Task 5. Insert the prepositions: 1) It occupies a favorable geographical position being washed … two oceans and

having various climate zones.

2) In the War … Independence it became independent.

3) The USA is a federation … 50 states.

4) … the whole the USA has a continental climate.

5) Washington is the seat … government … the nation.

6) Football is the most popular sport … the fall.

7) It is still played … almost every college and university …​

1. Nobody (knew) where Smith (had gone). 2. A girl who (was standing ) under the beech tree (came) up to us. 3. Mary (was speaking) to Mr Boxwell when I (saw) her in the corridor this morning. 4. John (was parking) the car in Fifth Avenue when a young man in black glasses (appeared) from nowhere and (stood) before him. 5. He again (came) to the village where he (had lived) in childhood. 6. While we (were talking), there (came) a loud knock at the door. 7. He (looked) into the drawing-room. The old man (was sleeping) peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. 8. When their visitor (left) John and his mother (stood) near the window. 9. When he (dresssd), he (went) downstairs, (wrote) a long letter to his parents and another to his sister. 10. She (welcomed) her with a bright smile and (turned) back to the offensive dandy lions she (had been fighting) with. 11. While she (was reading) this notice, a middle-aged woman (appeared) in the doorway. 12. When he (came) back to the conference room, he (saw)  that the situation (had changed). 13. She (had been sitting) at the table only five minutes when a car (came). 14. Their father (was) still silent, even when they (had) coffee. 15.The three (sat) down to the meal that Susan (had prepared). 16. He (was sitting)  thinking of his wife whom he (had left) alone in Europe. 17. They (looked) over the accounts together and (found) where she (had made) her mistake. 18. I (was ) surprised at John's failure because he (had been) such a good student previously.

1. A. Did you go to the cinema yesterday?
B. No, I didn't. Yesterday i went to the theatre.
A. Did your sister go with you?
B. Yes, she did too.

2. Did you visit your grandmother last sunday?
Didn't you visit your grandmother last Sunday?
My sister visited our grandmother last Sunday.
I didn't visit my grandmother last Sunday.

3. We were in the theatre a week ago. Were you in the theatre a week ago? I wasn't in the theatre a week ago. He was in the theatre a week ago. Aren't they were in the theatre a week ago? They were in the theatre a week ago.