Lucky Number by John Miln

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  2. Упражнениятест
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Exercise 1. Переведи опорные слова к тексту и запиши их в словарь:

well-dressed, a pavement, a shoeshine boy, to shine shoes, dirty, ten cents, a coin, to pick up, to win a fortune, to hurry, a board, a lottery ticket, to shout, a ticket-seller, in a hurry, to fall out, a wind, to blow, to wave an arm, at midnight, to have a walk home, a winning number, a lucky day, to be tired, to fall asleep, a goat, a lottery office.

Exercise 2: Слушай текст и одновременно вставляй пропущенные слова.

Lucky number

Café Colombo is always ______1_______. There are always people sitting at the tables in Café Colombo. _______2_______ are all well-dressed. They _____3______ coffee. They eat ice-cream. They read _______4________.

Charlie does not sit in Café Colombo. Charlie is not _______5________. He sits on the pavement outside Café Colombo. He sits on a small ______6______.

Charlie is a shoeshine boy. Charlie shines shoes. He does not go to _____7______. He works all day.

Charlie shines men’s shoes. He ______8_______ ladies’ shoes. He shines black shoes. He shines _____9_______ shoes. He shines blue shoes.

– Shoeshine! Shoeshine! Ten cents! Ten cents! Ten cents a shine!

A man in Café Colombo shouts, “Charlie!”.

Charlie runs _____10______ Café Colombo. He puts his box ______11______ the man’s feet. The man puts one foot ________12______ the box.

The man’s shoes are black. The man’s shoes are ______13________. Charlie cleans the man’s shoes.

The man gives Charlie ten cents. Charlie takes the ten-cent ______14_______. He picks _____15______ his box. He goes ______16_______ to the pavement.

An old man walks slowly ________17_________. The old man is carrying a large board. There is a notice ____18_____ the board. The old man is selling lottery _______19_________.

– Lucky numbers. Buy a ticket and win a fortune. One dollar a ticket.

 – Give me a ticket! Hurry!

A well-dressed man ______20________ Café Colombo is shouting.

The ticket-seller ______21_______ the man a ticket. The man gives the ticket-seller a dollar.

The well-dressed man is _______22_______. A taxi is waiting. The man puts the ticket in his pocket quickly.

The man gets into the taxi. The ticket falls _____23_____ his pocket. The wind blows the ticket into ________24________. 

Charlie catches the ticket. He ______25________ the ticket in his hand.

Charlie waves his arms. He shouts out _______26________.

– Your ticket! Your ticket!

The man does not hear Charlie. The taxi moves _______27_______.  Charlie stands _______28_________. The ticket is in his hand.

Café Colombo closes ________29__________. Charlie’s home is far away. Every night, Charlie has a ______30________ walk home.

Charlie’s mother is waiting for him. He _____31______  her all the money.

Charlie has no father. Charlie has younger _______32_______ and younger _____33________. Charlie’s mother needs ________34________. She buys ____35______with the money.

Charlie brings his mother the lottery ticket. His mother _____36_______ the ticket.

She reads the number – SEVEN – FIVE – THREE – EIGHT – ONE – TWO – NINE – FOUR – SIX.

Is this _______37_________? Perhaps it is. Saturday the 21st is tomorrow. Perhaps tomorrow will be their______38_______!

Charlie is tired. He puts the ticket ________39________. He falls asleep.

Charlie has ______40________.

A goat comes into the house. The goat finds the ticket. The goat is eating the ticket.

The goat eats the number _____41_______.

The goat eats the number ______42_______.

The goat eats the number ______43________.

Charlie wakes up. It is ________44__________. The ticket is not on the box. Where is the ticket?

Charlie runs to the________45________. Charlie sees his mother. She has the ticket!

A man is shouting out the winning number – SEVEN – FIVE – THREE – EIGHT – ONE – TWO – NINE – FOUR – ?.

Will the next number be six? Will it be their _________46______? Will it be their ________47________?

Exercise 3: Вставь пропущенные предлоги и объясни их употребление пользуясь правилами:о предлогах места и направления; о предлогах времени.

at, in, outside, into, up, back, to, along, out, away on

There are always people sitting __________   the tables in Café Colombo. 
Charlie does not sit ____________  in Café Colombo.
He sits  _____________  the pavement  _____________   Café Colombo.
He sits _________  on a small box.
He does not go   ___________  to school.
Charlie runs ___________  Café Colombo. He puts his box ______ the man’s feet. The man puts one foot ________  the box.
He picks  _________  his box. He goes __________   _____________  the pavement.
An old man walks slowly  ___________   the pavement.
There is a notice  ___________ the board.
The well-dressed man is  ____________   a hurry.
The man gets  _________   the taxi. The ticket falls  ________  of his pocket. The wind blows the ticket _________   the air.
He has the ticket ________   his hand.
He shouts ________   loudly.
The taxi moves ___________.
Café Colombo closes   ________ midnight. Charlie’s home is far __________.
A goat comes   ___________   the house.
The ticket is not __________   the box.
Charlie runs   _________   the lottery office.

Exercise 4. Перескажи рассказ, пользуясь планом ниже.

  1. О кафе Коломбо.
  2. Чарли – чистильщик обуви. 
  3. У Чарли неожиданно оказывается лотерейный билет.
  4. Чарли отдает лотерейный билет своей маме.
  5. Чарли приснился плохой сон.
  6. Семья Чарли возможно выиграет состояние.

Exercise 5. Переведи письменно следующие предложения. Тренируй предлоги места и направления.

Дети сидят на тротуаре. (Present Continuous)
Он идет назад домой вечером. (Present Simple)
Люди там ходят медленно по тротуару. (Present Simple)
Билет в его руке? (Present Continuous)
Ресторан закрывают в полночь.  (Present Simple)