** Complete the newspaper story with the past tense form of the verbs in the box.
be not be drop not find go have not have
look open phone pick say take
see
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5
Six months ago 15-year-old Courtney Barwick
dropped her wallet outside a restaurant When
she got home, she?
for it in her bag, but it
there. Courtney went to the restaurant
but she
the wallet. She didn't expect
to see it again, but she was lucky. Someone saw it,
it up and
it to a bank
The wallet?
Courtney's phone number
in it, so the bank
her to tell her they
had her wallet. The next day, she
to the
bank to get it. When she
the wallet,
$20 inside it, and a note. The note
Surprise!' and it
surprise, because when Courtney lost her wallet, it
any money in it!
shell
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EXERCISE 8. a) Decide which word is the odd one out in each of the following groups of words

1. cold, warm, continental, the sky; - continental
2. to adopt, to symbolize, to separate, national emblems; - national emblems
3. highlands, lakes, rivers, a two-headed cagle; - a two-headed eagle
4. resources, deposits, outskirts, iron ore; - outskirts
5. population, wealth, people, nationalities - wealth

b) Find the names for the groups of words. Fill in each of the spaces
1. highlands, lowlands, mountain chains, grassiands - .; landscape
2. warm, mild, cold, continental -.; climate
3. gas, coal, iron ore, fertile soils -.; mineral fossils
4. Russian, American, English, Chinese - .; nationalities
5. Sthe Volga, the Yenisei, the Ob, the Lena rivers

1. равнина - это большая площадь плоской земли;
2. пастбища - это территория, покрытая в основном травой, особенно дикие открытые земли, используемые для кормления крупного рогатого скота;
3. степи - большие участки земли без деревьев, особенно в России и части Азии и Юго-Восточной Европы;
4. изобилие означает более чем достаточно;
5. Богатство - это большое количество денег и имущества.

1. to choose for a position or job; - to adopt
2. to have a favourable opinion, especially of a counse of action or type of behaviour; to approve
3. to approve formally; to appoint
4. to be the property of .; to belong
5. to be the king or queen. to reign

1.At this competition sportsman Petrov was the best.
2. Smoking is far from good for your lungs.
3. The sportsman trained hard and his result became higher.
4. Do you like to exercise before noon?
5. We don't have sports classes on Mondays.

7) lnsert prepositions ог post-veгbal adveгbs.

1. On the one hand, professional sportsmen try to win and break
records. Amateur sportsmen, on the other hand, go to sports to
Ье healthy and to feel well.
2. Football and tennis are very popular among children.
3. Games improve ve1ocity of reaction and abllity to take quick
decisions.
4. Why is sport important?
5. In such games as football, basketball and hockey more than two
players take part.