This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 9 стр.

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6. The Americans won the Independence war mainly due to G. Washington.

7. G. Washington influenced the most important spheres of American way of life.

4 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1) Match the beginning of the phrases with their endings to make expressions from

the text

1. help a. responsibility

2. carry b. to somebody

3. spend c. through difficult years

4. raise d. for the president

5. gain e. money for a memorial

6. have f. visitors to the observation area

7. appeal g. representation in parliament

8. run h. money for the statue

2) Fill in the gaps with the correct article to complete each sentence

After 1) ____ war, 2) ____George Washington strongly influenced 3) ____

writing of 4) ____ new Constitution. Then, in 1789, 5) ____ first American Electoral

College met. It named him 6) ___ first president of 7) ___ United States. Three years

later, he wanted to retire. He planned to live with his wife Martha at their home in 8)

____Virginia, 9) ____Mount Vernon. But others appealed to him to run for 10) ___

president again. 11) ____ ballots were counted in 1893, and he was re-elected.

12) ___George Washington gave 13) ___ nation 14) ___ good start. He helped

prevent 15) ___ country from becoming 16) ___ dictatorship. He prevented it from

being ruled by 17) ____ king. He helped establish 18) ___freedom of 19)

____religion.

5 FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES

1. Work with a partner and decide on the equally important personality in the

history of our country.

2. Prepare a presentation about him/her.