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А) …book is very interesting. All …characters in it are quite impressive. …John, … main character, has … son, … daughter, …two cousins and … very good friends. He lives … interesting life. He has .. .deep love for … people surrounding him. …work he does is important for him and brings him … satisfaction. … few years ago, when … John had … other job, he was younger man, but … job made him very tired. Now he works … five days … week, but ye is never tired. His friend, … professor Tauset, who is … manager of … office, is … Frenhcman.

B)Take … book from …table and bring it … here. Crime is … serious problem these days. …Mr. Volgin is … friend of mine. Hey, … man!

Do you know … girl over there? …Moscow is … capital of …Russia. …Next time I’ll go to America.

C)…Crimea is situated on … south of … Ukraine. … Crimea is …peninsula. …Simferopol is … capital of … Crimea. …Crimean mountains are not high. …Salgir is … longest river.

… Black Sea and … Sea of Azov are washed our peninsular.

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1.Do you play ... piano? 2. There is ... big black piano in our living-room. It is at ... wall to ... left of ... door opposite ... sideboard. My mother likes to play ... piano. She often plays ... piano in ... evening. 3. ... boys like to play ... football. 4. What do you do in ... evening? — I often play ... chess with my grandfather. 5. Where are ... children? — Oh, they are out of ... doors. ... weather is fine today. They are playing ... badminton in ... yard. 6. What ... games does your sister like to play? — She likes to play ... tennis. 7. Do you like to play ... guitar? 8. What ... colour is your guitar?

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When we want to write ... letter, we take .... piece of ... paper and ... pen. We first write our-... address and ... date in ... right-hand corner. Then on ... left-hand side we write ... greeting. We may write, for instance, "My dear brother," "Dear Henry," etc., and then on ... next line we begin ... real letter. We must not forget to leave ... margin on ... left-hand side of ... page. At ... end of ... letter we write "Yours," and then we sign our name. We put ... letter into ... envelope and close ... envelope. On ... envelope we write ... name and address of ... person who will receive it. We stick ... stamp in ... top right-hand corner, and then we post ... letter.

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It was... hot day. ... sun was shining brightly in ...blue sky. ... wolf and ... lamb met at ... stream. ... water in ... stream was cool and clear. ... wolf saw that ... lamb was fat and wanted to eat it. He began to shout: "You, ... fool, you are making ... water dirty!" ... lamb was afraid. It looked at ... wolf and said in ... thin voice: "But, ... Mr. Wolf, I cannot make ... water dirty for you from ... place where I am standing, because ... stream runs from you to me." "Stop talking!" shouted ... wolf in ... angry voice. "I know you! I met you six months ago, and you were very rude to me." "You are wrong, ... Mr. Wolf," cried ... lamb, "you could not meet me six months ago: I am only four ... months old." "Never mind," said ... wolf, “if it wasn't you, it was your brother." And with these ... words he seized ... poor lamb and carried it into ... wood.