Chapter 13

Julian Has a Surprise

pp. 130-142

I. Brush up the vocabulary (Ch. 1-12), make use of it in the sentences of your own.
II. Listen, read and translate into Russian in writing (p. 140) “The thief! … and hunt round!”.

III. Find the following word combinations in the text, translate them, remember the situations
in which the author used them.

1. to be delighted
2. to take the chance of doing
3. to be in the plot
4. to make a mountain out of a mole-hill
5. to hand smth. over to smb.
6. to be anxious to do smh.
7. (much) to smb’s disappointment
8. to laugh at
9. not to sleep a wink
10. to be fast asleep

IV. Be sure that you know the right pronunciation and translation of the following words
(transcribe).
1.
2. far-fetched 10. peer
3. mackintosh 11. sheaf
4. popped 12. crouched
5. whispered 13. piled
6. leaden 14. punch
7. gorse 15. spy
8. glue 16. jigsaw
9. hollow

V. Practise giving the four forms of the following irregular verbs.

1. to sweep
2. to swing
3. to forbid
4. to steal
5. to lie
6. to creep
7. to sew
VI. Do the tasks on p. 143.
VII. Change the sentences on p. 134 from direct into indirect speech.
VIII. Make an outline to be used as a foundation for the retelling in the form of right and
wrong statements.