Exercise 1 (10 )
change the infinitive form of the verbs in brackets into the correct present simple form. mind the 3rd person singular and the type of the sentence.
1) christopher (to drive) a bus.
2) we (to have) some money.
3) (you to watch) movies?
4) they (not to work) for us.
5) i (to love) to dance.
6) she (to have) many friends.
7) alexis and her husband always (to come) here in summer.
8) (he to draw) well?
9) james (not to remember) me.
10) laura (to be) a beautiful girl.
exercise 2 (10 )
rewrite the following phrases using the possessive case (’s).
1) the ball of the dog
2) the skateboard of that man
3) the songs of the musicians
4) the children of peter
5) the umbrella of their grandmother
6) the room of his friend
7) the questions of her son
8) the wife of my brother
9) the table of our teacher
10) the poems of pushkin
exercise 3 (15 )
turn the given sentences with modal verb ‘can’ into affirmative sentences, negative sentences or questions. the phrases after the given sentences will tell you what to do.
1) olivia can play the guitar. → negative sentence
2) can carol cook cupcakes? → affirmative sentence
3) alex can write exciting articles. → question
4) can she write with her left hand? → negative sentence
5) henry can cook spaghetti. → question
Australia is one of the most unusual and exotic countries of the world. A significant feature of modern Australian society is the representation of a lot of cultures drawn from many lands by its people.
Some kinds of crimes are as old as the human society (such as stealing, pick-pocketing, vandalism, assault or domestic violence, murder and manslaughter), others are a more recent phenomenon. Armed robbery of stores and banks, hacking into computers (so called “cyber frauds”), corruption or forgery of money and documents, for instance, are some of them. The 20thcentury has also seen the appearance of organized crimes such as drug-trafficking, drug-smuggling and hijacking. Statistics show an alarming rise of violent crimes and crimes to do with the illegal sale of arms across the world. Unfortunately women and children often become the victims of crime. Sometimes criminals kidnap rich people or their kids and ask for a ransom to be paid for them.
Besides violent crimes, there are so called “white-collar crimes” in our modern society. These are frauds when a person isn’t physically threatened or hurt. Among them are tax evasion (when people are accused of not paying taxes on purpose), bribery, identity theft (when a criminal steals personal information of another person in order to use his credit cards or bank accounts, for example).
To crown it all, we must regret that today a great deal of crimes is committed by teenagers who want to become independent as soon as possible and to find a royal road to getting much money. Teenagers use drugs and drink alcohol, so they can’t control themselves. Moreover, modern TV programs and films containing much violence and sex often have huge and negative influence on teenagers.
In conclusion I should say that crime prevention in our society is an extremely difficult and complicated task because we should change our social and moral principles at large.