P.79 Ex 7- Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous

Read the text ‘Birthdays in Britain”

1) Birthday presents. On your birthday you get cards and presents from your family and friends. Parents often buy a big present like a bike or an MP3 player. Other people give toys, sweets, books, clothes, CDs, DVDs and things like that.

2) A birthday cake. People normally have a birthday party for their friends. There’s usually a birthday cake with one candle for each year of your age. The person with the birthday blows out the candles and makes a wish. Then everybody sings “Happy birthday!”

3) Places to take friends to on a birthday. People often have a party at their own home. Some older children don’t have a party. They take their friends to the cinema, a bowling alley or somewhere like that.

4) Name days in Hungary. My friend, Anna, in Hungary says that they have “name days” in their country, but we don’t have “name days”.

5) Giving flowers on name days and birthdays. Anna also says that people in Hungary give flowers on name days and birthdays. In Britain, we usually give flowers only to women. Cameron and I give flowers to our mum on her birthday.

 

 

There was a good Fox, and his name was red. He helped with advise. Once Fox picked berries in the woods and heard a noise. Under the tree sat a hedgehog, and cried. Fox felt sorry for him, and he approached him to ask what happened. — What's wrong, why are you crying? — asked ginger. — I'm crying because I have no friends. — came back to him. — How is it? Friends are at all! — exclaimed the Fox. And I sure don't! — sobbed the urchin. — But why? — said the Fox. Because everybody is afraid of me, because I'm prickly whispered the hedgehog. — you're not scary, but rather cute and lovely! — replied ginger. — you really think so!? — asked with hope in a voice the hedgehog. — Yes of course! said the ginger — And now come home with me I'll buy you a Cup of tea. Good Fox brought the hedgehog to her house and they drank tea with cake and candy. The next day ginger was introduced to all with the hedgehog. It all very much, together they played and had fun. The hedgehog made a lot of friends, thanks to the good Fox.