Тексты для чтения по английскому языку с заданиями 4 класс

Text №1

“Speaking about seasons and the weather.”

Прочитай рассказ Мэг и поставь «true», если предложение верно или «false», если предложение неверно.

My name is Mag. My favourite season is autumn. It is a very beautiful time of the year. The trees are brown, yellow and red.

When it is warm and sunny, my parents, my brothers and I can have a picnic in the park. We like to ride a bike or a scooter on a warm autumn day. Sometimes we fly a kite or play hide-and-seek.

When it is rainy, my brothers Tom and Tim don’t go for a walk. We listen to music, play computer games, read books or watch TV. I like to draw pictures. You can see nice autumn trees and blue sky in them. My brothers like my pictures very much. My brother Tom can write poems. He likes poems about autumn.

In autumn school starts and I can see my school friends again. When I am on holidays I don’t see them. I miss my school friends a lot.

I think autumn is a wonderful season.

Text №2

“Enjoying your home.”

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My family

Hi! I am Jane. I have got a mother, a father and a sister. We are happy family. We live in a big new house.

There are many rooms in my house. The living room is big and sunny. There is a sofa, a fireplace and a TV in it. When it is cold and rainy, we like to sit in the armchairs next to the fireplace. We can read books, watch TV or listen to music. Sometimes my mother plays the piano and I sing English songs. My father and my sister like it very much. They say I can sing very well.

There are three bedrooms in our house. I don’t share a room with my sister. I have got my own room. I like my room. There is a bed, a wardrobe, a desk, a chair and many bookshelves. I like to read fairy tales very much. Sometimes I Write fairy tales and give them to my sister or my mother as presents. They like to read them. They say that my fairy tales are very interesting. My father doesn’t like them. He likes it when I sing!

1. Has Jane got a brother? - ___________________________________

2. Do Jane and her family live in a flat? - _________________________

3. Is there a fireplace in the living room? - ________________________

4. Can Jane read? - __________________________________________

5. Can Jane’s mother sing very well? - ___________________________

6. Are there many bookshelves in Jane’s room? - ____________________

7. Can Jane write fairy tales? - __________________________________

8. Does Jane’s father like fairy tales? _____________________________

Text №3

«Being happy in the country and in the city”

Прочитай рассказ и закончи предложения в соответствии с рассказом.

Funny uncle

One day Marry Poppins, Jane and Michael go to her uncle, Mr Wigg. He lives in a small flat.

In his flat there is a nice large living-room. In the left corner of it there is a fireplace. There is a big table with four cups, bread and butter, cookies, chocolates and a large apple cake.

“Nice to see you”, says Mr Wigg but the children can’t see him.

“Oh, my uncle! Is it your birthday today?” Marry Poppins says and looks up. Jane and Michael look up too. They can see a fat man above the table. He is in the air (в воздухе). He has a book in his hands.

«Hello, Mary”, says Mr Wigg, “I’m very sorry, but it is my birthday.”

“But why…?” says Jane.

“But how…?” says Michael.

“When my birthday comes on Friday and I smile on that day, I become very light (лёгкий). I can’t walk. The first funny idea, and I’m up like a balloon! I’m in the air.”

Mr Wigg looks so funny above the table. The children smile and suddenly they fly up. Now they are next to Mr Wigg. They are above the table, in the air.

1. Mr Wigg lives in a small ______________________.

2. There is a fireplace in the left ________________ of his room.

3. It is Mr Wigg’s ___________________ today.

4. The children can see Mr Wigg in the air, above the _____________ .

5. Mr Wigg is in the air, he looks like a ___________________ .

6. Mr Wigg’s birthday is on ___________________ .

7. The children look up, smile and _____________ up.

8. Now they are ________________ to Mr Wigg.

Text №4

“Being happy in the country and in the city”

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Yak

In the big mountains there lives a yak (як). He can see white snow, cold ice and short grass near him. There are no shops, no ice cream and no children in the mountains. He is very sad.

One day a bird comes to him and tells him about the blue sea, happy children and tasty ice-cream. So Yak says good-bye to his family and goes down the mountain. He goes down and down. But he can see only big mountains around him.

Suddenly Yak stops next to a little mountain river. He is thirsty and very sad.

“ Why are you so sad?” asks the river.

“I don’t know where the sea is.”

“I know it very well. Come on, I will show you where the sea is!”

Now Yak and the river go to the sea together. The river gets bigger and bigger.

“I can see the sea! It is very big! It is wonderful! It is nicer here than in the cold mountains,” says Yak at last.

He sits on the sand and watches the sea. The happy children come up to him and give him ice cream. He loves it! Now Yak is the happiest yak in the world.

1. Yak lives in the ___________________________

1. It is very _________________ in the mountains.

1. _______________ knows where the sea is.

1. The sea is _________________________

1. Yak likes _____________ very much.

1. Yak is very _____________ next to the sea.

Hello!

