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[eı]  as in plate

Слова

plate, take, name, face, place, table, game

name, what’s your name? plate, take, face, table - tables, place, wake up

Jake, James, Kate, place - places, plate, plane, James, game - games

I’m late. Take a plate. Take a plane. Wake up, Jake.

1. James, take a plane. Kate, take a cake.
2. What’s your name? I’m James.
3. Jake, James and Kate are late.
4. It’s a good place for games.
5. Take the games on the table, James.

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[i:] as in tree

Слова

tree, street, green, me, he, need, we, queen

he, me, tree - trees, queen, we, street, green, teen, peel, teeth, feel

green, queen, tree, meet, she, sheep, sleep, free, three, cheese

me, meet, green, he sees a tree, she’s a queen, meet the queen

1. I need three green trees in the street.
2. We meet a teen in green.
3. Queen needs to sleep.
4. James feels he is free.
5. Cheese is good for teeth.

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[aı] as in nine, type

Слова

nine, my, fine, time, nice, like, type, lie, pie

kind, type, Friday, tie, nice, my, pie, bike, drive

on Friday, it’s time, five ties, don’t lie, my type, Mike

she’s kind, you like my tie, Friday time, ride a bike

my type, my tie, nice Friday, nine times, I’m fine

1. How are you? I’m fine.
2. I like to drive, but I don’t like to ride a bike.
3. She was kind five times on Friday.
4. Do you like Mike? Yes, he is nice and he doesn’t lie.
5. Do you like my tie? No, it’s not the type I like.

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[əʋ] as in rose, go

Слова

oh, rose, nose, sofa , go, no, won’t, home

won’t, rose, stone, oh, no, go, joke, hope

close, sofa, stone, won’t, phone, rope

oh no! nose, it won’t go, so, tone, photo

take a photo, so close, go to the sofa, it’s a joke

1. Oh sorry, I don’t like this joke about my nose.
2. Mike, take the rope and let’s go home.
3. I hate his tone. I hope, he won’t phone you.
4. The rope is on the sofa, so close to you.
5. Oh no! You were so close but didn’t take a photo

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[ju:] as in student, [u:]  as in blue

Слова

student, computer, the USA, huge, museum, mute, you, usually

blue, tulip, Sue, true

huge, Cuba, humid, stupid, tune, Sue, Tuesday, the USA

on Tuesday, uniform, usually, student, true, computer

you are huge, it’s on mute, you are Sue, it’s not true!

1. My computer isn’t huge.
2. Students go to museum on Tuesday.
3. Pupils in Cuba usually have a blue uniform.
4. It will be humid on Tuesday in the USA.
5. Sue’s students aren’t student.

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[ı] as in big

Слова

six, big, lip, ill, in, chin, chick, swim, morning, picture

big, six, kid, kiss, ill, mix, miss, wind, brick, sing, joking, ship, bring

swimming, fishing, tick, music, sit, milk, wink, playing, evening, spill

Six twins, a big lip, six chicks, kiss and wink, think and sing

1. She likes singing and listening to music.
2. The queen goes swimming in the morning.
3. The twins are playing football in the evening.
4. Oh no! I spilled the milk on my computer.
5. This kid in the photo is very thin, he isn’t big.
6. I think I stink when I drink milk.

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[θ] as in three, [ð] as father

Слова

[θ] three, thin, thank, fifth, Thursday, think, teeth, theatre

[ð] this, that, these, those, weather, father, there is, there are, they

that, thank, fifth, theatre, Thursday, weather, brother, those, three, thank you

thing, thank, birthday, theatre, bath, teeth, they’re, the weather, grandfather

feather, father and mother, the sixth, with, thick and thin, happy birthday, Thailand.

1. They are with father and brother in the theatre.
2. Happy birthday, the mother of three!
3. There is that thing in the fifth bath.
4. There are a lot of theatres in Thailand.
5. I think the weather on Thursday will be good.

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[e] as in pen

Слова

pen, pencil, Teddy, dress, yes, let’s, café, center, expensive

tell, leg, text, check, seven, never, exercise, yes, Teddy, check, west

lesson, get, subject, well, yet, them, pencil, next, open, ever, cafe

Say yes, let’s check, tell Teddy to check, seven exercises, get a text

1. Teddy is at the lesson. He has seven red pencils and three blue pens.
2. The café in the center is open. It’s very nice, but expensive.
3. These seven students never get on well.
4. Let’s go to a cafe with them? Okay, but I need to dress.
5. Open your exercise book and take a pencil.

