Choose the correct, most natural-sounding responses according to the context of the conversation:

Shop assistant: Can I help you find something? 

You: Yes, do you have this dress in …?

a. bigger b. larger c. a bigger size

Shop assistant: What size are you looking for?

You: Size 6... But if you have a size 8, I'll … as well.

a. try it on b. try to c. try for it

Shop assistant: OK, let me check in the back... (COMES BACK) There you go... I found the dress in a size 8...  You: Thanks. Where are your … rooms?

a. fitting b. trying c. trying-on

Shop assistant: Just around the corner... Let me know if you need anything else. (YOU TRY ON THE DRESS)

Shop assistant: So how did that fit? 

You: Not too good... I think I need a ____________ size.

a. less b. smaller c. not so big

Shop assistant: That's the smallest size we have in that color... Would you like me to look for another color?  You: No, I like this color... Thanks ____________.

a. anytime b. anyway c. always

CPC 22

A brief story of a nature

Read and translate this text and put three questions to it:

There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every season lasts three months.

Winter usually begins in December and ends in March. In Kazakhstan winter is usually a cold season. It often snows; the riv­ers and lakes are frozen over. The average temperature is about 5 degrees below zero. It gets dark early in the evening. It gets light late in the morning. In winter we have the shortest days and the longest nights. It is dif­ficult and unpleasant to get up early in the morning in winter be­cause it is dark and cold, the sky is often grey, and nature is sleeping. But winter is a good time for sports. In winter we can go in for such kinds of sport as skating and skiing. It is very pleasant to go skiing in the country on a bright sunny day. At the end of winter the sun begins to shine as brightly as in spring, but it is not so warm as in spring yet.

Spring comes in March. The sun begins to shine more brightly, the days become longer and the first spring flowers appear every­where. Everything is so fresh and so beautiful; nature awakens af­ter a long sleep of winter. Everybody enjoys the beginning of spring. The birds return from the South.

Everything around is full of life and joy, the sky is blue and cloudless.

At the beginning of spring it is still cold, but at the end of spring it gets much warmer. Sometimes it rains. But the rain does not last long, sometimes there are storms with thunder and lightning, and it is not so warm as in summer. Summer is the warmest season of the year. It begins in June and ends in August. July is the warmest month of the year. The sky is blue. The sun is bright and hot. In summer we have the longest days and the shortest nights. It rains but the rain is warm and the flower smell sweet. Most people have their holidays in summer and spend a lot of time in the open air. The countryside looks very nice and most people leave town for the country. We can swim and bathe, we can play ten­nis and football, have a walk through the fields and meadows.

After summer comes autumn. Autumn is the harvest time, when the fruit and vegetables become ripe, the corn gets golden in the fields. Autumn is very beautiful at the beginning when it is still warm and the leaves are getting yellow and red. In late September people enjoy Indian Summer, when the weather is still warm and in the air you can feel gossamer. Little by little the days become shorter and the nights become longer. It gets colder and colder. In October and November it often rains and people put on raincoats and take um­brellas. The streets, the houses, the trees are wet with rain, heavy clouds hang in the sky. But every season is pleasant in its own way.