Повторите времена группы Indefinite (Simple), Continuous, Perfect. Определите время глагола-сказуемого и переведите предложения.

1. What course are you taking here? Business English? – No, I am not doing Business English yet. I am trying to improve my general English, especially conversation. 2. I liked the lecturer better after I had heard him the second time. 3. My friend will take the course in English next semester. 4. Who has finished the test? 5. We looked at him while he was dancing. 6. How many books of Shaw have you read? 7. Why have not you told them about it? 8. I shall still be studying English in two years’ time. 9. The books were taken from the library. 10. You can find the books taken from the library on the table. 11. The exams are held in June. 12. I have been in the laboratory since 8 o’clock. 13. There were many people coming back from their work. 14. Australia is one of the five continents, but it is much smaller than the other four. 15. The light in that room is poor. Please light the candles (свечи). 16. People speak the language of their country. 17. Every country needs good specialists for its further progress of science and technology. 18. By the year 2030 human labour in industry will have been replaced by robots. Families will have robots to do the housework.

9. Определите функцию глагола to be:

а) смысловой глагол

b) глагол-связка в составном именном сказуемом

c) вспомогательный глагол для образования Continuous Tense

d) вспомогательный глагол для образования Passive Voice

e) эквивалент модального глагола для выражения долженствования.

1. The world’s first radio receiver was built by Popov. 2. The spacing between repeaters is to be maximized. 3. Television is rapidly developing into one of the most popular means of conveying information. 4. An electric circuit is a path along which an electric current flows. 5. Many scientific centers are in the East of our country. 6. Many automated control systems are to be introduced in industry. 7. Radio broadcasting is a variety of radio communication in which the transmitted signals are intended for a large number of listeners. 8. These components are now in production. 9. Oceans and seas are crossed by submarine cables. 10. Highly reliable receivers are contributing to the successful operation on earth stations.

Перепишите следующие предложения, обращая внимания на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. He will still be working if you come so early. 2. Will you have to read all these books? 3. That did you think of me when you first saw me? 4. Have you read anything about the city of London? 5. He is the only child in the family. 6. She is having tea with sugar and milk now. 7. Pete is to study better. 8. I usually have three meals a day.