Writing Task 3. How are weddings celebrated in Kazakhstan? Write about a wedding or another
event (celebration/festival/ceremony) you have attended. Describe the wedding including
some details about the wedding party and the guests, saying what impressed you the most
(120-180 words). Use the following plan.
a
Introduction
Give
brief
introduction to set the
scene
What is/was being celebrated? Why?
When and where is/was it celebrated? (could also be
included in the main part)
How important is/was it?
Who takes/took part? (could also be included in the
main part
Main part
(2-3
paragraphs)
What preparations are/were involved?
Develop the important
How is/was it celebrated?
features of the
What activities take/took place?
celebration
What did you see?
Make
a а general What is your overall opinion?
statement
How do/did you feel about it?
Conclusion​

PRESENT SIMPLE: Мне это вовсе не нравится I don’t like it at all 2 Ей не нравится сидеть дома целый день She doesn’t like staying at home all day 3 Мы не хотим переехать за границу We don’t want to move abroad 4 Это не интересует меня It doesn’t interest me 5 Он не учится усердно He doesn’t study hard PRESENT It is not raining. – Сейчас дождь не идёт. We are not working. – Мы не работаем. She is not playing tennis with her friends, she is having lunch. – Она не играет в теннис с подругой, она обедает. Are you listening to me? – Ты меня слушаешь? Is he looking for his documents now? – Он сейчас ищет свои документы? Are they visiting their friend in the hospital? – Они сейчас навещают своего друга в больнице?

Rosa Rymbaeva was born at Zhangiztobe station in Semipalatinsk region in a railway worker's family. She graduated from the Music and Drama Comedy Department of the Theatre and Art Institute in Alma-Ata. In 1976-1979 she was the soloist of the Republican youth pop group  "Gulder", from 1979 - soloist of the variety ensemble "Arai", whose director and artistic director was her husband Taskyn Okapi. She reached the peak of her fame in 1977-1979, when she was a finalist of the "Song of the Year" festival and ranked among the ten best USSR singers in the hit parade "Soundtrack" (1978 - 3rd place, directly following Alla Pugacheva and Sofia Rotaru) [1]. From 1979 to the present day - the soloist of the "Kazakhconcert" National Concert Association. At the same time, since 1995, she has been a teacher of the Kazakh Academy of Arts named after T.Zhurgenov. She lives in Alma-Ata.