Language lab Read these statements. Find and underline examples in the postcard.
1 We use short forms when we're writing to a friend.
2 Weuse exclamation marks to show excitement.
3 We use question marks at the end of questions.
4 Weuse phrases to say goodbye before we write our name at the end.​

How I spent last summer

I think summer is the best season of all because it is warm, the nature is beautiful and we have great opportunities for rest. Summer is a time of holidays. We can go anywhere, spend our time near a river or a lake on fresh, green grass, swim in warm water, or climb mountains, play different games, ride a bicycle and so on.

I spend my summer holidays at my granny’s. There are many things there to do. What I did most of the time - I swam in the sea and sunbathed. Sometimes I made a fire with my friends at the seaside and cooked potatoes there. It was wonderful. We told anecdotes to each other, and did everything we wanted. I also got used to walk alone in the forest.

Как я провел лето

Я думаю, лето - самое лучшее время года, потому что тепло, вокруг очень красиво и у нас есть чудесная возможность отдохнуть. Лето - время отпусков и каникул. Мы можем поехать куда угодно, проводить время у реки или озера на свежей зеленой траве, плавать в теплой воде, или подняться в горы, или играть в различные игры, кататься на велосипеде и т. д.

Я провожу летние каникулы у моей бабули. Там есть чем заняться. Большую часть времени я плавал в море и загорал. Иногда я разжигал с друзьями костер на берегу и мы пекли в нем картошку. Это было замечательно. Мы рассказывали друг другу анекдоты, и делали все, что хотели. А еще я часто ходил один в лес.

At Christmas people spend their time with families, everybody eat special food and drink a lot.
Where are the children? They are playing in the school garden. They will get home from school just at about four.
When I first came to this house, it was a very quiet area. But since then a new housing estate has been built and it have became very noisy.
This bicycle was in our family for fourteen years. My father had been used it for the first five years, my brother had been riden it for the next five, and I had it for the last four.
When I bought my new house I asked for a telephone. The Post office told me to wait, but I am waiting for a year now and my phone still isnt coming.
George was collecting matchboxes ever since he left school. Now he  collect so many that he doesn't know where to put them.