I. Mind your grammar when you speak

1. You have changed your job and got acquainted with new colleagues. Tell your friend what spheres of human activity your colleagues are good or bad at or what they are interested in. Answer your friend's questions. Work in pairs.

Model: A: Tom Green is a businessman. He is very good at analysing economic processes.

B: And is he fond of fishing as you are?

A: No, he is fond of playing tennis.

Prompts: Brian Parker – a sociologist (to study public opinion – to collect stamps – to collect pictures); Susan Brown – a secretary (to type papers correctly – to listen to jazz – to listen to classic music); Sam Strong – Director of the Company (to make speeches – to read detective stories – to read comixes); Henry Bell – a criminalist (to examine the scene of crime – to read detective stories – to study specialized literature); Mary Staunly – a psychologist (to make tests – to learn foreign languages – to read books on psychology), Alexander Smith – an electronics engineer (to make projects – to play golf – to swim); Donald Devis – an inspector (to collect evidence (facts) of a crime – to study new methods of investigation – to read books on criminology).

2. Your friend got tired of doing some kind of activity. Propose him to stop doing it. Work in pairs.

Model: A: What's the matter? You look tired.

B: I'm tired of doing phonetic drills.

A: You'd better stop doing them (you'd = you had).

Prompts: to read – this book; to fix – this old car; to argue – with him; to write – this letter; to feed in – the data; to speak – with this businessman; to sign – the documents.

3. Ask your partner if he/she objects to your action, work in pairs:

Model: A: Do you mind my smoking?

B: No, I don't. I don't mind your smoking.

Prompts: to tell anecdotes; to open the window; to make a telephone call to Italy; to go home now; to turn off the radio; to supervise this project; to sign this document.

4. Give advice to your friend how to achieve better results in different spheres, work in pairs:

Model: A: Will you advise me how to learn to skate?

B: You can learn to skate by skating on the skating rink.

Prompts: to become a good driver – to learn traffic rules and to drive a lot; to improve my Grammar – to learn Grammar rules and do exercises; to master a foreign language – to read a lot and work with a tape-recorder, to communicate with English people or Americans; to improve my health – to do sports and to do morning exercises regularly; to lose my weight – to keep to a diet and to do sports; to become a good sportsman – to train a lot in the gymnasium; to learn new English words and expressions – to read English press and to listen to the British radio; to investigate the crime – to collect necessary facts and find witnesses.

5. Express the idea pronounced by your friend emphatically, work in pairs:

Model: A: I know that Britain has the oldest Parliament in the world.

B: Yes, you are right. It is Britain that has the oldest Parliament in the world.

or

A: I know that in 1907 the Old Bailey was officially opened.

B: That's correct. It was in 1907 that the Old Bailey was officially opened.

Prompts: 1. The Old Bailey celebrated its 1000^th Birthday on 27 February 2007. 2. In 1829 Sir Robert Peel, the then Home Secretary, undertook reform in the police system. 3. In 1742 Henry Fielding, a Magistrate at Bow Street, and Sir John Fielding, his half-brother began reforms to the system of fighting crimes. 4. The Metropolitan Police Act established the principles that shaped modern English policing. 5. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is responsible for law enforcement within Greater London. 6. The MPS is responsible for the day to day policing across London.