Complete the sentences below using the as... as similes in the box. As white as snow, as smooth as silk, as slow as a snail, as free as a bird,
as light as a feather, as cold as ice, as blind as a bat, as black as coal, as
changeable as weather
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1. The night was…
2. Her hateful eyes were
3. Without my glasses, I am…
4. Her face has become…
5. The bicycle looks heavy, but it feels..
6. On the first day of his vacation, the boy felt…
7. My computer is very fast at times, and at other times…
a snail
8. When I was a child, a man of seventy seemed to me to be
9. After using our body lotion, your skin is guaranteed to feel…

1 He told me that he was going to the theatre that night.
2 I told them that I could give them my uncle's address.
3 Oleg said that his room was on the second floor.
4 Misha said that he had seen them at his parents' house the year before.
5 She said that she didn't go to that shop very often.
6 The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road.
7 The teacher told the class that they would discuss that subject the following day.
8 Mike said that they had bought those books that day.
9 She said that I would read that book in the 9th form 10.
10 The teacher told me that I hadn't done my work well.

Все мы знаем, что такое резина.
Мы видели ее на колёсах машин, мы использовали её , чтобы исправить ошибки в рисовании, мы играли с резиновыми мячами. Когда мы сжимаем кусочек резины, мы меняем его форму. Но как только мы перестаёт сжимать, резина возвращается в свою первоначальную форму., таким образом, можно сказать, что резина эластичная.
Резину впервые использовали для того чтобы делать из неё мячи.
В 1492 году Колумб приплыл из Испании и открыл Америку.
Одной из многих странных вещей, которые он видел в Америке, была игра с резиновыми мячами.
Они заметили, что резиновые мячи были намного более ..., чем мячи, которые они использовали в их собственной стране.