Карточки для самостоятельной работы по английскому языку

Билет 1.

Билет 1, вопрос 2

Read the text and speak on the problem mentioned in it. Support your opinion with arguments.

HAVE YOU BEEN HAPPY AT SCHOOL?

Some children can say that they have been happy at school. Some can't. Some children like the school the first day they come into the build­ing. They enjoy their classrooms and lessons. They see friends in their teachers. Everything goes well with them. But others are not so happy. They suffer because they don't study well or because children don't want to make friends with them or because they look ugly. You know that appearance is very important.

Some children like big schools where they can hide from others. Some children like small schools where everyone knows everyone. Some feel comfortable in a city school, some feel at ease in a country school, may be not so well-equipped but with very friendly staff. Some children like when the primary school and high school are under the same roof so older children can mix with younger ones. Others prefer "babies" not to be in the way.

For some children it is extremely important to get a very good educa­tion as they are going to enter a university. The most valuable quality in teachers and schools for them is knowledge and possibility to study. Oth­er children prefer kind and caring teachers. Many pupils nowadays think that computer labs are very important. Others think that relationships between children are more important. Altogether there are many factors which can make you happy or unhappy at school.

Our school has everything for the pupils. In our computer lab there are ten computers, and we can use them after lessons to prepare our pa­pers and reports. The walls in my school are blue. I have read that this colour helps pupils concentrate. In every classroom you can see flowers and posters on the walls, nice curtains on the windows. All this makes our school beautiful.

But I love my school not only for the building. There are many good teachers in my school. They explain everything in detail so we under­stand the material. But if something is not clear, they are glad to answer our questions. Everyone likes our teacher of Russian, because she is very clever and learned. I think she knows everything in the world. She is self-possessed and democratic. You can see that she cares about us. I am happy that I have studied at a school with such good teachers.

My favourite school subjects are Russian and Russian Literature be­cause I like the teacher, but also because it helps me understand our his­tory. It is interesting to learn about our language, and how it changed. I also want to write correctly. But I'm not very good at physics and chem­istry. It is difficult for me to memorize and use formulas.

Our teachers offer us many interesting activities: we stage plays in our school theatre, visit theatres together, make posters and wall newspa­pers. We also often go on excursions to many interesting places with our teacher of history, who is our form master. My friends and I have been to Novgorod, Ladoga, and Pushkinskye Gory this year.

My friends study at the same school. We go to school together. It is fun! Our class is very friendly. I usually invite all my classmates to my birthday parties. We help each other with difficult subjects and borrow books from each other. During the breaks we speak about everything in the world and share all our secrets. It is great to have so many friends.

That is why I can say that I have been happy at school.

Вопросы, которые могут задать

1. What kind of school did you go to?

• I went to a school specializing in English (Maths, etc.) I went to a secondary school of general education. I went to a comprehensive school.

1. What equipment does your school have?

• My school has a computer lab with ten computers, several tape players, TV sets and VCRs (Video Cassette Recorder).

1. How many floors are there in your school?

• There are ...floors in my school.

1. What are your favourite subjects? Why?

• My favourite subjects are Russian and English. I like English be­cause we do a lot of interesting things there - we learn, read and talk. I like Russian because our teacher Inna Valentinovna is a very kind and learned person.

1. What subjects do you dislike? Why?

• I hate PT lessons, because I'm not very strong and I can't do exercises well.

1. How many lessons did you usually have?

• Every day we had six or seven lessons, but I came home late on Friday because we had meetings of our English club that day.

1. Were your classmates friendly?

• Yes, we have all been friends since primary school and we live in the same part of the town/city.

• Yes, though we met only (two) years ago. No, not all. But I had some friends at school. Did you like your school? Yes, very much. / Yes, rather. / Not much.

1. Did you change schools? - Yes, I did. / No, I did not.

2. Was there a strict discipline in your school? - Yes, there was. / No, there wasn't.

3. What exams did you take at school?

• I took exams in...