Complete the text with the verbs in the correct tense (simple past or past perfect) I______ (check into) the hospital in the afternoon. I____ (be) worried

спать на диване. Вы любите отдыхать в крессле

Например: to eat - to be hungry
You will be hungry unless you eat.

to have time - to visit that art exhibition

to find that confidential information out - to tell him

to finish this work by 5p.m. - to have time to go shopping

to meet at the station - to get there before 6p.m.

Christmas is the holiday that appeals to the child in all of us, and it has always been the most exciting time of the year for me. When I was young, birthdays were nothing compared to it, for Christmas has three marvellous aspects — both the giving and receiving of presents, making beautiful decorations and preparing the most wonderful food. I adore presents though, despite the best intentions, I have never been good at finding them in advance. Although I have one friend who buys gifts in the week after Christmas for the following year, most of us rush around at the last moment. Handmade presents are treasured by friends and family, and there are many simple gifts you can make ahead of Christmas, if you are organized!

One of the delights of the holiday is making all of the food. The traditional Christmas pudding with its breathtaking aromas of dried fruits and brandy, fruits in liqueur, the after dinner chocolate, truffles! Now, too, you can put aside a few days or so

for making and buying decorations for the tea and house. The central decoration for Christmas must be the tree* Children are thrilled by it and I suspect that it still holds great magic for all of us. Prince Albert introduced the custom to England by bring­ing cut conifers from Germany in the nineteenth century. These were the trees that drop their needles within a few days of be­ing cut. Despite this, I am still very fond of them: their aromat­ic scents always transport me back to my childhood and to the wild hope that there might be snow outside on Christmas Day. Christmas tree production is today a booming business, and there are varieties of trees that hold their needles for qui be a long period of time. But I personally still decorate the tree and put up the decorations just three or four days before Christmas. When we were children, Christmas Eve was devoted to the purpose of wrapping presents. We were so excited, it seemed that we hardly slept at all that night. Dressed in his red suit, Father Christmas duly appeared in the morning to wake us up. Then there was the feverish opening of presents in the stock­ings at the end of our beds. Alas, the presents under the tree, could only be opened after Christmas cake had been cut at tea time. In my teens it was the real high point of Christmas holiday!

A truffle— трюфель

a conifer ['kounifо] — хвойное дерево

A booming business — бизнес, сопровождающийся большой реклам­ной шумихой

Questions

Christmas holiday appeals to the child in all of us, doesn't it?

What are the marvellous aspects of this particular holiday?

Who introduced the custom of cut conifers to England?

When was this wonderful custom introduced to England?

What are the delights of this holiday?

Has Christmas been the most exciting time of the year for the narrator?

When do people usually buy Christmas gifts? What is un­usual in this aspect about a certain friend of his?

What kind of tree does the narrator prefer to have in his house on Christmas?

What was the real high point of Christmas Holiday in the narrator's childhood?

10. How was Father Christmas usually dressed and when did he appear?

allow,choose,film,give,invite,send,show,teach

Thousand og young people apply to take part in this programme.They send video tapes to the producers and a group of them (1) ____ to take part.During the series,they live in a castle,where they (2) ____ to sing and dance.They (3) ___ not ___ to speak to their friends or family and every moment of their life in the castle (4) ___. Their lives (5) ___ on TV every evening and,on Saturday,there is a special show. A famous TV star (6) ___ on the show and one of the contestants sings a song with him or her. At the end of the programme, there is a vote and one person (7) ___ home.At the end of the series,the winner is (8) ___ a contract to make an album.


2)Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentences.
For Love or Money
1.This programme showed/was shown on American TV for the first time in 2003.
2.In this programme,fifteen women tried/were tired to win the heart of a rich young man.
3.In the first episode,the women learnt/were learnt that there was also a prize of $1 million.
4.The women told/were told to keep the prize a secret from the young man.
5.The man and the women took/were taken to different Californian cities to go out on dates.
6.At the end of each week,one woman left/was left in the show.
7.In the final show,the last woman told/was told she must choose between the man and the money.

Carpathians or the Rocky Mountains? (high) 2) Which month is …: February or March? (long) 3) Which is …: driving or flying? (dangerous) 4) Which city is …: Tokyo or Seoul? (expensive) 5) Which town is …: Moscow or Madrid? (old) 6) Who was …… when he died: Mozart or Shakespeare? (young)
5) Complete the text with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. Budapest is one of the 1) …… (beautiful) cities in Europe. It has many good cafes and restaurants. Two of the 2) … (popular) in the city centre are the Gresham and Gerbaud. Gerbaud is 3) … (old) and 4) …… (big) than the Gresham but many people think that Gresham serves 5) …… (good) coffee. There are many museums, too, and the museum of Fine Arts is one of the 6)…… (good) in the city. One of the 7) …… (famous) souvenirs is paprika and the 8) …… (cheap) place to buy it is the Central Market.

Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt is one of the fastes men on Earth.
He ____ (break) the world 100m and 200m recn
several times and he also holds the record for the 4 x 100m
relay with his team mates. However, Usain ___
(nor be) a runner all his life. When he was a child, he '___._ (spend) his time playing football and crick the street with his brother.
Ii wasn't until the age of 12 rhai anybody____
(realise) how fasr he could run. He ._ ._ —(win)h first gold medal at the 2002 World Championships, where
he was so nervous that he actually"_ _____ .. (put) h
running shoes on the wrong feet. Since then, however, he
7____ (learn) lo deal with his pre-race nerves an
they no longer affect him.
More importantly, Bolt is loyal to his country. A number o
American clubs ___ (offer) him a contract ove
years, bui so far __ (say) that he doesn't w
to leave Jamaica.

(1)south, (2)one, (3) one, (4)differ, (5)happy, (6)danger, (7)usual, (8)beauty, (9)vary.

In 1956 a yong man from the (1).. part of the US made a record called "heartbreak Hotel". His name was Elvis Presley. It was the (2).. of many hits for Presley and one of the (3).. madern pop records. "Pop" is popular music:the music of the people. Pop tells you it is OK to feel the way you do and be (4).. . It is about (5).. and troubles of our life. Pop can be strange, it can be fun, it can be (6).. . For the people who work in the pop business, it is (7).. about making money. For most people, it is about having a good time. Pop is for now. Most pop doesn't mean very much. And yet, now and then, pop says something important in a (8).. way. There is a (9).. of songs and sounds which speak to everyone.