Следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. запишите все предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной формах. 1. the number of people in the united states has reached 300 million. 2. they were negotiating the terms and conditions of the contract the whole month. 3. the company will have produced 500 cars by the end of the year.

i have read your letter today. i am glad that you are fine! i am very happy that you successfully passed your chinese exam. my congratulations! i know you had been studying hard to pass it.

now, let me tell you my news.

as usual, i study deeply english and maths. my mathematics teacher moved to germany for a year. that is why i have another teacher at the moment. but i like him as well.

i am doing well at english. i have been watching films in english every day for two months already. at the moment i am watching films with subtitles, but hopefully, soon i will be able to understand everything without them. i think, this is a very good way to enlarge one’s vocabulary.

i have recently been playing volleyball in the park. you know, i like this kind of sports. i have met a really nice girl there. her name is lena. next time i am going to invite her to the cinema. it looks like i go to the park to see her rather than play volleyball

my brother has started to work in an interior design studio. he enjoys it a lot more than his previous job. my parents are planning to buy a new flat. this one is too small now.

valera, andrey and i often think about you. it is a pity that you had to go. it was so much fun when you were here. it is andrey’s birthday soon. it is sad that we will have to celebrate it without you. i hope you will be able to come and visit us when it is my birthday.

yesterday we met sveta and natasha. they gave their regards to you. they asked if you liked your new place. we told them that you did. by the way, natasha dyed her hair black. she is a brunette now! it suits her, though.

please give my regards to your mom, dad and sister! come to visit us as soon as you have an opportunity! do not forget to write! we miss you so much!

wishing you best of luck!

England is the largest and the richest country of great britain. the capital of england is london but there are other large industrial cities, such as birmingham, liverpool, manchester and other famous and interesting cities such as york, chester, oxford and cambridge. stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric places in the world. this ancient circle of stones stands in southwest england. it measures 80 metres across and made with massive blocks of stone up to four metres high. why it was built is a mystery. not far from stonehenge stands salisbury cathedral. it is a splendid example of an english gothic cathedral; inside there is one of four copies of magna charta and the oldest clock in england. chester is very important town in the north-west of england. in the past it used to be a roman fort; its name comes from the latin word castra, meaning "fortified camp". in chester there is a famous museum which contains over 5000 ancient and modern toys. oxford is the home of the oldest university of england. the most famous college is christ church. it has a great hall which was built during the reign of henry viii and its chapel has become the cathedral of oxford. cambridge is the home of britain's second oldest university. york was the capital of northern england. it is one of the best preserved medieval cities of europe. it was built by romans, conquered by anglo-saxons and ruled by the vikings. birmingham is often called the "city of 1,500 trades" because of the great variety of its industries. - самая большая и самая богатая страна ве­ликобритании. столица - лондон; но существуют и другие важные города, например бирмингем, ливерпуль и манчестер и другие известные и интересные города, такие как йорк, честер, оксфорд и кембридж. стоунхендж - одно из самых известных мест в мире. это древний круг из камней, находящийся на юго-востоке . его диаметр равняется 30 метрам, и сделан он из массивных каменных блоков до четырех метров высотой. почему он был построен - загадка. недалеко от стоунхенджа стоит солсберийский собор. это прекрасный пример готического собора; внутри него хранится одна из четырех копий великой хартии и самые старые часы . честер - важный город на северо-западе . в прошлом это был римский форт; название его происходит от латинского слова "castra", что означает "укрепленный лагерь". в честере находится знаменитый музей, в котором собрано более 5 000 древних и современных игрушек. оксфорд - это родина самого старого университета ан­глии. самый известный колледж - крайст черч. в нем сохранился холл, построенный во время правления генри­ха viii, а его часовня стала оксфордским собором. кембридж - родина второго самого старого британского университета. йорк был столицей северной . сейчас это один из наиболее сохранившихся средневековых городов европы. он был построен римлянами, завоеван и викингами. бирмингем часто называют "городом 1500 ремесел" из-за большого количества отраслей промышленности.