Родная страна и страна (страны) изучаемого языка

Choose the correct variant. Don’t be afraid, _____________________ the plunge.

Match the words to make up phrases.

Choose the correct variant. Falconry was very popular in the past. It’s a ________________________________ art.

Choose the correct variant. This is a huge canyon with __________________________ views of the most impressive waterfalls.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the verb. If you _____________ (to heat) ice, it melts.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the verb. We’ll go to the beach if the weather ________________ (to be) fine.

Fill in the gap with the full form of the verb. If I were you, I ____________________ (to try) this dish.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the verb. If she ______________ (to have) more free time, she would join a gym.

Read the text and answer the questions. Red Square in the centre of Moscow is 695 metres long and 130 metres wide. It is one of the largest and most beautiful squares in Moscow. First the square had the name of Torg, or market place. Then after a big fire in 1493 people began to call it Pozhar. They called it Troitskaya Square too. In the 17th century when people spoke about it, they said “krasnaya”, or beautiful, great. This was how the square got its modern name. Everybody in Russia knows the famous buildings and monuments situated in Red Square: St. Basil’s Cathedral, the History Museum, Spasskaya Tower with the large Kremlin Clock and some others. Tourists from different Russian towns and cities and from abroad come to Red Square to look at its historical buildings and monuments and to listen to the Kremlin Clock. A lot of young people come here on New Year’s Eve. On the 9th of May, the Victory Day, a big parade takes place in Red Square. 1) What square is one of the largest in Moscow? - . 2) What was the first name of the square? - . 3) What was there at the very beginning? - . 4) What tower has got the Kremlin Clock? - . 5) When do many young people come here? - . 6) When is a big parade held in Red Square? - .

Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. Scotland The Beautiful Scotland is a country in the United Kingdom to the north of England. Its symbol is a thistle, its patron saint is St. Andrew. The country is divided into Highlands and Lowlands. Most of the industry is concentrated in Lowlands, in the Clyde Valley. Glasgow is its largest and busiest town, Edinburgh is its capital. Glasgow and Edinburgh are the two great centres of Scotland. There is only 45 miles between them, and it will take you about an hour to get from Glasgow to Edinburgh by train but the cities are very different. Glasgow is the heart of industry. It is a centre of business and trade. It is very busy, prosperous, dirty in some parts and smart in others, it is beautiful and ugly with its large port and busy streets. Edinburgh is rather cold but attractive, very proud but friendly and has a great past. Edinburgh is known as the Athens of the North. It is an ancient city and if you walk around it, you can feel history at every step. Practically every building has a tale to tell. The most interesting parts of the city are the Old Town and the New Town. The Old Town lies between the Castle and Holyrood Palace. The Castle, in fact, is older than the city. No one can say exactly when the first settlers came to live on the huge rock that stands high above Edinburgh. Later they built a castle that used to be a fortress and then a royal palace. It looks good in any weather but at night when it is floodlit it looks just like a castle in a fairy tale. It is not surprising that the Castle attracts a lot of tourists.