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[ɒ] as in dog [ʋ] as in book

Слова

dog, Tom, hot, got, song, often

soon, book, look, school

song – songs, shop, book – books, bathroom, lock, good, dolphin, pool, hobby, often, hot, bookcase, zoo, classroom, frog, cook, food, shock, socks, cool, lots of books, took, pot, fox – foxes, clock, bedroom, school, look, sitting room, front – in front of

1. I like this type of dogs. They are so cool.
2. We often meet at school on Thursday and sing English songs.
3. Tom has got lots of good books about Russian kings and queens.
4. My brother is in the shop, my sister is at school, and my grandmother with grandfather are in the bedroom at home.
5. We’ve got a huge classroom. There are three bookcases with different books,

a table in front of the desks and a beautiful clock.

6. The zoo next to my school is open every day. There is a beautiful red fox,

a dolphin, an elephant, a parrot and a big camel. 

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[ʌ]

Слова

bus, umbrella, study, lunch, upstairs, cupboard, puppy

jump, pup – puppy, sun – sunny, umbrella, update, eggcup, Sunday

cut, jumper, study, cupboard, upstairs, lunch, teacup, under

study at school, have a lunch, take a bus, get an update, club – chess club

1. My friends study at lunch and in their free time.
2. The umbrella is upstairs in the living room.
3. I need to cut my sandwich for lunch.
4. The weather is sunny, so we won’t take a bus to go home.
5. There are lots of beautiful teacups and eggcups in the cupboard.
6. I left my jumper in a chess club upstairs.

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[ɑ:] as in car, [ɔ:] as in sport, [ɜ:] as in girl

Слова

[ɑ:] – car, star, yard, dark, scarf, heart

[ɔ:] – sport, work, for, more, floor

[ɜ:] – girl, her, person, learn, turn

arm, yarn, star, park, far, farm, part, heart, shark, card, scarf

fork, floor, storm, for, more, before, forget, form, store, wore, work

girl, shirt, bird, third, skirt, first, dirty, thirsty, shirt, T-shirt, birthday, circus

her, nerves, verb, person, term, perfect, serve, learn - learning

turn, fur, curl, turtle, purple, church, curtain, nurse, hamburger, cheeseburger

turn, skirt, car, scarf, dirt – dirty, church, far, third, before, wore, thirty-third

term, nerves, work, purple, turtle, first, part – take part, more, twenty-first

birthday, fur, for, shark, hamburger, cheeseburger, person, forget, third, skirt

1. She has got a hamburger and a cheeseburger with a glass of Coke.
2. Look at your fur scarf – it’s so dirty!
3. I usually get more birthday cards at church and at work.
4. This nurse wearing an orange skirt and a purple T-shirt is a very nice person.
5. If you need to get to the hospital, take the first turn on the left.
6. She forgot the dirty floorcloth on the floor next to purple cupboard.
7. This is the thirty-third floor.
8. First I will go to the shore for shopping and then go to work.
9. She cut a birthday card with a red heart on it.
10. Some sharks swim in the dark depths of the ocean

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[ʃ] as in shelf , [tʃ] as in chair, [w] as in what, watch

Слова

[tʃ] - bench, chair, kitchen, children BUT school

[ʃ]  - shelf, shut, shirt, she

[w] – what, were, whale, watch, when BUT who, whose, write

she, short, shelf, shark, fish, brush, sheep, seashells, ship, seashore

chair, bench, cheese, cheap, check, match, church, choose, child - children

what, would, where, when, worm, Wednesday, wish, water, witch, watch

would, short, church, check, worm, wet, she, ship, seashore, cheap, twelve

where, what, who, bench, choose, chair, shark, seashells, match, chance, white, catch, watches, why, shirt, kitchen, sweet, Wednesday, wizard, wave, woman - women

1. She sells seashells on the seashore.
   The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
   So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
   Then, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
2. Fred fried fish on Wednesday, fresh fish fried by Fred on Wednesday.
3. If two witches were watching two watches which witch would watch which watch?
4. This Wednesday I’m watching a football match on TV and then I want to write twelve poems about witches and wizards.
5. Where do your children play chess? – In a church Chess club.

