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Kyiv

I'm from Ukraine. The capital of our country is Kyiv. It is one of the most beautiful and oldest cities in Europe. The city is located in the north central part of the country on the picturesque banks of the Dnipro river, the longest river in Ukraine. Its population is about three million people.   

Kyiv is about 1.500 years old. Therefore there are many places of historic interest in it. Among them are the Kiyivo-Pecherska Lavra, the Golden Gate, St. Sophia's Cathedral and the monuments to Prince Volodimir, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, and T.G.Shevchenko.

Kyiv is a large political, industrial, scientific centre. The higher body of state power of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, is seated here. The city has well-developed industry. There are many research institutes in Kyiv and the Academy of Sciences is located here. There are a lot of libraries in our capital. They have millions of books, magazines, and newspapers.

Kyiv is the centre of cultural life of Ukraine. Fans of theatre, cinema, music, painting and other arts can find many interesting things here. There are lots of museums in Kyiv: the Museum of Ukrainian Arts, the Historic Museum, the Taras Shevchenko Museum, the Lesya Ukrainka Museum, the museum of M. Bulgakov and others.

Kreshchatik is the central street of the capital. It is one of the finest streets of the city. There are many beautiful buildings and some of the best shops in Kreshchatik.

As for me I have been to Kyiv and I advise you to visit our capital and enjoy its beauty.

Extra Lessons! Be Ready for Your Exam!

On Monday, January, 4th, 2016 at 11.00. you are welcome to take 3rd Extra Lesson!

And here is "Be Ready for Your Exam! Part 2" if you wish to practise at home:

4. Choose the correct Item to complete the sentences.

1. I always have / do my lunch prepared by my father.

2. David had / made his new computer repaired (by a technician).

3. Don’t worry, we’ll have / make our beds made by the maid.

4. Mary couldn't / can’t have her trip arranged last week.

5. I must / can’t have the windows at the office cleaned.

6. I’m having / doing a new security system installed in my office.

7. Jenny is being / having her car serviced at the moment.

8. Richard has not had / has not been the piano fixed yet.

9. I was having /was making the leak in the bathroom fixed when you phoned me.

10. Do you always have / get your clothes dry-cleaned?

5. Put the verbs Into the correct form of Passive Voice.

1. The music  must______ (turn down) by 12 o’clock at the latest.

2. Your free gift _____ (send) to you in the next few days.

3. I wish I ______ (teach) how to use a computer when I was at school.

4. Human bones________ (find) by archaeologists yesterday.

5. My car _________ (repair) at the moment, so I can't give you a lift.

6. New York ______ (say) to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

6. Choose the correct item.

Today we take many inventions for granted but one of the most useful ones is the ‘not so (1 ) ______ ’ supermarket trolley. Before the 1930s women shoppers went into grocery stores with their own baskets. ( 2 ) ______ , they would only buy a few things because their baskets wouldn’t (3) ______ much.

Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma ( 4 ) ______ this and decided that he had to think of a way to encourage people to buy more, especially since business was not (5 )_____very well.

He took a folding chair, (6 )_____ wheels to the legs and placed two baskets on top. He put the trolleys near the door and waited to see his customers’ ( 7 ) ______ . He was very disappointed. No one (8) _____ any notice. Nevertheless, being a very determined man, he didn’t give up. He hired people to push them around the store filled with groceries.

Customers were offered one to try out and his success story began.

1  A critical   B significant   C meaningful   D serious

2  A Furthermore   B In particular   C However   D Apart from that

3  A put   B keep   C hold   D take

4  A noticed   B watched  C regarded   D viewed

5  A making   B running   C doing   D heading

6  A included   B added   C combined   D accompanied

7  A replies   B remarks   C reports   D reactions

8  A took   B got   C made   D hid

7. Complete the sentences with for or since.

1. Olena has been a teacher ---------- 1993.

2. Nancy has been learning French______ September.

3. Mary has been cleaning this room ____ two hours.

4. She has been doing homework______ 17.00.

5. I have been working here ______ the last two years.

6. Taras has been repairing his car _____ 9.00.

7. Granny has been cooking______ two hours.

8. I haven’t seen her ______ we were schoolchildren.

8. Complete the sentences with prepositions at, on, In.

1. I get up ______ 7 o’clock every day.

2 . I was born ______ 22 June.

