В предложении "I’ll do the shopping when I’ve finished _________ (clean) the flat" необходимо вставить правильную форму глагола "clean". В этом случае, английский глагол "finish" требует использования герундия (глагола с окончанием -ing), который указывает на действие, завершенное до основного действия в предложении.

В предложении "Suddenly everybody stopped ________ (talk). It was silent" необходимо вставить правильную форму глагола "talk" в нужной грамматической конструкции. В данном случае речь идет о глаголе "stop", который требует использования герундия, что делает предложение более естественным и грамматически правильным.

Если вставить слово "talking", получится следующее: "Suddenly everybody stopped talking. It was silent." Это означает, что внезапно все остановились от разговора, и вокруг воцарилась тишина. Структура "stop + gerund" (глагол с суффиксом -ing) используется, чтобы описать прекращение действия, то есть в данном контексте это указывает на то, что люди перестали говорить.

Saint Petersburg is a city known for its rich history and stunning architecture. The Hermitage Museum has been visited by millions of tourists from around the world. Many of the beautiful palaces were constructed during the reign of Peter the Great. The White Nights Festival is celebrated every summer in the city, attracting visitors from all over. The Neva River is often crossed by boats during the warm months. The famous bridges have been raised to allow ships to pass through. Numerous canals were built to enhance the city's intricate landscape. The historic center of Saint Petersburg is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Many stories are told about the city's role in Russian history. The Winter Palace was formerly used as a royal residence. The iconic Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was completed in the early 20th century. New art exhibitions are frequently hosted in various galleries throughout the city. The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum is organized annually, showcasing the city's influence. During the winter, the canals are frozen and are often crossed on foot. Many local delicacies are enjoyed by visitors in cozy restaurants. The city's vibrant culture is celebrated through numerous festivals held throughout the year.

В данном предложении нужно использовать слово "used", так как речь идет о привычке, которая была в прошлом, но прекратилась в настоящем.

Для решения задания нам нужно нужно выбрать подходящее время и форму глагола. Помни, что в английском языке также существуют неправильные глаголы - их форму мы смотрим в словаре. В данном случае ответ HADDONE

Для решения задания нам нужно нужно выбрать подходящее время и форму глагола. Помни, что в английском языке также существуют неправильные глаголы - их форму мы смотрим в словаре. В данном случае ответ WASPLAYING

Для решения задания нам нужно нужно выбрать подходящее время и форму глагола. Помни, что в английском языке также существуют неправильные глаголы - их форму мы смотрим в словаре. В данном случае ответ WASDOING

Для решения задания нам нужно нужно выбрать подходящее время и форму глагола. Помни, что в английском языке также существуют неправильные глаголы - их форму мы смотрим в словаре. В данном случае ответ CAME

Для решения задания нам нужно нужно выбрать подходящее время и форму глагола. Помни, что в английском языке также существуют неправильные глаголы - их форму мы смотрим в словаре. В данном случае ответ WENT

My best way is to have a party, especially a family party. I don’t like a teenager party because it’s too messy, I like to take part in the family parties, especially when there’s a lot of peers, people of my age, but I prefer to go with my family, not just me alone, because, you know, I don’t know how to prepare my gifts, so they can give me some advice, and during the family party I prefer the dessert, and the food, I like to taste all kinds of food of different countries.

Speaker B

The best thing I want to talk about is last Sunday. I went to a family party. I love family parties — and, because the day before the party, I just finished my English exam, so I needed to relax, so I was really happy to enjoy and I’ve never been to the UK, so I went to the British people’s house and met them and brought them gifts from me and they were really happy, and we talked a lot about our different cultures and the customs like the weddings or something.

Speaker C

Definitely, I got very excited on Tuesday, when I opened my email account and I had won the lottery. I was thrilled, it took me a long time to actually remember my password and get into my account to find out just how much I had won. While I was doing this, in my mind, the figure went up from ten thousand to a million, than to 30 million pounds. In reality, it was two pounds seventy, but it was exciting, it put me in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Speaker D

On the Isle of Wight, well, the thing is we have lots of festivals every year, it seems that every weekend there’s another festival going on, so we’ve got lots of chances to go to music festivals, classic-car festivals or whatever, and there’s a lot of, there’s a big arts scene on the Isle of Wight, so if you’re into, I don’t know, anything where you can take a picnic out and listen to some music, you’ve got a lot of chances for this, and the island is also brilliant for its scenery, just walking around with lots of cycle tracks and footpaths.

