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    English language grade 5

    Reading book (Reader)

    Kuzovlev, Lapa, Kostina, Duvanova, Kuznetsova

    Education

    Knowledge of a foreign language opens up new horizons for schoolchildren, as international boundaries are erased. But since fifth-graders for the most part do not think about the future, it is worth motivating them in a manner that is more understandable for them, taking into account the characteristics of each child. But since some parents have problems with this, many children have to almost be forced to study this subject. To make it clearer will help Reshebnik to the textbook "English. Book for reading grade 5" Kuzovlev, Lapa, Kostina.

    Highlights in the manual.

    The collection has seventy-one pages and contains a total of eight thematic sections, as well as additional materials. There are both small stories and interesting articles relating to various areas of life. Convenient translation and detailed answers in GDZ by English language Grade 5 Kuzovlev will allow you to better navigate the tasks and understand the material.

    Should I use it.

    Frederico Fellini believed that knowing a foreign language would lift the veil over the life of another people. And in many ways this is true. After all, the modern curriculum provides not only knowledge of grammar rules and vocabulary replenishment, but also acquaintance with English culture, their morals, customs, everyday life... Thus, students learn to freely interact, taking into account everyday characteristics, and not just a dry presentation of memorized material. It is quite natural that everything is not always easy for them, sometimes there are things that are difficult not only to remember, but also to understand from the point of view of mentality. However, all problems become quite easily solvable if you have a solution to the textbook at hand. "English language. Book for reading grade 5" Kuzovlev."Education", 2016

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    Learning English effectively with GDZ

    • Learning English is one of those tasks that students will necessarily solve within the framework of high school and after it. It is especially relevant and topical after the introduction of the Federal State Educational Standard, which establishes the compulsory study of two foreign students within the framework of school curriculum... In this regard, English as the main or additional language is studied in all schools of the country without exception. To cope with this task, to solve it as competently as possible will help high-quality tutorials and reshebniks to them.
    • Choose the right kit and start classes on GDZ possible in any classroom of the school. V primary school subject teachers, parents, tutors and leaders of language courses and circles can help students solve this problem. Subsequently, middle and high school students will be able to cope with this task on their own. In any case, organizing such training on collections of ready-made homework assignments should focus on:
      - their tasks and goals - to "tighten" knowledge and get a higher current and final score in English, prepare and participate, win in language olympiads and competitions held at out-of-school and school grounds, pass the OGE / USE in discipline in graduation classes;
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    • Among the useful literature, in addition to basic textbooks within the framework of the applied program, the EMC in English is called:
      - workbooks on discipline;
      - exercise books on the subject;
      - KIMs in English;
      - other collections of workshops.
      Among the most popular authors among schoolchildren and their teachers are Dooley, Biboletova, Dvoretskaya, Afanasyeva, Baranova, Lapa, Kuzovlev, Kaufman and others.
    • Some of the collections presented are universal, suitable for any teaching materials in English, others come complete with workshops for better and more complete, deep assimilation course material.

    The news that English would become a compulsory subject for the USE had a great resonance. The public was literally "seething" about this. The reason for this is that the level of knowledge foreign languages students are very low.

    The consequence of the decision of the Ministry of Education was the general appeal of parents to private teachers. The cost of one hour of classes has grown incredibly.

    Today, home lessons are not affordable for everyone. It is much easier and cheaper to resort to a "pocket teacher" - a reshebnik. For example, to ready-made homework in English for grade 6 Kuzovleva V.P.

    The sections of this GDZ correspond to the paragraphs in the textbook. This is very convenient: for the sake of a certain exercise, you do not have to "search" the entire solution. You will be able to peep at the answers even during the lesson.

    In addition, in the ready-made homework for the book on reading Kuzovlev V.P. for the 6th grade there are solutions not only for grammar exercises, but also for those that are created to develop students' speech skills. Each use of this GDZ allows you to increase the lexical stock, and in fact this factor plays an important role for passing the exam.

    What else can be useful for the Reader Book for Grade 6 V.P. Kuzovlev?

    • It will not be difficult to prepare for lessons with him;
    • The English reading book focuses on the development of translation skills. Ready-made homework for this textbook contains examples of translation of difficult places;
    • Gaps in knowledge and simply difficult to understand material in the GDZ is presented in such a way that, based on examples, the student in the future will be able to correctly construct sentences himself.

    To use the GDZ in English Reader Book for 6 grades of V.P. Kuzovleva means to provide the child with good USE scores. This solution solves 2 problems at once: it helps to prepare for the exam and reduces anxiety in front of it.