3. Mary likes to travel_______ summer.

4. My father reads the newspaper______ the morning.

5. We are going to the picnic____ the weekend.

6. My sister is _____home now, but I’m _______ work.

7. My friend was born _____ 1997.

8. I will be back _____ ten minutes.

9. We have English lessons______ Monday and  _______ Wednesday.

10. They are busy ______ the moment. 

Happy New Year & Merry Christmas!!!;)

On this New Year I wish that you have a superb January, a dazzling February, a Peaceful March, an anxiety free April, a sensational May, and Joy that keeps going from June to November, and then round off with an upbeat December ;)

 

Extra Lessons! Be Ready for Your Exam!
Today was the 1st Extra Lesson at 11.00.
On Tuesday, December, 29, 2015 at 11.00. you are welcome to take another Extra Lesson!

And here is "Be Ready for Your Exam! Part 1" if you wish to practise at home:

1. Read the text and decide if the statements are True or False.

The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her family in east Tennessee and she was seizing every chance to change Bailey’s mind. Bailey was her son she lived with, her only son. He was sitting on the edge of his chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal. “Now look here, Bailey,” she said, “see here, read this,” and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head...

Bailey didn’t look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the children’s mother; a young woman in slacks, whose face was broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied with a green handkerchief that had two points on the top like rabbit’s ears. She was sitting on the sofa, feeding the baby apricots out of a jar.

“The children have been to Florida before,” the old lady said. “You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be abroad. They have never been to east Tennessee."

The children’s mother didn’t seem to hear her but the eight-year-old boy, John Wesley, a stocky child with glasses, said, “If you don’t want to go to Florida, why don’t you stay at home?" He and the little girl, June Star, were reading the funny papers on the floor.

* slacks - штани

1. The children had already gone to Florida.

2. Bailey was reading the sports section.

3. The grandmother wanted to visit her friends.

4. The grandmother had only one son.

5. The mother  fed the child apples.

6. The children’s mother was big and interesting like a cabbage.

7. The grandmother was excited to go to Florida.

8. John Wesley was eight years old.

9. June Star is the grandmother’s granddaughter.

10. John Wesley is very thin.

2. Add a suitable question tag to each sentence.

E x a m p l e : They helped you, didn’t they?

1. He lived there ,__________ ?

2. You don’t like sugar,__________ ?

3. She has finished the work ,__________ ?

4. She is too young, __________ ?

5. They didn’t see you, _______ ?

6. It fell down, _______?

7. You can help him, _______ ?

8. They aren’t learning English, ________ ?

9. He won’t come home, _______?

10. We liked coffee,__________ ?

11. You weren’t there,_________?

12. She couldn’t do it , _________?

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous tense forms.

1. ‘I______ (to change) my job.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I ____  (not to like) the hours.’

2. ‘Look – I _____ (to find) some information.’ ‘Where _____  (to find) you _____ it?’

3. Michael _____ already ( to lose) his new watch.

4. The company _____ (to lose) a lot of money last year.

5. _____ Alex _____ (to speak) to the teacher yet?

6. It __________ (to snow) since Friday.

7. You can have the book. I _______(to flnish) it.

8. I _________ (to study) physics for 5 years.

 

Hearty Thanks, my dear Students, for your great work on Christmas and New Year Wall-papers!

PRACTISE YOUR GRAMMAR BEFORE THE TEST.

Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous

Use on-line exercises. They are easy to do and you can check them at once ;)
 Past Perfect Simple \ Continuous Ex. 1

Past Perfect Simple \ Continuous Ex. 2 
 

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REPORTED SPEECH

in English 
 

in Russian:

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General Questions

Also known as "Yes/No questions" because a short answer (yes or no) is expected. This kind of question is formed by putting an auxiliary verb before the subject (=inversion).

For example:

A: Are you from Greece?

B: Yes, I am / No, I am not

A: Was she at home yesterday?

B: Yes, she was / No, she wasn't.

