Exercise 1. complete the text with the following prepositions. by (3), from, of (2), to, for travelling i like to travel. first (1) all, the members of our family usually have long walks in the country. such walks are called hikes. if we want to see the countryside, we spend a part of our summer holidays hiking. it is useful (2) our family. we take our bags, we don’t think about tickets, we don’t hurry up and we walk a lot. during such hikes we see a lot (3) interesting places, sometimes we meet interesting people. i like to travel (4) car. it is interesting too, because you can see many things in a short time. when we go (5) car, we don’t take tickets, we put all things we need in a car. we don’t carry them. it is comfortable to travel (6) train and plane because we don’t spend a lot of time going (7) one place to another. i like to fly. sometimes we go (8) the seaside for a few days. the weather is usually fine. if it is warm, we can swim. it is a pleasure to watch white ships. i think that travelling is very useful for us.

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желаю успехов и  хороших оценок    в школе :3

Dear Pauline.
Forgive me for not writing sooner. I was very busy.
School quarter just started, and we have asked a lot of homework. Recently, we have new items in the curriculum, we now have 8 lessons per day!
Did you know that in a boarding school in which we live, has been renovated?
Now there is much more comfortable. The first few days we even had carpet in the room, but we had to get it back. I want to hang posters on the wall to feel at home.
Guess what! In my room, living only two people! This is me and Lera. The girl, who lived with us before, now lives in the city. Maybe it will come back to us in a month.
Ratings I do good. Since the beginning of school last week, and I have not received any deuces in the meantime. This is undoubtedly good news.
On seodnya enough.
Elekstrichestvo normally turned off at 10 pm, which means I have five minutes to pack up and put on his pajamas. If I go to sleep for a couple of minutes later. teacher would kill me!
How are you? How is Katie? The last time I talked to her, she was very worried about the results of the Olympiad.
Can not wait for your reply.
With love, Nastya.

1. Я никогда об этом не слышал.=I've never heard about it.
2. Я только-что прочитал ваше письмо.=I've just read your letter.
3. Вы уже купили новую квартиру? =Have you bought a new flat yet?
4. Вы сделали много ошибок в диктанте. =You've made a lot of mistakes in your dictation.
5. Вы когда-нибудь видели этого человека? =Have you ever seen this man?
6. В этом месяце я прочитал две новых книги. =This month I've read two new books.
7. Мой друг уехал в Москву неделю назад и еще не писал мне. =My friend went to Moscow a week ago and hasn't written yet.
8. Я не видел новых фильмов за последнее время (lately). =I haven't seen any new films lately.
9. Вы чи­тали сегодня в газете о нашем новом театре? =Have you read about our new theatre in today's paper?
10. Вы были когда-нибудь в Лондоне? — Нет, я поеду туда в
этом году. =Have you ever been to London? -No, I'm going there this year.
11. Вы уже прочитали эту книгу? — Как она вам понравилась? =Have you read this book? - How did you like it?
12. Я хотел посмотреть этот фильм на неделе, но смог посмотреть его только вче­ра. =I wanted to see this film last week, but could do it only yesterday.
13. В будущем году я собираюсь поступать в институт.=Next year I'm going to enter the University.
14. Ваш сын уже окончил институт? =Has your son finished the University yet?
15. Его дочь окончила школу в году.=His daughter finished school last year.