Another popular festival is Guy Fawkes Night (November, 5). It commemorates the discovery of the so-called Gunpowder Plot and is widely celebrated throughout the country.
Conspiracy was going to destroy the English Houses of Parliament and King James I, when the latter opened Parliament on November, 5, 1605. In May 1604 the conspirators rented a house adjoining the House of Lords from which they dug a tunnel to a vault below the house. There they stored 36 barrels of gunpowder. It was planned that when King and Parliament were destroyed the Roman Catholics should attempt and seize power. But on October, 26, one of the conspirators wrote to Lord Monteagle and warned him to stay away from the House of Lords. On November, 4, a search was made and the gunpowder was found together with Guy Fawkes, an English Roman Catholic. Fawkes had been commissioned to set off the explosion. Fawkes was hanged.
According to another theory the plot never existed at all. The Government just wanted to blacken the Catholics and tighten the laws against them. The truth is so deeply buried that we are not likely to discover it.
On November, 5, children are allowed to let off fireworks to make a bonfire and burn on it the figure of a «guy» made of old clothes, straw and a hat.

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after school i go home immediately and i start to eat. after that, i'm starting doing my homework, of course. in my free time i do my hobby it's collecting toys from kinder surprise, i have a lot of figures. when i made the all important things, i'm usually going for a walk with my clever friends. we go to the chess club and have a lot of fun. i go home at 8 pm., after a evening meal i like watching movies, and my favorite actor it's jim carrey. also i love reading books about the big black holes or historical chronicles.

0. we learn a lot of new words. - we used a lot of new words.

1) we walk in the park every day. 2) he is a good student. 3) he drinks coffee with all the food. 4) they come to school by bus. 5) he needs a new a suit. 6) he speaks to us in english. 7) we are good friends. 8) he has many friends here. 9) they have a new car. 10) she and i are students in the same class.

exercise 3. change the sentences in the question form:

0. they lived next to us. - they lived next to us?

1) he told me about it yesterday. 2) she was waiting for us on the corner. 3) they wrote him several letters. 4) the bus stopped at this corner. 5) they had dinner with us last night. 6) she wanted to come with us. 7) he preferred to stay at home. 8) monica knew his very well. 9) you got up very early this morning. 10) they came to school by bus.

exercise 1. change the sentences to negative form:

0. the bus stopped at this corner. - the bus didn't stop at this corner.

1) he often came to us. 2) they had a lot of friends in our class. 3) i bought all my books at the school bookstore. 4) they usually spoke to us in english. 5) we always dined in the cafeteria. 6) they were good students. 7) she was my teacher. 8) i waited on the corner to them. 9) he asked us about directions. 10) i got up very early.