Используйте нужную видо-временную форму (Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect).
1. She can’t come to the phone. She (to wash) her hair. 2.A strong wind ( to blow) when she left the house. 3. Ann’s grandfather (to found) his firm in 1901. 4. The students ( not to finish) the test when the bell rang. 5. What (to happen)? Why you (to cry)? 6. Bill can’t play football. He (to break) his leg.
Translate into English.
Переведите на английский язык.
1. Вы говорите по-испански? 2. Я работала в саду, когда началась гроза. 3. Не беспокойтесь, она присмотрит за ребёнком. 4. Ты уже слушал новости по радио? 5. Вчера к вечеру он закончил писать свой доклад. 6. Я уже поговорил с учителем сегодня.
Choose the right variant of the adjective or the adverb.
Выберите правильный вариант прилагательного или наречия.
1. This building is (big, bigger, biggest) than that one. 2. The ground heats up (little, less, least) there. 3. He is the (dangerous, most dangerous) man in the country. 4. Of the two shirts, this one is the (pretty, prettier, prettiest).5. The plane will arrive (soon, sonly). 6. Do you (seriously, serious) want to go there? 7. You shouldn’t be so (lazy, lazily). 8. Tell me all (honest, honestly).
Match the opposites.
Составьте пары антонимов.
1. slima). slow
2. lightb). careless
3. fastc). fat
4. carefuld). quietly
5. noisilye). dark
Translate into English.
Переведите на английский язык.
1. Сегодня погода хуже, чем вчера. 2. Кто самый младший у вас в семье? 3. Проспект Скорины – одна из самых красивых улиц Минска. 4. Он на 20 лет старше её. 5. Это звучит невежливо. 6. Летом дни длиннее, а ночи короче.
Use the necessary modal verbs (can, may, must, have to, should, need, to be allowed to, to be able to). Use the right tense form.
Вставьте подходящие по смыслу модальные глаголы или их эквиваленты (can, may, must, have to, should, need, to be allowed to, to be able to).
1. You ... do this important work quickly. 2. ... you tell me the time, please? 3. There are too many accidents. Everyone ... be much more careful. 4. ... I use your telephone, Mr. Brown? 5. Must I type these letters today? – No, you ... .
Match part 1 and 2.
Соотнесите английские предложения с русскими.
| 1. Ann may play 2. Ann couldn’t play 3. Ann must play 4. Ann had to play 5. Ann shouldn’t play 6. Ann’ll be able to play 7. Ann needn’t play 8. Ann isn’t allowed to play | a) Анне можно не играть b) Анне можно играть c) Анне не следует играть d) Анна должна играть e) Анна не могла играть f) Анна сможет играть g) Анне не разрешают играть h) Анне пришлось играть |
Choose the proper preposition.
Выберите верный предлог.
1. I don’t believe it unless I see ... myself. 2. I’m looking ... my textbook, which I left here. 3. It’s getting dark, will you turn ... the light, please. 4. It’s not very easy ... me to translate it. 5. ... the summer, we went to the beach every day. 6. We sat ... the middle ... the cinema, ... the twelfth low.
Separate the two mixed stories and put the sentences in the proper order. Give their titles.
Разделите две истории. О каких двух праздниках идет речь? (исходя из ответа, озаглавьте каждую, правильно расположив предложения)
1. The Celts had a holiday called Samhain , which meant “end of summer”.
2. They are thin cakes made of batter, fried in a pan, and it is necessary to cook them on both sides.
3. The Celts called the night before “Allhallows E’en” or holy evening.
4. Most English children look forward each year to Pancake Day, as they call it.
5. It is a combination of holidays. As a night of ghosts and witches it was started by the Celts.
6. It is usual to throw them into the air, catching them in the pan as they come down. Many a pancake ends up on the floor, and some become stuck to the ceiling.
7. The Celts lit huge bonfires on hilltops to scare the ghosts away. Years later the Celts became Christians. They and other Christians celebrated All-Hallows Day (now called All Saints’ Day) on November 1.
8. The official name is Shrove Tuesday and it falls on the day before the period of Lent begins.
9. The Celts believed that spirits of the fruits and vegetables and also the ghosts of people visited the Earth on Samhain, which was October 31.
10. Half the fan of the day lies in eating the pancakes; the other half comes in tossing them.
Read the text.
Прочтите текст.