2.15. Complete the following sentences with the present simple form of the verb in brackets, as in the model.Model: - My friend ... Russian literature very well. (know)- My friend knows Russian literature very well.1. 1 ... to the University at 8.40 a.m. (come)2. The lectures usually at 8.50 a.m. (start)3. After lessons Ann ... to the librarygo)4. We... on Sundays. (not stud)5. Andrew ... a lot of English words. (know)6. Nobody ... me with my homework. Thelp)7. ... your group-mates ... all the lectures ? (artend)8. Our teacher never ... late. (come)9. Sandra ... many friends at the universi.y. (not have)10. Students ... new words before the lesson. revise)11. Henry is very shy so he never ... in students conferences. (take part)12. On Saturday we have only two pairs of lessons. For that reasoneverybody ... time to go to the library. (have)40​

1.I am reading an interesting book. – Я читаю интересную книгу.
2.Next week we are buying a new car. – На следующей неделе мы покупаем новую машину. 
3.This film is too boring. I am leaving. – Этот фильм слишком скучный, я ухожу.
4.The weather is improving. – Погода улучшается.
5.I am sitting at my table and writing.-Я сижу за столом и пишу.
6.I’m leaving tomorrow.-Я уезжаю завтра.
7.He is smiling. – Он улыбается
8.We’re flying to Paris in the morning. - Мы вылетаем в Париж утром.
9.I am working now. — Я сейчас работаю.
10. He is talking to his friend. – Он разговаривает с другом.
 11.I am reading a book – Я читаю книгу (сейчас).
12.Don't make a noise, Mary is working – Не шумите, Мария работает.

1 The Romans came to England for the first time in August 55 B.C.

2 The original name of the British capital was Londinium. By the year 400, there were 50,000 people in the city.

3  The Romans left Britain soon after 400.

4 William the Conqueror came to England from Normandy in 1066. He built the White Tower in the Tower of London because he was afraid of the people of London.

5 The Great Fire of London started in the bakery in Pudding Lane. The fire lasted five days. One-third of London was destroyed and about 100,000 people were made homeless.

6 It may have been caused by a spark from the baker's oven falling onto a pile of fuel nearby.

7 The official name of Great Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

8 When people say "Great Britain" they mean the United Kingdom.

9 Great Britain consists of Wales (Cardiff), England (London), and Scotland (Edinburgh).

10 The narrowest  part of the English Channel is called the Strait of Dover.

11 No, they aren't. The people who were born in Britain are British.

12 The Union Jack consists of three heraldic crosses: the cross of St George, patron saint of England (a red cross on a white ground); the cross of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, (a diagonal white cross on a blue ground); the cross of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, (a diagonal red cross on a white ground). The Union Jack symbolizes unity as well as diversity.

13 The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of countries most of whom were formerly part of the British Empire. The most prominent of these, apart from Britain itself, are Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan and New Zealand, but the Commonwealth also includes a number of African, South-East Asian and Caribbean states. Some countries, like Mozambique, have no connection with the British Empire.

14 The power in the UK belongs to the Queen.

15 In the UK laws are made by the Parliament.