Speaker E

Well, when I lived in Dubai, it was very different to the city it is right now, so at that time, I was trying to keep cool, which meant living in a swimming pool or going to the sea and swimming in the sea, but I think that’s where I got my idea of sitting around and eating and having a good time with friends and family, ‘cause it’s a very family-oriented environment, and family’s very important to a lot of people, so that would be one of the main activities.

Speaker F

Well, there’s a lot of activities, but in my family and in my city, because Shanghai is a crowded city, we usually go to a park, because there is no place for us to camp. I really love camping, and most of the office ladies, they all like to relax about. But we usually go to the park and maybe we do not know each other, but we meet in the park, so we can be together and talk about families of each other and, well, and kids can make friends, and something like that.

Junk mail, I hate that, really, a lot of it, every day some companies sent me a lot of junk mail and I don’t like that. It's usually something I really don’t want or need, you know. But I think it depends on the kind of email, so some emails are good, for example, I want to apply to universities, and many universities send me an email to explain about their policy, their systems or something like that, and I think it's useful. Sometimes it’s useful.

Speaker B

Well, I don’t know about you, but what I tend to do is have two different email accounts, so I have a personal, private email account that I use for work or for my friends, and then I have the other email account, so when I’m shopping online, I use that one, so I know that when I check that, I’m gonna have about 400 spam emails in a week, and then my other email account, I’Il have about two messages.

Speaker C

I think some engineer, computer engineer advised all the customers try to change your passwords maybe after a month or two months, so you can protect your password as well, and the spam, it means, rubbish email, cannot enter your address as well, and the other thing, sometimes when we buy goods online, sometimes it bothers me when the quality of goods is not as good as I expect, so I try to find a way to change my goods as well, and it also takes me long time to change and we also have to search for some more information online, it’s a problem as well.

Speaker D

I don’t know. I think sometimes it is nice when you get some pop-up ads, I don’t agree with the fact that nowadays with technology, they can track everything you’re doing on the Internet, so they know what you’re interested in, but occasionally, I mean, recently I was looking to buy a new camera, and I was just on the Internet, and ‘pop!’, and I had a little pop-up ad that came, and it was advertising a camera, and, ‘Actually, that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for,’ so OK, you know, one for the advertising, it did work on me, but I think I’m really susceptible to advertising.

Speaker E

Oh, you know, when you have like the late-night ads on TV and they always, they’re advertising something like the latest kitchen gadget, I’ll sit there and think “I need one of these! How have I lived my life without one?” and of course, you know, you buy it, you use it once, it doesn’t work, you put it in a cupboard, and it sits there, you know, for years, so. Would you say that advertising really works on you?

Speaker F

I think this depends on the number or the way they approach you, it makes you comfortable or not, and for example, I have an example, that, sometimes I watch a very favourite movies on TVs, that’s a film on TV or maybe a football match, where I, we say, that’s a very wonderful football match on the TV, so, sometimes advertisements break the match or break the news, the film as well, so I have to pause, to wait, and I feel very tired in that way, so I don’t like it. So you just want to focus on your programme, you don’t want to be interrupted by the ads.

To be honest, I haven’t travelled much yet. We went to a maths competition in Kazan last year, and it was the first time I ever left my region! I loved Kazan, it is such a unique combination of historical and modern architecture. I wish I could visit more places in the future. This autumn we are hoping to go to a competition in India! I’m very excited about this trip, I hope everything works out fine with the weather and everything. It’s great when studying well gives you the opportunity to see the world.

Speaker B

I have visited three countries already, and of course I’d like to visit more. My parents are avid travellers — they have been all over the world! They like hiking and cycling, and they were actually able to cross a lot of countries on foot or on their bikes. When I was growing up, I always wanted to join them, but they believed that I was too young for such exhausting trips. Of course, it was very disappointing, but when I was actually allowed to join them on a trip to Mongolia, I realized how hard it was indeed! Still, it was an unbelievable experience.

