Complete the sentences. Use the past simple and the past perfect in each sentence. 1 Sarah (never / try) 'Kazakh meat' before she (travel) to Kazakhstan. 21 - (not / remember) his name, but I was surel (meet) him before. 3 Galymzhan (be) hungry because he (not have) breakfast. 4 After we _ (pack) our suitcases, we __ (go) to the airport. 5 Before they — (travel) to Japan, Inzhu and Bibugul, they — (visit) Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan 6 Kamilla — (know) Petropavl so well because she _ (grow) up there.

A. Every year, we (send) each other cards and (give) each other presents at Christmas Day.
B. Today Mr. Smith is (decorating) his house with coloured lights and a Christmas tree.
C. On New Year's Eve, people often have a party with their families and friends and they celebrate it with fireworks too.
D. At this moment my mother is (sewing) our costumes for Halloween. My sister and I (dress up) as witches.
E. At Eid ul-Adha, Muslims (always eat) a special meal.
F. My boyfriend is (buying) some yellow flowers and a card right now. Todays is Valentine's Day!
G. My cousin is Hindu and now she is (celebrating) the Diwali, which is a traditional festival for them. My cousin and her family (usually set off) fireworks and (share out) some sweets.

Have you ever thought why people travel, why they try to spend the holidays far away and not at home?

Besides the banal reasons such as to have a rest from the fuss, to change the enviroment, to see the ruins, there are deepper reasons. It is clear, that the change of enviroment is very useful and is involving the new emotions and impressions. They say that in order to take the best decision it is nessesary to distract from the task and to do something different. And travelling in this case is the best way to switch our attention and to do something new and unusual to us.