1. In pairs, make tour-line poems either with any ol these rhyming words: invent, pretend, spend, stand, hand or use words of your own. Compare your poems in class.

2. Read the blog article. Complete the following sentences (1—6) with the best answer (A, B or C).

Fill your results in the table.

1) Without Chinese inventions and ideas the world history would have been ….

A differ 

B the same 

C completely changed

2) The Chinese culture … porcelain, paper, church bells, the suspension bridge, the compass etc.

A gave the world such inventions as

B gave the birth to the revival of

C was responsible for the as decline of

3) You can … amazing Chinese inventions in your routine life.

A accept 

B come across

C share

4) China has a deep and rich history of science and technology with ….

A a number of modern things and theories

B a lot of discoveries and inventions

C many useless items

5) According to the article, in ancient times, the Chinese made….

A a significant move in culture and art

B meaningless advances in progress

C a meaningful contribution to the development of science and technology

6) Marco Polo found China … than anywhere in Western Europe.

A far more technologically developed

B far more technologically adopted

C far more technologically accepted

3. Choose the best way to complete the sentences with modals. Fill your answers in the table below.

1) Medicine … be free.

a) may 

b) ought to 

c) has to

2) You … speak to your father like that.

a) shouldn’t 

b) mustn’t 

c) mightn’t

3) … his number be in the phone book?

a) Will 

b) Can 

c) Should

4) You … spend a lot of money on presents.

a) mustn’t 

b) can’t 

c) needn’t

5) I … have a tomato juice, please.

a) may 

b) will 

c) need

6) You … home earlier! The train has departed.

a) should have left

b) must leave

c) should leave

7) It’s getting hot. … we drink some water?

a) Can 

b) May 

c) Shall

4. Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner:

- the contribution of the ancient Chinese to the development of the world science;

- achievements of another ancient civilization you know;

- the role of one of the ancient inventions or discoveries nowadays.

5. Say why your friends should have or shouldn't have done the following things. Write the sentences down.

Example:

She has a stomachache again / keep to a diet every day — She should have kept to a diet every day.

1) he failed his test / learn modal verbs

2) she is tired / sleep at night

3) the tree was nice / he cut the tree

4) you knew nothing about our team / spend more time with your friends

5) she couldn’t read little print / wear eyeglasses

6) you became too fat / eat too much chocolate

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct «give» phrasal verbs.

1. Michael always said that he would never use Facebook, but he finally when all of his friends started using it to keep in touch.

2. The bakery is__________________ free muffins with the purchase of a cake.

3. Announcer: Wow! What a great performance! Everyone____________________________________________ for Deep Purple!

4. Deep in the ocean there is no sunlight, but some fish are able to their own light due to a chemical reaction.

5. I didn’t want to go to the bar last night, but my friend kept asking me to go and I finally   .

6. Mandy told the doctor that she didn’t want to know if her baby would be a boy or a girl, but the doctor accidentally  when he said «she» instead of «it».

7. The marathon runner's knee________________ when he had less than one mile to go, so he wasn't able to finish the race.

My Chart of Success