Trainers • You wear sports clothes and
• You go to a tennis ?
People usually play
tennis outside, at a sports centre or tennis club.
• You can play with two or? SEPI players. The
players for pairs of players) stand on opposite sides of the
• The players all have tennis
cols
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the ball into the air, then
. The first player
it with the racket. The players hit the ball to
each other across the net.
• The players have to
very fast to hit the ball.
• When a player can't hit the ball and it lands in the court, the
other player usually wins aº
• The player with the most points wins the 10 moth
• Tennis matches can last for different lengths of time.​

Peter I was born on 30 May 1672. When Peter was a child several teachers were delegated to teach him. Among Peter’s tutors were Patrick Gordon, Nikita Zotov and Paul Menesius. This process was commissioned by Tsar Alexis I.In 1676 Tsar Alexis I died. As a result the power was left to Feodor III who was Peter’s elder half-brother. He died in 1682 and there were not his descendants. Consequently there was a conflict for power between the Miloslavsky and Naryshkin families. Other half-brother of Peter, Ivan V, was heir to the throne but his health declined. As a result at the age of ten Peter became Tsar chosen by the Boyar Duma.Peter was interested in shipping and shipbuilding. He was a tall man and his height was about 200 cm. He did not have square shoulders and his feet and hands were small. Moreover Peter’s head was small for his figure. In accordance with his mother’s desire Peter married. The marriage was in 1689 and Eudoxia Lopukhina became his wife. 10 years later the marriage broke down and Peter’s wife became a nun.In 1689 the power was in the hands of Peter’s half-sister Sophia. Because of two ineffective Crimean campaigns her authority was undermined and Peter planned to take power. Peter could become an independent ruler only in 1694 when his mother died. Officially there were two rulers: Peter and Ivan V. In 1696 Peter became the absolute ruler when Ivan V died.On 19 August 1700 Peter declared war on Sweden. The main aim of the war was to acquire control of the Baltic Sea. At that time it was under Swedish Empire control. Denmark-Norway, Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth supported Peter. In 1721 the Treaty of Nystad ended and the Russian Empire acquired control of the Baltic Sea. This war went down in history as Great Northern War.

1. I saw_a__man in__an_armchair at__the_window. He was reading _a__ newspaper.
2._The__boy said that he wanted two candies.
3. Is there anybody else in _the__ waiting-room? — Yes,__a_man wants to speak to you.
4. Where is_the__brief-case? I put it on_the__table.
5. Is there__an enquiry office at this airport?
6. Could you open_the__door, please? I see_a__girl knocking.
7. Let's make_a__speech at_the__reception.
8._The__advice you gave me helped__a_lot.
9.1 like to be in__the_centre of everything.
10. At___night I had__a_terrible headache after I had drunk_a__lot of___wine in _the __evening.
11. Look out! There is_a__dangerous bend in the road.
12. Mrs. Patsy is _the__lastperson I'd like to meet.
13. Tom's planning to take_a__ boat to go fishing on ___Sunday.
14. Could you phone later, please? Kate's having_a__bath.
15. The rent is 150 dollars_a__month.
16. We often go to_the__theatre and to_the__cinema, but very rarely to_the__circus.
17. When_the__ father came home, they had___dinner and then watched___TV. They went to___bed at 11 p.m.
18. What_a__pity they haven't seen this performance!
19. She can't find_the__ telegram which she received this morning.
20. Are you going to_the__country for_the__weekend?
21. She usually goes shopping on___Thursdays, but___last Thursday she didn't do
shopping. She had to go to__the_dentist's.
22. What_a__lovely song! What___beautiful music!
23. Could you tell me_the__time, please? - It's_(a)__quarter past six.
24. Do you usually go by___train or in_the__car there?