Ex. 3. Complete the following sentences using information from the texts.

1. The United States is situated almost entirely ….

2. The country also has a sea-boarder with …. .

3. Christopher Columbus discovered America in …

4. Because of the United States' large size and wide range of geographic features, nearly every type of .… .

5. The federal government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive and …. .

6. About 215 million, or 82% of the population aged five years and older, speak only …. .

1. When people speak about the capital of the USA they always say Washington DC, not to mix up with the state Washington in ..…

2. The population of the capital is about …

3. The buildings in Washington are not tall because no buildings must be taller …

4. Washington has growing industry unrelated to government, especially in the areas of education, finance and …

5. Washington, D.C. is a national center for …

Ex. 4. Rearrange the words below into grammatically accurate sentences.

1. the people, of, a mixture, different, are, nationalities, of the United States, many.

2. derive, of America, the recipes, dishes, of, immigrants, various, characteristic, from.

3. a park, a square, it, open, in Washington, or, is, area, to find, any, a monument, without, difficult.

4. in size, the United States, Washington, than, is, the largest, smaller, cities, of.

Ex. 5. Make questions to which the underlined words are the answers.

1. The United States is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere.

2. Americans are proud of their flag and display it in many places.

3. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River.

4. George Washington, the first American president, chose the place where the city now stands to build the capital.

5. Washington has many famous buildings – the Library of Congress, the Capitol, the National Gallery of Art and others.

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