Task. Find some information about Ray Bradbury and be ready to discuss his life. Questions that might be helpful for you:

1) When and where was he born?

2) When and where did he die?

3) What are his most famous works?

4) What genres of literature did he write?

5) Did he have any children?

Speaking tip

When you’re preparing for a speaking task, make a note of the words and expressions that you can use in your answers.

1. When she phoned her father, he was watching TV.

2. Yesterday at seven my mother was preparing dinner.

3. The children were playing in the garden when it suddenly began to rain

4. I was practicing the playing piano when my girlfriend came home.

5. They were not cycling all day.

6. While Mike was working at the project, his friends were playing football.

7. I tried to tell her the truth but she was not listening.

8. What was he doing at 5 o’clock yesterday ?

9. Most of the time we were sitting in the nearest park.

10. I was reading the book while my brother was watching TV.

11. When I arrived, my friends were playing cards.

12. We were studying German at 6:00 p.m. yesterday.

I have a very good friend. His (her) name is ... Friends arevery important in our life. I think one cannot live without friends. The most important thing for being good friends, to my mind, is to be ready to help one another in any situation, nevertheless how difficult it is, to support one another and to solve all the problems together. And never mind, that the friends may have different interests and hobbies, different likes and dislikes. They say that the friend in needis a friend indeed. I think it is really so.

My friend and I always do our best to help one another. We discuss all our troubles and try to find the best decision in any situation. My friend is a very good, kind and clever boy (girl). We often spend our free time together. It is not very easynow, because both of us are very busy — we are going to enter institutes and have a lot of work to do.