Heritage Open Days
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🏡 Heritage Open Days, Everyday English & Verb Patterns
🎴 Exercise 1. Metaphorical Cards — How Do You Feel Today?
✨ Task
Look at the five metaphorical cards. Choose one card that best represents your emotional state today.
Explain:
- Why did you choose this card?
- What emotions do you associate with it?
- Which detail reflects your mood most strongly?
💬 Useful Language
- 🌿 This card reflects my mood because…
- 🎨 The colours make me feel…
- 🧠 I associate this image with…
- 🌙 It reminds me of…
- ✨ The detail that attracts my attention most is…
🏛️ Exercise 2. Before Watching — Heritage Open Days
📝 Task
Read the expressions aloud. Try to translate each expression into Belarusian.
These expressions will help you understand the video.
- 🌍 England’s largest festival of history and culture
- 🎟️ thousands of free events
- 🗺️ up and down the country
- 🚪 to discover hidden places
- ✨ to try out new experiences
- 🏘️ to explore your local area
- 🤝 local organisations and volunteers
- 🎀 strings of pink bunting
- 📖 to bring history to life
- 🚶 doorstep discovery
- 👥 community-led events
- 🏡 local stories and traditions
- 🎭 to celebrate heritage, community and history
- 🆓 free to explore
The current Heritage Open Days programme describes the festival as a nationwide, community-led celebration where thousands of volunteers open up places and experiences for free.
🎬 Watch the Video
While watching, try to notice:
- 🏛️ What kinds of places can people visit?
- 👥 Who makes Heritage Open Days possible?
- ✨ What makes the festival different from an ordinary museum visit?
💬 Exercise 3. After Watching — Let’s Discuss!
- 🏡 If Heritage Open Days existed in your town, what place would you most like to see opened to the public for one day? Why?
- 🧵 Do you think traditional crafts and practical skills are worth preserving even when modern technology can replace them? Why or why not?
🧠 Exercise 4. To-Infinitive, Gerund & Bare Infinitive
These are some of the patterns you have already worked with before.
| 🌟 Form | 🧩 Verb / Structure | 🔧 Pattern | 💬 Example |
| 🎯 To-infinitive | afford | afford to do | We can’t afford to waste time. |
| 🚫 To-infinitive | refuse | refuse to do | She refused to leave early. |
| 🎭 To-infinitive | pretend | pretend to do | He pretended to understand. |
| 🛑 Gerund | avoid | avoid doing | Avoid jumping to conclusions. |
| 💡 Gerund | suggest | suggest doing | She suggested taking a break. |
| 🌿 Gerund | feel like | feel like doing | I feel like staying at home. |
| 🔓 Bare infinitive | let + person | let somebody do | Let me explain. |
| ⚡ Bare infinitive | make + person | make somebody do | The story made me think. |
| ☕ Bare infinitive | would rather | would rather do | I’d rather wait. |
🧠 Tiny Memory Tip
🎯 afford · refuse · pretend → to + verb
🌿 avoid · suggest · feel like → verb + -ing
⚡ let · make · would rather → verb without to
🎯 Exercise 5. Gerund, To-Infinitive or Bare Infinitive?
📝 Task
Choose one correct option.
- 🏛️ We decided ______ the old building before the guided tour ended.
visiting
visit
to visit
- 🪵 The guide let us ______ some of the traditional tools.
to touch
touch
touching
- 🔍 I really enjoy ______ places that are normally closed to the public.
to discover
discovering
discover
- 💡 The demonstration made me ______ how difficult traditional stonework can be.
understand
to understand
understanding
- ⏰ We can’t afford ______ the beginning of the tour.
missing
to miss
miss
- ☕ Our guide suggested ______ a short break before the next workshop.
take
to take
taking
- 🌿 Would you rather ______ outside or join the indoor workshop?
staying
stay
to stay
- 🚪 He refused ______ until he had seen the final room.
to leave
leaving
leave
- 🗣️ Try to avoid ______ the guide while she is explaining the process.
to interrupt
interrupt
interrupting
- 🎭 The children pretended ______ medieval craftspeople.
being
to be
be
- 🌳 After such a busy week, I feel like ______ somewhere quiet.
going
to go
go
- 🔍 Let me ______ what I mean before we continue.
to clarify
clarifying
clarify
- 😟 All the unexpected changes made everyone ______ rather tense.
