years. 3. My parents are teachers at the University. 4. At two o’clock our
family is having dinner. 5. The decision will be passed on Monday. 6. He is
working in the library now. 7. There is a TV set in this room. 8. There were
many new words in the dictation. 9. There will be a stadium near school. 10.
Next Monday our first lesson will be English.

1. In the XIII century there were over 160 towns in England.
2. Before the XIII century there were no universities in England. The oldest university was founded in Oxford in 1667. It remained the principal centre of science for centuries. It was famous for the superior learning of its professors. It had a great influence on the development of English culture.
3. Sheep breeding became especially popular in the English eastern and northern counties in the XIII century. It was soon discovered that it was easier to grow wool on the sheep's back than to grow grain on the poor lands. There were many foreign markets which were ready to buy English wool. It meant that European trade was developing.
4. There were important changes in the English countryside in the XIII century. There were the new classes of gentry, nobles and small landowners. There were many armed conflicts between the peasants and the feudals. There was one reason for that: the lords tended to monopolize the use of common lands. It is natural that the parliament supported the rich because only the top layer of the population was represented there.

1. The town is just as large as my native one.
2. The road was (longer) than we had expected.
3. The girl is very intelligent.
4. As soon as they understood that the second book was (more boring) than the first one, they changed their mind.
5. The shop is (farther) than the school.
6. Ventspilsis (the farthest) town in Latvia I have been to.
7. Tim is (more intelligent) than Pat.
8. The heat is less harmful than the cold.
9. This song is (the most beautiful) one in the world!
10. They are as stubborn as donkeys!