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read the text "hobbies".
a hobby is something you like doing in your free time, such as reading, listening to music, making something, growing, collecting different things, etc. different people like doing different things, so we can say that people have different hobbies. “tastes differ,” says the proverb.
my friends are fond of collecting different things: dolls, postcards, coins and stamps. my friend ann started collecting dolls when her aunt gave her a china doll. it’s the oldest one she has in her collection. it was made in france a hundred years ago. her other dolls are modern. she has twenty-one in her collection.
they are different: they are made of plastic, wood and cloth. the smallest one is 1 cm tall. the most beautiful are from germany and britain, and they are dressed in regional costumes. she also has a lovely wooden one from russia. my friend is proud of her collection. she likes to show all her dolls to her friends and to tell interesting things about them.
my other friend mike has hundreds of postcards and they are all fascinating. at first he started collecting all sorts, from all over the world. that was too complicated, so now he collects local ones. they describe the history of our city during the last hundred years. one of my classmates collects coins because he likes the history they record. he has a special catalogue where he writes everything he knows about his coins. it’s a very interesting hobby.
my brother is fond of collecting stamps. and i think they’re the best things to collect. collectors usually have a theme: stamps from one country, stamps about space, animals, ships, etc. my brother’s theme is famous people. he has a special notebook where he writes down everything he knows about famous people from his collection. of course, collecting can cost you a lot of money if you buy an old thing. but my friends swap with one another.
write true, false, doesn’t say:
1. ann likes to show all her dolls to her friends.
2. the speaker’s friend mike has hundreds of postcards and they are all fascinating.
3. the writer’s brother will buy new stamps soon.
1. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в форму пассивного залога Present Simple.
1. Ice hockey is played in Canada. (play) (В хоккей на льду играют в Канаде.)
2. The money is kept in the safe. (keep) (Деньги хранятся в сейфе.)
3. Chicken sandwiches are made for children. (make) (Сэндвичи с курицей готовят для детей.)
4. The washing-machine is used every day. (use) (Стиральная машина используется каждый день.)
5. All his holidays are spent in the countryside. (spend) (Все его отпуска проводятся в сельской местности.)
2. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в форму пассивного залога Past Simple.
1. The monuments were ruined in 1943. (ruin) (Памятники были разрушены в 1943.)
2. A big bunch of flowers was sent for her birthday. (send) (Большой букет цветов был послан к ее Дню рождения.)
3. The novel «War and peace» was written by Leo Tolstoy. (write) (Роман «Война и мир» был написан Львом Толстым.)
4. The famous painting «Sunflowers» was painted by Van Gogh. (paint) (Знаменитая картина «Подсолнухи» была написана Ван Гогом.)
5. The coats were left in the wardrobe. (leave) (Пальто были оставлены в гардеробе.)
Malyshev Street. One of the oldest streets in Yekaterinburg. Previously, the street was called Pokrovsky Prospekt. In 1919, the street was renamed in honor of Ivan Malyshev, since it was here in the house number 46 in 1917 that the Yekaterinburg Committee of Bolsheviks was located, which immediately after leaving the underground was headed by I. M. Malyshev, who was killed by the white guards in 1918.
Kuibyshev Street. One of the largest and most important streets of old and modern Yekaterinburg. Previously, until 1935, the street was called Sibirsky Prospekt, but initially it was the road to Tobolsk, connecting the fortress-factory with the Tobolsk province. In 1763, the Tobolsk road became the Siberian highway, and the part of the highway passing through Yekaterinburg became known as Sibirsky Prospekt. In 1935, the Avenue was renamed Kuibyshev street in honor of the revolutionary, Soviet political and party figure who died in 1935.
Bolshakov Street. On the site of the current Bolshakov street once stretched a huge swamp, surrounded by dense forest. Only by the end of the last century there was a suburban street with a rare structure in the swamp, and became known as Bolotnaya. Since 1919, it began to bear the name of a Bolshevik worker-Stepan Bolshakov.
Yeltsin Street. Historically, it was formed in the 40s of the XVIII century. On the city plan of 1810, the street was designated as Single, and in 1845 it already appeared as Fetisovskaya and was a fully formed street consisting of two long blocks. In 1919, the street was renamed, being named in memory of the events of January 9, 1905 in St. Petersburg. In 2008, it was renamed in honor of the first President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin.