Тверь 2014
УДК 811.111(075.8)
ББК 81.2.Англ.я7
Рецензент зав. каф. русского языка ТвГТУ, кандидат пед. наук, профессор
Иванова Т.А.
Тверской государственный
технический университет, 2014
Андрюхова Н.А. , 2014
Гуменюк О.А., 2014
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1. Make sentences using the words in the following columns.
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cover / book). 14. Who can tell me … …? (name / author / Treasure Island).
15. What are … …? (the aviators who flew from Moscow to America across the
North Pole / names). 16. Dogs sometimes save … … in the Far North (men /
lives). 17. … … stood at … … (house / her parents / end / village). 18. How do
you pronounce … …? (this verb / infinitive). 19. The noun and the pronoun are
… … (speech / parts).
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5. Complete the following sentences with the adverbial modifiers in
brackets putting them in the proper order.
Model: 1. He played (last night / very well / at the concert).
He played very well at the concert last night.
1. He played (last night / very well / at the concert). 2. We discussed the
problem (at Nick’s place / in detail / in the evening). 3. She went (home / after
that / unexpectedly). 4. He explained it to her (at lunch / during the meeting /
carefully). 5. Peter prefers to work (alone / in the morning / in his study). 6. He
arrived (safely / home / at the weekend). 7. My mother-in-law works (all
summer / hard / in the garden). 8. He wrote something (on a piece of paper /
quickly / after their conversation). 9. The children always play (behind the house
/ before supper / noisily). 10. They came (together / to the party / at about
9 o’clock). 11. She left (for London / at night / secretly). 12. She goes shopping
(on Sunday / with her friend / with pleasure). 13. They spend (in the country /
almost / every weekend). 14. They speak (all the time / loudly / at the meeting).
15. The boss had to go (after lunch / unexpectedly / somewhere).
6. Match the nouns in the following sentences to the adjectives in the box.
Model: 1. What is the depth of the Arctic Ocean?
depth – deep
1. What is the depth of the Arctic Ocean? 2. He knew the subject well and
answered even the most difficult questions with ease. 3. He became quite a
different person after his father’s death. 4. Why, you’ve no strength at all! If you
walk half a kilometer, you are tired. 5. I shall certainly do that for you; it won’t
be any difficulty at all. 6. Is there any possibility that they will arrive tonight?
7. I washed your suit twice, but there is still dirt in it. 8. For what length of time
may I keep your book? 9. I wish you good luck. 10. This arctic wind lasted two
hours.
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have to … 7. She told us … She told them to … 8. I asked him to … I asked …
9. The two friends wanted to … They wanted … 10. You must try to … You
must try … 11. He likes … He likes to … 12. He will ask … He will ask to…
13. I am… I am to…
B. help her parents pass the examination repeat all the words
8. Complete the following sentences with little, a little, few, a few, much,
many. Translate into Russian.
Model: 1. There was still ... time before the train left.
There was still little time before the train left.
1. There was still ... time before the train left. 2. I have too … time today, but I
shall come again in … days. 3. An unemployed worker in England has …
money. 4. There is … hope now that he will be in time for our excursion.
5. There is so … ink in my pen that I can’t write. 6. I have … English books and
I shall buy more. 7. She put … milk and … sugar in the child’s tea. 8. The
doctor told her to give the child … milk in hot weather. 9. There was no rain that
summer, so there were … apples in our garden. 10. I found … apples on the
ground. 11. He knows … about the subject and has to study more. 12. I can only
tell you … about it now, as I have too … time. 13. … students know that rule
and I shall explain it again. 14. He will come back in … minutes. 15. The child
took … kopeks out of his pocket. “I have … money now,” he said, “but I shall
soon have more.” 16. Please give me … bread for my bird. 17. We’ll have
dinner in … minutes. 18. The text is difficult for them … 19. They have very …
time. 20. There is … light in the room. 21. You have … paper. Could you give
us …? 22. There are … people in the park on Sunday? 23. Wait …, I’ll go with
you. 24. I know … about them. 25. We read … in class but we read … at home.
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9. Complete the following with the comparative or superlative degree of the
adjective or adverb in brackets.
Model: 1. Yesterday was my … day (busy).
Yesterday was my busiest day.
