1. My family and I went to Turkey in 2008. Where did you go in 2008?
2. We travelled there by plane.
3. We stayed in a hotel.
4. We stayed there for 14 days.
5. The weather was horrible because it was too hot all the time.
6. We usually had meals in cafés near our hotel.
7. We did exercises every morning.
8. We made some really good friends.
9. We had great fun with singing our favourite songs.
10. We phoned home every 2 days to tell the news.
11. We decided to look at our best photos during the holiday on the way home.
12. We were very tired because our flight bach was delayed.
1. We worked on Friday, but we didn’t work on Saturday.
2. She bought some meat, but she didn't buy any vegetables.
3. My great grandma had four brothers, but she didn't have any sisters.
4. I was in Paris in summer, but I wasn't there in winter.
5. I spent a week in France, but unfortunately I didn't spend any time in Paris.
6. We did our homework, but we didn't do any housework.
7. He brought lots of photos of himself, but he didn't bring any photos of his family.
8. They talked about their business, but they didn't talk about their hobbies.
9. It cost a lot to fly to Canada, but it didn't cost much to stay at a hotel there.
10. I made many friends at school, but I didn't make any friends at university.
11. We were at Dave’s house, but we weren't at Jim’s house yesterday.
The USA is a (9)__presidential republic . That means that the (10)___President___ is the head of state there. The President is elected by (11)__people of the USA every 4 years. Then there is Congress which represents the (12)___legislative branch of power. Members of Congress are also (13)___elected by the USA citizens. In the USA there is a strong system of (14)__checks and balances. That means that the President can’t make any important political decisions without the Congress (15)___approval . The Supreme Court, the judicial branch of power, can declare the presidential acts and the laws made by Congress (16)___unconstitutional___.
As for Russian political system it is a (17)___federal republic. The head of state is the President elected by people. The President (18) ___appoints the (19)__Chairman of the Government, whose appointment must be approved by the Duma and the Federal Council, the two parts of the (20)__Federal Assembly___. The (21) __Duma is the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly. Its members are elected every 4 years. The (22)__ Federal Council is the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly, and it consists of two representatives from each federal subject. The Federal Assembly (23)__makes laws__ so it represents the legislative branch of power. The (24)__judicial___ branch of power is represented by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federatiоn.