Task1 Read the text and match the headings (1-4)to the paragraphs (A-D). the warmest month of the season the beginning of summer meeting with classmates time for eating fruits Summer starts in June. Everything is active and gay in June. It is the first summer month. Days are long and nights are short in June. June is full of different flowers. The first berry- the strawberry appears in the forests and gardens. Baby birds grow and learn to fly. There are a lot of insects. July is middle of the summer. It is often hot in July. The sun shines bright, the sky is clear and blue. Schoolchildren have a nice time in July. It is the second month of summer holidays. Schoolchildren go to the summer camps and live in tents, or they go to the sea with their parents. Many city children like to spend their summer in the country. July gives us different berries and vegetables. It is the month of haymaking. C) August is also a summer month and it is the best part for summer vacation. August is the end of summer. It is very hot early in August, but the end of the month is not so hot. We do not hear the songs of birds, but we hear the concerts of insects: grasshoppers, crickets and other. Bird flock together and prepare to go to the south. August brings us fruit, berries, mushrooms. It is the month of harvesting. D) Schoolchildren come back from summer camps and other places where they spent their vacation. They prepare to begin a new school year. It is not cold when you go to school. It is still warm in September, but it is not hot as it was in July and August. There are many nice warm days early in September. But nights are sometimes cold. On the 22nd of September the day is as long night. Forests, parks and gardens become yellow, brown, red. They look beautiful in the sun. Birds begin to leave for the South. Insects for hiding places. Animals are preparing food for the long winter months. People also prepare for winter. Task2 Read the text and put the verbs in the correct form. Every child…… summer holidays. (to like) Summer ….. the best season of the year. (to be) Summer…… in June.(to start) Days ….. long in summer. (to be) There ….. a lot of flowers in the fields and in the parks (to be). Baby birds …..to fly. (to learn) The sun …. bright in July.(shine) Task3 Answer the questions. Where did you spend her summer holidays ? Did you have a lot of fun in the country? Was the weather good at the summer? Could you and your friends go swimming every day? Where did you live in the summer, by Oka or by Volga River? Was there a good wood there? What did you and your friends gather in the woods? Where did you stay in July (August)? You stayed in the city in August, didn’t you? Was it dull at the city in summer? How did you spend August in the city? Where did you go? What did you visit? You had a lot of fun in the city, hadn’t you? Task4 Make up questions. Did you your friend your sister your brother go visit enjoy call miss to the museum to the exhibition on the excursion swimming reading books miss your friends, parents exhibition museums go hiking go fishing gather berries, mushrooms bathe last summer ? Task5 Finish the following sentences: Example: It is dull ….. It is dull to stay in the city in summer. It is fun to … It is wrong to … It is dull to … It is nice to … It is wonderful to….. It is great to… It is easy to… It is useful to… Task6 Make up disjunctive questions: Example: That is a very long story. That is a very long story, isn’t it? 1. You spent your summer vacation well. 6. The Tretyakov Gallery is a large museum. 2. You did not go swimming every day. 7. The weather was not warm in summer. 3. It is dull in the city in summer. 8. The days grow shorter in August. 4. It’s dull in the city in summer. 9.There are a lot of insects in the forest in summer. 5. You left for the South in July. 10. A flock of birds is flying to the warm countries.