    Page 1 of 7

    English-V: Reader -English. 5 class Book for reading: Vereshchagina I.N., Afanasyeva O. V.M .: - 14th ed. (7th) Enlightenment, 2010

    READER
    Lesson 1
    Smart seller(by L. J. Alexander)
    Mr. Boxel lived at number 5 Central Road in a small town in the north of England. He was a tall, fair-haired man with dark eyes and a round, pleasant face.
    Mr. Boxel was a salesman. In his small, quiet store, there were many things to sell: clothes, shoes, books. He also traded in vegetables, meat and sugar, flour and bread. So, he was both a baker and a grocery merchant, a greengrocer and a butcher.
    The townspeople knew Mr. Boxel's shop well. There they could buy almost anything, and Tom Boxel was always kind and polite.
    Tom was married. Margaret, his wife, was a small, dark-haired woman, slender and very sweet. Sometimes she helped Tom at the store. She counted well and was always friendly. She worked fast and her work was important.
    Thursday when Tom and Margaret were at the store small man walked into the store and asked for a pair of expensive shoes.
    There was something terrible in the eyes of the man. At first Tom could not understand what, but then he recognized the face of this man.
    It was Brooks, the robber. Tom knew the police were looking for him.
    Brooks tried on several pairs and bought the one that Tom suggested to him. Brooks thought they were a little tight, but Tom said they would stretch.
    The next morning Brooks went to the store to change shoes. He was unhappy, there was a faint smile on his ugly face. But as soon as he asked for another couple, the police arrested him. They knew that Brooks had a size less pair, and so they were confident that he would come to change it the next day. How smart the salesman Tom Boxel turned out to be.
    Mr Boxell lived at 5 Central Road in the North of England.
    Mr Boxell was a salesman.
    Mr Boxell sold not only fruit and vegetables in his shop.
    People often came to his shop as they could buy practically everything in his shop.
    Tom was married.
    Tom was fair-haired
    A short man came into the shop and asked for a pair of shoes.
    Brooks bought a pair of shoes in the shop.
    Brooks was a burglar.
    The police caught the burglar.
    Tom Boxell and his wife Margaret had a shop. They were very polite and friendly. In the shop people could buy everything. On day a burglar came to the shop. Tom helped the police to catch him.

    Lesson 2
    Who has a favorite room (A. Dolph and S. Jones)
    1
    My favorite room right now is the study, which is the largest room in the house. It is full of wonderful things: books, paintings, collections of coins and stamps, as well as a VCR and a computer. It has a very old writing desk. My grandfather bought it at the turn of the century when he was a student. He's very unusual. There is a sofa in the corner of the room, and a floor lamp on the carpet next to it. I clean the carpet very often when I help around the house.
    There is a piano by the window. In the evening, when it gets dark, I like to turn off the lights, turn on the floor lamp and play the piano. When the floor lamp is on, the cabinet looks magical. I often sit in an old chair and dream.
    2
    My favorite room is where I play music. I have a very good stereo system. This is my hobby. This room is nice. But there is a problem. It does not have central heating and therefore this room is the coldest in winter. I can't really get warm with the fireplace. And yet, there is a large window. It is very hot there in summer, and I can not open the window because the neighbors do not like to listen to loud music, which is all heard through the window all over the street when I play it.
    Nelly "s favorite room is the study and Bob" s favorite room is the room where he plays his music.
    Answers for the questions
    There is nature in the pictures.
    Nelly often sits in the old armchair and dreams.
    The room where Bob lays his favorite music is cold.
    The study is the best room in my opinion.
    At nights when it gets dark Nelly likes to turn off the lights? turn on the standard lamp and play the piano.
    Bob dislikes that there is a big window in the room. The room is very cold. But he likes to play his favorite music there.
    My favorite room is my bedroom. There are a lot of interesting books, toys. I like to stay in this room because I can do there what I want. It is not too big. There is a sofa, a writing table and a window. and also there is a big bookcase. Near the sofa there is a carpet. Also near the sofa there is a standard lamp. I like to turn on the standard lamp and read in bed at nights.

