Hi Chris,
Have you had a good summer? I'm on an adventure holiday with my sisters! Today, they've done a water challenge. First, they dived off a rock into a big river. Later, they 1) kayaked (здесь и в следующем предложении перечисляются действия в поэтому используется past simple) over falls in one-person boats. Then they 2) sailed around a lake in a big boat. They ended the day by 3) swimming (после предлога нужен герундий) in a river, under three bridges. Tomorrow, they're going to 4) surf (после going to используется инфинитив) on the waves in the sea.
As for me, my adventure had (тут по смыслу должно быть had!) an epic start when we 5) jumped out of a small aeroplane, and then 6) parachuted down to the ground (здесь и далее по тексту используем past simple для передачи последовательности действий, произошедших в
See you next week at school!
Helen
My Favourite Writer
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.