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[ə]  as in -er/ -or

Слова

doctor, over, dinner, tractor

farmer, director, winter, summer, sister, mother, butter, bitter, batter

paper, member, after, player, writer, teacher, ruler, actor, visitor, better

1. My family members go to the seaside in summer.
2. My granny is a teacher, my grandpa is a writer and I am an actor.
3. Betty Botter got some butter

but she says the butter’s bitter,
If she has it in her batter

it will make the batter bitter,

but a bit of better butter

will make her batter better.

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[aʋ] as in house, town

[əʊ] as in snow

Слова

house, count, town, down, how BUT touch, young, group, would

round, blouse, brown, flower, clown, loud, trousers

pillow, snow, follow, yellow, window – out of the window, show,

slow – slowly, how, shower, town, pound, mouse, mouth, power

south, proud, cloud, wow, owl, now, brown, out, shout - shouted

1. Can you see the brown owl up in that oak tree?

I wonder when will it go down from its branch?

Now the owl has flown away to get some food for its little owlets.

She wants to get a mouse or maybe a frog or a snake.

Sometimes owls eat rabbits, lizards and birds.

2. The old woman counts how many flowers there are in her cupboard.
3. If you follow this brown mouse wearing a beautiful blouse,

she will get you to the town where yellow flowers give a power all year round.

4. My grandfather usually spends weekends out of town.
5. White snowflakes were falling down slowly from the sky.

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[ɔı] as in boy, point

Слова

boy, toy, choice, noisy

destroy, noise, enjoy, join – join the group, voice, a loud voice, a quiet voice

oil, soy, boil, joy, toilet, rejoice, annoy, cowboy, coin – collect coins

1. “My house has burnt! Oh, my!” shouted the old woman.
2. There are some girls who have sweet quiet voices.
3. The young boy always speaks in a loud voice to me.
4. I would like to join your chess club, please.
5. You’ve added too much oil when you cooked soy salad dressing.

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[ɔ:] as in fall, also

Слова

fall, call, wall, also, talk BUT half

all, tall, wall, balls, call, hall, volleyball, basketball

also, talk, almost, alright, always, salt, walk

1. All she ever wanted is to have a walking and talking doll for her birthday.
2. Could you also pass me the salt, please?
3. It’s alright if you are tall, you can play basketball.
4. Call me when you want to have a walk in the park.
5. I have pictures of my family and friends on the wall.

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[i:] as in sea

[e] as in bread

Слова

[i:] teacher, speak, read, sea, beach, please, BUT great [ei], steak [ei]

beans, cheap, clean, ice cream, meat, peach, eat, scream, mean, dean

jeans, beast, feast, peanut, leader, season, dream, meal, east, tea

[e] bread, head, feather, weather, heavy

leather, breakfast, health – healthy, wealth – wealthy

treasure, ready, sweater, deaf, death, pleasure

1. East or West – home is best!

Take some rest.

Don’t have guests,

Enjoy your home fest.

2. Drake is going west, lads!

So Tom is going East.

But tiny Fred just lies in bed,

the lazy little beast

3. Let’s have a feast on the beach near the sea! We’ve got lots of healthy food - meat for steak, peaches, bread and beans, green tea, ice cream and peanut butter.
4. Birds of a feather flock together,
   And so will pigs and swine;
   Rats and mice will have their choice,
   And so will I have mine.
5. Don’t be mean to your teachers. Take a seat, eat some breakfast with us, drink a cup of tea with sweets.
6. I’ve learnt that it’s a great treasure to be healthy, wealthy and wise.
7. Take off your jeans and sweater, and have a swim with us in the sea.
8. The queen in green screamed ‘It’s my pleasure to have you, dean. Please, feel at ease’

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[a:] as in half

Слова

half – half past ten, half a cake, half an apple

almond, behalf, calf – calves, palm – in the palm of your hand

1. I will meet you at half past eight. Don’t forget to bring almonds for cake.

2. Would you like a half of an apple pie?

3. You have it in the palm of your hand.

4. There was a little calf who didn’t

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[eı] as in eight, they, play, rain

Слова

eight, eighty, they, rain, play BUT height

eighty-eight, pray, weight, rain, sleigh, way, train, pay

day, May – in May, wait, rain – rainy, holiday, stay, paid,

prey, rein, grey, painting, neighbour, snail mail

1. My rich neighbours have eighty-eight paintings on the wall.
2. I would like to have a seaside holidays in May.
3. It takes a long time to wait for a snail mail.
4. When Santa’s sleigh is full of toys ready for Christmas Day,

Use this magic Christmas Dust, my child, to help him on his way.

