Past Tense Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple
past perfect tense or past perfect progressive tense.
Jill knew that her friend Sasha (feel) (1) sad lately.
Sasha's mother (die) (2) two months before, and the two friends (not,
have) (3) a chance to talk since it happened.
Sasha arrived at Jill's house at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Jill (call)
(4) her friend on Friday to invite her to over for coffee and cookies.
Glancing at the mess in the kitchen, Sasha guessed that Jill (bake)
(5) cookies all day.
The women talked for a couple of hours. They (always, enjoy)
(6) each other's company in the past, and were happy to be together
again. Sasha recalled some of the things that she (find) (7) as she
(sort) (8) through her mother's belongings.
"It seems that, for some time before Mom died, she (make)
(9) three scrapbooks," said Sasha. "The last one (never, be)
(10) completed."
"What did they contain?" asked Jill.
"One contained all of the awards I (win) (11) before I reached sixth
grade," answered Sasha, "along with pictures of my friends and me. I knew that mom
(always, take) (12) lots of pictures, but I didn't know how many.
The second was a collection of memorabilia from my high school years."
"And the third?" prompted Jill.
Sasha paused and smiled before answering, "Mom and I (often, go)
(13) on walks together to gather wildflowers before I became a
teenager," Sasha replied. "Before she died, she (make) (14)
a scrapbook to hold all of the flowers we (collect) (15)."
нью-йорк один из самых больших городов мира. он был найден 3 сотни лет назад в устье реки гудзон.
центр нью йорка - это остров манхеттен. в 1626 он был куплен у индейцев за 24 доллара. сегодня манхеттен это центра бизнесной и коммерческой жизни города. здесь много небоскрёбов, банков и офисов мериканских бизнесменов в манхеттене. здесь появился бродвей; фондовая биржа находиться здесь. немного людей живёт в манхеттене, хотя многие работают здесь. в манхеттене многочисленная мостовая связь с другими частями нью-йорка.
люди из почти всех частей света живут в нью-йорке. его также называют "современным вавилоном". много иммигрантов из других стран едут в нью-йорк начиная с 20 века. они въехали в сша через нью-йорк - ворота америки.
нью-йорк один из лидирующих мануфактурных городов всего мира. самые важные ветви производства: бумажные продукты, машины, стекло, , машинные оборудования. городской трафик забитый.
A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.
Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.
The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.
Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.
Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.