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Task on the text “A new summer cottage”

“A new summer cottage”

(After Margaret Mahy)

Summer was coming. The Parkers were planning their rest. Mr. Parker worked really hard this year and  made quite a lot of money. One day the family had a lovely talk in the living-room. They decided to buy a new summer cottage.

“Dearest”, said Mr. Parker to his wife, Mrs. Parker, “we can buy a house at last and have a nice garden like the one we used to have in England.”

“Oh, yes, our garden was full of rose bushes. It was especially fantastic in spring. You know I love gardening.”

“I can help you, Mum, plant and water the flowers, and weed the flower-beds, can’t I?” asked Molly. She was so excited!

“And I’ll assist the father in digging around the trees as well as whitewashing the trees and gathering fruit in autumn. I’ll also water the lawn in front of the house and rake the leaves in the garden in autumn. At last, I will have a room for a tree house!” Steve cried happily, because climbing trees was his hobby and he spent as much time as he could up among the leaves of the tallest trees in his native town.

So next week the Parkers started to look for a house that suited them.

Task 1. Match the words.

1. Planning their rest                                a) будинок, який їм підходить
2. Worked really hard                               b) газон перед будинком
3. A lovely talk in the living room           c) саджати і поливати квіти
4. Can buy a house at last                        d) працював дійсно важко
5. Full of rose bushes                                e) збирання фруктів восени
6. Especially fantastic in spring                f) планували свій відпочинок
7. Plant and water the flowers                  g) мила  бесіда  у  вітальні
8. Digging around the trees                       h) підбілювання дерев
9. Gathering fruit in autumn                      i) повний кущів троянд
10. The lawn in front of the house               j) особливо фантастично навесні
11.  Whitewashing the trees                        k) обкопувати  землю навколо дерев
12. A house that suited them                       l) нарешті можемо купити будинок

Task 2. Put sentences in the right order.

a) It was especially fantastic in spring.

b) So next week the Parkers started to look for a house that suited them.

c) They decided to buy a new summer cottage.

d) At last, I will have a room for a tree house!

e) Mr. Parker worked really hard this year and made quite a lot of money.

f) I’ll also water the lawn in front of the house and rake the leaves in the garden in autumn.

Task 3. Match the sentences with translation.

1. Прийшло літо.
2. Вони вирішили купити новий літній будинок.
3. Ви знаєте, я люблю садівництво.
4. Вона була така схвильована!
5. Нарешті я матиму місце для будиночка на дереві!
6. Отже Паркери вже наступного тижня почали шукати будинок, який їм підходив.

Task 4. Find true or false sentences. (+) or ( - )

1. The Parkers have four children.
2. The father worked hard and made much money.
3. Mr. Parker calls his wife Margaret.
4. When the family lived in England they had a nice garden near their house.
5. The mother likes gardening very much.
6. Molly wants to help her mother in the garden.
7. Steve wants to help his father in planting and watering the flowers.
8. The son wants to rake the leaves in the garden in autumn.
9. Steve was happy because he wanted to have a house on the tree.
10. Steve’s hobby was whitewashing the trees and gathering fruit in autumn.
11. Parkers began to look for a new summer cottage next week.
12. The family had a lovely talk about a new summer cottage in the kitchen.

Task 5. Answer the questions.

1. Who wrote this story?
2. What is the name of the story?
3. What is the surname of the family?
4. How many people are there in their family?
5. What did they decide to buy?
6. Who worked hard and made a lot of money?
7. Where did the family have a lovely talk?
8. Did they live in the USA or England?
9. What was mother’s hobby?
10. What flowers does the mother like?
11. What did Molly want to do to help her mother?
12. How did Steve want to help his father in the garden?
13. What was Steve’s hobby?
14. Do you like this story? Why? Why not?