Диктанты
к учебнику IV класса под редакцией
Верещагиной И.Н.
Unit “School Life”
Lessons 9–16
Peter Brown is a little boy who is ten. He lives in a small town in
England and goes to Cedar Grove School. This school is not very big. Pupils from 5 to 11
years go to the school. They have ten comfortable classrooms and there is a big beautiful
hall at school.
The school is far from Peter Brown’s house and so Peter goes to school by schoolbus. He
has classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The pupils at Cedar Grove
School have many subjects on their timetable. They are English, Maths, Handicraft, P.E.,
History, Music, Art and Reading.
The pupils learn how to read, count, write, draw and how to get on with other children at
school. But children spend a lot of time outdoors. They visit different museums and other
famous and important places. Before and after classes pupils often play different games.
Peter likes his school very much.
Unit “The Place We Live In”
Lessons 17–23
Hi, my name is Adam Johns. I am 50 and I live in London in my own
house. My address is 37 Forest Road. My house is small, but comfortable. There is a
sitting-room, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet in it.
The bedrooms, a bathroom and a toilet are upstairs. The sitting-room, a kitchen and a hall
are downstairs. My sitting-room is lovely and rather large. There is much furniture in
this room. There is a cupboard, a bookcase and a piano against the wall. There is a sofa,
and two armchairs in front of the fire. In the middle of the room there is a wonderful
carpet. It makes the room look beautiful. The curtains on the windows are yellow and they
make the room bright and nice indeed. There is a TV-set in the corner of the room. There
is a mirror and two lovely pictures on the wall.
My house is in a quiet street not far from the centre of the town and so I like it very
much.
Unit “Town Life”
Lessons 24–30
Yesterday I got a letter from my pen-friend. He lives in a small town
in England and often writes me about his town-life.
I have never been to his town but I know a lot about it.
His town is very old, but beautiful with quiet streets and a nice square in the centre.
The streets are not very wide, there are a lot of flowers and trees in them. There is an
old tower in the town, it is very old and nobody knows the name of the architect. There is
a large bell in the tower and the people of the town hear it ring every Sunday. The tower
has become a museum. There is a nice church not far from the tower. The life in my
friend’s town is not very exciting, but the people of the town like it.
Unit “Travelling”
Lessons 31–36
Mr. Brown lives in a noisy city in Scotland. He is a businessman and
works hard. He gets up early at 6 o’clock in the morning and gets to work by car. He
bought a new car last year. It is very fast, but it takes Mr. Brown half an hour to get to
his office because there is a lot of traffic now in the cities.
Mr. Brown has to travel much. He likes to travel by plane, by train and by ship. He
arrives at the airport, buys a ticket for business class and his journey begins. His
flights are always comfortable. He has never missed his planes, and nobody has stolen his
luggage yet. He has always been lucky. When he arrives, he catches a taxi and goes to the
hotel where he wants to stay. When Mr. Brown travels he likes to take pictures. He has
taken a lot of pictures.
Unit “Hobbies”
Lessons 37–42
Andrew Brown is known as a true collector. He is not fond of collecting
stamps or badges. He is not a theatre-goer or a cinema-goer. He doesn’t go in for sports
and doesn’t play any musical instrument. What he likes is to collect coins. He has a
large collection of coins at home and is very proud of it. Some of his coins are unique,
by the way. His coins can tell us about different people and different countries. Andrew
Brown often says that his hobby is popular with people of all ages. He thinks his life
became more interesting when he started to collect coins. When he travels he always brings
home coins from different countries. His wife Emily has a hobby too. She is a cinema-goer.
She visits the “Odeon” twice a month. The “Odeon” is one of the famous cinemas in
London. They show different films, cartoons and love stories, too. Emily always feels
comfortable at the cinema and enjoys the film very much.
Unit “The USA”
Lessons 43–52
David Watson lives on a small island which is situated in the North
Sea. He lives in a wooden house and enjoys his peaceful life on the island. But when David
was young he travelled a lot.
He was a sailor and he was very much interested in discovering new lands and countries.
Sometimes his life was full of danger and he even had to protect his life with a gun. His
life often depended on God and luck. His ship sailed from one place to another and news
about David’s discoveries appeared in newspapers and magazines from time to time. David
hunted in America and Africa, fought with snakes and crocodiles in Australia, he even
reached Japan. When he travelled he often wrote letters to his family and told his wife
and children about countries he visited, about the history, traditions and symbols of
these countries.
When David grew old his friends advised him to by a country house on the island and he
moved in his new house soon. Now he leads a quiet life in a small settlement but he is not
sorry.
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A traveller called Donald Blake was travelling around the country. His
journey was interesting though hard and full of danger. He met wild animals in woods and
had to protect himself with a gun. He often had nothing to eat and had to hunt animals for
food. He wore jeans, boots and a hat. His jeans were strong and practical, the boots
protected his feet and his hat helped to protect his face from the hot sun.
He visited cities and towns, islands and woods. He discovered that the world around him
was beautiful. Donald Blake was going around his native land and so people helped him
much. Once he stopped at a tailor’s cottage which was situated in a small settlement and
the host and the hostess invited Blake in and gave him food to eat. They were so kind that
Blake decided to give them a gold coin. The host and the hostess were surprised and could
hardly believe their eyes. “What could this man wearing old dirty clothes give them?”
they thought.
By Albina Sidorova,
Belebey, Bashkortostan
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