1. Закончить предложения, выбрав подходящее по смыслу слово из предложенных
eruption, ancient, science-fiction, frightening, palace, board, ruled, tribes, skins, chores
1) Avatar is my favourite ….film.
2) The Kwakiutl Indians wore animal …. to keep warm.
3) I like thrillers because they are ……
4) Do you help your parents with …. around the house?
5) The ancient Egyptians played ….games in their free time.
6) Queen Elizabeth I ….England from 1558 to 1603.
7) In ….. Egypt, girls didn’t attend school.
8) The emperor at Machu Picchu lived in a beautiful …..
9) A terrible …..from a volcano destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii.
10) In America in the 15th century, some native ….lived in tepees.
2. Поставить глаголы в скобках в время)
1) The ancient Egyptians …….(fish) on the River Nile.
2) We ……..(not/like) the film. It was very boring.
3) …………(women/wear) miniskirt in the 1960s?
4) Francis Drake ……(give) Queen Elizabeth lots of gold and silver.
5) Hiram Bingham …….(discover) Machu Picchu in 1911.
6) The Incas ………(grow) potatoes, corn and cocoa.
7) What film ……..(you/see) at the cinema last night?
8) Teenagers ……(listen) to The Beatles in the 1960s.
9) Pharaohs ……..(rule) the Egyptian empire for many years.
10) The Vikings ……(not/live)in England.
2) will... work
3) is swimming
4) are listening
5) сомневаюсь, но кажется does ... wear (постоянно, что ли, носит пальто???)
6) is sleeping
7) sits ... has (тоже сомнительно, потому что обозначает постоянное действие, может быть is sitting... is having , но нет четкого указания, что действие происходит прямо сейчас)
8) is looking
9) are preparing
10) snows (хотя словари говорят о возможном двояком написании - можно и is snowing, что так, что так будет значить, что сильный снегопад происходит в данный момент)
27. Her condition began (to grow) worse.
28. It was getting dark and storm clouds were beginning (to form), but they continued (walking).
29. After talking about his work he went on (to tell) us about his trip to France, which was a great relief for if he had gone on (talking) about his work we would have been bored.
30. The author gives an unfavourable description of the queen's character. Yet then he goes on (to say) that she was loved by most of her subjects.
31. The girls went on (giggling) and everybody was beginning (to be) annoyed.
32. Do you mean (to say) that my father is a liar?
33. I understood that it would mean (telling) the whole truth.
34. I think you should stop (coming) late.
35. I don't think Mary ever stopped (thinking/to think) what people might think about her behaviour. оба могут быть
36. We seldom stop (to consider) how few true friends we really have.