Task 2 You are talking with your friend James/Grace about coming examinations. •Ask your friend questions about the exams he/she is going to take. • Tell your friend that you worry about your future exams. • Answer your friend’s question about examinations in Russia. • Calm or reassure your friend about the coming examinations. You begin the conversation. The teacher will play the part of your friend. Remember to: • mention all the four aspects of the task; • take an active part in the conversation and be polite.

Great Britain is an old country and it has a lot of holidays and interesting traditions. Holidays in the country are historic and public. Most public holidays are called bank holidays because banks, companies and most shops do not work on these days. Such holidays include New Year’s Day, Easter Monday and others.The most important holiday in Britain is Christmas, but not the New Year. Christmas is on the 25th of December. Families spend this day together. For many people this is the most important holiday of the year. Family members wrap up their presents and put them under the Christmas tree. Children hang colorful socks at the end of their beds for presents. They believe that Santa Claus puts presents inside the socks.New Year’s Day is not as important in Britain as it is in Russia. People usually make promises to themselves such as to give up smoking, to change their lifestyle and others.

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Hide and seek is a very popular children's game of all times and peoples. To start the game, the driving is determined with the help of rhymes. Then driving becomes the face of the wall or to a tree, closes his eyes and begins to count to fifty out loud. When finished counting, kromko yells: "One-two-three-four-five, here I come. Who is not hidden - I'm not guilty!" Then goes to look for spryatalsya, but not stray far from the place where thought. If someone noticed you need to immediately run to the spot and "caught", nazava name was found. Hidden needs time to notice that he had been found or that driving distracted is turned away, and try to run to the wall first. Whoever has time before driving (shouts of "Tuk-tuk, long arm!") considered "nezasteklenny" and waiting until you find the rest. "Zastukali" first becomes driving in the next game. Those who walked earlier, sometimes entertained and helped the rest in shelters, shouting: "the Axe-the axe, sit like a thief don't look out into the yard" - this means that now is a bad time to try to jump out and "sectoralist". Was still able to shout: "Saw-saw, fly like an arrow" is meant that it has gone far away and hiding can get "sectoralist" if right now will run out of