- feeling feel to feel
- 💸 I can’t afford ______ money on something I don’t really need.
to waste
wasting
waste
- 🧠 She refused ______ up even when the task became difficult.
giving
give
to give
- 🎬 Our teacher suggested ______ another short historical video.
to watch
watching
watch
- 🏠 Tonight I would rather ______ at home than go somewhere crowded.
stay
to stay
staying
- 🙉 They pretended ______ the question because they felt awkward.
not hear
not to hear
not hearing
- 🔋 I feel like ______ a short break to recharge.
to take
take
taking
- 🎨 Let them ______ their own design instead of copying the example.
try
to try
trying
- 🧠 Avoid ______ to conclusions before you know the whole story.
to jump
jumping
jump
🗣️ Exercise 6. Everyday English — Translate into English
📝 Task
Translate the sentences from Belarusian into natural everyday English. Try to use expressions you already know whenever possible.
- 🔧 У мяне зламаўся кандыцыянер. Ці маглі б Вы, калі ласка, паглядзець, ці можна яго адрамантаваць?
- ⏰ Я крыху спазняюся. Калі час сустрэчы зменіцца, калі ласка, трымайце мяне ў курсе.
- 📦 Пасылка прыйшла пашкоджаная. Падкажыце, калі ласка, з кім мне трэба звязацца.
- 🚨 У мяне ўзнікла непрадбачаная справа. Ці можам мы перанесці сустрэчу на заўтра?
- 👂 Прабачце, я не пачуў, што Вы сказалі. Ці маглі б Вы паўтарыць?
- 📅 Мне пакуль цяжка прызвычаіцца да новага раскладу, але паступова становіцца лягчэй.
- 🧠 Мне патрэбная хвіліна, каб усё як след абдумаць, перш чым я дам канчатковы адказ.
- 🪟 Гэтае акно не адчыняецца. Ці маглі б Вы дапамагчы мне?
- 💳 Здаецца, аплата не прайшла. Ці магу я паспрабаваць яшчэ раз?
- 🔑 Я не магу знайсці свае ключы. На шчасце, у мяне ёсць запасны камплект.
- 🚌 Мы спазніліся на апошні аўтобус, таму нам давялося ісці дадому пешшу.
- 🔋 У мяне амаль разрадзіўся тэлефон. Ці магу я пазычыць Вашу зарадку на некалькі хвілін?
- 🛒 Я купіў не той тавар. У мяне ёсць чэк — ці магу я яго абмяняць?
- 🏠 Суседзі зноў вельмі шумяць, але я стараюся захоўваць самавалоданне.
- 🍽️ Я забраніраваў столік на сем гадзін, але мы крыху спазняемся. Ці можаце Вы пакінуць браніраванне за намі?
- 🌧️ Я забыў парасон. Вы не супраць, калі я пакіну тут мокрую куртку?
- 💻 Падчас размовы ў мяне раптам знік інтэрнэт. Я звяжуся з Вамі крыху пазней.
- 📖 Я выпадкова натрапіў на вельмі карысны выраз і вырашыў яго запісаць.
- 🤯 Сёння я адчуваю сябе крыху перагружаным. Давайце на сёння скончым і вернемся да гэтага заўтра.
🌟 Exercise 7. Final Discussion
- 🏚️ If you could preserve one ordinary place, object or skill from today for people to discover 100 years from now, what would you choose — and why?
- 💬 Which English expression from today’s lesson do you think you are most likely to use in real life this week? Describe the situation.