Exercise 4 Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

Susan Francis _____ (study) to be a nurse in England when she _____ (meet) and _____ (marry) a young Iraqi civil engineer. She ____(return) with him to Iraq. While they ____ (live) in Baghdad, the Gulf War ____ (start). This is Susan’s story of what she and her family ___ (experience) while American and British forces ____ (attack) Baghdad.

Exercise 5 Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.

1. When I had got/got downstairs the phone had stopped/stopped ringing.

2. I had been/was sorry to leave, as I enjoyed/had enjoyed the party very much.

3. Helen had been/was very upset because she had lost/lost her purse.

4. It had been/was a very difficult day, so I had gone/went to bed early.

5. When I had turned/turned on the TV, the match had finished/finished.

6. We hadn’t got/didn’t get a table in the restaurant because we hadn’t booked/booked.

Exercise 6 Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.

When Swiss millionaires Justine Klaus(a) ____ (die) in Geneva at the age of seventy-nine, most of her family(b) ____ (come) to hear the details of her will hoping the old lady(c) ____ (remember) them. Instead they(d) ____ (get) a real shock. Justine(e) ____ (live) alone for many years and most of her family(f) ____ (not/see) her for several years. Her relatives(g) ____ (be) amazed when they(h) ____ (hear) that the old lady(i) ____ (leave) £370 000 to her favorite house plant! Justine said that for all those years the plant(j) ____ (be) her best and only friend. In contrast her family only(k) ____ (receive) £100 each.

Exercise 7 Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1 We ______ (rent) this house for twenty years.

2 He ______ (cook) the dinner for thirty minutes.

3 They ______ (be) Thailand since last Friday.

4 She _______ (clean) the house since very early this morning.

5 They ______ (have) their car since last November.

6 She _______ (work) as a DJ for two years.

7 He _______ (go) to the dive centre for five months.

8 I ______ (know) my English teacher since 2005.

Exercise 8 Complete the sentences with for or since.

1 I’ve been drinking coffee ____ I was fourteen.

2 I’ve been to the cinema only once ____ last summer.

3 I’ve had the same group of friends ____ many years.

4 I’ve read nothing interesting ____ four or five months.

5 I’ve eaten nothing ____ eight o’clock this morning.

6. I’ve wanted to make a change in my life ____ a long time.

Exercise 9 Put the Adjectives in the brackets into the comparative or superlative form. Insert thanand thewhere necessary.

1 My friends are ____ (funny) me.

2 I’m ____ (lucky) person that I know.

3 I feel ____ (relaxed) today yesterday.

4 My bedroom is ____ (cold) place in my home.

5 My sister is ____ (pretty) girl in the world.

6 I find history ____ (interesting) sport.

7 ____ (sad) film I’ve ever seen is Titanic.

8 I’m usually ____ (happy) my friend

Контрольная работа №2

Reading

1.1 Read the text

St. Petersburg

The beautiful city of St. Petersburg is built on water, which gives a magical and romantic atmosphere. Poets and writers often call it ‘the Northern Venice”, “the Pearl of the Baltics”. The city was born and grew up on 42 islands. Now they are linked by 363 bridges. It stretches along the Neva River.

It was the Tsar’s fancy to build a city on a swampy land at the mouth of the Neva river. Peter 1 believed that the new city would provide a port for trade through the Baltic sea giving Russia a “window on Europe”.

In May, 1703 tsar Peter 1 founded a fortress on a small island called Zayachy. The fortress was named after Saint Peter and it gave its name to the future northern capital of Russia.

At the beginning of its construction the city charged everyone an obligatory tribute. Those who arrived by carriage were to bring three stones, and those who came by river or sea-ten stones.

Many famous European and Russian masters did their best work while constructing the city. Palaces, cathedrals, buildings of rare beauty rose along straight avenues and streets, squares and parks.

The first monumental ensemble of the city, Peter and Paul fortress, attracts lots of tourists. The Cathedral of Peter and Paul fortress built by architect Tresini in 1712-1733 became the necropolis of Russian tsars.

St. Petersburg displays a remarkable richness of architecture. Its Winter Palace, the Kazan and St. Isaac’s Cathedrals, Vorontsov and Strogonov Palaces are world famous.

Museums are the city’s pride. One of the most famous museums, the State Hermitage, is situated here. Its collection boasts of tsars’ treasures, works of world-known artists, and paintings from private galleries of Yusoupovs, Strogonovs, Sheremetevs, Shuvalovs and others. Some 2,5 million masterpieces of various epochs, countries and nations are located in more than one thousand halls. It is one of the largest museums in Europe.

St. Petersburg has played a vital role in Russian history. It was the scene of the February and October Revolutions in 1917 and was fiercely defended during World War II. It was renamed three times – Petrograd, Leningrad and again, St. Petersburg. Now, the city plays an important role in Russian economy, culture and international cooperation.

Great Federico Felini, who once visited St. Petersburg said, ”I’m happy that I was born in Italy and worked in Rome, but , probably, I would be twice happy if fate would let me have a nook in Russia, in St. Petersburg. I fell in love with this city. Somehow, I understand it”. If you have a chance to visit this great city, you’ll fall in love with it, too.

1.2 Find English equivalents in the text:

Прекрасный город Санкт-Петербург; «Северная Венеция»; «жемчужина Балтики»; на болотистых землях; «окно в Европу»; северная столица России; обязательная дань; здания редкой красоты; вдоль прямых проспектов и улиц; первый архитектурный ансамбль города; Усыпальница (место захоронения) русских царей; замечательное разнообразие архитектуры; гордость города; картины из частных галерей; шедевры различных эпох; жизненно важная роль в истории России; важная роль в экономике России; вдвойне счастлив.

1.3 Answer the following questions:

1 Where did Peter 1 decide to build a city?

2 Why did he decide to build it?

3Why was the city named St. Petersburg?

4 Why does Peter and Paul fortress attract lots of tourists?

5 What is the Winter Palace famous for?

6 What did great Federico Felini feel towards St. Petersburg?

7 What do poets and writers often call St. Petersburg?

1.4 Translate the following into English:

1 Петр 1 решил построить новый город на болотистых землях в устье реки.

2 Город появился и вырос на 42 островах, которые соединены сейчас множеством мостов.

3 В 1703 году Петр 1 заложил крепость на острове Заячий. Крепость была названа в честь Святого Петра и дала свое имя будущей северной столице.

4 Многие знаменитые мастера Европы и России внесли свой вклад в строительство города.

5 Архитектурные ансамбли города привлекают множество туристов.

6 Зимний Дворец, Казанский собор, Исаакиевский собор, дворцы Воронцова и Строгонова известны во всем мире.

7 В Санкт-Петербурге находится один из самых больших и знаменитых музеев Европы – Государственный Эрмитаж.

8 В 20-ом веке город переименовывали трижды: в Петроград, Ленинград и снова в Санкт-Петербург.

Vocabulary