My name is Kate. My surname is Pavlova. I'm seven. I live in Minsk, in Pushkin street. I go to school number 214. I'm in the first form.

I've got a family. It is small. We are a family of four. I've got a father, a mother and a brother. I haven't got a sister. My father is.an engineer. He works in a plant. My mother is a teacher. She works at school. My brother is little. He doesn't go to school. He goes to a kindergarten. He is four.

I like to play. I have got many toys. I have got a teddy-bear, dolls, a ball, a toy monkey and a doll's house. I like the doll's house very much. It is big. It is pink and nice.

We have got a cat. It is small and grey. It is very nice. It has big blue eyes, a funny nose, a small mouth and sharp teeth. Its ears are small. It can play hide-and-seek. I love my cat. It loves me, too.

I go to school. I'm a pupil. I have got many friends. We have our classroom. It is nice and large. You can see twelve desks, many chairs, our teacher's table, a blackboard, two bookcases in the classroom. At the lessons we have pens, pencils, pencil-boxes or pencil-cases, rulers, erasers, textbooks, exercise-books, record-books on the desks.

I like to read. I can read well. I like fairytales. They are very interesting. I like «Cinderella» and «Pinocchio» best.

Bye!

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Clothing. Shopping.

Tastes differ. That's why all people wear different clothes. Besides they wear different clothes when it is warm and cold. When it is cold we put on sweaters, coats, caps and gloves. When it's warm we take off warm clothes and put on light shirts or blouses and dresses.

My favourite clothes are jeans, shirts and sweaters or jackets. They are comfortable. And I can wear them in any weather. Now I'm wearing jeans, a white shirt and a sweater. But tomorrow is my friend's birthday. He invited me to the birthday party. So I shall be in my best.

My mother bought me a nice suit and new shoes. We went to the shop together and chose a grey suit. I tried it on. It was my size and suited me well. I looked great. Mother paid money for the suit and we brought it home. It's a pity I didn't try the shoes on. They were the wrong size. So my mother changed them for the bigger size. And now they are OK. Frankly speaking, I don't like shopping. There are more interesting things.

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Food.

I usually have four meals a day. In the morning I have breakfast. At school I have lunch. At home I have dinner and in the evening I have supper. Besides, I like to eat an apple or a banana, or to drink a glass of juice between meals, if I'm thirsty.

Yesterday I got up at 7 o'clock, washed, cleaned teeth and dressed. Then I had breakfast. I had mashed potatoes with meat, a cheese sandwich and a cup of tea for breakfast. At school we had a pie and a glass of orange juice. I'm always hungry when I come home after school. Yesterday my mother, cooked cabbage soup, roast chicken and rice, made pudding and tea. It was so tasty. I ate everything with pleasure.

For supper we had pancakes with jam and sour cream. These are my favourite things.

My mother thinks that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That's why she buys fruit and vegetables every day. Yesterday she bought oranges and kiwi. I have a sweet tooth and my parents often buy me ice-cream, sweets, chocolate, cakes, cookies and other tasty things. I like them very much.

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My Favourite Subject

I am a sixth-former. This year we have begun to study some new subjects. They are Literature, Geography, Botany, Ancient History, French or German. At Geography we study the world around us, at Botany — different plants, at History — the life of people in the ancient times. There are so many things to do, to learn and to see. We cannot afford to go to-the .cinema or just for a walk very often, because we don't have enough time. There are six or seven lessons oil our timetable every day .Some of them are my favourite ones.

Mathematics

We have Maths every day. It's the science of numbers. People say, Maths is hard. As for me, I don't agree. If you know the tables, it's as easy as ABC. At the lessons we learn to add, divide, multiply and subtract, because everybody uses numbers and Mathematics every day: when we go shopping, plan something, build houses, plant corn and vegetables and so on. As for me, I am good at Maths.

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Drawing

Drawing is an interesting subject, too. I'm fond of drawing and painting. When we draw, we make pictures with a pen or chalk. When we paint, we make pictures with paint. We may paint in water- colours or in oils. It is not easy to paint in oils. At the lessons we speak about famous artists and their paintings. It helps me to understand the beauty.

There is a Museum of Fine Arts in our city. There are many paintings of Belarusian, Russian and foreign artists there.

If we want to make a good drawing, we must have a good eye, see and watch, learn to compare things and have rich imagination.

Drawing helps us in many subjects: in Geography, History, Botany, Literature. We understand things better, remember the facts and learn things quicker if there are pictures in the books and our textbooks. Drawing is a useful subject, I think. I'm good at Drawing.

English

We study one of the modern languages at school. It is English. It's my favourite subject. At the lessons of English we learn to read, write and speak. We learn the History and Geography of bur country, Great Britain and the USA. We read stories after famous English and American children's writers. I like stories after Alan Milne, Donald Bisset, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain and others.

I want to be clever at English because English will help me in my future life. I shall read books in English, watch films and listen to songs and understand them. But what is more important, I shall speak with people from other countries and we'll understand each other. We'll make friends and will live in peace.

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