Exercise 5. Look at the pictures and explain what’s happening in each situation. Use the opportunity to brainstorm any useful vocabulary.

 

a ladder a robber a bear borrow/use/save/rescue

 

Write the missing words then check with a partner.

 

Student A

Is it all right …………… I use your spoon?

Could you save my dog?

…………… it be OK to borrow your child for a moment?

Would you mind keeping an eye on my pet?

Do you …………… standing in for me for two minutes?

Is it OK to use your car this afternoon?

…………… you pass me one of those jars?

Can you hold this tin while I get down?

 

Student B

Is it all right if I use your spoon?

…………… you save my dog?

Would it be OK to borrow your child for a moment?

Would you…………… keeping an eye on my pet?

Do you mind standing in for me for two minutes?

Is it OK…………… use your car this afternoon?

Could you pass me one of those jars?

Can…………… you put the ladder back so I can get down?

 

Act out short conversations using the pictures as prompts. Take it in turns to make and respond to requests.

Have you ever had to make a difficult request? When? Why? What happened? Have you ever had an important request rejected?

 

Exercise 7. Translate

1. Перестаньте разговаривать.

2. Мы уже за­кончили чтение этой книги.

3. Продолжайте петь.

4. Вы не против того, чтобы открыть окно?

5. Когда она закончит писать сочинение?

6. Я не возражаю против того, чтобы остаться дома и по­работать над моей новой книгой.

7. Я перестала есть мясо и каждый день получаю удовольствие от более здоровой пищи.

8. Перестань бегать.

9. Вы не возражаете, если я приведу моего друга?

10. Я настаиваю на том, чтобы спросить его совета.

11. Продолжайте писать ему.

12. Люди действительно не могут продолжать так жить.

 

Activities

Thinking of you

Procedure - In this pair work activity, students complete sentences by guessing real information about their partner using gerunds and infinitives.

Tell the students to guess how their partner would complete each sentence. Explain that they must use a gerund or infinitive in each sentence.

When they have finished writing. Student A reads their completed sentences to Student B. who tells them if they have guessed correctly or not. Encourage the students to give the real answer if the sentence is wrong.

When Student A has finished reading his/her sentences, the students swap roles.

Student А

Think about your partner and try to make true sentences about him or her. Complete each sentence using a gerund or infinitive.

 

On Mondays, you dislike………………………………………………………………………………………………………

At home, you enjoy………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Next year, you hope……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

On Sunday mornings, you really like………………………………………………………………………………….

You're really good at……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

This weekend you plan on……………………………………………………………………………………………………

You want to stop……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

You are learning English to…………………………………………………………………………………………………

When you were a child, you couldn't stand……………………………………………………………………

Something that makes you feel good is……………………………………………………………………………

Read your sentences to Student B. He or she will tell you if they are true or not.

Student В

Think about your partner and try to make true sentences about him or her. Complete each sentence using a gerund or infinitive.

 

You would like to learn…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

You’re not very good at……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

A household job you don't mind doing is………………………………………………………………………….

When you were younger you wanted…………………………………………………………………………………

This weekend you'd like………………………………………………………………………………………………………

When you go on holiday you love………………………………………………………………………………………..

You have recently decided………………………………………………………………………………………………….

When you're on your own you enjoy………………………………………………………………………………….

You really like…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

During the week, you spend a lot of time………………………………………………………………………..

Tell your partner if his or her sentences about you are true or not. Then read your sentences to Student A.

 

Revision

Indefinite Pronouns

	People	Things	Places
Some-	Someone Somebody	Something	Somewhere
Any-	Anyone Anybody	Anything	Anywhere
No-	No one Nobody	Nothing	Nowhere
Every-	Everyone Everybody	Everything	Everywhere

Participle

 

	Active	Passive
Participle I	Present Participle Simple	Asking – спрашивающий, спрашивая	Beingasked – спрашиваемый, будучи спрошен
Present Participle Perfect	Having asked– спросив (ши)	Having been asked – (уже) былспрошен
Participle II	---------------------------	Asked– спрошенный, спрашиваемый

Complex Object& Gerund

 

SUBJECT	SIGNAL VERB	NOUN OR PRONOUN IN OBJECTIVE CASE	INFINITIVE
Mother Nina He They I	Want(s) Would like Expect(s) Don’t/Doesn’t want Wouldn’t like Don’t/Doesn’t expect	Me Him Her Us Tom Father	To go to the doctor To play To study To write To feed a dog To walk with children

 

What Is a Gerund?	Signal Words	Examples of Gerunds
The gerund is a non-finite form of the verb Gerunds are the -ing form (base form + -ing) of a verb	to stop, to go on, to finish, to mind, to begin, to continue	· Please go onreading · Do you mindwaiting for him? · She stopped working at 5 o'clock. · I beganlearning Chinese.

 

REMEMBER!!!

After to begin, to continue → GERUND or INFINITIVE

 

He began	to read	this book yesterday
reading
We continued	to work	till 7 o’clock
working

 

Exercises

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