1 it rained on Monday last week
2My brother usually has breakfast at half past eight
3 Peter usually does his homework before dinner.Has he already done his homework?No,he is still doing it.
4 why are you walking so fast? I am walking so fast because I am cold.I never go fast on summer.
5 Maria is staying at the hotel.
6 My brother never wears a hat on summer.
7 I was watching TV at 5 o'clock that evening
8 The postman usually comes at 8o'clock at the evening.It is half past eight and he has not come yet
9 I watch TV every evening
10 clerks leave their work at 6 o'clock in the evening
11 my brother is about 70 years old but he os still working.when he was young he worked at night s
12 I am afraid I gave lost this game of chess. I played bad .I usually play better
Columbus Day is one of the federal holidays in the United States. It is observing on the second Monday in October. Columbus day celebrates Christopher Columbus's first arrival to the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus's first voyage has begin on August 3, 1492 On October 12, his expedition reached the archipelago which now known as the Bahamas. Exactly on which island Columbus and his people landed, is still unclear. The anniversary of this event is celebrating unofficially since the colonial period. In 1907, Colorado became the first state to declare Columbus Day anofficial state holiday. In 1934, it established as a federal holiday, after the proclamation by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was initially celebrated on October 12, but since 1970 Columbus Day has been observed on the second Monday in October.
On this day banks, federal agencies, most government offices, schools, and many businesses close. Actual observance of the holiday varies in different localities. In some regions, large-scale parades and events are organized. In others, no special events take place. The largest parades are taking place in New York and San Francisco. Four states do not recognize this holiday, they are South Dakota, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The anniversary of Columbus's arrival obversed also on its actual date in many countries of Latin America where it is referred to as Discovery Day, Day of the Race, Day of the Americas, or Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity.
