XII. Speak on your favourite holidays

XIII. Fill in prepositions if necessary:

1. When we go... foreign countries we see and learn a lot... things. 2. She says she likes to go... the Caucasus... winter. 3. Japan is a country... the western part... the Pacific Ocean. It consists... many islands, large and small. Some... them are only a few miles long. 4. The Crimea is... the South... our country. 5. My sister lives... the Far East. 6. The Baltic Sea is... the West. 7. Show us the longest river... Russia... the map. 8. Slovakia is... the centre... Europe. 9. St. Petersburg is... the north-west... Moscow. 10. Thousands... students... all nationalities study... the institutes... our country. 11. One... the students... our group is... Rumania. 12. What's the capital... Rumania? 13. What language do they speak... Bulgaria.

XIV. Fill in the definite or indefinite article if necessary:

1.... Russia occupies... eastern half of... Europe and... northern third... of Asia. 2.... climate of... northern part of... Russia is severe. 3. In... European part of... Russia... summer is warm and sunny. 4. This winter is... true Russian winter with hard frosts. 5. It is warm all... year round in... Crimea and... Caucasus. 6.... Commonwealth of Independent States is one of... biggest countries of... whole world. 7. Tbilisi is... capital of... Georgia. 8. I want to go to... Alma-Ata some day. 9.... best way to know and understand... people of other countries is to meet them in their own homes. 10. Is Australia... island or... continent? 11.... Black Sea is in... South. 12. There are six continents in... world, aren't there? 13. France is to... northwest of Italy.

XV. Let the members of the class ask and answer questions as in the models. Give a short answer and add a sentence of your own using adverbs in the comparative and the superlative degree.

Model 1: Does she speak Spanish more fluently than her friend? Oh yes, she does. Of all the students in our group she speaks most fluently.

Model 2: He doesn't go to bed later than you, does he? No, he doesn't. He goes to bed earliest of all, (or: But he does. He goes to bed latest of all.)

XVI. Form questions to the following statements:

1. Russia is a very large country. 2. There are more than 100 nationalities in the CIS. 3. In the North of our country winter is very cold. 4. There are a lot of rivers and lakes in the North of Russia.

XVII. Answer the following questions:

1. How many oceans can you see on the map? What are they? 2. Is the Pacific the largest ocean in the world? 3. Which is the largest ocean in the world? 4. Does the Pacific Ocean wash Western Europe? 5. Which ocean washes Western Europe? 6. Which ocean washes the northern part of Europe? 7. Which ocean washes Eastern Asia? 8. What two American continents do you know? 9. What other continents do you know? 10. Is Australia a continent or an island? 11. Is Ireland an island or a continent? 12. The Alps are higher than the Urals, aren't they? 13. What are the highest mountains in Europe? 14. The Mississippi is the longest river in the world, isn't it? 15. Is the Thames as long as the Mississippi? 16. Which is the longest river in the world? 17. Is the Black Sea in the South? 18. Is the Baltic Sea in the South too? Where is it? 19. Is the White Sea in the North or in the South? 20. Is the United States in North or in South America? 21. Is Japan in the West or in the East? 22. Is Italy in the South or in the North of Europe? 23. What is the capital of Bulgaria (Hungary, Rumania)? 24. What language do the Spaniards (the Japanese) speak?

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