1. A lot of boys like football.
2. My father reads newspapers to get information about political life.
3. What does she usually do in the morning?
4. It does not often rain in this part of the country.
5. It rains cats and dogs. Take your umbrella.
6. –Why are you walking so fast today? You usually walk
slowly, don’t you? - My sister is waiting for me. She is angry
with me when I am late.
7. Your English is getting better and better.
8. I have not seen Tom this week.
9. Mike still hasn't found his keys.
10. What time does the film begin?
11. The police stopped me on my way home last night.
12. Now my brother smokes a lot, but before he didn't use to.
13. – Do you often see Tom? – Not often, but I saw him at the party the other day.
14. Ann was reading the newspaper at 11 o’clock yesterday.
15. The phone rang when I was having a shower.
16. We were talking about him when he suddenly came in.
17. I promise I will phone you as soon as I arrive.
18. Julia will have finished all the housework by three o’clock and we’ll go for a walk.
19. I am not sure I’ll recognize Eve. I haven’t seen her for ages.
– She is wearing a red coat.
20. He has been working at his report all day.
21. The Prime Minister has just announced that voting is postponed till tomorrow.
22. We have been painting our room for a week.
23. When I got home yesterday, my sister had made a pie already.
24. He had been working as a journalist for several years before he began writing novels.
<span>25. Imagine! Next year my Grandpa will have been giving lectures at the University for 40 years already.</span>
Пока только один.Про Санта Клауса
Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa is a mythical figure with historical origins who, in many Western cultures, brings gifts to the homes of well-behaved, "good" children on 24 December (Christmas Eve) and the early morning hours of 25 December (Christmas Day).The modern Santa Claus is derived from the British figure of Father Christmas, the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, and Saint Nicholas, the historical Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra. During the Christianization of Germanic Europe, this figure may also have absorbed elements of the god Odin, who was associated with the Germanic pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.
Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man—sometimes with spectacles—wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts for children. Images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast.This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.
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