1. Прочитайте текст и отметьте, какие утверждения после него соответствуют содержанию(T), какие - нет(F), а о чем в тексте не упоминается(NS). Botany is the study of plant life. In early times people studied plants because they were important as food. Then primitive medicine men became interested in botany. They had to know the plants that could kill people or help them. And that was the situation with botany and medicine for hundreds of years.
In the sixteenth century people began to write book about plants. Those writers were the "fathers" of modern botany.
a. People have been studying plant life since long ago.
b. The word "botany" comes from a Greek word.
c. Botany has always been a part of medicine.
d. People wrote books about plants in ancient times.
2. Используй суффиксы -able, -an, -er, -ing, -tion, -ly, -y, -th, чтобы образовать новые слова. Впиши их в предложения.
a. The best football s get a lot of money.(PLAY)
b. Many s decorate their homes on special days.(AMERICA)
c. How big is your of mugs? (COLLECT)
d. Jane has been keeping to a diet since March. (HEALTH)
e. Some days ago Jill had a with the manager. (MEET)
f. What a little kitten! (LOVE)
g. Last winter was frosty and long. (FAIR)
h. What is the of Mississippi River? (LONG)
3. Выбери верную форму глагола.
a. The children ... television for two hours.
1) watch 2) have been watching 3) are watching
b. How long ... to play the piano?
1) do you learn 2) has you been learning 3) have you been learning
c. Peter ... just now.
1) phoned 2) has phoned 3) phone
d. He ... food yesterday.
1) buy 2) bought 3) buys
e. I just ... a cake.
1) make 2) have made 3) has made
4. Выбери и обведи соответствующие варианты из данных в скобках.
a. John, have you done everything (yourself/yourselves)?
b. You can find this information in an English-Russian (dictionary/vocabulary).
c. There was a chair (among/between) the two tables.
d. (Fast/Junk) food is the food that quick to prepare.
e. (Everyone/No one) can read this text. It's unreadable.
3. At the time the factory closed down, Sarah had been working there for five years.
4. The orchestra had been playing for ten minutes when a man in the audience suddenly began shouting.
5. I had been walking along the road for five minutes when I saw a monster.
16.3
1. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours were having a party.
2. We were good friends. We had known each other for a long time.
3. John and I went for a walk. I had difficulty keeping up with him because he was walking so fast.
4. Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She had been running.
5. When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They were eating.
6. When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They had eaten.
7. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He was looking for his contact lens.
8. When I arrived, Kate was waiting for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she had been waiting for a very long time.
9. I was sad when I sold my car. I had had it for a very long time.
10. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We had been travelling for more than 24 hours.