Belarus

"KALYADY" HAS COME

I. Pay attention to these words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and read them out:

Kalyady – Каляды;

Christmas – Рождество;

Epiphany [i'pifsni] – Крещение;

Svyatki – Святки;

Kalyadnaya Kuttzya –Калядная кутья;

Bethlehem –г. Вифлеем (библ.);

Christ [kraist] – Христос

II. Read out these phrasal verbs and expressions several times till you remember them:

to get rid of – избавляться от чего-л.;

to see the New Year in – встречать Новый год;

treat to – угощать чём-л.;

they say – говорят;

to play the accordion – играть на аккордеоне;

to act out – представлять, разыгрывать.

III. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:

eternity ярмарка

fair бессмертие

mysterious вечность

vagrant избавляться от

smart предки

to get rid of бродячий

forefathers веселый

merry таинственный

immortality переодеваться

to disguise нарядный

IV. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of:

groups a. everything bad

many countries b. Christ's birth place

the masks c. elite

a sort d. ''Kalyady"

a symbol e. Goats and Bears

eternity f. immortality

the name g. the world

holiday h. porridge

to get rid i. merry young boys and girls

V. Give the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives:

Long, old, late, young, ancient, delicious, bad.

VI. Give the three forms of the following verbs:

to come, to spoil, to begin, to call, to hold, can, to treat, to bear, to disguise.

VII. Give the plural of:

Calendar, amateur, carol, fair, story, masquerade, holiday.

VIII. Write the derivatives of the following words:

To fall, a mystery, to celebrate, a host, to congratulate, music, to perform, an origin.

IX. These words can be used both as verbs and nouns. Make up your own sentences to show the difference in their usage: