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Complete the key phrases with the words in
the box. Look at the model text and check.
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50,000 Kazakhstan friendly
Almaty by the river
KEY PHRASES O Describing a town/city
1 It's in the north/ south / east/west of
2 It's got a population of about.
3 It's a place.
4 My favourite place is -
5 It's kilometres from​

1 He has been reading this new novel for the last several days.

2 The soup has been boiling since 12 a.m. Should I turn it off?

3 Let's go. We are already latel -Relax! I have been prepairing for this party for the last 8 hours. It can wait 2 more minutes.

4) Have you been cleaning the yard for the last 2 hours?

5). We have been living in this house for twelve years already.

6). He doesn't give any attention to me. He has been talking to this woman for the last 40 minutes.

7). Have they been sleeping? No, they have not been sleeping.

8)Has he been reading? No, he has not.​

1. Last summer the children were by the river. The nature was beautiful and the weather was fine.

2. Yesterday Fred wasn’t tired. He was happy.

3. Where were you last night? I called you, but you weren’t at home.

4. What did you see in the museum? There were lots of pictures but there weren’t any statues.

5. Who took my pencil? – I don’t know. It wasn’t me.

II. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. We enjoyed the view of the mountains.

We didn’t enjoy the view of the mountains.

Did they enjoy the view of the mountains?

2. The birds flew to the south last autumn.

The birds didn’t fly to the south last autumn.

Did the birds fly to the south last autumn?