Ex.5. Fill in the blanks with the corresponding words given below.

If you want to go ... we must first look through ... to find out what ... . As it is sometimes rather difficult to get .. we must book them at ... . Some people don’t like to have ... far from ... . They try to get tickets for ... . If we little money we take seats on ... . When we come to any theatre in our country we leave our coats in ... and take ... in order to get them back when ... is over. If we want to know ... we buy ... . After this we take our seats and wait for the lights to ... . Soon the lights go down, ... goes up, the play begins.

 

The curtain, a theatre, go down, the leading role, is on, the cast, tickets, a check, a playbill, seats, the performance, the stage, book, the stalls, the gallery, go up, box- office, cloakroom.

Ex.6.Speak on the following sub- topics:

b) My first visit to the theatre.

c) “Everybody is excited, looking forward to the play”

d) My leisure hours.

Grammar: Sequence of Tenses.

· If the verb in the principal clause is in one of the past tenses, a past tense (or future –in-the-past) must be used in the subordinate clause. The action expressed in the subordinate clause can be simultaneous with the action expressed in the principal clause ,prior or posterior to that of the principal clause.

· Simultaneous Action

I knew thathelivedin Kiev (îí æèâåò â Êèåâå)

He said thatthey were waiting for us (îíè æäóò íàñ)

I knew thathehad been livingin Kiev since 1946 (îí æèâåò â Êèåâå ñ 1946)

He said (that) hehad knownher for two years (îí çíàåò åå 2 ãîäà)

 

· Prior Action -

He said thathehad already leftAstana (îí óæå óåõàë èç Àñòàíû)

I knew that- it had been raining (÷òî øåë äîæäü)

He said thatshe had been ill for two weeks (îíà áîëåëà äâå íåäåëè)

· Future Action

I knew that theywould arriveon Sunday (îíè ïðèåäóò â âîñêðåñåíüå)

He said thattheywould be workingat 6 (â 6 îíè áóäóò ðàáîòàòü)

I knew thathewould have translatedthe article by Monday

(îí óæå ïåðåâåäåò ýòó ñòàòüþ ê ïîíåäåëüíèêó)

· Study how the Tenses are changed according