Read the text: In the country the English like to live in a detached or a semi-detached house of two storeys.
Each country house usually has its name, for example «Three Oaks» or something else.
Downstairs are the front rooms: the drawing-room and the sitting-room. There may be large bay windows on either side of the front door (см. прим.) They look out on to the front garden with flowers in it. A path from the front door leads to the gate and to the garage.
The other rooms downstairs are the hall, the dining-room, the study and the kitchen. The dining-room usually has large French windows leading into the back garden. In the hall the stairs lead to the first floor.
The bedrooms and the bathroom are upstairs. There is an attic under the roof and cellars under the ground floor.

Упражнение 1. Задайте вопросы к тексту «An English Home», используя выражения:
1. the house/detached or semi-detached,
2. the drawing-room /downstairs or upstairs,
3. the sitting-room/upstairs,
4. the bay windows/ the front or back garden,
5. the country house /a name,
6. the kitchen/downstairs,
7. the dining-room/large French windows,
8. the dining-room,
9. the study and the kitchen/on the ground floor.

1. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в форму пассивного залога Present Simple.

1. Ice hockey is played in Canada. (play) (В хоккей на льду играют в Канаде.)

2. The money is kept in the safe. (keep) (Деньги хранятся в сейфе.)

3. Chicken sandwiches are made for children. (make) (Сэндвичи с курицей готовят для детей.)

4. The washing-machine is used every day. (use) (Стиральная машина используется каждый день.)

5. All his holidays are spent in the countryside. (spend) (Все его отпуска проводятся в сельской местности.)

2. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в форму пассивного залога Past Simple.

1. The monuments were ruined in 1943. (ruin) (Памятники были разрушены в 1943.)

2. A big bunch of flowers was sent for her birthday. (send) (Большой букет цветов был послан к ее Дню рождения.)

3. The novel «War and peace» was written by Leo Tolstoy. (write) (Роман «Война и мир» был написан Львом Толстым.)

4. The famous painting «Sunflowers» was painted by Van Gogh. (paint) (Знаменитая картина «Подсолнухи» была написана Ван Гогом.)

5. The coats were left in the wardrobe. (leave) (Пальто были оставлены в гардеробе.)

ответ:I don't have a favorite genre or direction. In different periods of my life, I preferred different books. Once it was the classic detective stories of Arthur Conan Dyle, but this does not mean that years later I will not be enthusiastically reading the adventures of Sir Sherlock Holmes, the book should match the mood. After the "detective" period, the hour of the epic “Gone with the Wind " came, where the fate of the main character is closely intertwined with the war in America, in this mood I smoothly switched to the heavy dramas of Remarque, and then to domestic fiction.I can say that I don't really like fantasy, but not because it's a bad genre, but because I can't keep track of the whole scale of the action. To take a specific example “the "Lord of the Rings" is still mastered, but the adventures of Bilbo Baggins himself have already caused a lot of questions, during which I had to print out a map of Middle-Earth with explanations, because I am completely given to the process and can not read the book "on top". Although the series about the misfortunes of the witcher Andrzej Sapkowski was read in one breath, as well as Roland's path to the Dark Tower of Stephen King.

I was very impressed by the books of alternative authors, such as Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Anthony Burgis. These books are not for everyone, but they have their own style and deep philosophy.

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