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Exercise 9. Insert the right verb (to tell, to say, to talk, to speak)
in the proper form:
1.He … us a very interesting story.
2.Every night the child … “Good night” to her parents.
3.The librarian asks the readers not … in the reading hall.
4.Can you … me who has written this book?
5.Strictly … it is not a mistake at all.
6.They … he … three foreign languages.
7.Please … me about the film you saw last night.
8.Mary is so talk alive! She even doesn’t stop .. when the
teacher comes into the classroom.
9.Did he … it to you himself? I can’t believe it!
10.Most second year students of our department … English
very well.
Exercise 10. Arrange the following kinds of sports in four
columns: 1 – winter sports, 2 – summer sports, 3 – outdoor
games, 4 – indoor games:
football, mountain-climbing, chess, basket-ball, tennis,
hockey, figure-skating, rowing, cycling, skiing, swimming,
sailing, boxing, shooting, jumping,
speed-skating, volley-ball,
draughts
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Remember:
A Happy New Year (to you)!
Best wishes for a Happy New Year!
Thank you, the same to you!
Dialogue
Look! What an interesting article in to-days paper! It’s about
New Year celebrations in different countries.
Yes, I’ve read it too. It was interesting to see how different
people see the New Year in. I remember in Guba they store
water beforehand and pour in into the street at midnight on
New Year’s Eve. This symbolizes their wish for the New Year
to
be as clear, fresh and sparkling as the water they pour.
And in Burma and India they
put on their national costumes
and go into the streets carrying
flowers, toys and jars full of
water – they pour water over
each other. On a very hot night it
can even be a pleasure to walk
about in soaking clothes. And in
India they traditionally fly bright kites on New Year’s Eve.
So do the Japanese. Young and old enjoy it alike. In Japan 108
strokes of the bell announce the beginning of the New Year
over the radio. Then every one goes to bed to get up again at
down so as not to miss the sunrise. They believe that if you
miss the sunrise you’ll have bad luck in the New Year.
There’s something interesting about Panama, too. There at
midnight they make as much noise as they can with bells, car