1. Translate from Russian into English: 1) показ фейерверков 2) красочные уличные парады 3) бросать конфетти 4) кулинарное состязание 5) петь рождественские песни 6) запасной 7)…

1. Translate from Russian into English: 1) показ фейерверков 2) красочные уличные парады 3) бросать конфетти 4) кулинарное  состязание 5) петь рождественские песни 6) запасной 7) На рождество люди обычно  наряжают елку, обмениваются подарками и едят праздничный ужин. 8) Этот фестиваль  собирает деньги на благотворительность. 9) На день победы (the Victory Day) люди смотрят парады и запускают фейерверки.   2. Put the verb in brackets in Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous: 1) Jane (write) a letter to a magazine for 2 hours. She (not finish) it yet. 2) “-What you (do).” – “I (look) for my pen-knife.” 3) Nick (play) a computer game for two hours and he is still playing. 4) I already (do) the housework. I can go for a walk now. 5) The concert (start) at 7 p.m.  So we (meet) at 6.30 p.m.  You (come) with us? 6) Sara (think) of moving a new house.   3. Read the text and mark the statement “True” or ‘False”: Holidays in Great Britain There are fewer public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, and Summer Bank Holiday. Public holidays in Britain are called bank holidays, because the banks as well as most of the offices and shops are closed. The most favourite holiday is Christmas. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present. It's a big Christmas tree and it stands in the Trafalgar Square. Before Christmas, groups of singers go from house to house. They collect money for charities and sing carols, traditional Christmas songs. Many churches hold a service on the Sunday before Christmas. The fun starts the night before, on the 24th of December. Traditionally this is the day when people decorate their trees. Children hang stockings at their beds, hoping that Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and fill them with toys and sweets. Christmas is a family holiday. All the family usually meet for the big Christmas dinner of turkey and Christmas pudding. And everyone gives and receives presents. The 26th of December, Boxing Day, is an extra holiday after Christmas. It’s the time to visit friends and relatives. New Years Day is not such favorable in Britain than Christmas. But in Scotland Hogmanay, New Years Eve is the biggest festival of the year. Besides public holidays, there are some special festivals in Great Britain. One of them takes place on the 5th of November. On that day, in 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I. He didn't succeed. The King's men found the bomb, took Guy Fawkes to the Tower and cut off his head. Since that day the British celebrate on the 5th of November. They burn a dummy (чучело), made of straw and old clothes, in a bonfire and let off fireworks. This dummy is called a "guy" (like Guy Fawkes). 1. A big Christmas tree, which is in the Trafalgar Square, is a present of people from Northern Ireland ______ 2. Boxing Day is an extra holiday after Christmas______ 3. Christmas dinner consists of roast chicken and pumpkin-pie. _____ 4. Hogmanay is the biggest festival of the year in Scotland. _______ 5. Guy Fawkes is a man who killed King James I _____ 6. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on the 5th of December. _______