Open the brackets using the verbs in the necessary tense form.

1. The teacher called out my friend when we ( to talk ).

a) were talking;

b) talked;

c) are talking.

2. Bob ( to look ) for his shoes when I came in.

a) looked;

b) was looking;

c) looks.

3. He ( to lay ) on the sofa when I entered the room.

a) was lying;

b) lay;

c) is lying.

4. Where he ( to run ) when you saw him?

a) did he ran;

b) did he run;

c) was he running.

5. This church ( to build ) many years ago.

a) built;

b) was built;

c) was building.

1 a 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 b

When we talk about the english traditions in english, and it comes to good old england, we always remember the traditional ceremony of tea between lunch and dinner. it's called the five o'clock tea and is between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. for the british is a ritual good rest over a cup of tea. another very well-known british tradition in english is the process of dressing the bride at a wedding ceremony. there is even a sort of saying that defines some of the things that the bride has to wear on the wedding day to be happy in family life: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. as we see, the bride's dress must include the following details: something old, something new, something borrowed (borrowed and something blue. not bypass attention and such a popular holiday as christmas. although many residents of the uk and usa lately argue that this holiday is almost totally lost their religious significance and became just a holiday, which brings fabulous profit entrepreneurs. traditionally on this day, in every house should stand christmas tree (christmas tree), under which santa claus santa claus / father christmas) leaves christmas gifts christmas gifts / presents). in that day sing a special christmas song (christmas carols) and give all cards christmas cards. on the festive table should be present: turkey with cranberry sauce (turkey accompanied by cranberry sauce); the christmas pudding with roasted silver coin on the happiness inside (christmas pudding with a silver coin); «lukoshko» stuffed with minced meat (mince pies). there is even a traditional christmas wish associated with the last dish: if you eat twelve mince pies in twelve different houses during twelve days of christmas, you will have a happy twelve month in the coming year! . by the way, the 12 days of christmas are called christmas christmas - yuletide. of course the english tradition of kissing under the hanging branch mistletoe (a branch of mistletoe). the english tradition of english christmas to all the people close to gather in the house of one of them and enjoy their company, because they are so rarely seen. a happy reunion of family members and relatives and serves the famous thanksgiving day in the usa (thanksgiving day, which falls on the fourth thursday of november. meeting relatives (family reunion), according to tradition should take place in the house of the elder relative (the oldest relative). people eat traditional for this day meals, exchange cards and gifts. a charitable and public organizations (charitable and civic organizations) in this day fed the traditional festive dinner (traditional meal) of poor and homeless people (the poor and the homeless).на