Read the text and add necessary sentences. There are 7 variants. You need only 4. The Land of Great Britain.
The UK is separated from the continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover. ( 0 C)
The UK is also washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and the North Sea in the east. The area of the UK is 244,100 square kilometres. The most important rivers are the Thames, the Severn and the Clyde. (1) There are mountains in the UK but they are not very high. The Grampian Mountains are a mountain range of central Scotland. (2) Ben Nevis (1,343.8 m) is the highest peak. The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range in northern England and Scotland. (3) There are the Cambrian Mountains in Wales. More than 57 million people live in Britain. Many of them live in big industrial cities like London. Manchester and Liverpool, for example, are big industrial cities in the centre of England. But foreigners are often surprised by the fact that much of land in Britain is an open country. (4) The flag of the United Kingdom is known as the Union Jack. It is made up of three crosses: the cross of St. George (the patron saint of England), the cross of St. Andrew (the patron saint of Scotland) and the cross of St. Patrick (the patron saint of Ireland).
Variants:
A They are known as “the backbone of England”.
B It marks part of the border between Scotland and England.
C It consists of four countries which are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
D There are many lonely hills, quiet rivers, deep lakes and just farmlands, especially in the south of the country.
E Northern Ireland and the independent Irish Republic are there.
F There are many lakes around the UK.
G It extends north-east to south-west and forms a natural barrier between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Ребята
1. I hope when I come back, you will have finished your homework.
2. You are late. By the time you get there they will have eaten everything up.
3. Too many people fall ill every day. I’m afraid by the end of the month the epidemic will have spread here.
4. These batteries will run out in two days. Don’t forget to charge them.
5. Your watch is slow. We are late! The party will have begun by the time we come.
6. The house is very old. They will have demolished it by the time you come to our city again, I think.
7. Tornadoes speed through the island every year. By the end of the season they will have damaged many buildings and will have injured and killed many people.
8. By that time you will have gone crazy or forgotten it all.
2 Do you like books by Grisham? - yes, i'm actually readying one of them right now. - Have you been reading this novel for long? - Yes, I am almost done.
3 Yesterday, when I went out of the theatre, I met my old friend, whom I haven't seen for ages.
4 Have you ever been to Ireland? - Yes. - When did you go there? - Last year
5 I had been texting with this guy fro England for 2 years, when he finally came to Moscow to meet me.
6 Usually he goes to work by bus, but today he overslept so he's going to work by taxi
7 In the morning i woke up, took a shower, had a breakfast, and went to work.
8 My sister has been living in Germany for 3 years. In 1999 she got married and since then hasn't been to Russia
9 He wants to be enrolled to the 2nd year of university right away, because she already finished a college in St.Petersburg.
10 He had been studying at the university of r3 years when he decided to drop it. By that time he had been working for a couple of months