Complete the sentences with
a), b) or c) to speak about
Alan Milne.

1 Alan Milne was an editor of ...
a) the school newspaper
b) the university newspaper c) the scientific newspaper

2 During the war he wrote ...
a) his first novel
b) his first detective story c) his first play

3 By 1919 Milne had become a well-known ... .
a) playwright
b) novelist
c) poet

4 ... inspired him to write the poems and stories for children.
a) English children
b) his wife and son
c) London’s public

5 The title of his only detective novel is ...
a) The White House Mystery b) The Red House Mystery c) The Red House

6 He published his ... in
1939.
a) detective novel
b) collection of poems c) autobiography

7 A. Milne achieved the world-wide popularity due to ...
a) his short stories and poems
b) his adventure stories about the Winnie-the-Pooh Bear
c) his plays and essays

1.Occupies about. Great Britain, the northern part of. Ireland and some adjacent Islands Orkney, the Hebrides, Shetland, etc.2.Area - 244.1 thousand square meters. km.3.By the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Irish; separated from continental Europe English Channel and the Pas-de-Calais.4.The average temperature in the UK are higher than in other places at the same latitude. This is due to the influence of the warm Gulf Stream. The southern part of the country's warmer and drier than the north. Dominated by north-westerly winds from the northern Atlantic Ocean. Cloudy days a year - more than 50%. Chance of strong winds and floods.5.England occupies two thirds of the island of Great Britain. It has borders with Scotland to the west - with Wales
6.England - Thames (346 km long) Scotland - Tay (188 km long) Northern Ireland - Bunn (122 km long) Wales - Toui (103 km long).7.Britain is the largest river Severn 354 km.8.63,182,178 people.9.English

1. Helen asked Pete if he had played chess with his father the day before
 2. Kate said to her grandmother to help her to cook the soup.
 3. Mike said to the teacher that his sister knew two foreign languages.
4. The teacher asked children what they had prepared for that day.
5. Tom said to his sister he had seen her friend at the library the day before.
6. The teacher said to the pupils not to open their books.
7. She asked him if he could borrow her his textbook
8. My mother said to me that I would go to the cinema the next day
9. Mother said to Tom to go to bed
10. Nellie said to Pete that she had never seen his toys
11. He asked her if she had bought the dictionary
12. Grandfather asked Mary if she had got some marks at school
 13.  Our grandmother said to us we would go to the zoo the next day. 14. Mother said to Pete not to forget to wash his hands.
15. Nick said to his mother he was doing his homework.
16. Tom asked her if she knew the name of the man
17. Mike said to the teacher he had learnt a long poem
18. The man said to the boys not to play in the street.
19. My mother asked  me why I don't  drink my tea.
20. My friend asked me when I had received that letter.
21. Johnny said to his mother he had seen his friend at the stadium the day before.
 22.  The boys asked to Pete if he would play football with them.
23. The teacher said to the 8BIA grade they had already understood the theme speech and she was so happy then.
24. Ada asked me where I had seen such trees.