1. Yesterday was my … day (busy). 2. Speak … please. I can’t understand what
you are saying (slow). 3. A mountain is … than a hill (high). 4. The summer in
Tashkent is much … than the summer in Moscow (hot). 5. Your hands are …
than mine (warm). 6. The weather already gets … at the end of August (cold).
7. The North Pole is not … place in the world (cold). 8. The cries of the cats on
the top of the house became … and … (loud). 9. Ellen plays volley-ball … as
Anne (well). 10. You can do much … than this if you try (good). 11. This work
is … for me than for you (difficult). 12. Which did you find …, Treasure Island
or The First Men in the Moon? (interesting) 13. Oil is … than water (light).
14. We’ll wait for a … day for our excursion (dry). 15. A bus goes … than a
tram (fast). 16. He came back … than I expected (quick). 17. Take some of these
sweets, they are … of all (nice). 18. Which is …, to go to bed at ten o’clock or at
twelve o’clock? (usual) 19. He became … and … (angry). 20. He worked … and
… as the end of the term came nearer (hard). 21. … trees in the world grow in
California (tall). 22. Nobody was … to me than my grandmother (kind).
23. Please be … next time (careful). 24. Bobby was a … child than his sister
(quiet). 25. Her eyes are … than mine (grey). 26. He was … man in the
sanatorium (fat). 27. As he went on, the box became … and … (heavy). 28. My
sister is … girl in her class (big). 29. Who is … student in your group? (active)
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11. Fill in something, anything, nothing, everything, somewhere, anywhere,
everywhere, nowhere.
Model: 1. ... is all right, the patient is much better today.
Everything is all right, the patients is much better today.
1. ... is all right, the patient is much better today. 2. Is there … interesting in the
program of the concert? 3. I could see …; it was quite dark. 4. Give me … to
drink. 5. I didn’t take any money with me, so I couldn’t buy … 6. My new
eyeglasses are very good, I can see … now. 7. I saw … near the wood that
looked like a tent. 8. You may read … you like. 9. If … happens, phone me.
10. I put my dictionary … yesterday and now I can’t find it … Of course, that is
because you leave your books … 11. No one wanted to say … 12. You must go
… next summer. 13. Did you go … on Sunday? 14. New houses are built …
15. The child was looked for … 16. … important took place there. 17. …
interesting happened while I was away. 18. He didn’t try to do … 19. She knows
about … but doesn’t want to tell us. 20. Have you seen my dictionary …?
21. Do you want to tell me … else about your exams? 22. Where are they
walking to? 23. From … to … and back. 24. I don't like this restaurant, let’s go
… else. 25. Is there a hotel … here?
13. Fill in the blanks with some, any, no, the, a, an wherever necessary.
Model: 1. We use … pencils or … pens when we write.
We use pencils or pens when we write.
1. We use … pencils or … pens when we write. 2. He was reading … book
when I came into … room. 3. Give me … water to drink. 4. At what time will …
a meeting begin? 5. Do you find …phonetics difficult? 6. I got … letter from my
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brother yesterday. 7. I had … bread and butter and … egg for … breakfast this
morning. 8. Here is … book that you left on my table yesterday. 9. … men saw
… boat on … river. 10. I get … long letters from my mother, but only …
postcards from my brother. 11. The waitress put … salad into each plate.
12. When did … lesson begin? 13. Children must go to … school. 14. Pass me
… the piece of … bread, please. 15. Do you like … cucumbers? 16. …. Spot
was … very clever dog. 17. … captain looked and saw … polar bear on … ice.
18. … cats like … milk. 19. They stopped in front of … house where … Tom
lived. 20. I showed him …way to … station. 21. What is … name of … street in
which you live? 22. … tea in that glass is cold. 23. … sun was high in … sky.
24. Please put … book on … table. 25. … cucumber which I ate for … dinner
was very good. 26. He gave me … apple. 27. I drank … glass of … coffee after
… dinner. 28. … boy fell into … water. 29. She bought … new books yesterday.
14. Fill in the definite article wherever necessary.
1. … Moscow is situated on … Moskva River. 2. ... Moskva is a river that
moves very slowly. 3. There is a great canal called …. Moscow-Volga Canal
which joins … Moskva to … Volga. 4.… Volga runs into … Caspian Sea.
