Hello, everybody! :)
It's October! The school year has already started! WOW!
So, congrats, my students, on all of this!
And let's keep up the ball rolling!

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!!!

Types of Questions

General Questions Also known as "Yes/No questions" because a short answer (yes or no) is expected. This kind of question is formed by putting an auxiliary verb before the subject (=inversion). Ex.: Are you from Greece? Answer: Yes, I am / No, I am not Ex: Was she at home yesterday? Answer: Yes, she was / No, she wasn't.	Special Questions They ask for details (we also call them Wh-questions as most of them start with "wh": What? Which? When? Where? Why? Whose? Or: How? How many? How much?). Special questions require inversion. Ex.: Where are you from?  I am from America. Questions to the subject have the word order of an affirmative sentence. Ex.: Who will buy milk?   Who wants some tea?
Disjunctive questions Or “question tags” ( at the end of sentence) We use them to show emphasis, politeness, irony or lack of confidence.  Main Clause+comma+ Positive/Negative Aux. Verb + Personal Pronoun. Ex.: They have just arrived, haven't they?     You like her, don't you?	Alternative Questions They are questions that offer the listener a closed choice between two or more answers. They are formed like Yes/No questions. Ex.: Would you like eggs, pancakes, or waffles? Will you come at 3 or at 5 in the evening?

Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ;)

Let me remind you the main Topics for your Exam compositions.

EXAMINATION TOPICS (9^th Form):

1. About myself
2. Appearance and character
3. My Family. Family relations.
4. My flat \ house. The house (flat) you live in.
5. My free time activities, entertainment
6. Celebrations. Describing a party.
7. Your interests and hobbies
8. Books in my life
9. Your plans for the future
10.  My school
11.  Your favourite subject (English Lesson)
12.  Learning foreign languages
13.  Getting Education
14.  Ukraine (geographical position)
15.  Kyiv
16.  Kharkiv
17.  Travelling round Ukraine
18.  Climate of Ukraine
19.  Travelling
20.  English-speaking countries
21.  The U.K.
22. Climate of the U.K.
23.  London
24.  Sights of the U.K.
25.  British and Ukrainian holidays
26.  Shopping
27.  Famous people (writer, sportsman, actor, singer etc.)
28.  Sports
29.  Environment protection
30.  Modern technologies

LoVe and Be LoVed

 

Have a great St. Valentine's Day!

MUST WRITE & LEARN
Write a composition for your Exam. You can use this Topic as an example:

My Favourite Book

Nowadays it's almost impossible to imagine our life and to become an educated person without books. Most of the books are to be read just once, others can be read plenty of times. And each time you find something new and useful as you turn the same pages of your favourite books. I am fond of books about adventures and great people, detective stories and science fiction. I enjoy reading them when I have spare time.

As for me, good science fiction and fantasy develop imagination, logical thinking, broaden one's outlook.

The same could be said in favour of detective stories. They reveal details of everyday life in this or that particular country that are of the greatest interest for a curious reader. The masterpieces of this genre by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and others, show the depths of psychological analysis, the insight into the human nature.

My favourite book is "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I first discovered these stories when I was about twelve and I've loved them ever since. They're brilliantly written, full of bizarre crimes and they've got a terrific Victorian atmosphere.

When you read them you really feel like you've been carried back to nineteenth-century London.

All the twentieth century detectives like Miss Marple and Inspector Morse seem really boring compared to Sherlock Holmes.

That's where Conan Doyle, really makes you believe that Holmes is unique — a genius with amazing mental powers.

Normally I only read detective stories once. I mean, why read them again when you know what happens in the end?

With the Sherlock Holmes stories, though, it’s different.

Each time I re-read them I discover more and more to enjoy.

As an old saying goes, man cannot live on bread alone. Books are the source of knowledge and the means of self-perfection. Sometimes it is difficult to solve some problems in life. I think that books can help us. Books must be our friends during all our life.

 

           Merry Christmas, everyone! :)
"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol composed by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 with lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on a Ukrainian folk chant called "Shchedryk".

Carol of the Bells — рождественская песня. Она является адаптацией украинской народной песни «Щедрик», получившей известность в обработке украинского композитора Николая Леонтовича ( Микола Леонтович ).