3make sentences. use the past continuous or past
simple form of the verbs.
1 l/visit/ my friends. afterwards, 1 / take / the bus
home.
2 luke / walk / into the door because he /
not look / ahead.
3 it/snow / at lunchtime, so i/not go / for walk.
4 1/not be / hungry, so i / not have / anything to eat.
5 my sister / crash/ into a traffic light when she /
ride / her scooter.
6 l/think / about the holidays. then suddenly, i/
realise / the time.​

1. Nina celebrated her birthday yesterday. Her room looked beautiful, there were many flowers in it. When I came in, somebody was playing the piano, two or three pairs were dancing. 2. Listen! Somebody is playing the piano. 3. I  like music very much. 4. When I  looked out of the window, it was raining heavily and people were hurrying along the streets. 5. What  were you doing at seven o'clock yesterday? — I was having supper. 6. When I  came home yesterday, I  saw that all my family was sitting round the table. Father was reading a letter from my uncle who  lives in Paris. 7. Where were you  yesterday? — I was at home the whole day. — How strange. I rang you up at two o'clock, but nobody  answered. — Oh, I was in the garden. I was reading your book and did not hear the telephone. 8. What wereyou  doing at five o'clock yesterday? — I was working in the library. — I was there, too, but I did not  see you. 9. Yesterday I was working at my English from five till seven. 10. It was raining the whole day yesterday. 11. Where is your sister  now? — She is in her room. She is doing her homework.

7. Read the text again. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false statements.

1) The train pushers' job is a full-time job. False. It's a part-time job.

2) Trains are crowded in the morning and in the evening. True

3) People hire stand-in-liners not to waste their time waiting in queues. True

4) Not everybody can work as an ice cream taster. True

5) Ice cream tasters work themselves. False. They work for large ice- cream   corporations.

8. Match the highlighted words in the texts with their definitions:

1) crowded - (adj.) very full of people (многолюдный, переполненный)

2) flavors - (n.) the taste of a particular type of food or drink (вкусовые оттенки)

3) evaluate - (v.) to consider or study something carefully and decide how good or bad it is (оценивать)

4) consistency - (n.) how thick or smooth a liquid is (консистенция)

5) hire - (v.) to begin to employ someone (нанимать)

6) texture (n.) the way food or drink tastes or feels in your mouth (текстура)

7) rush hours (n.) the time when a lot of people are travelling to or from work and so roads and trains are very busy (часы пик)

8) degree - (n.) a qualification given for completing a university course (степень)