Choose the correct words in italics. Listen and check.
0 When If you finish the test, give your question papers to the teacher.
1 When I stay up late, I fel/ will feel tired the next morning.
2 If there is a fire, you will use / use the emergency exit.
3 If they get to the airport early, they will get / get good seats on the plane.
4 I'm sure we find / Il find some good bargains if we go to the sales tomorrow.
5 If you don't go to the party, you don't / won't meet my new friend.
6 Press the red button if you want / will want to record the programme.
7 You will wear / Wear a smart suit if they ask you to an interview.
8 If Janice takes the earlier train on Friday, she gets / 'll get here by lunchtime.
My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)
One of Russia's most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.
In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.
In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.
Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".
But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov's poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.
Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov's influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can't be overestimated.