Test one: Use the -ing form or the infinitive of the given verbs.
Write all the sentences from the top to the bottom
1. The children were tired of ( to run/running).
2. I usually help mother (to wash/ washing) the dishes.
3. Instead of (to phone/phoning his friend), he went (to see /seeing) him.
4. I simply can’t afford (to spend/spending) a week doing nothing.
5. Why not (to revise/revising) the reading rules again?
6.Their words are difficult (to understand/understanding).
7. Do you mind (to open/opening) the window?
8.Why not (to ask/asking) Mary to help us?
9. Advise me where (to go/going) 0n Sunday.
10. Let’s start ( to play/playing) this game.
1)The Declaration of Independence (USA) was adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 during the War for Independence in North America.
2)Columbus's discovery of America and its conquest by European powers paved the way for the spread of Western civilization in the New World. The widespread British colonial system in the seventeenth century played an important role in the fate of North America: the emergence of colonial colonies.
3)North America was the first English colony on the Atlantic coast in the early seventeenth century. Then (XVII-XVIII centuries), from this coast to North America emerged a long 12-colony statehood.
4)How would you feel if you worked hard day and night and lost your temper? In today's market economy, it is important not only to value your work, but also to consider safety.
Я нарисовал его портрет к 9 часам.
I have been painting his portrait for 2 years.
Я рисовал его портрет два года.
I painted his portrait last year.
Я нарисовал его портрет в году.
I was painting his portrait at 6 o’clock yesterday.
Вчера в 6 часов я рисовал его портрет.
2. We watered the plants last Friday.
Мы поливали растения в пятницу.
We had watered the plants by the time the teacher came in.
Мы полили растения к тому времени как учитель вошёл.
We were watering the plants at that time.
Мы поливали растения в это время.
We have been watering the plants for a long time.
Мы поливали растения длительное время.