Ask a wh-question, or an alternative or a tail question to each sentence

1) Washington is situated in the District of Columbia and is like no other city of the USA.

2) Washington was named after the first US President George Washington.

3) Washington was first settled in 1790

Prove the statements

1) Washington is the world's largest one-industry city.

2) Washington is one of the most beautiful and unusual cities in the United States.

3) It's easy to get lost in the huge building of the Capitol.

5.6.6 Read the texts about well-known American writers. Have you read any their stories and poems?

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, in1899. He was one of Hollywood’s favorite authors. His books, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and A Farewell to Arms were made into films. He won the Noble Prize for Literature in 1954. As a hunter, fisherman, boxer, solder, war correspondent and author, Hemingway led a life of action.

Hemingway wrote six novels and more than 50 short stories. His early short fiction was greatly influenced by his outdoor life in the American mid-west.

Emily Dickenson

Emily Dickenson was an American poet. She is now recognized as one of the greatest poets of 19^th – century America.

Emily Dickenson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She lived there her whole life. She led an isolated. Her life experiences were very limited, but still her poems deal with the general problems and concerns of the time in witch she lived.

Only 7 or more than 1000 of her poems were published during her lifetime. They were published anonymously.

Robert lee Frost

Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California, but spent

most of his life in New England. New England greatly influenced his poetry. Robert Frost used simple words in his writing, but his poems were often very profound. He won Pulitzer Prizes in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943. The United States government awarded him a medal “in recognition of his poetry,” which has enriched the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the word.

Match the conditional sentences on the left with the suitable one on the right

1) If you eat more than you need, a) she wouldn’t sing in the bath

2)If the dog keeps barking, b) what would you do?

3) If I were you, c) he would never get this job.

4) If had driven carefully, d) the extra calories turn into fat.

5) if you are not doing e)we will go to the theatre.

anything later,

6) Had the ice not melted, f) he might have avoid the accident.

7) Henry spoke to his dog as if, g) the neighbors will complain.

8) I wish, h) we would have been here earlier.

9) If it were not for your uncle, i) why don’t you buy a computer?

10) If I have time, j) It could understand him.

11) If I met a fairy one day, k) I wouldn’t buy these jeans.

12) If I had known you l) we could do skating.

were coming,

13 If you were in my shoes, m) come and see me.

14) But for the traffic jam, n) I would make a wish.

15) If you have enough money, o) I would have met you

at the station

Give the Russian equivalent to the English proverbs

1) Every bird likes its own nest.

2) East or West home is best.

3) My home is my castle.

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