5. Several rivers run into … sea at … New York. 6.… most important is … great
Hudson River which runs into … Atlantic Ocean. 7. Besides … Hudson River
there is … East River and … little Harlem River. 8. In … Siberia there are many
long rivers, e.g. … Ob, … Irtysh, … Yenissei, … Lena and … Amur. 9. …
Altai Mountains are higher than … Urals. 10. Which is … highest mountain in
… Caucasus. 11. … water is precious in this area. 12. What we need now is …
time. … time we have is certainly not enough. 13. … Petrovs are … friendly
family. 14. He was born on … bank of … Volga river. 15. Paul found Russian
literature … most interesting subject. 16. I don’t like … life he lives.
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line. And that is Broadway, New York’s most famous street. This great street is
… longest in … world. Broadway is remarkable in many ways. It starts within
sight of … dancing waters of … harbour and runs between … tall skyscrapers.
Here we have … business section of … city. Then comes … shopping region,
and after that … region of the great shops, theatres and hotels.
16. Change the nouns in italics into the plural. Use some or any and make
the other changes wherever necessary.
Model: 1. I like an active student.
I like active students.
1. I like an active student. 2. I saw a girl in the room. 3. A cat is not as big as a
tiger. 4. There is a horse at the gate. 5. Bring me a cup, please. 6. He has a
sister. 7. She wants a sweet. 8. I can see a ship on the river. 9. A lamp is a very
necessary thing. 10. A child needs plenty of sleep. 11. My brother gave me a
book. 12. Take a flower to your friend. 13. A box is a useful thing. 14. A bus
goes to that place. 15. Has he a child? 15. Do you want a fork? 16. Have you an
interesting English book? 17. We meet a boy here every morning. 18. I am going
to write a letter to my friend. 19. Every day we get a newspaper. 20. She gives a
lesson to her brother.
18. Fill in the blanks with may, may not, can, cannot, need, needn’t, should,
had to, was (were) to or must.
Model: 1. There ... be something wrong here.
There must be something wrong here.
1. There … be something wrong here; these two statements contradict each
other. 2. The game isn’t finished yet, X … still win. 3. I … be able to finish your
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scarf tomorrow, as I … some more wool. 4. He … ask his wife to lace up his
boots as he couldn’t do it with only one hand. 5. He … enter a railway school
when he is old enough. You … get him away from trains; he is so interested in
them. 6. Tell him he … bring the book till tomorrow if he hasn’t quite finished
it. I … wait. 7. But he said you … do that work immediately, didn’t he? Why
haven’t you done it? 8. She … be ashamed of herself for behaving so badly.
9. obody … answer the question, I see; so I shall explain the matter to you.
10. Of course, you … do it your own way if you want to, but I think you … do it
this way, for it is quicker. 11. You … be more careful, why do you spill
everything? 12. You … go to the station to meet her, for she has very little
luggage. She … carry it herself; and anyway, she … come tonight. 13. I …
really find out what has become of my Anna Karenina. My sister … have it; I …
ask her. 14. But wasn’t it the arrangement that all of them … be here at six
o’clock? 15. There wasn’t anything else for me to do; I just … get to work in
time.
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Tom Sawyer’s being absent … school that day. … the one hand, the weather
was too fine … him to sit … a class-room where the air was bad and … the
other, he knew he would be called … the teacher to recite the new poem and he
hadn’t even looked … it. 6. The American colonies declared war … the mother
country … 1776, but that was only the beginning, they had to struggle … their
independence till 1783. 7. Henry’s name was included … the list of students
who were to be sent by the trade union … rest-homes during the summer
vacation. 8. There was no use fighting against facts, so the boys had to give … .
9. Something black appeared … the surface … the water and the passengers
thought it was a submarine. 10. Though it may seem strange, the Russian word
… bread corresponds … the English loaf … the historical point of view. Of
course they are different … each other nowadays, not only … pronunciation, but
also … meaning. 11. Although Jack’s mind was free … bad intentions, he
couldn’t help throwing a stone … the cat he saw passing lazily by. Fortunately
the stone missed it and it disappeared … the nearest doorway. 12. The branches
of trees and pieces of wood that Columbus saw … the water led him … the
conclusion that land was near. 13. The town … Tver is situated … the northwest
… Moscow. 14. … winter the river freezes, but … early spring it fills the valley
… which it flows. 15. … many years people thought that the land … the Arctic
region was useless … anything. But nowadays it has been proved that even
wheat and potatoes can grow there. 16.The news … Chkalov’s death spread like
lightning through the country and brought deep sorrow … the hearts of the
Russian people who dearly loved their daring flier. 17. Joe’s attempt to swim …
the river last week was … no means his last one. He went … practicing until he
succeeded.
