Task 1. Complete the following sentences choosing right variant:

1.The efficiency of marshalling yards has been improved due to...

a) the building of a great number of classification tracks,

b) speeding up shunting operations,

c) using automatic equipment.

2. The cars which roll from the hump by gravity are routed into…

a) a sorting siding:

b) a classification track:

c) a main line.

3. The usual method of controlling the degree of retardation is…

a) an electronic computer,

b) a speed checking device:

c)a special wheel device.

4. Repair shops situated close to modern marshalling yards are mechanized…

a) to speed the repair of rails;

b) to speed the repair of cars;

c) to speed the repair of classification tracks

5. The need for sorting cars at small, intermediate yards is eliminated because…

a) there are many luge modern classification yards,

b) railways made much progress,

c) yards have a hump.

1.i used to play this game. 2.they used to be friends many years ago. 3.we used to play tennis. 4.she used to have long hair. 5.i used to love he. 6.he used to be there. 7. we used to go there every day. 8.this dog used to live there. 9.i used to like this book. 10. she used to have black hair. 1.i would go to the shop tomorrow. 2.she would leave this place. 3.he would like this book. 4.we would go to the park this afternoon. 5.i wold like to eat that ice-cream. 6.she wold like to know that. 7.he would choose it. 8.they would be friends, i think. 9.who would do it? 10.i would do it. : )

1) i put on me clothes after i got up. – я оделся после того, как встал.

2) by the time the guests came the table had been already served. – стол был уже накрыт к тому времени как пришли гости.

3) james had washed his hands before he went to the canteen. – джеймс помыл руки прежде, чем пошел в столовую.

4) the students said that he hadn’t done his homework. – студент сказал, что он не выполнил свое .

5) hardly peter had crossed the road, when the accident happened. – едва питер перешел дорогу, как случилась авария.

6) we saw that everybody had already gone. – мы увидели, что все уже ушли.

7) they thought that letters had been sent. – они подумали, что письма уже были отправлены.

8) if students had prepared for an exam they would pass it successfully. – если бы студенты подготовились к экзамену, то они бы удачно его сдали.

9) we understood that it was useless to surrender to enemies. - мы понимали, что сдаваться врагам было бесполезно.

10) william told a story that could not fail to please the guests. - уильям рассказал , что не могло не порадовать гостей.