Talk points on current social, political, cultural and sports events!

1. Read a piece of news, give the paragraph plan

2. Think of any interesting events that have happened recently. Share this information with your group mates. Prepare a small report on current social, political, cultural and sports events.  

and suggest the title for it.

GRAMMAR

I. WORD ORDER

Adverbial modifier	Subject	Adv. modifier	Predicate	Adv. modifier	Article/ Pronoun	Adjective	Object	Adv. modifier
Usually	he		reads		an	interesting	book	alone
Yesterday	she		met		her	best	friend	at university
	I	often	translate			English	texts	at home.
	He		is	always	a	good	adviser.

1. Put the words in the right order.

1. we – at the concert – some friends – met – yesterday ___________________________

2. you – the same clothes – wear – every day___________________________________

3. I – want to speak – fluently – English_______________________________________

4. to work – every morning – walks – George___________________________________

5. at the party – we – early – arrived__________________________________________

6. didn’t go – yesterday – I – to work_________________________________________

7. to work – tomorrow – are you going? ______________________________________

8. they – since 1984 – here – have lived_______________________________________

9. will you be – this evening – at home? ______________________________________

10. next week – they – to London – are going___________________________________

11. to the cinema – last night – did you go? ____________________________________

12. on Monday – here – will they be? _________________________________________

QUESTIONS

	Type	Example
1.	General question is asked to receive answer “Yes” or “No”.	Do you like coffee? – Yes, I do. No, I don’t. Does he play football? – Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
2.	Special question is used to ask about some details. It uses question words, such as What, When, Where, Why, etc.	Where do you go to rest? – I go to the seaside. What does he like? – He likes sweets.
3.	Alternativequestion is asked to choose between two options introduced by or.	Do you drink tea or coffee? – I drink tea. Does he or she play the guitar? – She plays.
4.	Subject question is used to ask about the person who does the action.	Who plays hockey? – John plays. Who studies English? – We study.
5.	Tag question is used to re-ask information or to sound polite.	They study English, don’t they? He lives in Kyiv, doesn’t he? They don’t study English, do they? He doesn’t live in Vienna, does he?

2. Ask questions:

1. I am a good student.

2. Anna works for an international company in London.

3. They went to the Carpathians last summer.

4. He has never gone to Paris.

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