Write down the dates of holidays celebrated in Russia.

Correct the mistakes. Write the correct sentences.
Did 1. Does Mike go to the circus last week?

your classmate Kate/Ken and stop for a chat.- Find out where your classmate is going to spend the holidays.- Answer your classmate’s questions about what you prefer — living in a city or in the countryside and why.- Answer the questions about your favourite kind of books.- Reject the invitation to go to the pizzeria. Give an excuse.
You begin the conversation. The examiner will play the part of your classmate.

Kirriemuir, Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) is kept (to keep) as a museum. Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of his birth — (1)____________ (to celebrate) by Scots the world over. Robert Burns (2) ________________ (to remember) with a ceremony called Burns' Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3) ________________ (to eat). Burns' poems (4)____________{to read) and after the meal (5)________________ (to finish) there may be some Scottish dancing. In 2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6) ________________ (to mark). There are special book museums all over Great Britain. Exhibitions of books, photographs, pictures of famous British writers (7) ________________ (to hold) there. The exhibition of one of Scotland's best-loved writer Robert Louis Stevenson (8) ________________ (to organise) in 2005, to mark the 155th anniversary of his birthday. The National Portrait Gallery in London contains a lot of world-famous masterpieces. Many portraits of famous British writers (9) ________________ (to exhibit) there. Agatha Christie is the world's most published crime writer. Agatha Christie's books (10) ____,_ (to translate) into 103 languages, and they are still popular today. A new collection of her detective stories (11) ________________ (to publish). Exhibitions on her life and work (12) . every year in her native town, Torquay, England.

1st century BC. The first Roman papers were written out in more than 2,000 copies and sent everywhere in the Empire. They were hung up in public places. People who could read called out the news to people who could not. For centuries news travelled very slowly and reached few people until the printing press was invented in the 15th century. The first printed papers were published in Germany and Belgium in the early 17th century 2)…….. In most countries the press is taken very seriously. Journalists – to – be get special training in universities. Their duty is to inform the public in everything that happens in the country and abroad. Journalists are supposed to give fair comment on the events and are not supposed to change facts or tell lies. The stars of European an and American journalism are very well known to the public and have real influence. Some of them write about politics, others – about economy, culture, morals, sports or other things that interest people. Their articles may be reproduced in hundreds of local papers across the country. Governments understand a special role of the press. The British Parliament invites journalists to its daily question time when Mps address questions to ministers. It has become a tradition in the USA, Russia and some other countries to hold presidential press conferences where presidents speak to the press and answer journalists questions. 3)… Very often journalists do more than just reporting and commenting on events, they investigate crimes or produce evidence of corruption or bad behaviour of officials. Many things that are hidden away become known with the help of journalists. Being a journalist is a difficult and even dangerous profession. one should have a lot tact as well as courage. But this profession is really rewarding.

Britain around Christmas 2.What is the origin of the word Christmas?Name the Latin phrase from which the word Christmas was derived 3.Write down the words in the order to make the saying about Christmas: OUR,AS,NOT,CHRISTMAS,ABOUT,HEARTS,IS,MUCH,OPENING,PRESENTS,AS,OUR,OPENING 4.Задание тоже что и в 3:AT,CHRISTMAS,LAST,BEEN,THAT,HAS,SO,TALKED,LONG,IT,COME,OF,HAS 5.Continue the proverd (2 words)