21. Complete the following sentences with a word or phrase from Box A
below and then a corresponding clause from Box B. Point out in which case
since is a preposition and in which it is a conjunction.
Model: 1. I have lived here since ...
I have lived here since the beginning of the war. (a preposition)
I have lived here since the war broke out. (a conjunction)
1. I have lived here since … . 2. I have been asleep since … . 3. We have had no
news of him since … . 4. I have not walked along that road since … . 5. She
hasn’t worried any more since … . 6. I have not seen him since … . 7. We have
been working since… .
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B my father died I saw you last the war broke out
the clock struck nine she got his letter he left for Moscow
I was given a fixed date work
23. Complete the following sentences with a word or phrase from Box A
below and then a corresponding clause from Box B. Point out in which
cases after is a preposition and in which it is a conjunction.
Model: 1. I shall come and talk to you after ...
I shall come and talk to you after dinner.
I shall come and talk to you after I have eaten my dinner.
1. I shall come and talk to you after ... 2. May I have this book after …? 3. I can
give you an answer only after … 4. “What shall we do after …?” asked the
tourists. 5. “I don’t want to go to bed right after …,” said the child. 6. They left
after … 7. He returned home after … 8. Shut the door after …
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1. I want to speak to you after … 2. May I use your notes after … 3. John and
Jane are going to the cinema after … 4. Will you need this book after …?
5. Where shall we go after …? 6. I left for Moscow after … 7. We shall do it
after … 8. The students left the room after … 9. He arrived after …
10. The children went out after … 11. He worked in the Far North after …
12. The city was in ruins after … 13. She improved her report after …
25. a) Fill in the blanks with the verbs say or tell in either the present simple
or the infinitive form.
1. Did he … you his name and address? 2. He …: “Shall I repeat the new
words?” 3. She … me that she took dancing lesson last year. 4. … him to open
the door. 5. He … that he was not well yesterday. 6. They … him that they are
very glad to see him.
b) Fill in the blanks with the verbs say or tell in the past simple.
1. “Please prepare all the necessary things for the next lesson,” the professor …
to his assistant. 2. We … the news to all our friends who did not know it. 3. “Let
us go to the cinema,” the boys … 4. He … the waitress to bring him a plate of
soup.
26. Make dialogues according to the models using the following statements.
Act your dialogues.
1. Henry needs a new exercise-book. 2. Mary is better again. 3. I am studying
French as well as English. 4. Fanny is coming with me to the concert the day
after tomorrow. 5. Bob and Tom know where I live. 6. You look rather cold.
7. We have two notebooks. 8. I think I shall come home early this evening. 9. I
spoke to the director. 10. Nobody knew anything about it. 11. I had a letter from
him last year. 12. We shall find a good place to rest somewhere near here.
Models:
(a)
A. John is coming to see me tomorrow.
B. What do you say?
A. I say John is coming to see me tomorrow.
C (to B). What does A say?
D. He says John is coming to see him tomorrow.
(b)
A. You are not late.
B. What do you say?
A. I say you are not late.
C (to B). What does A say to you?
B. He says I am not late.
D. What does A say to B?
E. He says B is not late.
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(c)
A. I came home late last night.
B. What do you say?
A. I came home late last night.
C (to B). What does A say?
D. A. says that he came home late last night.
(d)
A. I shall be here tomorrow.
B. What do you say? I say that I shall be here tomorrow.
C (to B). What does A say?
D. A. says that he will be here tomorrow.
27. Complete the sentences on the right using the verbs on the left in the
proper tense form.
Model: 1. Frank … at a factory before he entered the Institute.
Frank had been working at a factory before he entered the
Institute. So did I, didn’t you know?
1.“Frank … at a factory before he entered the work
Institute.” “So did I, didn’t you know?”
2. “My mother always … me good advice.” “So does give
mine.”
3. “He … from the Institute in four years.” “So shall I.” graduate
4. “I … go to the doctor yesterday.” “Why, so did I. What’s have to
the matter with you?”
5. “Bob … live in a tent in the country next summer.” “So want to
do some of the students in our group.”
