Example: beneficial, marriage
…solemn
Your marriage was very beneficial. Was the marriage solemn?
1. showers, world
…conclusion
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2. to apply, registrar
…carry on
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3. to persuade, to get married to
…continuously
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4. hard, forecast
…to steal
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5. low, to fry
…thick
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6. to book, colleague
…on and off
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7. witness, declaration
…famous
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8. an awful lot of, preparation
…staff
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4. Translate into English.
Talking about weather
5. Complete the dialogues.
1.
Julia:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Mother: I’m afraid it is going to rain. Don’t leave your umbrella at home.
2.
James: Haven’t you heard the weather forecast for today?
Dan: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
James: Do you think it will get warmer tomorrow?
Dan: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
3.
Julia: It’s raining cats and dogs. ………………………………………………………………
Max: Oh, it’s ten above zero.
Julia: Are we going to have these showers tomorrow?
Max: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Julia: How about last year? Was it the same?
Max: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4.
Julia:………………………………………………………………………………………..
James: Oh, yes! It’s great!
Julia: Do you think it will snow tomorrow?
James:……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Describe the weather.
A. in the Moscow region in mid-summer
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B. in the Crimea in October
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C. in Siberia in mid-winter
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D. in your town in spring
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7. Make up your own dialogues.
Conversational phrases
8. Answer the following questions, each time using two of the phrases listed above.
1. Are you going to travel this summer?
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2. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
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3. Are you going to get married soon?
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4. What are you going to learn to cook?
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5. What do you think about fortune-telling?
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6. Is matrimony beneficial?
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7. Have you ever stolen anything?
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8. Are you going to live here continuously?
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9. Complete the sentences.
1. What concerns my job, I………………………………………………………………………
2. As for my wife, she……………………………………………………………………………
3. To be honest, I have never…………………………………………………………………….
4. In my opinion the weather forecast……………………………………………………………
5. On the whole, food preparation………………………………………………………………..
6. No doubt, the wedding ceremony………………………………………………………………
7. What concerns the staff, they…………………………………………………………………..
8. He has made up his mind to ……………………………………………………………………
9. As far as I know, India …………………………………………………………………………
10. I am thinking about………………………………………………………………………….
11. I didn’t mean to………………………………………………………………………………
12. The chances are that…………………………………………………………………………..
10. Make up short stories expressing your opinion. Use the words suggested and the conversational phrases above.
A: get dark, an awful lot of, rainy, showers, carry on, on and off, nearly.
