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Text: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREA T BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The United Kingdom is situated off the north - west coast of Europe between the Atlantic Ocean on the north and north - west and the North Sea on the east. The United Kingdom includes Great Britain, Northern Ireland and British Isles Great Britain. The largest island in Europe, contains England, Scotland and Wales.The United Kingdom has an area of 94 249 square miles. Its population is about 57 million people. The capital of the country is London. English is a official language.The climate of Great Britain is temperate and mild. It is never too hot in summer or too cold in winter. It often rains in England.The United Kingdom has few mineral resources as: coal, oil, clays, iron ore, lead, etc.Metallurgy chiefly iron and steel is vital to other key industries, such as shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, the automotive industry, electrical engineering and electronics.Britain grows wheat, barley, oats, fruits, vegetables.There are many universities, colleges, libraries, museums and theatres in the country. The most famous universities are Cambridge University, Oxford University, Glasgow University.There are some museums and libraries.The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy, now British Parliament consists of two Houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Prime Minister is the head of the government.The main political parties of Great Britain are the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and the Communist Party.


Read the tips for planning and writing an article:
• Think about who your readers are and their interests.
• Answer the questions “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, “why”.
• Write a concise headline to summarize the article.
• Use active words like saw/ran instead of was/were.

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was doing something= I was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. The action or

situation had already started before this time, but had not finished:
I started doing
•
I was doing
~· ~
I finished doing
• past past now
0 This time last year I was living in Brazil.
C What were you doing at 10 o'clock last night?
0 I waved to Helen, but she wasn't looking.
Compare the past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did):
Past continuous (in the middle of an action)
C I was walking home when I met Dan.
(in the middle of walking home)
0 Kate was watching TV when we
arrived.
Past simple (complete action)
0 I walked home after the party last night.
(=all the way, completely)
0 Kate watched television a lot when she
was ill last year.
We often use the past simple and the past continuous together to say that something happened in the
middle of something else:
0 Matt phoned while we were having dinner.
0 lt was raining when I got up.
0 I saw you in the park yesterday. You were sitting on the grass and reading a book.
0 I hurt my back while I was working in the garden.
But we use the past simple to say that one thing happened after another:
0 I was walking along the road when I saw Dan. So I stopped, and we had a chat.

Compare:

0 When Karen arrived, we were having dinner. (=we had already started before she arrived)
C When Karen arrived, we had dinner.
(= Karen arrived, and then we had dinner)
Some verbs (for example, know and want) are not normally used in the continuous (see Unit 4A):
~ We were good friends. We knew each other well. (not We were knowing)
0 I was enjoying the party, but Chris wanted to go home. (not was wanting)

What were you doing at these times? Write sentences as in the examples. The past continuous

is not always necessary (see the second example).
1 (at 8 o'clock yesterday evening) .. ..1. ... vv.~ ho...vmg .... ~rter.. ........... ...... .... .... .. ............................. .
2 (at 5 o'clock last Monday) I w~ .O.n Q.-.. b3 (at 10.15 yesterday morning) ... ................... .. .. ...... ...................... ........ ..... ....... .. ....... ......... .......... .. .................... ..
4 (at 4.30 this morning) .......... ...... .. ....... . ....... ... .... ..... . ..... .......... . . .... . ................... . .... . .. ................ ..
5 (at 7.45 yesterday evening) .. . ......... ...... .. .. . . ...... ....................... ...................................................... .......... .
6 (half an hour ago) .................... ........ ......... . ..... ........... .. .. .. .... ...... ........ ...... .. .. ... . .. .... .
Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the past continuous.
1 Matt phoned while we .... W.~e. .. ho...v.~g .. ~ner... .. ....... .............................. ....................................... .................. .
2 The doorbell rang while I.. ...... . ...... .................... . . . .................... . . .... . ...... . ..... .. ............... .
3 The car began to make a strange noise when we ....... ... .. ........... .. . .. ... ... . .... . ............. .
4 jessica fell asleep while she .. ...... ............ ...... . ... .... .. .. ..... ..... .. . ..... ... ....... . ..... .. ..... . . ........ .... .. .................... .
5 The television was on, but nobody .............

Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1 jenny ...... IN.~? .... NP,W.g ...... (wait) for me when I Q-rrir.v~ (arrive).
2 'What . ......... ...... .. .. ....... ..... (you I do) at this time yesterdayt 'I was asleep.'
3 ' .... ............................................. (you I go) out last night?' 'No, I was too tired.'
4 How fast........... ... . ..................... ..... . .. . ......... .... ..... (you I drive) when the accident .............................................. . (happen)?
5 Sa m.. ... ....... ..... . ................ (take) a picture of me while I ... ....................... . .... .. ...................... .... .. ....... .
(not I look).
6 We were in a very difficult position. We .....
7 I haven't seen Alan for ages. When I last .......................................................... (try) to find a job.
........ . ......... . ...... . ..................... (Not I know) what to do.
..... .. ... ....... ... .. . (See) him, he
8 I . . ...... ............ ........ ..... . ..................... (Walk) along the street when suddenly I ....... . ..... . ........ . ............. ..
(hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ..... ............... . . ........ ............. ... . (follow) me. I was
scared and I .................................. (start) to run.
9 When I was young, I ... .......................... .................. .. ... .... (want) to be a pilot.
10 Last night I ............................................................. (drop) a plate when I ................................................................... (do) the
washing-up. Fortunately it .. .. ...... .............. . .. ............ (not I break)
The USA
America was discovered by Columbus in 1492, but he thought it was the coast of India. A few years later another traveller named Amerigo Vespucci proved that it was not India but an un- ; known continent. In 1506 this continent was named America in honour of Amerigo. The original inhabitants of North America were j the Indians.
Being driven from their lands they have settled in the so-called reservations situated in the west. The United States of America (USA) occupies a large territory between 49 and 25 N. L. (North Latitude). It is situated in the central and southern part of North America. The USA is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. In the north the USA borders on Canada and in the south - on Mexico.
The country may be divided into five parts; the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain, the Appalachian Highland, the Interior Plain, the prairie that lies to the west of the Mississippi and the Cordilleren or Western Highland and the Pacific Slope including the Pacific valley and the Coast Ranges.
The United States has thousands of lakes of all kinds and sizes. The Great Lakes make up the largest group of lakes in the country, as well as the greatest collection of fresh-water lakes in the world. But only Lake Michigan lies entirely inside the US.
Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario form a bor­der between North-eastern United States and Can­ada. The five Great lakes are connected by natural channels cut by rapids. The greatest of these rap­ids is Niagara Falls. The waters of the five lakes have their outlet into the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence River. The most important of the salty lakes are the Great Salt Lake, in Utah and the Sal-ton Sea in Southern California.
The USA has one of the longest rivers in the world- the Mississippi River. Its main tributaries are the Missouri and Ohio Rivers. The rivers in the west are unsuitable for navigation. The largest among them, Columbia and Colorado Rivers, flow through deep canyons. Being cut by rapids these rivers serve as an immense source of electric power.
The USA has different climatic regions: conti­nental, subtropical desert climate and others. Large reserves of coal, oil, gas, iron, copper, form a solid base for the development of the US industry.
When the USA was formed there were only 13 states. These were the 13 colonies which in 1776 had declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a 6 year War of Independence. Now the country consists of 50 states.