6. “We … to the South this summer.” “ So have Lucy and go
her mother.”
7. “Our cat … to sit on high things like the book-case.” “So like
does ours.”
8. “Our Wi-Fi router … very good.” “So is ours.” be
9. “Nora … at the library today.” “So is Mary.” study
28. Translate the following sentences into Russian defining the verb form in
italics.
1. a) My friends prepared their lessons yesterday.
b) These well-prepared exercises helped me to understand the new rule.
c) We ate vegetables prepared in the Caucasian.
2. a) The small boy showed his cut finger to his mother.
b) The boy was playing with a knife when he cut his finger.
c) She gave the child an apple cut into small pieces.
3. a) We entered a low but well-lighted corridor.
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b) They were looking at a high peak lighted by the early morning sun.
c) A big green lamp lighted the table.
4. a) Jack lost his pen yesterday.
b) He told the children a long story about a lost child.
c) I never found my lost notes.
5. a) The teacher brought back the corrected exercises
b) Next Monday we will correct every mistake in our test.
c) In yesterday’s exercise nobody repeated the mistake corrected last week.
31. Make three pairs of active and passive sentences from each of the
following, one pair with the verb in the present simple, one in the past
simple and one in the future simple.
1. The lecturer + (show) + the diagrams. 2. My sister + (open) + the door. 3. She
+ (correct) + our exercises. 4. The waitress + (bring) + the dinner. 5. He + (not
do) + this work. 6. Their parents + (send) + the boys to school. 7. He + (ask) +
me a question. 8. We + (watch) + TV. 9. We + (see) + no one there. 10. Students
+ (can take) + the books from the library.
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32. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the proper tense form.
Model: 1. Will you come to the cinema with me tonight.
– No, thank you, I don’t want.
1. “Will you come to the cinema with me tonight?” –
“No, thank you, I ...” not want
2. “I thought I could do this exercise, but I … without not be able
help.”
3. “Will you come on an excursion with us
tomorrow?” – “No, thank you, I …” have no time
4. I did it only because I … must
5. “Put on your hat and coat.” – “No, I …, it is warm not need
today.”
6. He can’t go to the South this year, but next year he
thinks he … can
7. You needn’t do it if you … not wish
8. “I don’t want to have any dinner today.” “That’s a
pity you …, the dinner is very good today.” not want
9. It’s a pity you don’t want to study now, but
perhaps you … later in life. want
10. “You graduated from the Institute last year, didn’t
you?” – “Oh, no, I was in the third course last year. I hope
… this year”.
33. Put in the past simple or past continuous verbs in the following
sentences
Model: 1. This time yesterday I … at the theatre.
This time yesterday I was sitting at the theatre.
1. This time yesterday I … at the theatre. sit
2. I … a letter while you … a book. write, read
3. I … to the Institute when I … him. go, see
4. This time yesterday we … dinner. have
5. The train … at fifteen minutes to ten. start
6. He … a report when I … the meeting. make, leave
7. Yesterday he … his friend a letter. write
8. When I … at them, they … at me. look, smile
9. What … you … at six o’clock yesterday? do
10. I … to bed at half past twelve. go
11. Yesterday the lesson … at nine o’clock. begin
12. Spot … a piece of meat and then … away. take, run
13. He … a newspaper when I … read, come in
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14. Yesterday I … at seven o’clock. get up
15. He … a letter when I … write, come in
16. He … his coat and cap, … the door … and … put on, open go out
17. He … to Moscow on the 15th of January. come back
34. Make dialogues according to the models using the following questions.
Act your dialogues.
1. Whose bag is this? 2. Where were you yesterday evening? 3. Why isn’t
everybody here? 4. When will you be ready? 5. Why couldn’t you come earlier?
6. Where shall I put these flowers? 7. Why must I be there at one o’clock?
8. What is a dictionary? 9. What concert were you at last night? 10. What is a
notice-board? 11. How old are you? 12. Which book of Dickens shall I read?
13. Why is there no chalk here?
NOTE: Answers should be given to the above questions and also changed into
indirect speech after a verb in the present tense.
Models:
(a)
A. Where are you going?
B. What do you ask me?
A. I ask you where you are going.
C (to B). What does A ask you?
B. He asks me where I am going.
D. What does A ask B?
E. He asks B where he is going.
(b)
A. When can John come?
B. What do you ask me?
A. I ask you when John can come.
C (to B). What does A ask you?
