Раскройте скобки, поставьте глаголы в нужной временной форме. 1. I already (pick) ten pounds of strawberries

1. I already (pick) ten pounds of strawberries! I (grow) strawberries for ten years.

2. Kate said that she (love) children very much, that’s why she (want) to be a teacher.

3. The phone (ring). Can you answer it?

4. Will you ask Ann if she (take part) in the excursion next Sunday?

5. I’m too tired to walk. I think I (take) a taxi. I’ll phone when I (be) at home.

6. He (buy) a new house last year, but he (not, sell) his old house yet, at the moment he (have) two houses.

Поставьте предложения в страдательный залог и переведите их.

1. Did they offer you a good job?

2. They have just shown you a good film.

3. The teacher was reading a fairy-tale to the children.

4. Have you written a letter to Father?

5. Have the parents buy you a new bicycle?

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

1. We had rarely listened to a (absurd) proposition.

2. There are many customers on Saturdays than on weekends.

3. This jacket was by far (expensive) in the shop, it wasn’t as (expensive) as yours.

4. The Park hotel is (little) fashionable than the Plaza.

5. The (strong) the wind, the (hard) the conditions of work for weather observers.

Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на функцию и форму герундия.

1. Taking a picnic in the heart of the English countryside is one of the life’s most treasured experiences.

2. You have no reason for saying that.

3. I don’t object to being disturbed.

4. Besides being clever she was very beautiful.

5. He has a bad habit of interrupting people.

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

1. There was nothing to (fear/be feared).

2. I dislike to (discuss/be discussed) as though I weren’t there.

3. He finds it easy to (understand/be understood) spoken English.

4. A witty limerick is very difficult to (be written/to write).

Перепишите предложения, выбрав правильный вариант.

1. Your car costs … than mine, but it is more beautiful.

a) little b) less c) the least d) fewer

2. My father who … recently spends all day reading the newspaper.

a) retired b) has retired c) reties d) will retire

3. You aren’t allowed … here.

a) parking b) to park c) park d) to parking

4. Computers can … in many fields.

a) use b) be used c) have used d) is used

5. Brian should not....

a) be laughed b) laugh at c) be laughed at d) to be laughed at

6. The figures … in The Times yesterday.

a) had referred to b) referred to c) will referred to d) were referred to

7. … … words about the author himself, the lecturer went on … of his works.

a) saying, few, to speak b) having said, few, speaking

c) after saying, a few, to speak d) to have said, a few, speaking

8. There is no point … to him. He is … last man in the world … by such circumstances.

a) to speak, the, to trouble b) to speak, -, being troubled

c) speaking, a, be troubled d) in speaking, the, to be troubled

9. No one even tries to make these children … well.

a) behave b) behaving c) to behave d) behaved

10. As a small boy he was used to ….

a) leaving in the garden alone b) leave alone in the garden

c) leave in the garden alone d) being left alone in the garden

11. I was careful enough not to promise them … their son to Britain for summer holidays.

a) inviting b) invite c) to invite d) inviting of

12. Without … to her, he began looking for a flat near her … house

a) telling anything, parents b) speaking something, parents’

c) talking something, parents d) saying anything, parents’

13. The trip was … and he was …, but … ten miles.. passed.

a) tiring, exhausting, other, were b) tiring, exhausted, another, were

c) tired, exhausting, the other, was d) tiring, exhausted, another, was

14. Remember … your oil, water and tires before you ….

a) checking, will set off b) to check, set off

c) to checked, sat off d) having checked, will set off

15. … much like a boot, … Italian Peninsula extends generally southeast into... Mediterranean Sea.

a) Shaping, -, the b) Shaped, the, the c) Having shaped, -, the d) Being shaped, the, -