Module 4 II. Past modals Had to / Didn't have to / Could / Couldn't
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Rewrite in Past Simple using the words in brackets.
1) I can sing very well. (last year)
2) Can you win this computer game? (in childhood)
3) She can't speak Italian. (some years ago)
4) They can't play snooker. (last year)
5) The children can read French magazines. (at the age of 11)
6) "The Wings" can compose music very well. (in the 80s)
7) My cat can play quite a long time. (when it was a kitten)
8) Father can cook Chinese dishes very well. (last year)
9) Her sister can drive a car very carefully. (at the age of 30)
10) My uncle can achieve success in making computer programmes. (a year ago)​

the republic of belarus is situated in the center of europe on the watershed of the baltic and black seas. the capital is minsk. belarus borders on poland, lithuania, latvia, russia and ukraine. the total length of the state border makes up 2,969 km. geographic and climatic conditions favor the development of transport and economic relations. the shortest ways from russia to western europe and from the baltic sea to the black sea run through belarus.

the territory of belarus is 207.6 thousand sq km. it stretches from west to east for 650 km and from north to south for 560 km.

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1) is my sister  leaving to her place at the moment?   2) i  read  this book yesterday.3) you will play the piano tomorrow.4) we are returning from the museum now.5)our friends  do not  see mary every day.6) did the new school begin  working last year? 7)he often  speaks to me.8)he was  discussing that problem the whole morning yesterday.9)i will be reading this article at two o'clock tomorrow.

i like to travel. first of all, the members of our family usually have long walks in the country. such walks are called hikes. if we want to see countryside we have to spend a part of our summer holidays on hikes. during such hikes we see a lot of interesting places, sometimes we meet interesting people. it's useful for all members of our family. we take our rucksacks. we don't think about tickets and there is no need to hurry up.

as for me, it's more comfortable to travel by train and by plane. but it's difficult to buy tickets for the plane. that's why we buy our tickets beforehand. when i travel by plane, i don't spend a lot of time going from one place to another. i like to fly. if i travel by train or by plane my friends see me off at the railway station or in the airport.

i like to travel by car. it's interesting too, because you can see many things in a short time. when we go by car, we don't take tickets. we put all things we need in a car. we don't carry then.

sometimes we go to the seaside for a few days. as usual the weather is warm and we can swim. it's a pleasure to watch white ships. so i can say that i enjoy all kinds of travelling very much.