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VIII. Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.

  1. Seeing the … the birds … the food.

  2. Some birds had … voices, some were …

  3. In the circus we saw a performance of birds which were…, … and … in the air.

  4. Before paying a visit to a family … they are decent people.

  5. It … much how you look.

  6. Don’t be so … about clothing! You look … anyway.

  7. While our granny was telling us a well-known story we…

  8. Before going out she usually…her hair.

  9. It is no … her because she always says “No”.

  10. Stop…! People are watching!

IX. Translate from Russian into English.

  1. Для ребенка каждая деталь известной сказки имеет значение.

  2. До того, как идти в гости, убедись, что не забыл зонтик.

  3. Женщина на площади продавала хлебные крошки, чтобы кормить птиц.

  4. Утром на чердаке было слышно грубое воркование голубей.

  5. Слушая старую сказку, дети подсказывали бабушке и добавляли забытые детали.

  6. В клетке сидел голубь. Он чистил крылья и приглаживал перья.

  7. Я по ошибке принял вашего сына за вас.

  8. Бесполезно просить его сделать это. Он все равно все перепутает.

  9. Все дети в этом возрасте болтливы.

X. Give the literary translation of the extract: p. 68. “But the other birds… Good-bye, said Jane.”

XI. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the words from Appendix 1.

  1. The Father took the kids to the City with him.

  2. The kids looked forward to the visit to the City because they wanted to see the work of the bank.

  3. Mary Poppins liked the birds very much.

  4. All the birds were the same for the kids.

  5. The kids had a special story about the Bird Woman.

XII. Answer the following questions.

  1. Why did the Father ask Mother to let the kids pay a visit to him in the City?

  2. How was Mary Poppins dressed that day?

  3. Why did they constantly stop on their way to the City?

  4. Were the birds different for the kids?

  5. What made Mary Poppins angry?

  6. Tell the story of the birds.

  7. What does this chapter teach us?

  1. Make up dialogues between:

  • The children discussing the birds.

Use the phrases from Appendix 3.

  1. Give the retelling of the text as if you were:

  • One of the kids;

  • Mary Poppins.

Chapter 8 Mrs. Corry

I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.

To be in a hurry

To lean upon smth

To gaze admiringly at smb/smth

To wink at smb

To drop in for a bit of a chat

To break off suddenly

To be festooned across the shop

To wrap smth up

To offend smb mortally

To look blooming

To toss one’s head

To flounce

To tick smth off the list

Gingerbread

With a scornful laugh

Dingy

To follow at smb’s heels

Rheumatism

A courteous greeting

Wispy hair

Wizened face

Wrinkled face

To seize the opportunity to do smth

To wring smth out

On bare feet

Breathlessly

To stump noisily behind smb

II.Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.

Being short of breath, to follow smb. awkwardly, to use a chance to do smth, to insult smb, to be in a rush, to pack smth, to look with delight at smb, to come in to talk a little, to stop talking at once, to look wonderful, thin hair, thin face with hollow cheeks and wrinkles, a ceremonious greeting, laughing contemptuously, dim.

III.Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate and transcribe them.

To wear, to get, to break, to catch, to wind, to wrap, to take, to go, to know, to see, to trail, to ask, to wheel, to understand, to feel, to weep, to think, to feed, to forget, to shake, to speak, hear, to buy, to stand, to mean, to draw, to hung, propel, to light, to find, to shake, to lean, to rise, to keep, to run, to break, to give, to grow, to hurt, to clasp, to sleep, to fling, to burst, to wrist, to stick, to tip-toe, to bend, to creep, to hide, to swing, to hold.

IV.Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words, use them in the sentences of your own.

Shopping-block, garland, trap-door, kid, Dover Sole, Halibut, Prawns, sherbet, liquorices sticks, apples-on-a-stick, conspicuous, barley-sugar, peppermint bars, Highlight Fling.

V. Write out all the names of historic personalities and give a short description of their role in history and achievements.

VI. Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.

1 I’d hoped you’d dropped in for a bit of a chat.

2. He broke off suddenly for he had caught sight of Mary Poppins’ face.

3. Jane and Michael trailed after her, wondering when she would have come to he end of her shopping-list…

4. And he looked so sad that you felt he had either just been weeping or was just going to.

5. He had known all along there would be nothing else.

6. … said Jane … and wondering if she would ever be able to remember what Mrs. Corry remembered.

7. …I am running on and on and you are not being served.