Раскройте скобки, поставьте глаголы в нужной временной форме.

1. I (meet) a friend while I (do) the shopping.

2. Jane (spent) every school holiday in Scotland.

3. How long you (know) your best friend?

4. They had to stay at the station for the night because they (miss) the last train.

5. If I (see) Gorge tomorrow, I (tell) him to come and speak to you.

6. You (like) these pears? – It’s the first time I (eat) such delicious pears.

Поставьте предложения в страдательный залог и переведите их.

1. We envy him his luck.

2. What song did they sing you?

3. Someone must call the police.

4. The boss has given us all the instructions.

5. Father promised Ted a new skateboard.

7. Поставьте прилагательные/наречия в нужной по смыслу форме.

1. In my opinion “The Nutcracker” is (good) ballet I’ve ever seen.

2. Do you remember (happy) day in your life?

3. I’m sure you could do it (good).

4. The (much) I read the (much) I know. But why do I forget so much?

5. England is (densely) populated than Scotland and Wales. It’s one of (densely) populated parts of Great Britain.

Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на функцию и форму герундия.

1. Driving a car and talking on the car phone at the same time demand care.

2. Stop spreading the news, will you?

3. My English teacher keeps on saying that I need to expand my vocabulary.

4. Would you mind wiping your feet before entering?

5. “The Cat and Fiddle” is an English pub, only worth visiting if the weather’s good.

Закончите предложения, выбирая правильную форму инфинитива. Укажите его функцию.

1. She loved to (hear/be heard) of my father’s adventures when he returned home.

2. He was delighted to (have been sent/be sent) there.

3. “What disobedient children! ” cried the old Water Rat. “They really deserve to (drown/be drowned)”.

4. Bad habits are easy to (acquire/be acquired) and hard to (be broken/break).

5. To (tell/be told) the truth a cigar gives me a chance to (relax/be relaxed) and to (be meditated/meditate).

Перепишите предложения, выбрав правильный вариант.

1. Yesterday at five John … in the park.

a) walked b) was walking c) has been walking d) is walking

2. Tony … make some cakes tomorrow.

a) he’ll b) want to c) is going to d) can do

3. The government is going to provide … houses for homeless people.

a) most b) much c) few d) more

4. What a surprise! There … a fall in the cost of living lately.

a) has been b) had been c) will be d) was

5. In Japan the first bow of the day should be … than when you meet thereafter.

a) low b) the lowest c) lowers d) much lower

6. … the site of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers … number of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee seems most likely … the Games effectively.

a) Selecting, the, to stage b) Having selected, a, to have staged

c) In selecting, a, to stage d) Selected, the, to have staged

7. She kept … they must be economical … they were not rich.

a) on saying, though b) say, till c) saying, since d) to say as

8. Schliemann’s career as an archaeologist … late in his life, after he … wealth in business.

a) has begun, has accumulated b) began, had accumulated

c) had begun, accumulated d) had begun, had accumulated

9. The words “cloth” and ‘clothing” are related. … meaning fabric or textile, and … meaning fabrics used to cover the body.

a) the first, the latter b) the former, the latter c) the former, the second d) the first, the later

10. I felt I …, but there was nobody in the sight.

a) had watched b) was watched c) was being watched d) had been watching

11. A secretary’s job isn’t always easy ….

a) to do b) of to do c) for doing d) to doing

12. I don’t want to … about politics.

a) talk b) say c) tell d) discuss

13. She pretends … born in Paris.

a) being b) to be c) that she is d) to have been

14. I’m trying to make ….

a) them to understand b) them understand c) them understanding d) that they will understand

15. His car runs … a race car.

a) as fast as b) that fast as c) faster as d) faster like

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