Task Hear the conversation about hummingbirds. 1. Hummingbirds are interesting because they ... Choose the correct option between A, B, C, or D for questions 1-3. A. amazing V. smallest S. the biggest D. the less flies 2. The weight of the hummingbird is A. less than a pound B. less than a gram C. for less than a penny D. more than a penny 3. All hummingbirds have ... for insertion into flowers. A. Long accounts B. long beaks C. long claws D. long wings Answer questions 4-b. Write NO MORE THAN TWO words 4. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can 5. Hummingbirds eat ... 5. To attract hummingbirds to your yard, place feeders with

1. Nobody (knew) where Smith (had gone). 2. A girl who (was standing ) under the beech tree (came) up to us. 3. Mary (was speaking) to Mr Boxwell when I (saw) her in the corridor this morning. 4. John (was parking) the car in Fifth Avenue when a young man in black glasses (appeared) from nowhere and (stood) before him. 5. He again (came) to the village where he (had lived) in childhood. 6. While we (were talking), there (came) a loud knock at the door. 7. He (looked) into the drawing-room. The old man (was sleeping) peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. 8. When their visitor (left) John and his mother (stood) near the window. 9. When he (dresssd), he (went) downstairs, (wrote) a long letter to his parents and another to his sister. 10. She (welcomed) her with a bright smile and (turned) back to the offensive dandy lions she (had been fighting) with. 11. While she (was reading) this notice, a middle-aged woman (appeared) in the doorway. 12. When he (came) back to the conference room, he (saw)  that the situation (had changed). 13. She (had been sitting) at the table only five minutes when a car (came). 14. Their father (was) still silent, even when they (had) coffee. 15.The three (sat) down to the meal that Susan (had prepared). 16. He (was sitting)  thinking of his wife whom he (had left) alone in Europe. 17. They (looked) over the accounts together and (found) where she (had made) her mistake. 18. I (was ) surprised at John's failure because he (had been) such a good student previously.

I would like to tell you about my friends. I have a lot of them,but my close friend is Marina.She is my school-mate.We have been studying together in one form ten years of our school life. She is 16.We have nothing in common in appearance. Marina is pretty in her own way. She is thin and slender,not very tall.Her hair is  red and straight,her face is oval and her forehead(лоб) is high. She has a turn-up nose and beatiful green eyes with bushy eyelashes(пушистыми ресницами).

Marina-is good as gold(марина-просто золото).Warm-hearted and gentle,quiet and well-bred. Everyone likes her.She is always well dressed and neat.She is always ready to help people, when they are in need.

Marina has got a sister.So she is not selfish.I like to be around her, because she knows a lot of interesting jokes, funny stories.She is fond of reading.

In future she wants to be a doctor as her father.She is good at chemistry and biology.

I'm very happy to have such a friend as Marina. I'm sure we shall be friends forever.