Exercise 1 Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous in the following sentences. 1. I am sitting in class just now. I (sit) in class at this exact same time yesterday. 2. I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it’s raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I (want, not) to go to the zoo because it (rain). 3. I (call) Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) at home. He (study) at the library. 4. I (hear, not) the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep). 5. It was a fine day when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine). A cool breeze (blow). The birds (sing). 6. My parents (argue) about something when I (walk) into the room. 7. I got a parcel in the post office. When I (open) it, I (find) a surprise. 8. Ton went to his friend’s house, but the boys (be, not) there. They (play) soccer in the yard. 9. Stan (climb) the stairs when he (trip) and (fall). 10. I enjoyed my holiday last January. While it (snow) in Iowa, the sun (shine) in Florida.\

At last the winter holidays came! I was very happy!   I didn't have  to get up early in the morning and run to school. I could stay in the bed till midday. But I didn't want to sleep. There were a lot of things to do.

The weather was fine so my freinds and I went to the skating- rink almost every day. It was fun!

Then I spent a week in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. It was great. I drank milk and eat a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me.

I have many friends in this village because I go there every holidays.

We went to the forest to ski, we made snowmen and played snowballs. We even played hockey!

But the winter holidays were over and I returned to the city again.  I liked my holidays very much.

 

Наконец наступили зимние каникулы! Я был очень счастлив!  Я не должен был вставать рано утром и бежать в школу. Я мог  оставаться в постели до полудня. Но я не хотел спать. Было так много дел.

Погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили на каток почти каждый день. Это было весело!

Затем я провел неделю в деревне, где  живут мои дедушка и бабушка . Это было здорово. Я пил молоко и ел много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня.

У меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы.

Мы ходили в лес кататься на лыжах, мы делали снеговиков и играли в снежки. Мы даже играли в хоккей!

Но зимние каникулы закончились, и я вернулся в город снова. Мне очень понравились мои каникулы.

My winter vacation passed wonderfully. This year heavy snow covered the ground, so there was no time to get bored. Together with friends we drove in a sleigh, made snowmen, played snowballs and just had fun. In the evening I watched TV, talked on the phone with friends and occasionally played on the computer.

The second week my family took me to a winter resort. I don’t ski very well, so it was hard in the beginning to learn how to ski down mountain slopes. But the next day, I learned to keep balance and fell to the ground only a few times. At a ski resort we spent 4 days. During this period I managed to make friends and girlfriends, with whom now I keep in touch and correspond through the internet. We hope to see one another again at the same place next year.

By the end of winter break my spirits fell. Suddenly it came in on me that I had not done some homework. But still there were a couple of days left, and I had time to do the tasks before the beginning of classes. How quickly vacations end! And how long a school year lasts!