Children Selecting books in a library

 

 

With beasts and gods, above, the wall is bright.
The child's head, bent to the book-colored shelves,
Is slow and sidelong and food-gathering,
Moving in blind grace... yet from the mural, Care
The grey-eyed one, fishing the morning mist,
Seizes the baby hero by the hair
And whispers, in the tongue of gods and children,
Words of a doom as ecumenical as dawn
But blanched like dawn, with dew.
……Their tales are full of sorcerers and ogres

Because their lives are: the capricious infinite
That, like parents, no one has yet escaped
Except by luck or magic; and since strength
And wit are useless, be kind or stupid, wait
Some power's gratitude, the tide of things.

 

Exercise 10. Write a personal letter, use the model.

 

Dear Arman, Thank you very much for the letter you sent me in August. I was very pleased to know that you are well. Our family misses you. Hope to see you next year. Could you please send me the books you mentioned during your stay in Astana? I would be very much obliged because I need them for my work. Thank you. Saken

Exercise 11. Write a dictation (5 sentences).

Exercise 12. Fill in the blanks with suitable grammar Present Perfect or Past Simple.

 

 

My great great grandfather _____ (have) five sisters..

He _____ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student..

Oh no! I _____ (lose) my wallet!..

_____ (you/see) Julie today??.

At the weekend, they _____ (play) football, then they _____ (go) to a restaurant...

I _____ (read) six books this week..

Amy _____ (live) in Portugal when she was young..

She _____ (visit) her grandmother last month..

I _____ (go) to the cinema last night.

 

 

1. Choose the correct variant in the Past to give.

a) gaven

b) gaved

c) given

d) gave

2. Choose the correct variant in the Past to speak.

a) speaked

b) spoken

c) spoke

d) speaks

3. Choose the correct variant in the Past Simple.

a) We enjoy a film.

b) We enjoyed the film.

c) We are enjoying a film.

d) We were enjoying a film.

4. Choose the correct variant in the Present Perfect

a) He didn't bought a new car.

b) He not buy a new car.

c) She has written a letter.

d) He not bought a new car.