5. I pray we go on a treasure hunt one day in May.
6. Sail away, it's time to leave
   Rainy days are yours to keep
   Fade away, the night is calling my name
   You will stay, I'll sail away 
7. The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

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[ai] as in why and lie

[i] as in body, chief

[aɪə] as in fire

Слова

[ai] cry, buy, shy, dry, fry, spy, lie - lied, cry – cried,  try – tried, pie, die – died, my, by

[i] Teddy, Wendy, body – somebody, nobody, every - everybody,

[i]   grief, shield, niece, a piece of cake

[aɪə] fire – fireman, expire – expired, retire – retired, vampire, hire

1. There is a fire in the dark forest.
2. My daddy fixed the car tire.
3. Vampires are very scary.
4. Why do you cry Willy? Why do you cry?
5. My niece said her homework was a piece of cake.
6. There is a great a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. 

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[eə] as in fair, hare

[iə] as in hear, here

Слова

[[eə] chair, hair – fair hair, nightmare, share, stairs, fair – funfair.

care – take care, hair – hairy, scare – scary, pair – pair of shoes

[iə]  ear - ears, hear, near, here – around here,

1. What happened to your ear? I don’t know, I can’t hear.
2. I was tired, so I hired a taxi to go home.
3. A fairy from the story has got fair hair.
4. Mary takes care of her new pair of shoes
5. Once there lived a proud hare. He thought that he was the fastest animal in the jungle

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[uə] as in tour, sure

[n] as in knife

ght = [t] as in night

Слова

[uə] – tour, sure, cure, Europe – European

[t], [n] – night, tight, bought, straight, midnight, knight, bright

teach - taught, naughty, buy – bought, buy – bought

night - midnight, light – sunlight, eight – eighteen – eighty

bright, knight, right, tight, knight, knife – knives, know – knew – known,

knee – on your knees, knit – knitting, daughter

1. Good night, naughty boy. Sleep tight in your bed.

2. I was sure that the woman was eighty-eight years old!

3. I teach modern European languages at university.

4. Mary is known as a daughter of a knight from England.

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[dʒ] as in Jake, magic

[ʒ] as in treasure, usual

[ʃ] as in nation

[tʃ] as in Literature

Слова

[ʒ] leisure, pleasure, television, Asia – Asian, usual – usually – unusual

[dʒ] jackpot, fridge, jeer, Jew, juice, gist, strategy, magic – magical,

change, joke

[ʃ] nation – national – international, station – railway station, education

[tʃ] – Literature, future, picture, nature, adventure

1. It’s a great pleasure to know your friend from Asia.
2. Why are you looking for treasure in the magic forest?
3. An Asian tourist won a jackpot in the international game of poker.
4. It’s not usual to have a fridge next to the television set.
5. In my leisure time I prefer studying Literature
6. I have a feeling that Russian education has no any future.

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Facts about England

• Fish and chips is traditional English food.
• In Russia cars drive on the right side of the road. In England cares drive on the left side of the road.
• The Queen of England is Elizabeth II (the second). She is ninety-four years old.
• Price Charles is an English Prince, the son of the Queen.
• The Beatles was a very popular British music band.
• Oxford is a famous old University town. It’s near London.

Вопросы

1. What is English traditional food? What is Russian traditional food?
2. How old is Queen Elizabeth II? How old are you?
3. What is the name of the Queen’s son?
4. Do you know the Beatles?

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My name is Ivan. I like sports. After school I play handball, go swimming or ride my bicycle. I speak English, German and French, but I don’t like books very much. They are not interesting for me. In the evening I watch TV and eat fish and chips.

I’m Liza. I like animals. I have two dogs and three cats at home. My mum is not very happy about it, but I think pets are a lot of fun. I don’t like sports. I’m a couch potato – it means I am a little bit lazy.

I’m Viktor. My hobby is martial arts – I do karate after school three times a week. I enjoy films with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. They are very interesting and I think Jackie Chan is cool. Homework is not my favourite thing, but I do it every day.

Вопросы

1. What sports does Ivan do? And you?
2. Does Liza’s mum love animals at home?
3. Are you a couch potato?
4. Who are Viktor’s favourite actors?

