Exercises to be done in writing. Ex. 1. Read the text “what’s the weather like in your country. ”

Ex. 1. Read the text “What’s the Weather Like in Your Country? ”

and answer the following questions:

What season is it now? Do you like this season? What is the weather like today? Do you know the weather forecast for the next week? When does it get cold in your city? Does it often rain in autumn? Is it raining today? Did it rain yes­terday? Did it often snow last winter? Where did you spend last summer? What was the weather like there? What is the weather forecast for this summer? Where are you going to spend your week-end if the weather is nasty? In what season do you prefer to have your holidays? Why? You prefer to spend your holidays in summer, don't you? What winter sport do you prefer? What sport games do you play in summer? Why do some people like to be on leave in winter? What about you? When were you _on leave last year? What are the advantages of summer holidays? How do you usually spend your holidays in winter?

Ex 3. Refer the sentences to the Past Progressive using corresponding adverbial modifiers of time as in the example:

Example: I usually watch TV in the morning.

- I was watching TV at this time yesterday.

4. It often snows in winter. 2. We are having heavy snowfalls this winter. 3. It gets dark early now. 4. On Sundays we often go to the forest. 5. People get to their work with great diffi­culties. 6. Lytvynov often skates on the skating-rink not far from his house. 7. The children drink milk in the evening.

Answer the questions:

1. Did it often snow last winter? 2. Was the snow deep last winter? 3. Did water freeze in the rivers and lakes early last year? 4. Why did you get to your work with great difficulties last winter? 5. Why did you stay at home last Sunday? 6. Where did you go skating yesterday?

1. When did it begin to snow last year? 2. Where did you spend last summer? 3. When did you get up yesterday? 4. When did you go to the seaside? 5. What did the Lytvynovs ask John Smith about? 6. Where did you go yesterday?

1.Was it snowing heavily when you arrived in Kyiv yester­day? 2. Where were you going when I saw you? 3. Whom was your teacher speaking to when you saw her? 4. What were you listening to when I entered the classroom? 5. Was it free­zing hard when you decided to go for a walk? 6. Who was sit­ting in the room when the teacher came in? 7. What was the teacher telling his students when you opened the door?

1. What do you do if you want to listen to the radio? 2. What do you do if the weather is nasty? 3. What do you do if it gets dark? 4. What do you usually do when it rains?

Ex. 6. Complete the dialogues in writing:

A...

B. Exactly so. The climate in Kyiv is mild.

A....

B.Yes. it is. In summer it is very warm and sometimes even hot.

A. …

B. Yes, it does. It often snows in winter.

A....

B. Yes, I do. I enjoy skiing and skating in winter.

A. What did you do on your last day off?

B....

A. What was the weather like?

B....

A. What were you doing when I rang you up?

B....

A. Do you know the weather forecast for tomorrow?

B. …