LESSON 13
Keep calm and love nature
1. Change these sentences so that they are true for the place where you live.
In my city…
- there's a lot of ugly graffiti
- most of the canals and ponds aren’t very clean
- there are many empty houses
- there are some scruffy areas of wasteland
- my local park isn’t very well-kept
- many streets are run-down
- people often dump rubbish in woods and green areas
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2. Read sentences 1-8? What do you think the words in bold mean? Which of them
are true for you?
3. Look at the picture and the titles in the story. What do you think happened?
Read and find out.
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4. Answer the questions.
1. In the first story, what was in the tree? bees' nest
2. Why was Frances screaming? because lots of bees attacked her
3. Why was she disappointed with her trip to Bolivia? because they didn't see any interesting
animals, only insects
4. Why does Mike say it is difficult for tourists to see wildlife? because tropical animals and birds
are shy and difficult to see
5. What frightened Mike? a jaguar
6. What happened at the end of the second story? The jaguar ran away and Mike was left alone
shaking with amazement
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Look at words/phrases 1-6. What do they mean?
5. Read the rules and put examples 1-5 in the correct place.
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6. Let’s learn some more rules about articles!
the – definite article a/an – indefinite article
3. no article – zero article
7. Find and correct mistakes. There is a mistake in every sentence.
E.g.
2. I was one of many tourists in the South America.
3. A guide met us at the airport. The next day, the same guide took us hunting.
4. On the second day the guide took us to a river.
5. I sometimes make a programmes in Britain.
6. In my job, I can explain natural world to millions of people.
7. Generally I hate the insects, but especially bees.
8. I carried a rucksack for many years.
8. Complete the text with a/an, the or – (zero article):
When I was ten my father took me camping for the first time in _---_____ Michigan, USA. He wanted to
teach me about wild animals, insects and trees.
We enjoyed the first two days together walking and fishing. Then _--___ my uncles came with _---____ bows
and arrows to go hunting.
One evening we were sitting by the fire when _ a___ bird flew over us. Immediately my uncles jumped up
and fired their arrows at _the___ bird. All of them missed. But suddenly the arrows were flying down at us
from __the__ sky. There were arrows everywhere – they looked like rain! We ran to escape them and
fortunately no one was injured.
That day I didn’t learn anything about __--___ animals or insects or trees, but I learnt __a___ great lesson
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about gravity!
11. How many animals can you add to each category:
12. Listen and number the phrases in order you hear them (track 1).
Complete the table with phrases from Exercise 12
It’s possible It’s not possible It’s certain
Maybe ____It can't be _It must be
Perhaps _It's definitely not
It could be
It might be
13.Underline the correct alternative.
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14. Look at the photos. Which animal parts are shown? Why do you think the parts are
special? Make a guess!
E.g. Picture A could be…
Thank you for the lesson!
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Homework:
1. Complete the sentences with words from the box and articles a/an, the or –
(zero article).
2. Complete the book review with articles a/an, the or – (zero article)
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3. Name animals to complete crossword and find a hidden word.
4. Find and correct mistakes. There are mistakes in 5 of the sentences.
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5. Choose the correct alternative