B. He asks me when John can come.
D. What does A ask B?
E. He asks him when John can come.
(c)
A. What is this?
B. What do you ask me?
A. I ask you what this is.
C (to B). What does A ask you?
B. He asks me what this is.
D. What does A ask B?
E. He asks B what that is.
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35. Make dialogues according to the models using the following questions.
Act your dialogues.
1. What newspaper do you read? 2. What film did you see at the cinema last
night? 3. At what time do you have dinner? 4. What did Pete write about in his
composition? 5. What did the doctor say about your heart? 6. Whom did you see
at the concert? 7. Why do you study night and day? 8. What does Mary say
about this? 9. When do we finish classes today? 10. Why didn’t you wait for
me? 11. What railway station do we leave from? 12. What book did you get
from the library? 13. Why don’t you go home by tram?
Models:
(a)
A. Where do you live?
B. What do you ask me?
A. I ask you where you live.
C (to B). What did A ask you?
B. He asked me where I lived.
D. What did A ask B?
E. He asked B where he lived.
(b)
A. Why didn’t you spend last Sunday with me?
B. What do you ask me?
A. I ask you why you didn’t spend last Sunday with me.
C (to B). What did A ask you?
B. He asked me why I hadn’t spent last Sunday with him.
D. What did A ask B?
E. He asked B why he hadn’t spent last Sunday with him.
36. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form (present or past simple, present or past continuous, future
simple active or passive).
Model: 1. Who ... to your party next week?
Who will be invited to your party next week?
1. Who … to your party next week? invite
2. Why … you … John with his work when you … help, know
that he can do it himself perfectly well?
3. No pupils … to the Director last month. send
4. This work … tomorrow. continue
5. An explanation … when I … give, come
6. They … English now. learn
7. This house … last year. build
8. She … the theatre this evening. go
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9. This story … by Jack London. write
37. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form (present or past simple, present or past continuous, future
in the past or past perfect).
Model: 1. It ... cold yesterday.
It was cold yesterday.
1. It ... cold yesterday, and when I … out, I … that be, go, notice,
the people in the street … much faster than usual. I walk, hope, not have to
… that I … wait long for my tram.
2. I always … the 16 to my work as it … the gates of take, stop
the factory.
3. Yesterday morning, while I … in the tram, a man sit, come, stand,
… up and … beside me, I … at his face and … him. look, recognize
4. It … X, with whom I … a wonderful summer in be, spend
the mountains three years ago.
5. Of course we … both very pleased to see each be,
other and … hands warmly, but as often … when one shake, happen,
… a friend unexpectedly, we … only time to say meet, have,
goodbye, for I … get off at the next stop. have to
38. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. Tell me some of the things you ... today.
Tell me some of the things you have done today.
1. Tell me some of the things you … today. Today I do, get up, wash,
…, …, …, … my breakfast and … to the Institute. dress, have, come
2. What are some of the things we … this week? do
3. This week we … the Institute several times. We … come, take
a number of English lessons. We … English with our speak,
teacher; we … our English books and … our read, write
exercises.
4. And now tell me some of the things that you … this do
month. This month I … hockey with my friends, I … play, see
the new film.
5. I … to the theatre. I … myself very much this be, enjoy
month. do
And what are some of the things that you … this year? receive, be, go
6. I … my Diploma, I … to the Crimea, I … for long do
walks and I … a lot of other things. do
7. Do you know what your teacher … this year? give, speak, check,
She … us lessons, … English to us, … our papers, … correct, do
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our mistakes in pronunciation. What else … she …?
8. I … what else she … because she … me. not know, do , not tell
9. Why … she … you? Perhaps she … me because I not tell, not tell,
… her. not ask
10. … we … this lesson yet? No, not yet, we … it, but finish, finish
not quite.
39. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs (+adverbs) on
the left in the past simple or past perfect.
Model: 1. The train … by the time John ...
The train had already left by the time John arrived.
1. The train ... by the time John ... already leave, arrive
2. We … that she … home several days before. find, leave
3. I … you … ill, but I … that you … know, be, not know,
almost die
4. When I … that I … the book you … me to bring find, forget, ask
you, I … very angry with myself. be
5. “What … you … when you … that you … your do, find, lose
student’s book? – I … to the office at the Institute go
and … to the secretary how it … and he … me explain, happen, give
another one”.
40. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form (present simple, present continuous, future simple, future
continuous).
Model: 1. At this time tomorrow my mother ... on the train on the way to
Moscow to visit me.
At this time tomorrow my mother will be sitting in the train on
the way to Moscow to visit me.
1. At this time tomorrow my mother ... on the train sit
on the way to Moscow to visit me.
2. While you … the floor I … the dinner ready. wash, get
3. All right, I … for you at the corner by the wait
Institute at a quarter to three tomorrow as you
suggest.
4. While you … hard for your examination, I … in study, lie
hospital.
5. Please do not come tomorrow. I … hard on work,
math. I … to get five and the examination … at the want, be
end of this week.
6. I don’t know when we … each other again. see
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I … away for at least a year, I think. be
7…. you … to the Institute today? If you … go, not mind,
I …you to take a message to the dean for me. ask
41. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. I ... a letter from my brother.
I have a letter from my brother.
1. I … a letter from my brother. He says he … me have, like
to visit the Pushkin Museum in Moscow with him
during the winter vacation.
2. He … a student of the Timiryazev Academy and be, study
… at present.
3. I … at Ramenskoye and … at the textile mill live, work
there.
4. Every week I … to lectures on the history. They go, be,
… extremely interesting.
5. I … to the Pushkin Museum and my brother … never be, say
that he … there often as it … him in his studies. go, help
6. The last time he …here, we … to go as soon as be, decide,
he … his examinations and … free to do what he take, be,
…. like
42. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form (present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect,
past perfect continuous, past simple, present simple, future simple)
Model: 1. I … to find out your address ever since you ... Irkutsk.
I have been trying to find out your address since you left Irkutsk.
1. I … to find out your address ever since you … try, leave, never write
Irkutsk. Why … you … to me?
2. “You … in Moscow, so you must have many live
opportunities of visiting the Tretyakov gallery. Why not go, hope
… you …?” “I … to go for the last three years, and not manage
still … to go.” “Well, now that I … here, let’s go be
together.”
3. It is unfortunate that this book … in such a torn get,
state. You … to be careful with it when you … it. need, use
4. It … ever since yesterday. I wish it would stop, rain,
for we … a trip to Pavlovsk for tomorrow. I … plan, be, be
afraid we … obliged to put it off till next week.
5. My brother who … as a geologist in the Ural work,
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mountains until quite recently … to Moscow now, come,
and … a postgraduate course at the Academy of take
Sciences here.
43. Complete the following dialogue on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form. Act the dialogue.
Model: ... you ... my dictionary anywhere?
Have you seen my dictionary anywhere?
A. ... you ... my dictionary anywhere? I … it see, look for
everywhere.
B. No, … you …it? lose
A. Oh, I … not. I … it yesterday afternoon when I prepare
… my book report.
B. Where … you … yesterday afternoon? In the work,
library? Perhaps you … it there? leave
A. No, I clearly … putting it in my bag before I … remember, leave
the library.
B. Well then, when … you … it out again? Last take
night?
A. I … taking it out at all. It … most strange, really. not remember, be
B. Perhaps you … somebody else have it for a little let
while.
A. Why, so I …! I … now. Clara … last night and I remember, come
… her have it till this morning. (There is a knock at let
the door).
A. Come in! (Enter Clara.)
C .I … your dictionary, Anne. bring back
A. Oh, thanks ever so much. … you … that I … that know, forget,
you … it until Bessie … me? I … everywhere for it have, remind, look
these last ten minutes.
44. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. Ellen Hodder has only one son who … everything in the world
to her.
Ellen Hodder has only one son who is everything in the world to
her.
1. Ellen Hodder has only one son who … everything be
in the world to her for he … the only man in the be
family now.
2.He … in the same mine as his father …, before he work
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… in the great fire that … place ten years before. kill, take
3. Jack … to leave school then and start work. So at force
the time the play …, he … ten years in the pit. begin, work
4. Mary … with her aunt. As Mary … herself, she not always live, say,
… not pitborn like Jack, but still she …she … be, think, know
enough about pit-life to see it as the miners
themselves.
45. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. Have you done the translation? No, I ...
“Have you done the translation? No, I tried, but I couldn’t.
46. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. Sir Walter Raleigh … a well-known English traveler.
