Texts for listening with tasks. ( 5 - 6 grades)

Listening Comprehension

5 Form

Winter Holidays

             There are four seasons in a year. These are winter, spring, summer and autumn. Winter is the coldest season. Spring is colder than summer. Summer is warmer than autumn. The temperature in winter is often 15-20 degrees below zero. It often snows and the strong wind usually blows. People are wearing warm clothes. Children like to sledge, to skate, to ski, to play snowballs in this season. Some of them like to make funny snowmen.

              There are a lot of holidays people celebrate in winter: New Year’s Day, St. Nicholas, Christmas, St. Valentine’s Day, Boxing Day, Father’s Day and others. There are many holidays in Ukraine and in England which are common, but there are such holidays, which are celebrated only by the British. British people celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. In Ukraine we celebrate it on the 7^th of January. A few weeks before Christmas English people are busy. They go shopping, buy presents to their friends and relatives.

             The traditional food on Christmas in Britain is pudding and Christmas turkey. In Ukraine we cook kutya on Christmas. Christmas is a family holiday in Britain and people celebrate it at home with all the family. At the next day after Christmas British people celebrate Boxing Day. On this holiday English people go to their friends or invite them to their own homes, but Ukrainians don’t celebrate this holiday. On the New Year Eve children like to decorate the fir-tree with toys, coloured lights, sometimes sweets and nuts. English children believe that Santa Claus brings those presents at Christmas night. That’s why they write letters to Santa and say what they want to get. Fs f rule, children hang their stockings near the bed or above the fireplaces. It is the merriest holiday for people in over the world.

Tasks

1. Match

2. Complete the sentences

1. There are -------seasons in a year.

1. Four,      b)  three        c) five

2. In winter people wear-----------

1. Raincoats      b) coats and boots      c) warm clothes

3. In winter we celebrate-----------

1. Christmas, New Year, St. Valentine’s Day, Boxing Day, St. Nicholas
2. Christmas, New Year, St. Valentine’s Day,  St. Nicholas, Mother’s Day
3. Christmas, New Year, St. Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day, St. Nicholas

4. At Boxing Day the British _________

1. people go to their friends or invite them
2.  stay at home with their family
3. Go shopping

5. The traditional food on Christmas in England is _________

1. Kutya and  turkey.
2. Pudding and turkey
3. Cake and turkey

6. On the New Year Eve children like to decorate the fir-tree with________

1. Sweets , toys, coloured lights,
2. Toys and coloured lights
3. Sweets,   toys, coloured lights and nuts

3. Choose the correct answer

1. What is the coldest season in a year?

1. Winter,     b) spring,     c) autumn

2. What do children like to do in winter?

1. To play hockey, snowballs, skate, ski              b) To play snowballs, skate, ski, make snowmen, sledge

c)To play hockey, snowballs, skate, ski ,  make snowmen, sledge

3. When do English people celebrate Christmas?

1. On the 26^th of December        b) on the 7^th of January      c) on the 25^th of December

4.  When do Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas?

1.     on the 25^th of December    b) On the 26^th of December        c) on the 7^th of January     

5. What country do people celebrate Boxing Day?

1. In England,     b) in England and in Ukraine,     c) in Ukraine 

6. What do children wait at Christmas night for?

1. Presents       b) sweets       c) stockings

Listening Comprehension

6 Form

                  The Most Beautiful Hands

Many years ago three rich women met very often in a garden. They sat there and talked the whole day. One morning one of them said: “How white and beautiful my hands are!” Another said:” My hands are more beautiful”. The third woman said:”My hands are the most beautiful”.

An old woman in a very poor coat came up to them. She said:”I am old and cannot work. I have not eaten for a long time. Give me something to eat, please”.

But the rich women gave her nothing. They only asked her:”Tell us, old woman, which of us three has the most beautiful hands?” “I shall tell you a little later” the old woman said and walked away.

A village woman was sitting in another place. She was poor and her hands were dark from work. The old woman came up to her and said:”I haven’t eaten for a long time. Give me something to eat, please”.

The poor woman opened her bag, took out a piece of bread and gave half of it to the old woman.

The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the village woman by the    hand, brought her before the rich women and said:”Now I’ll tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of this poor woman are dark from work, but give us bread. They are more beautiful than your white hands, which don’t know work!”
 

Tasks

1. Match

2. Complete the sentences

1. Many years ago three rich women met-----

1. In a park      b) in a garden      c) in the street

2. The old woman said:”Give me something ------------“

1. To drink       b) to put on        c) to eat

3. The rich women gave the old woman-----------

1. Some water      b) some bread      c) nothing

4. The poor woman took-----

1. Some water      b) a piece of bread    c) some cheese

5. The poor woman opened her----

1.  Mouth      b) bag     c) eyes

6. Then the old woman said:”The hands of this poor woman are------

1. The most beautiful     b) more beautiful    c) beautiful

3. Choose the correct answer.

1. What did the rich women talk about?

1. Their hair     b) their hands     c) their problems

2. How many hours were the women sitting?

1. Three hours     b) half a day     c)  the whole day

3. What was he old woman wearing?

1. A poor skirt   b) a poor coat   c) a coat

4. Who gave the old woman a piece of bread?

1. A poor woman    b) rich women   c) an old woman

5. What was the colour of the poor woman’s hands?

1. Dirty    b) clean   c)  dark

6. What does the poor woman say about the rich woman’s hands?

1. These hands work hard.  b) These hands don’t know work.

 c) These hands never work.