Christmas is a wonderful holiday, it’s a feast of Christ’s birth and it’s celebrated on the eve of 7th of January. In the mid-4th century it was established by the Roman Catholic church as a separate feast and was celebrated on 25 December according to the Julian calendar. In the 10th century with the introduction of the Christianity into Rus it was fused with the local pagan celebrations of the sun’s return or the commencement of the agricultural year. In some areas was used the pre-Christian name of the feast — Koliada. The Christmas Eve is considered as the most interesting part of Christmas as it has ritual and magic acts aimed at ensuring a good harvest and a life of plenty. Caroling is a characteristic feature of the feast, it expresses respect for the master of the house and his children, and sometimes it’s accompanied by a puppet theatre (vertep). The religious festival lasts three days and involves Christmas liturgies, caroling, visiting and entertaining relatives and acquaintances. The Christmas tree was adopted from Western Europe, but today it’s the element of the New Year celebration in Ukraine.
1. Jane WAS PLAYING the violin THEN. I COULDN'T call her.
2. Jack often listenED to good music
3. Linda never READ poems though she WAS in the 6th form
<span>4. We WERE GOING to school and it WAS RAINING hard. </span>
<span>5. It seldom snowED in this part of the country thAT winter. </span>
<span>6. The sun WAS SHINING brightly. It WAS a good day for a walk. </span>
<span>7. The weather often changeD thAT summer. </span>
<span>8. It WAS five o'clock in the morning, I WAS FISHING. </span>
Fun всё-таки ?
sad
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Ask - спрашивать
earl - граф
Если речь идет о чем- то конкретном ( give me the pencil - конкретный карандаш ). С предлогами места - on the wall, at the restaurant. Данный артикль используется как с неисчисляемыми, так и с исчисляемыми существительными во множественном и единственном числах, a restaurant в значении "одно из многих мест", the restaurant в значении конретного места. Неопределенный артикль "а" используется только с исчисляемыми существительными в единственном числе. Ваше предложение - A cup is on the table неверное, the cup is on the table ( на столе стоит конретная чашка) грамматически правильное