Put the verbs into the correct form
2) I saw you last night. You (drive) a car.
drive
driving
were
was
3) When he met her, she (wear) a hat.
were
wears
wearing
was
4) She called the police when she (see) the light in the hall.
seed
saw
had
seen
5) My sister (play) computer games yesterday.
plays
played
plaied
6) He (not / bring) an umbrella an hour ago.
didn’t
bring
doesn’t
brought
7) Our neighbor (not / make) much noise at midnight.
wasn't
makeing
weren’t
making
8) - Why did you get lost? - Because I (forget) the map.
have
forgotten
forgot
had
9) I was really hungry. I (not / eat) anything since the morning.
ate
eaten
hadn't
haven’t
10) Which channel they (watch) at 10 pm?
were
watching
was
watched
11) I saw you with Jill at the cafe. You (talk).
was
were
talking
talked
12) Jake (buy) a car last month?
buy
Did
Does
bought
13) Suzzy (miss) the train two hours ago.
missd
misses
missed
missing
14) What your sister (do) at 6 pm on Monday?
were
done
was
doing
15) The Smiths (not / travel) to London last year.
don’t
travelled
didn't
travel
16) She didn't go to work. she (catch) a cold?
Has
caught
Had
catched
17) After Peter (write) me an e-mail, I understood the problem.
wrote
had
has
written
18) Where Julia and Matt (eat) dinner?
ate
eat
did
do
19) We (not / listen) to the radio from 5 to 6 yesterday.
weren't
wasn’t
listening
listenning
20) I arrived on Sunday. I (not / be) at home for two days
haven’t
been
was
hadn't
21) Where you (collect) the ticket before you parked your car?
collected
have
collect
had
22) Nobody let me know that they (change) the time.
23) Richard (work) on his computer at 9 o'clock yesterday.
24) I (drop) my camera into the sea last summer.
25) Martin didn't say hello to Jim because he (not / recognize) him.
A lot of people think that a person who really knows a foreign language has no problems with working as an interpreter. On the other hand, there are people who believe that you have to have special skills for that job. Who is right?
I would like to express my opinion. To my mind, you will not have great difficulties with working as an interpreter if you know language well. Firstly, you have no problems with understanding both languages (your native language and foreign language). If you can understand something in one language you can translate it into another. Secondly, everyone who knows foreign language already has some kind of translation experience. All of us translate sentences and texts from one language into another while we are learning.
However, many people believe that you cannot work as an interpreter if you have no certain skills. To begin with, an interpreter has a lot of problems with translation. You have to have special skills to know how you can translate some expressions which may not be in another language. Furthermore, the speed of translation may be insufficient. You can understand all but you will not be able to translate it in the same time to another person.
I do not agree with them because a little practice makes a person who is fluent in a foreign language in an interpreter.
To sum up, we should admit there are different points of view on this question. It seems to me that a person who is good in foreign language can easily work as an interpreter.
Упражнение 1.
I am afraid he knows nothing about it.
Is there anything in the basket? — No, it’s empty.
I’ve prepared something for dinner which you’ll like very much.
I know somebody who can help you.
Is there anybody here who can speak Japanese?
There was nobody in the room. It was dark.
Упражнение 2.
Liz is shopping. She wants to buy some new clothes. She is going to a New Year party tonight, but she has got nothing to wear. She wants to buy (3 — something nice and some new shoes but she can’t find anything that she likes. She is also looking for a present. She wants to buy something special for her friend.
Упражнение 3.
1. Is there something interesting in the magazine?
2. There are some books on the table.
3. Nothing in the house is clean and good.
4. There is nobody here.
5. She will tell us something about her work.
6. She doesn’t want any new dress.
7. Is he going somewhere today?
9. He never goes by train, he goes anywhere by aeroplane.
10. They want a house, they have nowhere to live.
11. Is someone coming to see us today?
12. There aren’t any pencils in the box.
13. I didn’t see anyone yesterday, I was at home.