Module 6

Liquid history

Warming-up:

Watch the video, enjoy the sights of London and try to recall in your memory the name of the most important and famous english river? What do you know about this river? What else would you like to know about it? Think of three questions.

Task 1.

Read the text and complete the missing words derived from the words given. You can use the hints.

1. extreme (noun) - _________________ (adverb)

2. drink (noun, verb) - _______________ (adjective)

3. thirst (noun) - ____________________ (adjective)

4. industry (noun) - __________________ (adverb)

5. beauty (noun) - ___________________ (adjective)

6. fame (noun) - _____________________ (adjective)

7. child (noun) - _____________________ (noun)

8. please (verb) - _____________________ (adjective)

9. differ (verb) - _____________________ (adjective)

10. luck (noun) - _____________________ (adverb)

Task 2. 

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the length of the Thames?
2. Why did people use the Thames as a major highway in the past?
3. Did people use the Thames to get drinking water?
4. Why did the Thames became one of the busiest waterways in the 18th century?
5. What is the most popular bridge over the river Thames?

Task 3.

Match the paragraph and the title of this paragraph.

Think up your own titles for each paragraph.

Task 4.

Choose an important river that runs through a city in Russia. Collect information, then write an article for the school magazine. Follow the plan.
1. Where it begins and ends its journey;
2. Which places it flows through;
3. Why it is important.