6 A. Read the text, give it a title. Say why many tourists would like to come
to St Petersburg again
St Petersburg is a famous Russian
city situated on the Neva ['niva)
1914 the city got the name of Pet.
rograd and changed it for Leningrad
in 1924. It became St Petersburg
again in 1991.
Peter the Great founded the city in 1703 and moved the capital
from Moscow to St Petersburg in 1712. The new city became
home of Russian tears and began to grow fast. Soon beautiful
Winter Palace appeared in Palace Square with a tall column in
its centre. You can see the famous monument to Peter the
Great on the bank of the Neva River.
St Petersburg is famous for its palaces
and bridges (there are
more than
340 bridges in the city), its churches,
theatres and museums, its wonderful
parks and gardens. The Summer Garden
is one of them. Every year a lot of
tourists come to see this beautiful city.
They walk along the straight streets of
St Petersburg, enjoy boat trips, take
lots of pictures and often come back to
this beautiful city.
B. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions
about St Petersburg
  Вопросы

1. When I went out into the garden, the sun was shining and birds were singing in the trees.

2. I was doing my homework from 5 till 7 yesterday.

3. They will be cleaning their flat at 10 o clock tomorrow morning.

4. I'm not learning a poem now, I am playing on the computer.

5. We will be waiting for you at the station at 12 o clock tomorrow.

6. Kate is fond of reading, she was reading the whole evening yesterday, but now she is reading again.

7. Were you drinking tea at this time yesterday? - No, I wasn't drinking tea at this time yesterday, I was eating bananas and pineapples.

8. She will be flying to Manchester at 8 o clock tomorrow.

9. I was doing my homework, when my mother came.

10. What is your father doing now?

10. We will be writing letters at 5 pm tomorrow.

11. My uncle returned from Sochi and was telling us the whole evening about his holydays there.

12. We will be discussing this problem at 11 o clock tomorrow.

13. We are studying English during all school years beginning with the second form.

14. He was taking a shower at 7 in the morning.

15. My friends weren't doing their homework at 8 o clock yesterday. They were playing on the computer.

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