2. My wife and I weren't talking about you the other day.
Were your wife and you talking...? When were your wife and you talking...? Who was talking...? Were your wife and you talking about you or them the other day? My wife and I were not talking about you the other day, were we?
I. Поставьте глагол в PAST SIMPLE или PAST PERFECT : 1. Before the teacher entered he classroom the pupils had prepared everything for the lesson. 2. He remembered that he had not locked the front door. 3. We arrived five minutes late. The train had gone. 4. He had read the novel before he saw the film. 5. When I came to the office he had already left. 6. He said that they had discussed everything. 7. It began raining after I had come home. 8. He had never took part in such an outstanding event before. 9. I had read the letter before he left. 10. They hoped that the Rangers had won the game.
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple:
1 I am a student. 2 My friend has a big family. 3 The town they live in is small. 4 His parents have a house in the countryside. 5 My sister is married. 6 How lucky you are! 7 I and my sister are good friends. 8 I have a good job.
2. Open the brackets using necessary degree of comparison of adjectives:
1 Which is larger: the United States or Canada? 2 What is the name of the biggest port in the United States? 3 Moscow is the largest city in Russia. 4 The London underground is the oldest in the world. 5 There is a great number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia. 6 St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. 7 The rivers in America are much bigger than those in England. 8 The island of Great Britain is smaller than Greenland.
3. Translate from Russian into English using there is (are):
1. В комнате есть стол и стулья. There is a table and some chairs in the room.
2 В нашей квартире есть все современные удобства.There are all modern facilities in our flat.
3 На стене нет картины. There is no picture on the wall.
4 В городе много красивых улиц. There are a lot of beautiful streets in the city.
5 В городе есть парк? Is there a park in the town?
6 Put in prepositions on, in or into: 1 Where is the book? - - It is on the table. 2 Where is the tea? — It is in the cup. 3 Put the plates on the table. 4 Put the book in the bag. 5 There is a beautiful picture on the wall. 6 He went into the room. 7 I like to sit on the sofa in my room.
4. Write the following numerals:
376 115 - three hundred and seventy-six thousand one hundred and fifteen
54 998 - fifty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
7 356 217 - seven million three hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and seventeen
1st - first
15th - fifteenth
23rd - twenty-third
25.10.1900 - the twenty-fifth of October, nineteen hundred
17.07.1777 - the seventeenth of July, seventeen seventy-seven
Were your wife and you talking...?
When were your wife and you talking...?
Who was talking...?
Were your wife and you talking about you or them the other day?
My wife and I were not talking about you the other day, were we?
I. Поставьте глагол в PAST SIMPLE или PAST PERFECT :
1. Before the teacher entered he classroom the pupils had prepared everything for the lesson.
2. He remembered that he had not locked the front door.
3. We arrived five minutes late. The train had gone.
4. He had read the novel before he saw the film.
5. When I came to the office he had already left.
6. He said that they had discussed everything.
7. It began raining after I had come home.
8. He had never took part in such an outstanding event before.
9. I had read the letter before he left.
10. They hoped that the Rangers had won the game.
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple:
1 I am a student. 2 My friend has a big family. 3 The town they live in is small. 4 His parents have a house in the countryside. 5 My sister is married. 6 How lucky you are! 7 I and my sister are good friends. 8 I have a good job.
2. Open the brackets using necessary degree of comparison of adjectives:
1 Which is larger: the United States or Canada? 2 What is the name of the biggest port in the United States? 3 Moscow is the largest city in Russia. 4 The London underground is the oldest in the world. 5 There is a great number of cars and buses in the streets of Moscow than in any other city of Russia. 6 St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. 7 The rivers in America are much bigger than those in England. 8 The island of Great Britain is smaller than Greenland.
3. Translate from Russian into English using there is (are):
1. В комнате есть стол и стулья. There is a table and some chairs in the room.
2 В нашей квартире есть все современные удобства.There are all modern facilities in our flat.
3 На стене нет картины. There is no picture on the wall.
4 В городе много красивых улиц. There are a lot of beautiful streets in the city.
5 В городе есть парк? Is there a park in the town?
6 Put in prepositions on, in or into: 1 Where is the book? - - It is on the table. 2 Where is the tea? — It is in the cup. 3 Put the plates on the table. 4 Put the book in the bag. 5 There is a beautiful picture on the wall. 6 He went into the room. 7 I like to sit on the sofa in my room.
4. Write the following numerals:
376 115 - three hundred and seventy-six thousand one hundred and fifteen
54 998 - fifty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
7 356 217 - seven million three hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and seventeen
1st - first
15th - fifteenth
23rd - twenty-third
25.10.1900 - the twenty-fifth of October, nineteen hundred
17.07.1777 - the seventeenth of July, seventeen seventy-seven
6.01.2000 - the sixth of January, two thousand