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Schools in Great Britain

  In Great Britain boys and girls begin to go to school when they are five

years old. Some boys and girls go to school till they are fifteen years old, others

go up to sixteen or eighteen.

  English schools are open five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there

are no lessons.

  There are primary and secondary schools in Great Britain. English children

begin  to  go  to  a  secondary  school  when  they  are  eleven  or  older.  There  are

different kinds of secondary schools in Britain. Some secondary schools are only

for boys, some are only for girls and some are for boys and girls. Some schools

prepare pupils for work, others for the university.

  The pupils  of  all  schools  have uniforms. The  boys  wear  dark  grey,  dark

green or dark blue uniforms. The girls in some schools wear blouses and skirts,

in others they wear dresses.

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        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.

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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? _____________________________

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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.

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Little Red Riding Hood. (Красная Шапочка)

        One day Little Red Riding Hood took a cake and went to see her Granny.

        It was beautiful in the forest! The girl was so happy that she didn’t see a big wolf behind the tree.

        “Good morning, little girl! Where are you going?”

        “Good morning. To my Granny.”

        “Where does she live?”

        “She lives in a red house in the forest. I have a cake for her.”

        “You are a nice girl,” said the hungry Wolf. He ran up to Granny’s house and knocked at the door.

        “Come in,” said Granny.

        The Wolf ran into the house and ate Granny. Then he closed the door and jumped into the bed.

        Knock-knock!

        “It’s me,” said the girl and came in.

        “Granny, what big eyes you’ve got!”

“I want to see you well.”

“Granny, what big teeth you’ve got!”

“I want to eat you now!”

The Wolf jumped out of the bed and ate the girl. The next moment the girl’s father ran into the house. He killed the wolf and inside (внутри) the wolf he saw Granny and his daughter, alive (живые) and happy.

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Rabbit’s Clothes.

        One day the rabbit was very hungry and ran to Mr Grey’s garden. There were some sweet carrots, red tomatoes, big potatoes and red apples there! The rabbit was happy in this garden!

        At 12 o’clock Mr Grey came into the garden and started his work. Suddenly he saw Peter: “A rabbit in my garden!” Mr Grey jumped up and ran after the rabbit. The rabbit jumped up and ran after away from Mr Grey. But he couldn’t see the garden door.

        He lost his red shoes near the tomatoes. He had no shoes on! Now he could run on his four legs! Then he jumped out of his jacket. Now he had no clothes on and ran very fast.

        Suddenly he saw the garden door. Closed! The rabbit went under it. How happy he was to be out of the garden!

        Mr Grey was happy too. He had no rabbits in his garden. When he saw a blue jacket and shoes, he got happier:

        “Now I have got some nice clothes! Two red shoes and a blue jacket.”

        Mr Grey put the rabbit’s clothes on a scarecrow (пугало).

1. There were yellow bananas in Mr Grey’s garden. – “__________”
2. The rabbit liked to eat tomatoes and apples. – “____________”
3. The rabbit had some clothes on when he came into the garden. – “_______”
4. Mr Grey didn’t like the rabbit in his garden. – “________”
5. The rabbit helped Mr Grey to work in the garden. – “__________”
6. The rabbit ran after Mr Grey. – “_________”
7. The rabbit’s shoes were blue. – “__________”
8. Mr Grey liked rabbit’s clothes and shoes. – “_________”

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Shoemaker and the Elves (Сапожник и эльфы)

Once there lived a poor shoemaker. He was old and couldn’t work well.

One night he couldn’t finish his work – the boots for a King! But next morning he saw nice boots on the table1 The King gave him a lot of money and asked him to make shoes for his daughter.

The shoemaker was very ill and couldn’t work. But next morning he saw the most beautiful shoes on the table!

The old man thought: “Who helped me?”

At night the shoemaker saw two elves! They were very little but looked like boys. They were very cold because they had little clothes on. Their shoes were very old and dirty.

“They haven’t got warm clothes! They help me and I must help them too. I’ll make new jackets and shoes!”

At night the two elves saw two red jackets and new shoes. They put them on. They were so happy that they didn’t want to work. They went away from the shoemaker’s house and were never back.

What about the old man? He was very sad, but he was never poor.

1. The shoemaker was ______________________________________

2. ___________________________ made boots for the King.

3. The elves were _________________________________________

4. The shoemaker made _______________________ for the elves.

5. The elves _____________________ new clothes.