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Some national traits

Some of the British national traits are resulting from the fact that Great Britain is an island. The British display a very wide toleration of individual differences among themselves, and even among others, sometimes it seems as a willingness to encourage individual eccentricities. It is part of Englishman’s code not to intrude upon his neighbours and their way of doing things.

The British are really conservative, they love familiar things in familiar places. On a national scale their conservatism may be illustrated by the attitude to the monarchy which is held in affection by nearly all English people. Local corporations, universities, schools and societies have their own private traditions.

The English countryside is many things to many people. Every Englishman is a countryman at heart. As he looks out of the window of his flat over the vast desert of brick and stone, he has in his mind a vivid picture of the day when he will live in a cottage with roses round the porch and a garden with beds of flowers. The village is a symbol of “roots” and stability to many people.

It was the British who started the fashion for seaside holidays. The coast is the most popular place of English people for their annual holiday.

Most people in Britain work a 5-day week, from Monday to Friday. Schools, colleges, universities are also closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Everyone looks forward to the weekend and when Friday comes along, as people leave work they say to each other: “Have a nice weekend”. Then on Monday morning they ask: “did you have a nice weekend?”

Saturday morning is a very busy time for shopping, on Saturday afternoon the most important sporting events of the week take place – football, rugby, horse-racing and other sports. Some people go and watch, others sit and watch the sports programmes on TV. Saturday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the pictures, the theatre, in fact for “going-out” generally.

Sunday is the day when most people are engaged in some fairly light activity such as gardening or visit to a pub – either a walk to the local pub, or often nowadays a drive to a more pleasant country pub. Sunday has always been a favourite day for inviting people – friends, relations, colleagues – to afternoon tea, and there are no signs that custom is losing popularity nowadays.

Appendix 3 gtammar practice

1. Tenses

1.1. The verb “to be”

THE VERBTO BEIN THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

POSITIVE FORM

NEGATIVE FORM

QUESTIONS

I am (I'm )

I am not ( I'm not )

Am I?

You are (you're )

You are not (you aren't )

Are you?

He is ( he's )

He is not ( he isn't )

Is he?

She is ( she's )

She is not ( she isn't )

Is she?

It is ( it's )

It is not (it isn't )

Is it?

We are ( we're )

We are not (we aren't )

Are we?

You are (you're )

You are not (you aren't )

Are you?

They are ( they're )

They are not (they aren't )

Are they?

1. Put in am, is or are.

  1. Where ... your brother?

  2. How old ... you?

  3. What ... your aunt’s name?

  4. I ... glad to see you.

  5. The dog ... in your garden.

  6. Tom’s parents ... travel agents.

  7. –... your father a manager? – No, he ... .

  8. John ... (not) a student, he ... a doctor.

  9. That book ... (not) very interesting. Take this one.

  10. The best seats ... 10 $.

  11. What ... your job?

  12. How far .. the bank from here?

  13. ... there a sports centre in your town?

2. Put in am, is or are.

  1. The sky is very blue today.

  2. I ... not tired.

  3. This case ... not heavy.

  4. These shelves ... very heavy.

  5. The child ... ill.

  6. Look! This ... Maggie!

  7. I ... cold. Can you switch on the heating, please?

  8. The castle ... one thousand years old.

  9. My brother and I ... good tennis players.

  10. Amy ... at home but her parent’s ... in church.

  11. I ... a student.

  12. My sister ... an engineer.