Sir Walter Raleigh was a well known English traveler.
1. Sir Walter Raleigh … a well-known English be
traveler who … in the 16th century in the days of live
Queen Elizabeth. He … several voyages to America make
from England.
2. While he … the shores of America, he … the explore, see
Indians smoking the leaves of the tobacco plant. He
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… that he … the same and so he … some of the think, do, carry
leaves to England.
3. Englishmen … tobacco before that time, and never use
people … it very strange when they … Raleigh think, see
smoking.
4. One day as he … in his chair and …, his servant sit, smoke, come
… into the room. He … a cloud of smoke over his see
master’s head and he … his master … on fire. think, be
5. He … out for some water and in a minute … back run, come
with a pail of water which he … in his master’s face. throw
Of course the fire … out. put
47. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
1. Two men who … together … along a lonely travel, once walk
forest road and … of the possible dangers from wild talk,
beasts when one of them … . “… afraid. No matter say, not be
what …, I’ll … you. Together we … defend happen, help, can
ourselves from any danger that may come.”
2. He … speaking when a great bear … out of the hardly finish, rush,
forest. Without a moment’s loss the speaker … up climb
the nearest tree leaving his friend to face the bear
alone.
3. The other seeing that he … no chance against the have
bear all by himself, … flat on the ground and … fall, lie
quite still, pretending to be dead.
4. The beast … to the man on the ground and putting come up
his nose close to his ear … him carefully. The man smell,
… his breath and … . hold, not move
5. The bear … that he … dead and … back into the think, be, walk
forest without doing him any harm.
6. When the danger … over, the first traveler … be, come down
from his tree.
7. “Well,” he said laughing, “What … the bear … in whisper
your ear?
8. He … to be quite friendly!” “Oh,” … the other seem, say,
angrily, “He … me never to trust the word of a tell,
person who … from danger.” run away
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48. Complete the following sentences on the right using verbs on the left in
the correct form.
Model: 1. We … very rough weather these last few days.
We had very rough weather these last few days.
49. Write four sentences using the verb turn, followed by grey, purple,
yellow, white. If possible add a phrase to explain the cause of the change, as
in the model below. (Pay attention to the preposition)
Model: “Her thin face turned red with anger when she saw her dearly beloved
vase broken.”
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last I found the page which was missing. 10. As he was interested in the subject
he read a lot of books about it.
b) 1. He took some photos of a church which was built in the 15th century. 2. He
took the camera which was broken and threw it away. 3. He was looking at the
pictures which had been drawn by the child. 4. The thing which she had
forgotten was again fresh in her memory. 5. They are looking for some treasure
which is hidden here. 6. The lanterns which were lit showed them the way. 7. He
likes to wear clothes which have worn out. 8. He saw a note which had been
written in a hurry. 9. He looked through the composition the child had written.
10. The bird which had been shot fell down.
52. Paraphrase the following sentences using the verbs from the box (some
of them may be used more than once).
Model: 1. Don’t drive in rainy weather.
Avoid driving in rainy weather.
1. Don’t drive in rainy weather. 2. I think it’s great to swim in cold water. 3. It’s
useless to speak to him. 4. He always interrupts people. 5. He says he didn’t see
Jack on Friday. 6. I can’t live without music. 7. He is still talking. 8. Just
suppose that you live in a big house. 9. The man says he didn’t steal anything.
10. She repeats the same thing all the time. 11. It’s useless to phone him. 12. I
always play tennis on Sunday with pleasure. 13. I try not to meet him. 14. You
can learn a foreign language in different ways. 15. He always listens to loud
music.
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53. Put the verbs in proper forms.
Dear Peter,
You by any chance (know)1 where Bob (be)2? I (like)3 (find)4 it out because I
just (hear)5 of a job that exactly (suit)6 him, if he (not apply)7 fairly soon of
course he (not get)8 it.
I last (see)9 him about a month ago, when he just (leave)10 his job with the film
company. He (say)11 he (go)12 to France for a holiday and (promise)13 (send)14
me a postcard with his French address as soon as he (find)15 a place (stay)16. But
I (hear)17 nothing about him since then and (not know)18 even whether he (go)19
to France or not.
If you (know)20 his address I (be)21 very grateful if you (phone)22 me. I (try)23
(phone)24 you several times but your phone (not seem)25 (be)26 working.
Yours,
Jack
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