Read the story in the Writing bank on page 147. Do the exercise.
Chose the correct alternatives

1. The writer felt bored/excited at his cousins house
2. He went for a walk with his cousins/on his own
3. At the start of the walk, the weather was good/bad
4. He didn’t know the way to his cousins house/to the top of the mountain
5. The dog was very quiet/made a lot of noise
6. The writer followed/took the dog to his cousins house
7. The dog stayed/didn’t stay with the writer

On Sunday we went an a day trip to London. It (was raining) when we (started) and a strong wind (was blowing). But when we (arrived), the rain had already (stopped) and only little white clouds (were flying) across the sky. We (were) sure we (would have) a wonderful day. And we (did). We (visited) the National Gallery and (felt) quite happy. After that we (saw) a colorful procession (walking) along the Mall. At 2 o'clock our group (was) in the Tower of London. There we (were told) a lot of legends: about the ravens who (live) there and about the kings and queens who (had lived) there. It had already (become) quite hot when we (left) the Tower. So, our teacher (lead) us to Hyde Park where we (found) some shady place and (watched) the ducks (floating) in the water.

1 a. are cleaning

2 b. has drunk

3 b. will not go

4 c. are speaking

5 c. will read

6 a. live

7 b. ate

8 b. have not washed

9 c. was made

10 a. is spoken

11 a. is being built

12 b. will be written

13 c. was offered

14 a. go/will visit

15 b. was

16 a. were/would buy

17 b. will be

18 a. fish

19 b) Britain

20 a) Moscow

21 b) panda

22 a) The UK

23 a) St.Patrick’s Day

24  b) programmers

25 b) politeness

26 b) The Bolshoi Theatre

27 a) three (А именно: legislative, executive and judicial)

28 b) the great Pyramid of Giza

29 b. -/the

30 a. head