Lesson I
The School I Go To
1. Read the text to your friend
Text 1
I am Peter Brook. I am nine. I go to school and I am a third grade pupil.
The school I go to is Modern Education School. It is situated in the centre of Moscow. I live in the centre, too. It takes me fifteen minutes to walk to the school аnd it takes me twenty minutes to come to the school by car.
Text 2
I go to school every day. I don’t go to school on Saturdays and Sundays. On Saturdays and Sundays I stay at home.
We have many subjects in the school. They are: Russian, Literature, Mathematics, English, P.E. (Physical Education) and other subjects.
My favourite subject is P.E. I like it best of all. We jump, jog, play different games at the P.E. Lessons.
Text 3
I am a schoolboy / schoolgirl and I am nine. I am in the second grade. I have just come to the classroom. My friends and I are sitting at our tables and waiting for the teacher. Our teacher always comes on time. He never comes late. He is very nice and kind. I like my teacher very much.
Text 4
Today is Monday and the time is 9 am. I am at school and my lessons start at 9.30 am. I like going to school. There, I meet my friends. We learn and play together. It is always fun when you study and play with your friends.
Text 5
We speak English at Modern Education School. We can read and write in English too. We also listen to different texts in English.
Now, we are having an English lesson. We are going to read, write and speak English with our English teacher.
Text 6
There is much English in Modern Education School. We speak English, we read English stories, we listen to disks, and we write exercises.
We also play different English and Russian games and sing songs.
I am having an English class now. I am listening to a disk and want to understand it. My friend is listening to the disk, too. He understands everything!
Text 7
It’s nine o’clock in the morning. I have just left my home and I am walking to the school now.
Modern Education school is situated in the centre. I live in centre, too and it takes me fifteen minutes to walk to the school.
My friend lives in the suburbs of Moscow. He gets to the school by car. It takes him half an hour to come to Maly Golovin side–street where Modern Education school is situated.
Text 8
We are having an English class now. We are sitting at the tables and waiting for the teacher.
The teacher has just come and said: “Hello, guys. How are you?” We answered: “Hello, Yemi. We are fine. And how are you?”
Yemi has been teaching us English for half a year now. We speak, read, write, learn and sing English songs with him.
Yemi is a native speaker.
Text 9
I started going to Modern Education School two years ago. Now I am a third grade pupil.
I learn many subjects: Russian, Literature, Mathematics, English and many others. My favorite subject is Mathematics. I like Russian and English, too.
Text 10
I have a friend. His name is Alex. He is nine. We study in the same class. He sits next to me. We play together at break time. WE live on the same street, so we see each other very often during the weekends.
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