3 ** Read the review and replace the
words/phrases in bold with those in
the list.
• enjoyable upsetting • loved talented
The actors were very 1) good. The audience really
2) liked the play, even though the story was
3) sad. Overall, it was a(n) 4) nice performance.
• famous • excellent • engaged
• well-written
The script was very 5) good and the audience
were totally 6) interested in what was
happening on stage. A(n) 7) well-known actor
was playing the main character and gave a(n)
8) great performance.
• catchy • lively • amazed powerful
The songs made this musical a very 9) energetic
performance. There were lots of 10) memorable
songs that made us want to sing along. One of the
actors had a very 11) strong voice and the whole
audience were 12) shocked.​

1. Nina celebrated her birthday yesterday. Her room looked beautiful, there were many flowers in it. When I came in, somebody was playing the piano, two or three pairs were dancing.
2. Listen! Somebody is playing the piano.
3. I  like music very much.
4. When I  looked out of the window, it was raining heavily and people were hurrying along the streets.
5. What  were you doing at seven o'clock yesterday? — I was having supper.
6. When I  came home yesterday, I  saw that all my family was sitting round the table. Father was reading a letter from my uncle who  lives in London.
7. Where were you  yesterday? — I was at home the whole day. — How strange. I rang you up at two o'clock, but nobody  answered. — Oh, I was in the garden. I was reading your book and did not hear the telephone.
8. What were you  doing at five o'clock yesterday? — I was working in the library. — I was there, too, but I did not  see you.
9. Yesterday I was working at my English from five till seven.
10. It was raining the whole day yesterday.
11. Where is your sister  now? — She is in her room. She is doing her homework.

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He lived in a beautiful home in Virginia. His mother had a special garden with a beautiful little cherry tree. Everyone loved that cherry tree. One day George got a hatchet as a present. He decided to try the hatchet. He went to the cherry tree and chopped it down. As soon as he saw the tree on the ground, he felt terrible. He walked sadly back to the house and went to his room. He didn\t play that afternoon. He didn't eat hat evening. That night George’s father said, “Someone chopped down our cherry tree.” George decided to tell his father. He walked toward his father and said, “I did it. I chopped it down with my new hatchet. I cannot tell a lie.” “Thank you for telling the truth,” his father said … .