1 Look at the list. What do you think are the benefits of reading? What other
activities help you relax in a similar way
to reading?
1 learn new words
2 become more knowledgeable
3 improve your writing skills
4 can remember more
5 reduce stress
6 improve your computer skills
7 be better at finding solutions​

1. Various kinds of sports are popular in Russia. 2. Both children and grown-ups are fond of sports. 3. What is the matter with her? She is so excited. -- I do not know. 4. Where are you going? - - I am going to the Dynamo stadium to see the match which takes place there today. 5. Did you know that ^ very interesting match takes place last Sunday? 6. He went to the south a week ago, 7. When I was about fifteen years old, I  enjoied playing football. 8. Our football team won many games last year. 9. Where is Boris? - He is playing chess with his friend. 10. I am sorry I missed the match yesterday. But I know the score. It is 4 to 2 in favour of the Spartak team. 11. Nellie will leave for Moscow tomorrow, 12.1 am in a hurry. My friends is waiting for me. 13. You was at the theatre yesterday. Do you like the opera? — Oh yes, I enjoy it greatly. 14. Are you going to London next summer?

Every summer I go to the country to stay with my grandmother for a month or two. I help Granny to work in the kitchen garden or to look after chickens and pigs. In the village I often go for long bike rides with my brother. There is a nice river Prut not far from my Granny’s place. Sometimes we go fishing or boating. I like to sit in silence for a while waiting for a fish to get caught and listening to the birds singing in the forest. I like to go to the beach in the morning when it is not too hot. I swim, sunbathe and play with my friends on the bank of the river.