Our country We live in Russia. Russia is a large country. When it is morning at one end of the country, it is night at the other. It is hot in one place, and it is cold in another. There are a lot of big cities and small towns and villages in our country. The people of Russia speak a lot of languages, but they can all speak Russian.
The capital of the country is Moscow. It is a beautiful city. The Kremlin and Red Square are in the centre of Moscow. There are a lot of factories, offices, museums, institutes, theatres and cinemas in Moscow. In the capital you can see large beautiful squares and streets with tall modern buildings. We love our country and its capital. (105 words)
On Sunday It will be Sunday tomorrow and I shall be at home. I shall sleep up to eight o’ clock, and then I shall do morning exercises, wash and dress myself. Mother asked me to help her about the house and after breakfast we shall clean the rooms. I shall dust the sofa and the chairs and sweep the floor in all the rooms. Mother will brush clothes and prepare dinner. After that my parents and I shall go out for a walk in the park, which is near our block of flats. Then I shall go to the library and take a book of poems by A. Pushkin. I like to read Pushkin’s poems. After dinner my friend Dima will come to me and we shall play chess. In the evening they will show an interesting film or a concert on TV and I shall watch TV. (125 words)
London London is the capital of Great Britain. It is a very old town. Many years ago London was a small town on the Thames. There were a lot of villages round it and after many years London and three hundred villages grew into a very large city. Some of the names of those villages you can find in the names of the streets in modern London-Kensington, Westminster and others. London stands not far from the sea. Many ships from other countries came to the port of London and brought cotton, food and other things. Factories grew in London and other cities. Many shops opened in the centre of London. In 1863 the first underground began to work. Now London is a beautiful city with large squares and parks. (111 words)