1. 1. Improve listening skills 2. Train vocabulary «School holidays» 3. Develop grammar skills

2. [a:] – party, art, start, drama [s] – study, subject [ei] – age, holiday [ai] – idea, bright [ou] – know [b] – bright, subject [d] – drama, idea, study

4. * The students decided to write about some of the placesin Russia.

5. * Live – lived * Be – was * Swim – swam * Make – made * Sing – sang * Take – took * Help - helped

6. 1. He spent his holidays in Boldino. 2. Dima spent a lot of time outdoors with his friends and the weather was fine. 3. Together with his friends he swam,played and rode a bike. They also picked berries and gathered mushrooms in the nearby forest. 4. Usually they made fire in the evening. 5. Boldino is near Nizhny Novgorod, many years ago Alexander Pushkin lived in Boldino.

7. * Last summer I went … * I went … * The weather was … * We spent … time … * We also enjoyed … * In the evening we usually … * I like my trip … * Next year I …

8. SB ex. 16 page 44