Родная страна и страна (страны) изучаемого языка

Match the words to make up phrases.

Choose the correct variant. Every river has two ______________________.

Choose the correct variant. The capital _____________________ from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

Choose the correct variant. The Tsar _______________________ a new city.

Choose the correct variant. There aren’t ____________________ museums in this town.

Choose the correct variant. There’s always ________________________ to do on the farm.

Choose the correct variant. Nobody knows ___________________________ about this place.

Choose the correct variant. Can I have __________________ water, please?

Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. St. Petersburg is a famous Russian city situated on the Neva River near the Baltic Sea. The first name of the city was St. Petersburg after Saint Peter. In 1914 the city got the name of Petrograd and changed it for Leningrad in 1924. It became St. Petersburg again in 1991. Peter the Great founded the city in 1703 and moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 1712. The new city became home of Russian tsars and began to grow fast. Soon beautiful Winter Palace appeared in Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square with a tall column in its centre. You can see the famous monument to Peter the Great on the bank of the Neva River. St. Petersburg is famous for its palaces and bridges (there are 342 bridges in the city), its churches, theatres and museums, its wonderful parks and gardens. The Summer Garden is one of them. Every year a lot of tourists come to see this beautiful city. They walk along the straight streets of St. Petersburg, enjoy boat trips, take lots of pictures and often come back to it.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right phrases. The Empire State Building is the tallest building in New York. It is 443 metres high and. It was built in 1930, and took one year and forty-five days to complete. The ESB is one of the largest office spaces in the world, but it also has many shops and restaurants inside. The Empire State Building. The fastest of these travel from the ground to the 80th floor in only 45 seconds! If you choose to walk to the top, you need. At the Empire State Building most visitors go straight to the Observatory on the 86th floor.. On a clear day you can see for miles around. Looking at the Empire State Building from a distance is also great. The top floors are decorated. These change colours every day. Depending on the occasion, the building can be white, green, blue, purple, red or orange! If you are ever in New York, don’t forget to visit the Empire State Building. It offers the best view of New York, and it is one of the city’s.