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Task 2. Writing. Write about a town or city you like
Think and plan:
• Where is the town or city? How big is it?
• Is there a lot of tourism?
• Why do you like the town/city?
• What are your favourite places?
• Are there any buses, trains from other places?
(90-100 words)
Write:
Paragraph 1: Location
is a town / city in
Paragraph 2: Good things:
is a great place. I like it because
Paragraph 3: Transport and other things
is about kilometres from
Example:
Talgar is in the Almaty region in the south of Kazakhstan. It's not a big town. It's got a population of about 50,000
I like Talgar because it's a friendly place and it's in a very pretty area. There are some really old buildings like the
old wooden churches. It hasn't got many shops and cafes, but it is in beautiful countryside. Talgar mountain is
nearby and it is in the Almaty Nature Reserve. My favourite place is by the river outside town. The mountains
around the town are important for tourists too. There are lots of walks you can go n with wonderful views.
Talgar is about 25 km from Almaty. You can take the busor the train there. It takes about an hour
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a) is looking at
2.I ___ at the sale results in detail every month.
c) look
3.We ___ a sample for testing last month.
c) took
4.When she ___ a new labor contract, she found it necessary to increase wages.
b)read
5.This month the sellers ___ some prices.
c) have changed
6. Production of equipment ___ sharply by the end of the year.
a) will have fallen
7.The company ___ just a new kind of washing machine.
c) has (just) developed
8.They ___the new type of product everywhere for a month.
c) have been advertizing
9.The strikers ___ to work next week.
a) will return
10. In the future video conferences ___ many international meeting.
c) will replace
11. Profit and losses of the firm ___ by the manager at the moment.
c) are being analyzed
12.More money should ___ on ecology.
c) be spent
13. How much money ___ by the World Bank to the developing countries recently?
b) has been given
14. If you have any questions, I ___ with them at the end of my presentation.
a) shall deal
15. If you ___me yesterday, I would have told you.
b) had phoned
16. We ___ that contract if we had made a better offer.
c) would have won
17. If my train isn’t late, I ___ in Paris at six.
a) shall be
18.If I ___ more shares, I would have become rich.
b) had bought
19. I wouldn’t worry if I ___ you.
c) were
20. We the new job if they had offered it to us. (местоимение you не походит по смыслу)
a) would have accepted