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1. The rain (stop) by 7 o’clock.

2. We (stay) at the hotel since May last year.

3. He (arrive) yesterday evening.

4. My friend (write) with my pen for a week last month.

5. Mother looked tired. She (plant) flowers all morning.

6. Ben (play) volleyball when the ball hit his head.

7. My parents (buy) a piano when I was 5 years old.

8. He (cut) the grass by the evening yesterday.

N the US, all are obsessed with decorating their yards and houses and attach critical importance to every chance - the harvest festival, Halloween, Christmas. Of course, the most sacred to them is the Christmas decoration. With the New year as such the main mass is not celebrated, the most important holiday - the Christmas (and New year fireworks and fireworks greeted mostly Chinese, Yes, Russian) , but the decorations in our understanding still Christmas, only I will start making in the fall. 
In public places in October starts wrapping fences and trees, the twinkly lights and Christmas trees set in November. Ordinary citizens put up decorations in early December: light and inflatable figures of Santa Claus, reindeer, Christmas sleds, polar bears, Christmas trees. Elektricheskimi wrapped with garlands of facades of houses and on bushes around the houses wearing special garlands-mesh, and it's all so wonderfully lit at twilight - just a pleasure to ride through the city. 
Christmas wreaths on the doors and walls, artificial lights in the Windows they decorate their homes creatively and with imagination. In the southern States, where snow in the winter may not be inflatable snowmen and Santa Claus on a green lawn look somewhat comical, but the children get from all this great joy. In the end, they have the right to enjoy the snow, even whirling inside a giant inflatable ball, even the foam. In fact, for them it is all about.

Dear Jane
Thanks for your letter. We have a real winter now. I think it is strange for you, because in your country you have never seen snow. As for Russia, It is much snow everywhere even in our town everything is covered with snow: houses. trees. roads. It s great to ski and skate. We like to sledge and play snowballs. It is very funny! Sometimes we have to stay home because the weather is very cold and frosty. Last year we did not go to school 4days as it was about 30 degrees below zero! Now it is about 10 below zero and sunny.lt is a very good time to spend outdoors with my friends. We ve made several snowmen and snow women today. They are vey nice and funny! The days are shotr and it gets dark at 5 o clock.I think you swim and sunbathe. Next week we'll go toThailand to have much sun and sea!
Write me. please. I ll be very glad to see you in Russia and show you our winter nature. I am sure you ll like it!

With best wishes

Your Ann