    Lesson 3
    What happened to Uncle Oscar?(George P. Mac Callum)
    At ten thirty, Aunt Agatha went to the phone: they were calling from the bank.
    - Where is your husband, Mrs. Leighton? the manager asked.
    Aunt Agatha was very surprised.
    - He's not in the bank? she asked.
    - No, he's not in the bank. Wherever he was. He's definitely not at the bank, ”the manager replied. - Nobody has seen him yet. We're going to have a meeting in a quarter of an hour. But unfortunately we cannot carry it out without your husband. He has all the papers.
    “I don’t know what to say,” Aunt Agatha said, trying to be polite.
    That's how it is. No news from Uncle Oscar. Life went on. Elizabeth was soon married, and Julian received Good work engineer. Aunt Agatha went to work in the office and was quite pleased with her. On weekends, she saw her children. They rarely spoke of Uncle Oscar. They thought he was dead. I think there was only one person who missed him - me. We had a hobby - collecting stamps. I often thought about my uncle and tried to guess where he might be.
    Three years have passed.
    And one October evening a letter came. It was from Brazil. I didn't know anyone from Brazil.
    I opened the envelope. There were stamps. I counted them. There were about fifty of them, all Brazilian, nothing else. I turned the envelope over, but there was no return address. I took one of Uncle Oscar's albums and opened it. I wanted to put new stamps in there. Suddenly my gaze fell to a few empty placesb) One day I brought the Professor a new excellent player and he asked him a question. The boy was only wrong by two but the Professor said that the boy couldn "t be a studentbr / in the album. The most expensive stamps disappeared. Then I understood everything. I smiled. Now I knew where Uncle Oscar was. I was sure that he misses me, he misses our conversations about brands and collections, and he found a way to tell where he was. It's his secret, and thus it will remain his secret. I won't tell anyone.
    Uncle Oscar was in Brazil.
    1.
    We are going to have a meeting in a quarter of an hour. Aunt Agatha took a job in the office and enjoyed it. They seldom spoke about Uncle Oscar. I often thought of my uncle and tied to guess where he could be. And then one October afternoon a letter came. There were about fifty stamps there, all Brazilian, nothing more. Suddenly my eyes fell on several empty places in the book. I knew now where Uncle Oscar was. I will tell nobody.
    2.
    One day Uncle Oscar went to the bank. But nobody saw him there. There was no news from him. We seldom spoke about him. I often thought of my uncle and tied to guess where he could be. And then one October afternoon a letter came. I opened the envelope. There about fifty stamps there, all Brazilian, nothing more. I understood that the stamps were from Brazil. And Uncle Oscar was in Brazil. But I will tell nobody because it is his secret and it will be his secret.
    3.
    Yes I like Uncle Oscar but I don "t like the members of the family.
    4.
    He lives in Brazil now because his family was selfish and greedy. And they didn "t understand him.

    Lesson 4
    Letter from Yaroslavl

    Surrey, Guildford, High Street 14
    August 15, 1995
    Dear Lucy,
    I just got your postcard. Thanks for the news. I'm glad you're having a good time. France is wonderful this time of year. We're going on vacation this week. I want to spend my holidays later as the winter doesn't seem to be that long. We are leaving for Yaroslavl, an old Russian city. My aunt is there, and we can stay with her.
    This time we are not going by car. We're going by train. At this time, there are a lot of traffic jams, besides, my father does not go with us. I think we will walk a lot. I have never been to Yaroslavl, but I read a lot about it. It stands on the Volga. I know that you are interested in history, here is some information about this region.
    According to legend, in the place where the central part of the city is now located, there lived a tribe that always fought the merchant people, burned their ships and killed men. At the beginning of the eleventh century, Prince Yaroslav the Wise fought with those who lived in those places, won a victory and killed the sacred bear, which was a special symbol for this tribe. The prince ordered to build a fortress of wood, and the new settlement was named Yaroslavl. And the image of the bear became the coat of arms of Yaroslavl.
    Much time has passed since then. Yaroslavl has changed a lot. Previously, it was the first fortress on the Volga. Now it is a large industrial and cultural center with many beautiful churches, museums and a beautiful building of the city theater. Do you know that I'm a theater lover? I also try to find out as much as possible about its history.
    The founder of the Russian theater lived and worked in Yaroslavl. Do you know who I'm talking about? About Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov. He opened a new page in the history of Russian theater.
    We know little about this wonderful person. He was born in Kostroma in 1728. In 1735 he moved to live in Yaroslavl with his stepfather's family. First, F. Volkov began to study at home, then in Moscow, but he could not get a diploma, since his stepfather died, and he had to manage the factories of the family.
    He created the first home theater and then the public theater. He gave money to build a theater building in Yaroslavl. Some people believe that he also wrote plays. The first public theater in Russia opened on January 7, 1751. Soon the Russian Empress Elizabeth sent for Volkov and his actors. They arrived in St. Petersburg.
    Their performance was a great success. Later, the first Russian theater, founded in Yaroslavl, became the Russian National Theater, and Volkov became its director.
    I'm going to see some performances at the Yaroslavl Theater. I know that opposite the entrance to the theater there is a beautiful monument to Volkov.
    I will write to you later when I come to Moscow. Write to me when your trip to Russia will take place.
    When you arrive in Moscow, I will meet you.
    See you soon, Your Tanya
    1.
    From the beginning to the end of the second paragraph. The title is "Tanya is leaving for Yaroslavl".

