<span>Canada is an independent federative state. It is one of the most developed countries. Canada consists of ten provinces and two territories. It is situated on the North American continent. In size Canada is the second in the world after Russia. Its area is almost 10 million square kilometres. The capital of Canada is Ottawa, which is situated on the bank of the Ottawa River. It is famous for its beautiful parks. It is also known as the city of bridges. Canada is very rich in forest, minerals and fur-bearing animals. It occupies the first place in the world in the amount of forests. It is rich in the following natural resources: non-ferrous metals, uranium, oil, natural gas, coal. Canadian industries produce cars, airliners, locomotives, sea vessels, snow-removal machines, and agricultural equipment. The most developed industries are timber, mining, chemical, meat and milk and food industries. Canada grows wheat, barley, flax, potatoes, vegetables and fruit. Fishing is also one of the prosperous industries. Official languages of Canada are English and French. Nearly 60 per cent of the population speaks English and 27 per cent speaks French. The rest speaks other languages, such as Eskimo, Indian, German, Ukrainian and Italian. Canada is a founding member of the United Nations. It has been active in a number of major UN agencies.</span>
<span>My
grandparents (1) <u>were born</u> in Hungary in the 1920s. They (2) <u>came</u>
to England in 1946, after the war. My grandfather <u>worked</u> in a factory in
Birmingham and he (3) <u>studied</u> English at night. My grandmother (4) <u>stayed</u>
at home because she only (5) <u>spoke</u> Hungarian and so she couldn’t get a
job. Life was difficult because my grandfather (6) <u>didn't earn</u> much
money in the factory. My grandparents (7) <u>had</u> three children, my mother
and my two uncles. They (8) <u>helped</u> their parents as much as they could. My
grandparents (9) <u>stopped</u> to work when they were sixty and they liked
having a lot of free time together. Unfortunately, my grandfather (10) <u>died</u>
in 1994, but my grandmother is still alive.</span>
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ЛИШНИЕ<span> - marry / become
/ like???</span></span>
2. a) Match the types of the houses with their descriptions.
a) cottage 6) a small house in the country usually with a garden;
b) semi-detached house 5) two houses joined together;
c) terraced house 2) several houses joined together;
d) bungalow 3) a house which has only one floor (storey);;
e) detached house 4) a house which stands alone and is not joined to any other;
f) mansion 7) a very large expensive house;
g) maisonette 8) a small apartment on two levels which is part of a larger building but has its own entrance
h) a flat in a block of flats 1) a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building;