B Complete the sentences with a verb in the past simple.
not call, cry, dance,finish,not listen, play
We finished work late yesterday.
1 I my mother on her birthday.
2 The film was very sad.
you
?
3 My brother video games all day
yesterday.
4 I to the news this morning
because I was late.
5
Sarah
with Martin at
the party?

My motherlandмоя родинаmy name is maxim and i’m 14 years old. i’d like to tell you a few facts about my motherland - russia. i was born in atkarsk, but grew up in saratov. my parents moved to the larger city when i was five years old. so, my school years are connected with saratov. it’s a large city, which is a major port on volga river. we have relatives in other cities of russia, so we often travel around the country to see them. i’ve already been to moscow, to kursk, to vladimir, to samara and several other places. and i should say i liked all these cities. once again they prove that russia is a great country that offers a wide range of attractions. when i look at the map of our country, i understand that it is immense. to travel the whole country, to see its southern and northern parts, to explore its riches and sights one needs to spend years. even winston churchill said about russia that it’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery. i think he meant the charming nature and atmosphere that distinguishes russia among other european or asian countries. all in all, my motherland spans 11 time zones and has the population over 140 million people. the capital of the country is moscow. it was founded in 1147 by yuri dolgoruky. today it’s considered to be of the largest and most beautiful cities in the world. i’m lucky to have visited it. there are many remarkable rivers in russia, among them, the yenisei, the lena, the angara, the neva, etc. in fact the deepest freshwater lake is also situated in russia. it’s the lake baikal in south-eastern siberia. my motherland gave the world lots of famous people, among them, yuri gagarin, isaak levitan, alexander pushkin, georgy zhukov and many others. i’m proud to be living in a country full of natural and historic wonders.