1. Look at the picture. What can you see?
Who can live under the stairs?
Would you live under the stairs if you had no other rooms?
2. Read and learn. Practise the vocabulary forming senteces about your life.
Vocabulary
- Get up – to rise from bed.
- Wake up – to stop sleeping.
- Birthday boy – a boy celebrating his birthday.
- Burn anything – to cook something too long until it turns black.
- Special day – an important or celebrated day for someone.
- Bring – to carry something to someone.
- Counted ’em – (informal) counted them.
- Quite a bit bigger – much larger.
- Funny business – strange or mischievous behavior.
- Meals – food that is eaten at regular times.
- Move – to change position.
- Boring – not interesting.
- Press their faces in – to push one’s face close to a window.
- Bred in Captivity – raised in an enclosure and not in the wild.
- Miss – to feel the absence of someone/something.
- Anytime – a polite response to “thank you”.
- Magic – supernatural forces or events.
3. Watch the video. Try to catch the words from the vocabualry bank.
4. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word from the vocabulary list above.
- Harry told Dudley, “_________! It’s time to start the day.”
- Dudley shouted, “_________ up, cousin! We’re going to the zoo!”
- Aunt Petunia wanted everything to be perfect for Dudley’s ___________.
- Uncle Vernon warned Harry about any ___________ ___________.
- The snake responded to Harry’s kindness by saying “_________”.
- “Bring my coffee, boy!” said Vernon. Harry responded, “Yes, __________ Vernon.”
- The snake was ___________ in captivity.
- Harry: “I _________ my family.”
- Dudley complained, “Thirty-six?! But last year I got thirty-seven! Some are ____________ ___________ ___________!”
- Uncle Vernon angrily said, “There ___ ___ ___ thing as __________!”
5. Rephrase the sentences from the dialogue using different words but keeping the meaning the same.
- Original: “Wake up, cousin! We’re going to the zoo!”
- Paraphrase: ____________.
- Original: “Why don’t you just cook the breakfast and try not to burn anything.”
- Paraphrase: ____________.
- Original: “Any funny business, any at all, and you won’t have any meals for a week.”
- Paraphrase: ____________.
- Original: “He doesn’t understand what it’s like, lying there day after day.”
- Paraphrase: ____________.
- Original: “There is no such thing as magic.”
- Paraphrase: ____________.
6. Answer the following questions based on the phrases from the dialogue.
- What does the phrase “get up” mean?
- a) To start running
- b) To get out of bed
- c) To eat breakfast
- If someone says “I miss my family,” what do they mean?
- a) They are angry at their family
- b) They are indifferent about their family
- c) They feel sad because they are not with their family
- How would you describe something that is “boring”?
- a) Very exciting
- b) Not interesting
- c) A little bit fun
- What does “bred in captivity” mean?
- a) Born and raised in the wild
- b) Raised in a controlled environment, like a zoo
- c) Captured from the wild
- What is the meaning of “funny business” in this context?
- a) Something that makes people laugh
- b) Suspicious or naughty behavior
- c) A funny story
7. Create your own short dialogue using at least five of the following words/phrases: get up, birthday boy, funny business, boring, bred in captivity, miss, magic.
Example:
Superhero A: Hey! It’s time to get up. We have a mission today!
Superhero B: Oh, can’t I sleep a bit more? Today’s mission sounds boring…
Superhero A: No way! Don’t do any funny business. We need to stop the villain, the so-called Birthday Boy.
Superhero B: Ah, I miss the old days when we only fought normal villains, not those with superpowers.
Superhero A: Well, today might feel like magic—just get ready!
8 a. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian to English.
- Гаррі прокинувся рано, щоб приготувати сніданок для Дадлі.
- Тітка Петунія завжди хотіла, щоб усе було ідеально для особливого дня Дадлі.
- Скільки подарунків було у Дадлі в цьому році?
- Я сумую за своїми батьками, яких я ніколи не знав.
- Дядько Вернон сказав: “Жодних дурниць, інакше ти не отримаєш їжу цілий тиждень!”
8 b. Translate the following sentences from English to Ukrainian.
- Get up, we are going to the zoo today!
- Harry tried not to burn anything while cooking breakfast.
- The snake was bred in captivity and had never seen its family.
- Dudley was not happy, even though he got thirty-six presents.
- Uncle Vernon warned Harry about doing any funny business.