Eco-helpers

Let’s revise!

Complete the sentences using the verbs in the present perfect continuous tense.
• Tony _______________________ (talk) on the phone for two hours.
• I ____________________________ (look) for my keys since 11 a.m.
• We ______________________________ (wait) for the bus for 20 minutes.
• She ____________________________ (play) computer games for 50 minutes.
• They ____________________________ (live) in Moscow since January.

ECO-HELPERS
Unit 8 b

Plant flowers

Recycle cans

Collect rubbish

Build nesting boxes

Teach the
cycle of life

Clean out a pond

Read a book about ecology

What is each person in the picture doing?

A ladder

A hammer and nails

A spade

A watering can

A rake

A net

Gardening gloves

A plastic bag

What are they using them for?
Sally is using a ladder to collect rubbish from the tree house.

Read the dialoge and complete the sentenses.(Ex.3, p.78)
Sally __________________for a month
Dave’s been_____________________.
The birds will leave the city if_____________________________
Tim wants to _______________onMonday morning.

Fill in with live, life, leave and live [laiv].
It is my dream to _______ in New York.
We are _______ for London on April 5.
___________ is not all cakes and ale.
I like watching _______ commentaries.
He ___________ for work at 7 am.
I don’t know where she ____________ .
She _________ everything till the last minute.

Offering/accepting/refusing help

exceptions
1. «I am» «aren't I?»
I am right, aren’t I?
I am playing well, aren’t I?
2. Idioms
My parents have dinner in the cafe, don’t they? (выражение «to have dinner — обедать» имеет переносное, т. е. идиоматическое значение)
I have a good idea, don’t I? (Выражение «to have an idea» имеет значение «прийти в голову»)
They had a lot of time last year, didn’t they? (Выражение «to have time» означает «располагать временем»)
3. С наречиями never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely и отрицательными местоимениями nothing, nowhere, none, nobody вопрос-хвостик всегда положительный:
- She could hardly go, could she? - Она едва может идти, не так ли?
- He found nobody, did he? - Он никого не нашел, не так ли?
4. После everyone, someone, anyone, no one в хвостике используется they
Someone should do that, shouldn't they? - Кто-то должен это сделать, не так ли?
5. С Let's в первой части предложения образуется вопрос shall we? (приглашение)
Let's go to the party, shall we? - Давайте пойдем на вечеринку, а?
6. С Let us в первой части употребляется will you? (получение разрешения)
- Let us go to the party will you?- Разрешите нам пойти на вечеринку, а?
7. Если первая часть разделительного вопроса представляет собой повелительное наклонение, то краткий вопрос будет will you? В утвердительной форме повелительного наклонения можно использовать и won’t you?
Lend me some money, will you?
Don’t shout at me, will you?