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Exercise 1. Imagine that you’re speaking with your partner telling him/her information about yourself. And you want your partner to tell you the same facts about his/her life. So you ask him/her questions for which the following sentences could be answers.

1. I learned many English songs when I was at school.

2. I finished school with a gold medal.

3. I entered the institute the same year that I finished school.

4. At the institute I passed most exams quite easily. I enjoyed my studies.

5. Only once I got a bad mark.

6. I got married while I was a student.

7. I received my first job right after graduation.

Exercise 2. Complete the following story using the verbs in brackets.

My “Rome Holidays”

“At last, for the first time, I live”.

Writer Henry James, on his first day in Rome.

I _______ in Rome last winter (be). It _______ my first visit to the Eternal (вечный) city (be). I ________ there at Christmas time (go). So Rome _______ even more beautiful with its Christmas decorations (look – выглядеть). My hotel _______ situated in the centre, near the Vatican (be). When I _______ to the hotel, I _______ my things in my room & _______ out quickly (get, put, go). I _______ my camera with me (take). It _______ 10 pm (be), but there _______ life everywhere (be). I _______ along the streets, _______ and ________ (go, watch, listen). I ________ music, Italian speech, laughter & many other sounds of a great city (hear). I _______ beautiful people & fine architecture (see). I _______ both (like). I _______ Italian a little, or I ________ so (understand, think). People _______ very friendly, emotional & their hands ________ as much as their mouths (be, speak). They ______ very loudly (громко) (talk). I ________ brave (смелый) enough and I ________ some questions (be, ask). I even ________ with some Italians & ________ the names of bars, cafes, shops & streets (talk, read). I _______ so happy that I completely _______ about the time (be, forget). I _______ back to my hotel late at night (come). I think I’ll remember my first evening in Rome all my life.

Exercise 3. Change the underlined words and phrases into suitable pronouns.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2. Which witch wished which wicked wish?

3. The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day;

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!