    From the beginning of the third paragraph to the end of the forth paragraph. The title is "The history of Yaroslavl".
    From the fifth paragraph to the end of the text. The title is "The history of the first Russian theater".
    2.
    F. Volkov was a very clever person. He was energetic and strong

    Lesson 5
    Special days

    New Year, Christmas and Easter are special days for many people living in different parts of the world, but they celebrate them in different ways. Let's take a look at how New Year is celebrated in Scotland, USA, China, Japan and some other countries.
    How we celebrate the New Year depends on the traditions of the country in which we live. It also depends on the country where people live. Today in the United States, for example, people ring the bell at midnight to welcome the New Year. They also have special services in churches.
    Most people get together with friends and family and have a fireworks party. Some make noise by knocking pots and pans. Washington State puts on fireworks on the coast and watches a parade of boats passing by.
    In New York, crowds of people gather in Time Square and watch the fall of the "big apple". The Big Apple is not real. This is a moving image of an apple on the facade of one of the largest buildings in Time Square. On the eve of each New Year, a few minutes before midnight, it begins to fall, and it is considered that the moment it falls down, the New Year begins.
    New Year is a national holiday in Scotland. This is a more important holiday than in England, as the English celebrate Christmas, which is not celebrated in Scotland. The Scots call New Year's Eve "Hogmani".
    They visit just after midnight. The first person to come to your home brings good luck.
    The Scots are totally into New Years fun. People in Scotland invite friends to visit to spend old year and celebrate the New Year. When the hands start hitting 12, the head of the family goes to the door, opens it, and it remains open until the last strike of the clock. Then he closes the door. So he let go of the old year and let the new year in.
    In Japan, housewives prepare a special meal for the New Year, and on New Year's Eve, the whole family does a big cleaning. The point is to get rid of the dirt of the past year and let the new year in. When the house is cleaned, everyone sits down and watches TV or prepares for New Year's meal, which is the first of the new year. Even on Japanese television or radio, you can hear 108 bells beating. Shot 108 hits a minute before midnight. People say: "Happy New Year!" Some families wear special kimonos or dresses and eat special New Year's meals. They usually drink rice wine with their meals.
    For many centuries, all the peoples of Europe have had special ceremonies in order to celebrate the New Year.
    V ancient Rome The New Year was dedicated to Janus, a two-faced god who looked back and forth. In other words, one face looked into the future, the other into the past.
    New Year's Eve is still a time when we look to the future, but it is also a time to remember our past, our happy and unlucky days.
    New Year is the first day of the year - January 1st for us, people living in Europe and the USA. But for people living in China, the New Year does not come in January. Usually in February. This is the famous Chinese tiger dance.
    The difference in celebrating New Year in Russia and Japan is that there is 108 bells before the New Year and in Russia there is a minute. Also we don "t cook any special meal for the New Year. And in Russia there is no idea about dirt. We usually drink champagne and they drink rice wine.
    Special days can be the same but people celebrate them differently.
    New Year's celebrations in the USA.
    New Year "s day in Scotland.
    New Year "s day in Japan.
    New Year "s Eve is a time to look to the future and to remember the past.
    New Year "s day in China.
    The way people celebrate the New Year depends on the country. In the USA people make noise by banging pots and pans. Also there is the "Big Apple" fall. It is a moving picture of an apple on the side of one of the biggest building of Time Square. And when it gets to the bottom it "s the start of the new year.
    In Scotland New Year is a national holiday and is called "Hogmaney". In Scotland when the clock begins to strike 12 the head of the family goes to the entrance door and opens it wide and holds it until the last stroke.
    In Japan housewives cook special food for the New Year "s Day. On the Japanese television or radio you can hear 108 bells. The 108th bell rings just before the midnight.
    But New Year "s Eve is also a time to look to the future and remember the past.
    But in China they celebrate New Year "s Day in February. Also there is the famous Chinese Lion Dance.