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The wind and the sun
The wind and the sun argued one day over which one was the strongest. They saw a man
walking along the road and they wanted to see which one could take the coat from the
1 back the quickest. The wind 2 to blow. He blew strong gusts of air,
but the man kept the coat tight against 3. The wind blew stillſ 4 ], but
the man held his coat tightly. The wind could not take the coat from the man. It was now the
sun's turn. The sun did very little, just quietly shone upon the man until he became so warm
that he
off his coat.
began

1
traveller
travellers
traveller's
travellers

2 begun
began
begins
begin

3
This
him
them
they

4
harder
hardly
hardest
more hard

5
begins
begin
takes
has taken
was taking
took

1. My brother is in hospital. He has been there for ten days.

2. I can’t give you a definite answer as I have not discussed the matter with the manager yet.

3. If they see her next week, they will tell her about the meeting.

4. The director came back to St. Petersburg a week ago.

1. Мой брат в больнице. Он там уже десять дней.

2. Я не могу дать вам определенного ответа, так как я еще не обсудил этот вопрос с менеджером.

3. Если они увидят ее на следующей неделе, они расскажут ей о встрече.

4. Директор вернулся в Петербург неделю назад.

He said that
1. he wrote essays twice a week.
2. he was writing an essay then.
3. he had written essays since he had gone into the 5th form.
4. he had written two essays that week.
5. he had never written such difficult essays.
6. he had written an essay the day before.
7. he had already written an essay by 2 p.m. the day before.
8. he had been writing an essay at 2 p.m. the day before.
9. he had written an essay the day before.
10. he had been writing an essay for already 2 hours when I had come to him.
11. he would write an essay the following day.
12. he would be writing an essay  at 3 p.m. the following day.
13. he would have been writing an essay for 2 hours when I came to him.
14. he would have written an essay by 2 p.m. the following day.