Work in groups of 4/5. Complete the table. e.g. A: What's your father's job? father mother (What does your father do?) B: He's an engineer. e.g. Lena engineer doctor

1. Far from it. I was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
2. Exactly. I was born in 1983.
3. Far from it. I wasn't born into a family of a clergyman.
4. Exactly. My mother was an actress.
5. Far from it. I hadn't 5 sisters.
6. Far from it. My mother worked in a theatre.
7. Exactly. I took monastic vows last year.
8. Far from it. You didn't take part in the vigil service yesterday.
9. Exactly. I finished the secondary school four years ago.
10. Far from it.  My brother wasn't ordained to priesthood at the Seminary.
11. Far from it. I didn't enter the Moscow Theological Seminary this school year. 
12. Exactly. I spent almost all my life in the cloister.
13. Far from it. I wasn't a novice in the monastery
14. Far from it. I didn't marry last year.

Buckingham palace, the best known royal palace in the world, is located in Central London. The palace takes (its) name from the house (that) was built in 1703. Sixty years later it was bought by King George 3 for his wife, Queen Charlotte and became known (as) the queen`s house. John Nash, the royal architect, (rebuilt / reconstructed / transformed / converted) it into a palace in the 1820s. Victoria was the (first) queen to live there (from 1837). In the palace there (is) the Queen`s Gallery which exhibits (both) from the royal art collection, (and) drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. The first floor balcony is the scene of formal appearances by the Royal Family on important (occasions ). Bellow it in the forecourt, the colourful ceremony of Changing the Guard takes (place) regularly (generally every morning from April to early August). (If) Her Majesty the queen is in residence, you can see the Union Jack above the palace. … were (opened) to tourists during the summer months in the mid-1990s. The state Rooms of the palace are used for (receiving или entertaining) heads of state and for holding ceremonies where Her Majesty and other (members) of the Royal Family give official titles, honours and (awards).