You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend, Catherine, who writes:
… I'm going to spend my holiday away from my family for the first time in my life, and I'm really excited!..
Have you ever spent your holiday away from your family? Which do you think is better — going somewhere alone or with somebody? What places can you recommend me to visit?
Write a letter to Catherine. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her holidays. Write 100—120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.
Write a word the box in each gap.
1) calendar 2) editor 3) interview 4) links 5) newspaper 6) poem 7) sections 8 ) websites 9 ) welcome
This is websites ( or website? please kindly check in the book ) for pupils at Linton school. It's like a school newspaper or magazine. There are links to different sections at the top of the page. On the Home page, there's a welcome message from Angela Barker. She's editor of the site. She gives us information about the different sections. For example, one of the sections is the calendar, with information about all future school events. There's also a welcome poem on the Home page. It rhymes! In another section, there's an interview with the Head. He answers the pupils questions.
4. a, Match the words to make collocations.
1. to be visited k) by thousands of tourists
2. to be located 1) in the middle / north / south / east / west of Belarus / on the bank of the river
3. to be first g) mentioned
4. to be founded d) in the tenth century
5. to be occupied f) during the war
6. to be in i) ruins
7. the most famous c) sights
8. to become a) the capital
9. can be explored e) on foot
10. to suffer from h) heavy traffic
11. ecologically friendly j) residential areas
12. to hold b) international events