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10. Describe your flat or room. Use words and phrases from Ex.1.

11. Comment the following saying: “Men make houses, women make homes”

  • In the Middle Ages the fireplaces in the halls of large castles were very wide. Only wood was burnt, and large logs were brought from the forests, and held as they burnt, on metal bars. Such big fireplaces may still be seen in old inns, and in some of them there are even seats inside the fireplace. When coal fires became common, fireplaces became much smaller. Grates were used to hold the coal. Above the fireplace there was usually a shelf on which there was often a clock, and framed family photos.

  • The safety elevator (Br. lift), which does not fall if cable breaks, was invented by the American inventor Elisha Otis. The first one to carry people was installed in a store in New York in 1857.

  • Whenever you decide to stay in Britain, you are advised to take a plug adaptor if you plan to use any electrical appliance like a fan or a hairdryer. Plugs in Britain (like a lot of other things) are different from the rest of Europe.

12. Study the use of the Past Continuous Tense.

I was cleaning the flat We were cleaning the flat

You were cleaning the flat You were cleaning the flat

He was cleaning the flat They were cleaning the flat

I was not cleaning the flat We were not cleaning the flat

You were not cleaning the flat You were not cleaning the flat

He was not cleaning the flat They were not cleaning the flat

Was I cleaning the flat ? Were we cleaning the flat?

Were you cleaning the flat? Were you cleaning the flat?

Was he cleaning the flat Were they cleaning the flat?

The Past Continuous Tense is used:

  1. For actions, taking place at a certain period of time in the past.

a) The following signal words can be used: at five o’clock yesterday (вчера в пять часов), at that moment (в тот момент), at noon (в полдень), all day yesterday (весь день вчера), the whole summer (все лето), from three till five yesterday (с трех до пяти вчера) etc.

He was redecorating his room at that moment yesterday.

b) I was looking through the newspapers when you phoned me.

c) The whole May our company was carrying on negotiations for the purchase of DLX model.

d) While mum was making salad, I was washing up. - Пока мама готовила салат, я мыла посуду.

13. Open the brackets using the Past Continuous Tense.

1. When I arrived, they …(play) tennis. 2. Why …you …(drive) so fast? - I was in a hurry.

3. What did he say? - I ..(not listen) to him at that moment. 4. I got up early. The sun …(shine) and the birds …(sing). 5. From 1996 till 2000 BIM rally …(have) problems with distribution. 6. When J.F. Jones …(run) the company he introduced some new rules of risk management.

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