Complete the sentences. Here words you need. (fair, beggar, waterproof, toothbrush, dead)

Find the compound noun. Here words you need. (account, human, pocket, circuit, pot)

Compound noun

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives. For example: The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste. The word black is an adjective and board is a noun, but if you join them together they form a new word - blackboard. In both these example the first word modifies or describes the second word, telling us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is. And the second part identifies the object or person in question. Compound nouns can also be formed using the following combinations of words:-

Noun	+	Noun	toothpaste
Adjective	+	Noun	monthly ticket
Verb	+	Noun	swimming pool
Preposition	+	Noun	underground
Noun	+	Verb	haircut
Noun	+	Preposition	hanger on
Adjective	+	Verb	dry-cleaning
Preposition	+	Verb	output

The two parts may be written in a number of ways:-

1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.
Example: tooth + paste = toothpaste | bed + room = bedroom

2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.
Example: check-in

3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words.
Example: full moon

1. If those two wires touch, the appliance will short-_____________________________ and probably go up in flames.
2. I need to withdraw some money out of my bank _____________________________.
3. No _____________________________ being should have to suffer what these people have suffered.
4. My mum gives me $1 a week _____________________________ money.
5. Please, make coffee and serve it in our new coffee _____________________________.

1. After your shower, don't forget to clean your teeth with the electric _____________________________.
2. When I was young, there was a competition between the _____________________________-haired girls and black-haired ones in the playground.
3. At the corner of my street, I saw a _____________________________-woman. She looked so sad and so depressed that I gave her all the money in my wallet. It's a pity to see that people are still homeless in this day and age.
4. Unfortunately, my makeup was not _____________________________, so the rain made me look like a witch while I was leaving the church with my husband.
5. Don't take this street. Didn't you see the traffic sign? It's a _____________________________-end and now you have to turn around.

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Exercise 1 Read the text.

WHO invented the first computer? And when?
The answer will surprise you: it was Charles Babbage, in the year 1832.
Babbage, who was born in London in 1791, was a great mathematical genius. He was a natural inventor, and invented all sorts of new products. When he finished school, he went to study mathematics at Cambridge University. There, while Professor of Mathematics in this illustrious university, he designed his "first difference engine ". This was, basically, a hand-operated mechanical calculator. He took nine years to build a part of the machine. This machine, which is in the London Science Museum, can make complex mathematical calculations. It is a basic mechanical computer. Babbage dreamed however of more complicated machines. In fact, he did not only dream; he began to design them. The result was a series of "analytical engines" which were in fact powerful computers! His designs contained processors (he called them "mills"), control units, a memory (he called it a store), and an input/output system. These are the four essential parts of a modern mathematical computer!

Alas, Babbage was born 100 years too soon! His "second difference engine" could not use electricity, since this had not yet become a usable source of power; so Babbage had to make do with mechanical systems. For this reason, the machine was big and very complicated, and very expensive. Though Babbage produced complete plans for the machine, he could not build it. It was too sophisticated for its age! It was not until almost 160 years later that Babbage's "second difference engine" was finally manufactured. The first working version of this machine was built by the Science Museum in London, for the Babbage bicentenary in 1991. It can now be seen at the Museum; a second machine was then built for an American high-tech millionnaire, who put it in the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View,California. Babbage's analytical engines could have used "programmes" like those used in the textile industry to make complicated patterns; but they were never built. This brilliant mathematician really was too far ahead of his time!

Exercise2Explain:
Can you explain, in English, the following words and expressions?

an inventor

mathematics

a university

a memory

mechanical systems

a museum

a millionnaire

the textile industry

Exercise 3 Retell the text

Exercise 4 Answer the following questions from the text.

1. Who invented the first computer?

2. Who was Charles Babbage?

3. Where did he study?

4. What did he first design?

5. Did his dream become a true?

Exercise 5 Making conversation

Your childhood

Ask a partner about his/her childhood with Did you use to…?+ an expression from the box. Ask for more information.

A When you were a child, did you use to watch a lot of TV?

B Yes, I did. But I don’t watch TV any more.

A What was your favourite programme?...

Exercise 6 When you were a child, did you use to…?

share a bed watch a lot of TV

be ill a lot hate any particular food

do any sport fight with your brother/ sister

play in the street visit your grandparents

like school be afraid of anything

eat a lot of sweets have a favourite pop group/ singer

Exercise 7 In groups, each choose one different topic from the list below. Decide if you agree or disagree, and write down at least three reasons.

Private schools are usually better then state schools.

All schools should let children wear whatever they want at school.

Cooking and housework should be taught at all schools.

Physical education should be optional.

Girls study better without boys in the class.

School summer holidays should be shorter.

Boys study better in a mixed class.

Exercise 8 Explain to the rest of your group what you think about your topic. The others in the group should listen and say if they agree or disagree with you and why.

Useful language

First of all… My first point is that…

Secondly… Another important point is that…

Finally…

Exercise 9 Look at this extract from a TV guide and answer the questions. [1,T 4.7 p. 55]

8.0 hat’ll Teach ‘Em

Final part of the six-part series following a group of modern 16-year-old school children in a 1950s boarding school, This week: Exams!

1. What do you think the idea of the programme was?

2. Which of these things do you think pupils hated the most?

the food wearing a uniform

not being able to watch TV going for cross-country runs

not being able to use mobiles having cold showers

having a lot of homework

3. What do you think the discipline was like? How do you think the children were punished for behaving badly?

4. Do you think the pupils did well or badly when they took 1950s exams?

Exercise 10 Listen to a TV critic talking about the programme That’ll Teach ‘Em. Listen again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1. 16 children took part in the experiment.

2. They didn’t have to sleep at the school.

3. The uniforms were not very comfortable.

4. They had to stay inside the school grounds all the time.

5. The children weren’t allowed to talk during the classes.

6. They really missed being able to use computers and calculators.

7. They thought the classes were boring.

8. Exams today are easier than in the 1950s.

9. The children failed because they weren’t intelligent enough.

10. Most of the children enjoyed the experiment.

Exercise 11 Write a dictation (7 sentences).

Exercise 12 Write a letter invitation your friend’s visit to your country.

Dear John,

Many thanks for your letter which came yesterday. It took a month. I am now sending another invitation as requested. I shall try and send this to you by personal courier in view of the postal problems.

I wonder when your are thinking of coming to Almaty. In some ways September would suit me best, as I have to be away most of the month and would like to have a "watchdog" in the house. But please arrange things as it suits you best.

With best wishes.

Yours very sincerely,

1. Choose the correct variant. A ________-pin is used for fastening things, especially cloth.

a) save

b) safety

c) circuit

d) account

2. Choose the correct variant. The _______ tale princess lived happily ever after.

a) fairy

b) human

c) man

d) keeper

3. Choose the correct variant. Natural ________ is used for cooking and heating homes in our country.

a) water

b) gas

c) light

d) sewing

4. Choose the correct variant. I hate playing on hard tennis _________- I much prefer grass.

a) steam

b) gold

c) courts

d) room

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