7. It was the last day of my holiday in Prague. I checked out of the hotel, my luggage neatly packed was in the luggage room and I (had) about four hours before the coach took me to the airport. 8. I thought that I (would spend) the time shopping for souvenirs. 9. I (bought) some wooden combs for mum, she had always liked those kinds of things, a tie for dad, and a toy car for my younger brother. 10. It (did not take) me long. 11. I needed only one more present — for my girlfriend Laura. And it was not easy to choose one. Laura was very particular about things and hated useless and unpractical purchases. Suddenly I saw a nice summer handbag. It (was made) of little patches of differently coloured fabrics. It was very small and cute. 12. I (took out) my wallet to pay for it when my inner voice spoke up: 13. "If you (give) her this handbag, she'll get furious. She'll say that it's a waste of money, because it's too small to carry anything in." And I didn't dare to buy it. The same voice stopped me when I was about to buy a little funny teddy bear, which was of no practical use at all. Then it didn't let me buy a red umbrella as it was too large and inconvenient to carry around. 14. "(Have you bought) anything for me?" demanded Laura on my arrival. "I never buy useless things, but adore unpractical presents!"
The work done in homemaking and nursing has reached a high standard in this school. The girls are given unrivalled opportunities for developing needlework skills. As housecraft it taught here, there is a sewing room for teaching to sew, and a fitting-room for trying on garments, the room for teaching running and housekeeping is spacious and light. Here we find special kitchen utensils, kitchen tables, gas (electric, coal) stoves, crockery, etc. The girls are taught a wide variety of tasty dishes and pastry. In short they learn useful things made by themselves, they must pay a certain sum of money to the school for it.
8. I thought that I (would spend) the time shopping for souvenirs.
9. I (bought) some wooden combs for mum, she had always liked those kinds of things, a tie for dad, and a toy car for my younger brother.
10. It (did not take) me long.
11. I needed only one more present — for my girlfriend Laura. And it was not easy to choose one. Laura was very particular about things and hated useless and unpractical purchases. Suddenly I saw a nice summer handbag. It (was made) of little patches of differently coloured fabrics. It was very small and cute.
12. I (took out) my wallet to pay for it when my inner voice spoke up:
13. "If you (give) her this handbag, she'll get furious. She'll say that it's a waste of money, because it's too small to carry anything in." And I didn't dare to buy it. The same voice stopped me when I was about to buy a little funny teddy bear, which was of no practical use at all. Then it didn't let me buy a red umbrella as it was too large and inconvenient to carry around.
14. "(Have you bought) anything for me?" demanded Laura on my arrival. "I never buy useless things, but adore unpractical presents!"