I like it here very much. — Мне здесь очень нравится.
in pairs — парами
the day before yesterday — позавчера.
Exercises
1 Correct the statements.
1) In the first room Alyosha saw two beds and a cage with a parrot.
2) The people and animals in the pictures looked angry.
3) Alyosha stopped to look at the dolls.
4) The dolls jumped off the table and started dancing.
5) The knights came from the wall and smiled at Alyosha and Blacky.
6) Alyosha beat the knights with a picture from the wall.
7) The little people started singing and dancing.
8) The Minister was a man in a green suit.
2 Match the two parts of the sentences.
1) The King
2) Alyosha
3) The knights
4) The little people
5) The dolls
6) Blacky
a) put on his clothes.
b) went back to their places.
c) started walking around the hall.
d) looked sleepy.
e) beat the knights with her wings.
f) sat down on the gold chair.
3 Say why:
1) the people and animals in the pictures looked funny.
2) the knights fell to pieces.
3) the King wanted to thank Alyosha.
4 Fill in the words from the box.
1) Alyosha took off his ____ and went to bed.
2) The knights were in fact some pieces of ____.
3) Alyosha wanted to touch the ____.
4) The King had a beautiful ____ on his head.
5 Fill in the prepositions.
1) The people and animals ____ the picture looked funny.
2) The knights fell ____ pieces.
3) Alyosha saved Blacky ____ the cook.
