For items 1-10, listen to a radio talk for young people about astrology, and decide whether the statements 1-10 are TRUB according to the text you hear, or FALSE, or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text. You will hear the text twice 1. The movement of stars determines people's lives, 2. Most people have no faith in astrology, 3. Should they decide on a serious issue, a small percentage of people are likely to turn to the stars, 4. Simon agrees with psychologists on the influence of a person's time of birth on their personality 5. The time of birth remains a defining factor throughout the whole life. 6. A statistical comparison between the person's choice of career and their star sign is the most effective tool in predicting future events in their life, 7. More than 15 % of entertainers were born in the second half of summer. 8. Spring is a favourable period for travelling and finances, 9. People in financial professions are connected with one particular star sign. 10. Technological advances have reduced the influence of nature on us.

1) Mother wants her  daughter to learn to play the piano and her son to play hockey.
2) The highest peak of the British Isles is Ben Nevis , situated in the Grampian Montains of Scotland 
3) Plants can’t grow without water 
4) The water in the lake is always clean 
5) John looked out of the window and exclaimed: ”What afine day ! What wonderful weather!”
6) Will you give me acup of tea with milk and sugar in it?
7) The longest river of the world is the Nile , and the Amazon is the second largest river.
II. Put the verbs in the correct tenses .
1) I wil  not  take you to the cinema tomorrow if you do not do your homework 
2) Who usually cooks dinner in your family?
3) – Hello, Jack ! I phoned you two hours ago but there was no answer . What were you doing at that time ? - I was taking a bath and did not hear the bell . - Let’s go for a walk .-  I’m sorry, I can’t, I am making a report .
4) Here you are! We have been waiting for you for an hour . 
5) How much salt did you put in the soup? It is so salty.
6) The boy (to fall ) and (to hurt ) himself while he ( to play )football , that’s why he (to take) to hospital 
7) When Nick found the bike at last , he (to understand )at once that it (to break ) by his little brother.
8) * The travellers ( to walk )in the rain for many hours when at last they saw a house.
9) * We can’t watch TV now :our TV set (to repair ) . We’ll have to wait for a while .
10) * It (to announce) on the radio yesterday that the ship already (to leave ) the port and it ( to come) to London in two days. 

Julia said that she wasn't crying.
My aunt asked what the weather was like.
The teacher told Joe to stop talking.
She told the boys not to play on the grass.
My friend said that he would have read that book by then.
The man said that he had seen two nurses.
She asked him if he had any friends in Moscow.
My friend asked me why he had decided to turn back.
Julia asked her brother if he had ever received some money from her aunt.
She said that he could not swim.
My brother said to me that he didn't have his English lesson that day.
She said she was starting a new job.
She asked me what they were doing.
Alice told me to sit down at the table and have a cup of tea.
He told me not to go too far.
The man said he would go and get some roses to welcome her home.
She said she had heard about it before.
John asked Sam if he liked computer games.
My mother asked me why I had returned home so late the night before.
She asked Mike if he had got a lot of relatives.
He said he could go for a walk with me.
She said she didn't know her hotel adress.