пунктов. В году Лера подарила своей двоюродной сестре почтовую марку.
What does Sveta like doing? Read and tell your friend about her hobby. (Чем любит заниматься Света? Прочитайте и расскажите своему другу о ее хобби.)
Sveta likes collecting stamps. She collects Russian stamps and stamps from other countries. Sveta has got 100 stamps. (Света любит собирать марки. Она коллекционирует марки России и из других стран. У Светы есть 100 марок.)