Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.

3.Write a short essay on the topic “My lovely car”.
4. Speak on the topic: “Great Britian”

Independent work 1
Variant 2
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
__________ (1) is very popular _______ (2) the English; it may almost _______ (3) called their national drink. Tea is welcome in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. The English _______(4) it strong and fresh made. The English put one tea-spoonful ______(5) tea for each person. Tea means two things. It is a drink and a meal. Some people _______ (6)afternoon tea, so called «high tea» with sandwiches, tomatoes and salad, a tin of apricots, pears or pineapples and cakes, and, of course a cup of tea. That is what they call ________(7) tea. It is a substantial meal.
Cream teas ________(8) also popular. Many visitors, _________________(9) ___________(10) to Britain, find English instant coffee disgusting. Dinner time is generally between six and eight p.m. The evening meal is _11______and the main meal of the day. Very often the whole family ________(12) together. They _________ (13) with soup, followed by fish, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables, fruit and coffee.
______ (14) Sundays many families ________(15) a traditional lunch consisting _________ (16) roast chicken, lamb or beef with salads, vegetables and gravy.
The _________(17) enjoy tasting delicious food from other countries, for example, French, Italian, Indian and Chinese food. Modern people _________ (18) so busy that they _______ (19) not have a lot of time for cooking themselves. So, the British ________ (20) the food at the restaurant and bring it home already prepared to eat. So we can conclude that take-away meals are rather popular among the population. Eating has become rather international in Britain lately. 

1.a. supper b. tea c. dinner d. lunch

2.a. between b. in c. among d. around
3.a. be b. was c. is d. have
4.a. likes b. liking c. like d. is like
5.a. for b. on c. with d. of
6.a. has b. had c. have had d. have
7.a. best b. better c. good d. bad
8. a. is b. are c. was d. has
9.a. who b. which c. whose d. what
10.a. comes b. come c. came d. has come
11.a. biggest b. the biggestc. the smallest d. smallest
12.a. eats b. eat c. eating d. have eating
13.a. begins b. begun c. began d. begin
1 4.a. on b. at c. in d. -
15.a. has b. had c. have had d. have
16.a. on b. with c. of d.at
17. a. American b. Italian c. British d. Uzbek
18.a. are b. was c. is d. were
19.a. does b. can c. do d. are
20.a. buy b. bought c. buying d. was buy