Speaker C

You know, I actually really like my own region. Here we have everything: the mountains, the forests, and the sea. My friends think that I’m missing out by not venturing out more, and I always argue with them about it. I know our area like the back of my hand, and I love showing visitors around. Some people suggested that I could be a good tour guide, and I’m seriously considering studying touristic business at the university as my major.

Speaker D

I travel pretty often, but there is one serious problem — I’m really afraid of flying. I would really like to visit some faraway places — the thing is, it would take a very long time by train from where I live. It’s very disappointing, but, unfortunately, I can’t manage my fear of flying well enough to overcome it completely. As a result, I’m pretty limited in my choices of travelling destinations. Hopefully, I’ll beat my phobia one day — or scientists will invent teleportation!

Speaker E

I’m not a huge fan of travelling, and here is why — I can only go places in summer, and travelling during the summer is a complete nightmare. Going by bus is incredibly hot and uncomfortable, trains and planes are packed with other tourists who all want to visit the same places... If I spend too much time in a hot and crowded environment, I might get sick, and a couple of my vacations were ruined like that. So I’d rather save up money, stay at home and simply walk around the town.

Speaker F

We travel quite often with my friends. I really love that we are such a tight- knit crew. One person is always responsible for buying tickets, another — for booking the hotel, and so on. Personally, I am in charge of our schedule — I plan everything related to sightseeing, exhibitions, tours and everything like that. I’m a big fan of this role, as I like doing research and considering options. Our trips together always work like a clock — no surprises or disappointments!

If you ask me, I barely have any time to read. Don’t get me wrong — I read plenty of books, but these days it’s for my studies only. For me, reading for pleasure is very important, but there are only so many hours a day! Moreover, my eyesight has already started getting worse, and I’ve been told by a doctor that my eyes needed immediate rest. Because of this, unfortunately, I choose to read only the most necessary information.

Speaker B

To tell you the truth, I don’t understand why so many people nowadays claim that nobody reads anymore. Yes, we probably read paper books less often, that’s fair criticism — but being online 24/7, that is 24 hours 7 days a week, everything you do is read! Social media posts, blogs, forums... If anything, I would agree that we actually consume much, much more of written texts. Of course one could say that it’s not the same thing as reading high-quality intellectual fiction, but it’s better than nothing, I guess.

Speaker C

Personally, I don’t read anymore — I listen. Even though I really love good books, I’ve always been a very slow reader, which is incredibly annoying. Audiobooks have turned out to be an amazing solution to this problem. It’s very convenient to listen to them on any gadget you have, the voices of actors are usually very pleasant — and, what’s more important, you can listen to a good book while doing something else! I really like having an audiobook in the background when I cook or do stuff around the house. I’ve managed to finish several new books since I’ve started doing that.

Speaker D

To be completely honest, reading is, like, my only hobby. Of course, people often argue that reading is boring, or proclaim that reading is unnecessary in the age of digital media, but I simply couldn’t disagree more. I believe that reading is indispensable when it comes to developing imagination. When you watch a movie, you don’t have to think too hard about the characters’ appearance or the setting — everything is presented to you ready-made! While you’re reading, though, the world-building is completely up to you. Even though you rely on the author’s descriptions, each person would still have a unique picture in their head. It’s amazing!

Speaker E

I guess people always react in a very strange way when I say that — but no, I don’t like reading. There are so many different kinds of media in the modern world that I don’t quite understand why everyone is so focused on reading. It’s so old-fashioned! I would always choose a good movie or TV series over a book, and I don’t think there should be anything wrong with that. After all, a lot of books have been adapted into great movies, so I can always watch them. I wish everyone just accepted the fact that reading isn’t the only way to become smarter.

Speaker F

I completely agree that most of us don’t read that much anymore. On the one hand, it’s understandable, as we all have very busy lives. On the other hand, though, I believe that there are so many useless activities which could have been replaced by reading a good book. For example, if we simply counted all the time that we spend during the week scrolling our social media feeds, it would probably be enough to read a novel by Tolstoy! How about the next time you want to check your social media, you grab a book and read a few pages?

I believe that learning foreign languages is absolutely necessary whether you travel abroad or not. The thing is that language training literally prevents you from getting older! Our brain needs constant practice, and learning a new language is great for this purpose as it requires using many different parts of the brain at the same time. So no matter which language you choose, it will bring you lots of health benefits.

