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“Stories about famous people and about my

family”

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I. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:

1. Blind

2. Silence

3. To grow up

4. A nationality

5. Generous

6. Humorous

7. Lonely

8. Unhappy

• Несчастный• Расти• Тишина• Национальность• Слепой• Одинокий• Юмористический• великодушный

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II. Guess the words:

• Ch - - - - - - d• R - - - - - - - s• H - - - - - - s• N - - - - - - - - - y• S - - - - - - e• H - - - y• W - - e• H - - - - - d

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III. Find the word which doesn’t fit:

• Father, sister, brother, mother, man, grandmother, grandfather;

• Famous, beautiful, lonely, humorous, family, happy;

• Doctor, actor, person, teacher, baker;

• Biography, relatives, childhood, generous, nationality.

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IV. Who are they?

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V. What did these famous people used to do in the past? Complete

the sentences with used to:

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Example: Andre Agassi used to train a lot.

• William Shakespeare

• Charlie Chaplin• Lady Diana• Charles Dickens• Sherlock Holmes• Horatio Nelson

• to train a lot;• to be a ballet dancer;• to write stories and

novels;• to solve crimes;• to write plays;• to make people

laugh;• to win the battles.

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VI. Let’s remember irregular verbs!

Name the third form:

• Begin began …

• Become became …

• Buy bought …

• Bring brought …

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Name the second form:

• Be … been

• Go … gone

• Run … run

• Swim … swum

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Name the first form:

• … wrote written

• … ate eaten

• … read read

• … made made

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Name the missing form:

• Come … come

• … … done

• sit sat …

• … … put

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VII. Complete the sentences using

Past Perfect

had V3

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Example: My father trained a lot at an air school. Then he became a pilot.My father had trained a lot before he became a pilot.• Lady Diana was a ballet dancer. Then she became

the princess.• Ch. Dickens worked in a lawyer's office. Then he

became the most famous newspaper reporter.• Lord Nelson sailed to the Arctic. Then he became the

captain.• W. Shakespeare became an actor. Then he began to

write plays. • Andre Agassi trained a lot. Then he won the

Wimbledon championship. • Conan Doyle was a doctor. Then he wrote detective

stories about Sherlock Holmes.

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VIII. “Home task” Повторить лексику,

грамматику. Подготовиться к тесту.

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IX. Captain’s competition. Present your projects about

your family!

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X. “Homework” Do a CROSSWORD about

famous people!