Listen to Emma talking about the best place she has ever visited on her favourite time- summer holiday. Fill in the test.

№		True	False
1.	The best place I’ve ever visited is Bangkok.
2.	I went there was on my holiday
3.	I visited all the tourist places.
4.	I never go back to Buenos Aires.
5.	I particularly like Buenos Aires people.

Exercise 4 Retell the text using the following questions.

a. Where is the place?

b. When did she first go there?

c. What did she do?

d. How many times has she visited the place?

e. What does she most like about this place?

Exercise 5 Read the text aloud and retell it.

The Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is an independent Republic. Kazakhstan is an ancient and hospitable land, which occupies a large part of Central Asia. On the eastern border of Kazakhstan lies China. To the south lies its fraternal Republics – Kirgizia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, to the north and to the west lies Russia. Kazakhstan has 14 regions, 84 cities.

More than 17 million people of over a hundred nationalities and ethnic groups live in the republic. The head of Kazakhstan is a president, his name is Nursultan Nazarbayev. Almaty is a former capital of Kazakhstan. In 1997, the president of sovereign Kazakhstan made a decision to transfer the capital from Almaty to Akmola. In 1998 the government of the country decided to change the name of the capital into Astana, what means “capital” in Kazakh language. In Kazakhstan people speak Russian or Kazakh languages.

Kazakhstan has hundreds of nationalities that’s why all people speak their native language. There are many parties in Kazakhstan, for example: Azat, Otan, Alash, Azamat. The president is elected every seven years. The parliament can be divided into two parts. One of them is deputation of Senate and the other is deputation of Mazhilis. Kazakhstan is rich in mineral resources. Coal, oil, timber and gas are the most important of them. I’m proud of my country.

Exercise 6 Read the text and write suitable heading to each paragraph 

Exercise 7 Speak on the given topic.

Imagine a tourist from Britain is coming to visit you.

Where would you take him/her in Kazakhstan?

Exercise 8 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions according to the topic.

a) The best place to go on holiday.

b) History of Kazakh language.

c) The greatest achievements during the independence.

1We were too late. When we arrived the match _______. a had finished b has finished c finished d had finish   2 They couldn’t open the door because they ______ the key. a didn’t brought b hadn’t brought c haven’t brought d had bringed

3 He suddenly understood why his brother ________. a hadn’t come. b hasn’t came. c haven’t came d hadn’t came. 4 Paul thought the train _______ at four forty. a has left b had left c had leave d have left

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