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I                                            love Berezhany and …

                                  Video lesson

Nadiia Kokovska

I love Berezhany and… 

Video Lesson Language Level: A2, B1

Pre-watching activities

1.     Answer the following questions

ü What do you know about Berezhany, your native town?

ü What famous people contributed to make it popular?

ü What of its sights is your favourite one? Why?

2.     Check how well you know landmarks of Berezhany. Match the pictures to the names.

While-watching activities

1.     What do these numbers refer to in the video? 

a)     match them to the information

b)    make up sentences as in the example 

The first mention of Berezhany was written in 1375.

                             2. Brush up your grammar

a) we often prefer the passive when it is not so important who or what did the action. In this example, it is not so important who built the house.

Passive Voice formula:

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle Subject + BE + V3 + another attributes

c) unscramble the words to make complete sentences

1)    by/the castle/century/in/Berezhany/was/the/16^th/built/in/the Syniavskis.

2)    river/on/ the banks/built/the town/the Zolota/built/was/of/Lypa. 3) Berezhany/studied/Lepkyi/worked/Bohdan/in/and/gymnasium.

Ø Which of these sentences is not in passive?

After-watching activities

1. The multiple choice. What are the correct answers?

1)               The first written mention of Berezhany dates back to …

a)     1775 b) 1375     c) 1573

2)               Berezhany is located on the banks of … river.

a)     the Zolota Lypa     b) the Dnipro      c) the Black Lypa

3)               Oles Honchar, a famous Ukrainian writer, named Berezhany …

a)     small Venice     b) small Paris     c) small Switzerland 

4)               Town Hall was the place where …were located.

a)     Rynok Square     b) shops and a gymnasium     c) museums and galleries

5)               B. Lepkyi was a famous …

a) writer, historian, artist     b) doctor, scientist, mechanic                                c) mathematician, carpenter, sculptor

6)               The Monastery was a spot on the protection line from the …

a)     south b) west     c) north

7)               The Syniavskis built …

a)     a monastery     b) Town Hall     c) a castle

8)               The … community constructed the Nativity of St. Mary Cathedral.

a)     Jewish b) Armenian     c) Polish 

9)               A lot of … were stolen from the Nativity of St. Mary Cathedral.

a)     icons b) candles     c) statues 

10)           The equipment of St Nicholas Church was brought from …

a)     Hutsulshchyna     b) Volyn     c) Podillia

2.     True or false? Correct the false sentences.

1)               Town Hall is called Ratusha.

2)               B. Lepkyi was a student and professor of Berezhany Gymnasium.

3)               A lot of prominent residents were buried in the St. Trinity Church.

4)               St. Peter and Paul Cathedral was built high on the hill.

5)               St. Trinity Church is the only church in Eastern Ukraine situated on a market square. 

6)               St. Antony used to be a saint patron of Berezhany.

7)               The castle architecture resembles Wowel in Warsaw, Poland.

8)               Nativity of St. Mary Cathedral was badly damaged during WW I.

9)               The equipment of St. Nicholas Church was traded for icons.

10)           Berezhany is more than 600 years old.

3.     What have you learnt about these figures?

a)  

4. Work in pairs. 

Your friend has just arrived to visit you. Give him/her an imaginary tour around Berezhany.

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