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Uncle  Pat and Auntie Pat and their Wishing Well

Part 1

1.Look at the title of the text and give all the words you know related to the topic.

( прием  «Мозговой штурм») .Make a cluster

2.What is the story about? Give your guesses ( идеи записываются)

3.Check these words.

well, follow one’s directions, huge, spot, half- hidden, sign , muddy , track , twisty , lane , spot ,mutter, disappear , orchard , attic , slap –up , look glum , to pore accounts , overhear , loan ,

Dad must have driven straight past without realising. — Должно быть, отец проехал мимо, не заметив.

couldn’t help noticing — не мог не заметить 

2.Read the text and answer the questions.

This is a story about my uncle and aunt. And guess what? They’re both called Pat! Last year, Mum and Dad agreed I’d stay with Uncle-and-Auntie Pat during the summer holidays. Uncle-and-Auntie Pat lived at Wishing Well Farm, way out of town. It wasn’t an easy place to find. Dad must have driven straight past without realising. Before long, we were completely lost,  could not find the place on the mapand had to ask the way.Uncle-and-Auntie Pat live at Wishing Well Farm, way out of town. It isn’t an easy place to find. Dad must have driven straight past without realising. We saw a man and stopped to ask the way  We followed the man’s long list of directions. We drove through one village…then another… over two bridges…past a huge out-of-town superstore……and down a twisty lane. Finally we spotted a half-hidden broken sign « Wishing well farm».  We drove up a muddy track, and found Uncle and Auntie Pat feeding the animals.

"You managed to find us, then," said Uncle Pat.

"Only just!" muttered Dad.

Everyone greeted each other, and then just as quickly, Mum and Dad were saying their goodbyes. I stood and waved as their car disappeared down the dirt track. Uncle-and-Auntie Pat soon made me feel at home. They cooked me a slap-up15 meal — heaps16 of scrambled egg, jacket potatoes and fresh vegetables followed by strawberries and cream.Then they told me about Wishing Well Farm. They had a dog called Patch, a family of pigs, a goat, a lot of chicknes  ,an orchard  and of course , a farmer shop  and of course  the wishing well ! They showed me to my room, up in the attic. I had a great view of the farmyard.I couldn’t help noticing that the farm shop was very quiet. In fact, I didn’t see a single customer all day.

That evening, when I came down to say goodnight, I overheard Uncle Pat talking with Auntie Pat. They both looked glum as they pored over their accounts. They wanted to take another bank loan.  I felt sad, but I  was tired  and slept soundly  that night, and lost myself in dreams of the old wishing well.

1. Where did the boy go one day?

2. What happened?

3. How did the find a way?

4.   What was the dinner like?

5. What did they have in the farmyard ?

6. What did the boy notice and overhear?

3.Find all the verbs in the Past Simple in the story

4.Give the description of the farm and draw a picture. Make the cluster with words connected with farms.

5.  Mark the sentences T/F

1. The parents did not want the boy  to go to the farm

2.  They got there quickly

3.They asked a man about the way

4.The uncle and aunt were happy to see them

5. They gave the boy a delicious meal

6. They had only an orchad in the farmyard

7. The boy had a room in  cellar

8. The uncle and aunt  had  little money

9. The boy felt sad but slept well

6.Finish the sentences and discuss the answers in pairs

1.I think the farm was…

2. I woud like to..

3. I think the boy could help..

7. Retell the story in groups ( make a snowball)