Special Questions

They ask for details (we also call them Wh-questions as most of them start with "wh": What? Which? When? Where? Why? Whose? Or: How? How many? How much?). Special questions require inversion.

For example:

-Where are you from? 

-I am from America.

!!! Note: Questions to the subject have the word order of an affirmative sentence.

-Who will buy milk?  

-Who wants some tea?       

Disjunctive questions

Or “question tags” \ “Tag Questions”( at the end of sentence). We use them to show emphasis, politeness, irony or lack of confidence.

Main Clause+comma+ Positive/Negative Aux. Verb + Personal Pronoun.

For example:

-They have just arrived, haven't they?    

-You like her, don't you?

Alternative Questions

They are questions that offer the listener a closed choice between two or more answers. They are formed like Yes/No questions.

For example:

-Would you like eggs, pancakes or waffles?

-Will you come at 3 or at 5 in the evening?

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 New interesting topic for you, my dear Students!
Print it, read it, work on it and then learn :)

Hobbies

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting.

Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball.

Gardening is one of the oldest of man’s hobbies. It is a well-known fact that the English are very fond of gardening and growing flowers, especially roses.

Both grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. It is a relatively new hobby but it is becoming more and more popular.

Making things includes drawing, painting, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill. Some hobbyists write music or play musical instruments. President Bill Clinton, for example, plays the saxophone.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, CDs, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. People with a lot of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects.

No matter what kind of hobby a person had, he always has an opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.

 

Grammar Practice: Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous. 

 You should practise your grammar skills to succeed in writing Self-Check Work on Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous. 
You are welcome to use these links:
Grammar Practice Online 1 
or Grammar Practice Online 2
 

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Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous

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Topic "Modern Technologies in Our Life"

Modern Technologies in Our Life

It goes without saying that life was much more difficult before technology had developed as much as it has now. When it took two weeks for a letter to reach Australia, you couldn't keep in touch with people easily. Or just travelling from your home to another town a few kilometers away could take hours. And if you didn't live in a big city, you didn't have much information because there was no television or the Internet.
   People can hardly imagine their lives without modern technologies nowadays. It is almost impossible to go out without a mobile phone or an MP3 player, for example. These devices have become an important part of our life. Moreover, almost every day either a new technology is being invented or an old one is being improved. To stay up-to-date people keep buying newer items. Soon our houses and work places will look like electronic stores.

Technology is all around us. First of all, we need it for work. All modern offices are equipped with computers, scanners, printers, and other useful machines. One of the most important devices today is the wi-fi modem as it provides the Internet. Secondly, technologies surround us at home, in cars and everywhere. It includes TVs, radios, refrigerators, vacuum-cleaners, washing machines, CD-players, e-books, cameras, etc. Perhaps, the most important thing about technological progress is that it allows us to do things which would be impossible without it. For example, we can communicate with friends from other countries with the help of computers. We can even see them and have a live conversation.

However, we must admit, that our technological progress has its drawbacks. For example, cars pollute our atmosphere. There is a lot of radiation from TVs, computers, mobiles and other electronic devices. Moreover, technology makes us lazy! Many teenagers would rather spend their free time in front of their computer than meet their friends. As a result, they don't have enough exercise and are getting fat. That's not healthy at all!

There are many people who are against new technologies. In my opinion, technological progress has made our lives more interesting and bright. Thanks to computers and Internet I find more educational resources. Such electronic items as vacuum-cleaner, washing machine, microwave, dish washer, blender and some others have made my mum’s life easier. So I’m sure that new technologies are for the better.
     As for me, I'm a fan of modern technology. Now with computers and e-mail we never have to lose contact with anyone. We can travel from one place to another quickly and safely. What is more, because of television, everyone has information about the world around them. I can't imagine my life without technology. Of course, we've got things like a TV, a video player, a computer and different kitchen appliances such as a microwave oven and a dishwasher. But most of all I enjoy my new mobile because now I can always stay in touch. I never go out without it! I use it all the time and send about twenty text messages every day! To sum up, I want to say that technology has definitely made our lives easier and we couldn't live without it!

 

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