exercise 1
1. I was eight last year.
2. She was eleven last year.
3. He was nine last year.
4. They were three last year.
5. They were six last year.
exercise 6
1. They were at school yesterday.
2. He was in the mountains last summer.
3. He was in the park last month.
4. They were in Great Britain last year.
5. You were in Moscow a week ago.
exercise 7
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exercise 8
1. The third day was Wednesday. The boys were in the swimming-pool. Steve was the fastest swimmer! On Thursday we were at the circus! The bears were funny! The fifth day was Friday. In the morning we were in the zoo.
1) He says I can’t miss the railway station. 2) The teacher who is standing at the blackboard says, “(Come) to the blackboard, Tom.” 3) (Excuse me), is there a bank near here? 4) The airport is (far) from the city centre. 5) Cambridge is a university city. (It’s) a colleges are famous all over the world. 6) I am standing at the cinema. There is a hotel on my right and there’s a library on my left. The cinema is (between) them. 7) John spoke to me very (cold) in the morning . 8) Jane is in the living room, she says, “(Come) in, Bob. It’s so warm and pleasant (inside).” 9) (Which) cities in Spain do you know? 10) ()Who) of you lives in Velikie Luki.
Once upon a time there was a red fox called Fiery Fury. She was a grim member of the forest society for being remarkably red, fast and deadly. And there was a gerbil by the name of Witty James. Everyday he spent provisioning food at his burrow. So did Fiery Fury, but she treated herself to the very gerbils.
One day, busy Witty James was pattering along Fiery Fury's hole. It was late in the evening and the gerbil was making his best to reach his burrow before dawn. His steps were light and silent, his eyes peeled and ears perked up. But the fox's briskness was more masterful. In a blink of an eye she loomed in front of overwhelmed Witty James with her mouth open wide ready to devour the poor gerbil. But the latter had always been keeping his wits about himself, that is why he did not for a moment get scared out of his wits. He ducked into the fallen leaves only to leave the Fiery Fury puzzled. The thing is, Witty James had known he was routing along the dreadful fox's house, that is why he had done arrangements with Mole Blind XI to use his grid of underground caves in case of emergency. One of the entrances was just under Witty James's feet so he didn't take his chances and hopped in immediately.
Fiery Fury got angry, her eyes prowling about in a fruitless search of the witty gerbil. Unfortunately, that day she had to go to bed hungry.