Speaker B

In my opinion, people should really stop and focus on learning their native language properly. Don’t get me wrong — I agree that it’s important to learn about other cultures. I’m just so tired of seeing countless spelling mistakes on the Internet. It’s too early to start learning another language if you can’t express yourself eloquently in your native tongue.

Speaker C

As I see it, learning a new language properly takes a lot of time and practice, so I would rather focus on mastering one foreign language perfectly. I want to be able to read books, watch movies, and chat with the native speakers without any problems. I’ve already chosen a language for myself — it’s Spanish. I take a few classes every week, and until I’ve mastered it fully, I won’t start any new languages.

Speaker D

I disagree with those who believe that you should just learn any language. In my opinion, it’s a complete waste of time. You should carefully think about your future career instead of just learning the language of your favorite boy band! For example, it would be greatly beneficial to know a rare language. You can’t surprise anyone on the job market if you know one of the global languages, but if you learn something less popular well, it is possible to come across very interesting job opportunities.

Speaker E

As far as I understand, many people nowadays rely on the help of websites and apps to learn new languages, and I don’t think it’s the best strategy. There is still nothing better than authentic human communication, so I suggest finding a competent language teacher. It doesn’t have to be a native speaker — just someone with a good level and a lot of experience. Personally, I love my Chinese teacher — she’s very fun and knowledgeable, and I’m making great progress with her.

Speaker F

It seems to me that we have such amazing new technologies nowadays that it’s not that important to learn any foreign languages yourself. What’s the point if you can always use your smartphone to translate not just what you want to say, but what foreigners say to you? Online translation gets better and more accurate with time, and even some books are now translated with the help of artificial intelligence. I strongly believe that in the future, there will be no need to learn any other languages besides your own.

Beautiful views, great service, decent food and accessibility are a few words you can associate with flying, but there’s much more to it. I strongly believe that travelling by air is the fastest and most efficient way to reach distant destinations. It allows us to cover long distances in a short amount of time, maximizing our travel experience. So in my opinion, air travel offers convenience and accessibility, making it an ideal choice for those with limited time or who desire to explore far-flung corners of the world.

Speaker B

I think that everybody will agree that travelling by train offers a unique and immersive experience. It allows us to witness the changing landscapes, interact with fellow passengers, and enjoy the rhythmic motion of the train. Train travel often provides a more relaxed and scenic journey, offering the opportunity to soak in the beauty of the surroundings. It’s the constant motion, the meditative sound of wheels chugging on tracks that attract those who prefer travelling by train. You can just lean back with free Wi-Fi, and a snack cart rumbling up and down the aisles, and watch the scenes pass by, their changing monotony soothing you to sleep.

Speaker C

As far as I feel, travelling by car provides flexibility and freedom. It allows us to explore at our own pace, deviate from planned routes, and discover hidden gems along the way. It seems to me that road trips offer a sense of adventure, enabling us to connect with the local culture and take spontaneous detours. This way of travelling may imply gas stations stops and caffeine refills. I believe that travelling by car offers a personalized and customizable experience.

Speaker D

I guess you will agree that travelling by bicycle allows us to embrace a slower and more intimate way of experiencing the world. You don’t need any gas or costly maintenance. As for me, cycling offers a unique perspective, as it allows us to interact with the environment and connect with the local community on a deeper level. It promotes sustainability and physical well-being, while providing a sense of accomplishment. In general, cycling travel embodies a sustainable and immersive approach.

Speaker E

Travelling by boat opens up a world of exploration on the water. Cruises and sailing adventures offer the opportunity to visit remote islands, explore coastal regions, and witness breathtaking seascapes. It allows us to disconnect from the fast-paced world and immerse ourselves in the serenity of the sea. I think, travelling by boat typically takes much longer than driving, flying, or riding the rails. But there’s also something primeval about crossing from land to land like explorers before us, and, in my opinion, there’s no other mode of transportation that connects you so closely to the elements.

Speaker F

Travelling on foot is the most authentic and intimate way to explore a destination. What I mean is that walking allows us to fully immerse ourselves in the local culture, interact with the locals, and discover hidden gems that may be overlooked by other means of transportation. I hope you will agree that walking encourages mindfulness and a deeper connection with the surroundings. From my viewpoint, travelling on foot offers a slower, more intimate experience than any other way of travelling.