3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or The Present Continuous 1. He (to like) reading books. 2. Look! He (to read) now. 3. Oh, I (to know) what he (to
read) now. 4. 1 (to think) it (to be) his favourite book. 5. She (to write) letters every
day, 6. Now she (to sit) and (to write) a letter to her best friend in America. 7. She (to
love) him very much and (to want) to meet him. 8. What she (to write) now? - A
letter. 9. Whyºshe (to write) letters every day? - Because she (to want) to see her
best friend from America. 10. She (to write) now? - Yes, she... 11. She (to write) every
day? - Yes, she ... 12. Look! They (to smile). 13. Why they (to smile)? - Because they
(to look at) a funny clown. 14. They often (to go) to the circus? - Yes, they... 15. They
(to be) in the circus now? - Yes, they... 16. Who (to wait) for you now? - My brother...
17. He usually (to wait) for you after school? - No, he 18. Usually he (to have) 6
lessons, but today he (to have) only 4. 19.
Oh, now I (to understand) why he (to wait)
for you. 20. You (to hear)? - No, 1.6. 21.1 (to hear), that a baby (to cry). 22. Now! (to
hear) it too. 23. I (to think) the baby (to want) to see his mother. 24. Look! What he
(to put) in his bag? 25. 1 (not to see), 26. And I (to see) that he'Yto put) Liza's
copybook in his bag. 27. Why You (to close) my book now? 28.1 (to want) to take it
off the table. 29. He /to buy) a magazine now. 30. Usually he (not to buy) magazines.
31. I wonder what magazine he (to buy now).
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Ребят Английский
Mark Twain was very fond of traveling. He did a lot of traveling and never got tired of it. Once he was traveling in France by train. He was going to visit a small town near Paris.
The previous day was very hard, Mark Twain was very tired and sleepy. He was afraid he would miss the town and asked the guard to wake him up before they got to the town.
Soon he fell asleep. When he woke up, the train was in Paris. Mark Twain looked at his watch. It was half past nine. He got very angry. He couldn’t understand why the guard had not woken him up in time.
He went out of the compartment, came up to the guard and asked him why he had not woken him up. The latter looked at Mark Twain for a moment and then told him: “You may be very angry with me, but not so angry as the American whom I put off the train instead of you.”
I. Right or wrong.
1. Mark Twain was very fond of music.
2. He was going to visit a small town near London.
3. The guard woke Mark Twain up at his station.
4. Mark Twain was angry.
5. The American was put off the train instead of Mark Twain.
II. Answer the questions.
1. Was Mark Twain very fond of traveling?
2. What town was he going to visit?
3. Mark Twain was very tired and sleepy, wasn’t he?
III. Complete the sentences.
1. Mark Twain was traveling in France by .
2. Mark Twain couldn’t understand why the guard .
3. When he woke up, .
IV. Match the verbs with their Russians equivalents.
1) to travel a) понимать
2) to wake up b) путешествовать
3) to understand c) будить
4) to visit d) навещать
GRAMMAR.
1. Choose the right variant.
1. The English don’t shake hands when they meet, … ?
a) do they b) don’t they c) aren’t they d) are they
2. They try to be cheerful and good-tempered in difficult situations, …?
a) do they b) don’t they c) are they d) aren’t they
3. Many English people have fireplaces in their houses, … ?
a) have they b) didn’t they c) don’t they d) aren’t they
4. Mary can’t forget her trip to the lake, …?
a) doesn’t she b) don’t she c) can’t she d) can she
2. Add question tags to complete the sentences.
1. Country-people in Russia are rather frank and talkative, ?
2. The Welsh are considered to be emotional and cheerful, ?
3. Every Englishmen doesn’t like to miss his afternoon tea, ?
4. Many Russians waiting for service like to jump the queue, ?
3. Choose the right translation.
1. The girl was often heard to have sung the song.
a) Девочка слышала, как часто пели песню.
b) Девочка слышала, как поют песню.
2) what are the people like? g) very nice and friendly
3) what was the trip like? d) it was very interesting
4) what was the weather like? k) it was so warm that we could swim in the sea5) what is the river like? a) it is very wide with a lot of bridges across it.
6) what is the street like? i) it is straight and wide with green trees and flowerbeds
7) what is the airport like? h) very busy. there are thousands of people there
8) what were the holidays like? c) they were fun
9) what was the forest like? b) it was thick and dark
10) what is the taxi like? f) its a new black car
11) what was the souvenir like? j) it was a book with beautiful pictures in it