Task. Your pen- friend has sent you a postcard of his/her hometown. Write a postcard to your friend about your hometown. The sample postcard will help you to write a reply.
Hello dear friend,
This is a postcard of my town. My town is not very big, but I think it is a fantastic place. My favourite place is the
Castle Bath - I usually go there with my friends. Can you send me a postcard of your town? How big is your town?
What is your favorite place in the town? Where do you usually go at the weekends?
Love, Alex
Write your answer to Alex. Make a plan of your writing and answer the questions.
M There are 20 nouns connected with medicine in the box below. Use them to complete the sentences - in some cases you will need to make them plural. The first one has been done for you as an example.
accident allergy ambulance biopsy consent course examination excess exercise injection intake overdose paroxysm progress rash recurrence surgery tendency treatment vaccination
1. He developed an allergy to penicillin.
2. He suffered paroxysm of coughing in the night.
3. She went into a coma after an overdose of heroin.
4. The patient will need plastic surgery to remove the scars he received in the accident.
5. She took a course of steroid treatment.
6. He had a recurrence of a fever which he had caught in the tropics.
7. There is a tendency to obesity in her family.
8. From the examination of the X-ray photographs, it seems that the tumour has not spread.
9. The doctor gave him an injection to relieve the pain.
10. He doesn't take enough exercise; that's why he's fat.
11. The injured man was taken away in an ambulance.
12. She was advised to reduce her intake of sugar.
13. The biopsy of the tissue from the growth showed that it was benign.
14. The parents gave their consent for their son's heart to be used in the transplant operation.
15. The doctors seem pleased that she has made such good progress since her operation.
16. This is a new treatment for heart disease,
17. Her body could not cope with an excess of blood sugar.
18. Three people were injured in the accident on the motorway.
19. Vaccination is mainly given against cholera, diphtheria, rabies, smallpox, tuberculosis and typhoid.
20. She had a high temperature and then broke out in a rash.
1.What a beautiful girl!
2.My Mum is in the kitchen now.
3.This is the best film I have ever seen.
4.They have a dog and three cats. The cats are nice, but the dog is angry.
5.Have a look!
6.Would you like a cup of tea?
7.Will you answer the next question?
8.He was a gold medal winner at the last Olimpics.
9.Не doesn't eat meat.
10.Is there a shop in the street?
11.Once I saw a very large frog.
12.They have a dog and three cats.
13.England is the biggest part of the UK.
14.There are frogs in the garden.
15.Tom was ill. He didn't go to school.