- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 service industry
- •Assignments
- •St. Petersburg State University of Service and Economics
- •Words and expressions
- •Service industry
- •Words and expressions
- •Which are personal qualities required for working in the service industry?
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Things to do
- •The Sights
- •Cathedrals, Churches and Monasteries
- •Bridges
- •Theatres
- •Festivals
- •The suburbs
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Indefinite pronouns some / any and their derivatives
- •Things to do
- •Unit 3 higher education in the uk
- •Assignments
- •Types of English universities
- •Entrance to British universities
- •The university system in Britain
- •Variety of other British higher institutions
- •Words and expressions
- •1. At an International Conference.
- •2. A Television Interview.
- •Grammar exercises
- •Things to do
- •Unit 4 higher education in the usa
- •Assignments
- •Categories of institution in the usa
- •Involvement in learning
- •Changes in American higher education
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Things to do
- •Unit 5 political system in the uk
- •Words and expressions
- •Political system of the usa
- •The us Constitution
- •The Legislative Branch
- •The Executive Branch
- •The Judicial Branch
- •Major Political Parties
- •Elections
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Things to do
- •Words and expressions
- •Assignments
- •Travelling by air
- •Words and expressions
- •Travelling by train
- •Britain Rail’s Services
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Things to do
- •Unit 7 at the customs
- •Assignments
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Unit 8 meals
- •Meals and Mealtimes in Britain
- •Sunday Roast
- •Eating out in London
- •Restaurants
- •International and fusion cuisine
- •Fast food
- •Ordering food
- •Grammar exercises
- •2. Be a host and a guest in turns.
- •3. Project Work:
- •Unit 9 accommodation
- •How to book
- •Classification
- •Yha Hostels
- •Independent Hostels
- •University Accommodation
- •Bed and Breakfast
- •Guesthouses
- •Rental Accommodation
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Unit 10 london
- •Assignments
- •Buckingham Palace
- •Houses of Parliament
- •Westminster Abbey
- •St. Paul’s Cathedral
- •Trafalgar Square
- •Nelson`s Column
- •The Tower of London
- •Piccadilly Circus
- •Shakespeare`s Globe Theatre
- •Covent Garden
- •Downing Street
- •The Charles Dickens Museum
- •Neasden Temple
- •Royal parks
- •British Library
- •Changing the Guard
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Indirect Speech
- •Order tell ask beg suggest
- •Things to do
- •Unit 11 shopping
- •Shopping in London
- •Words and expressions
- •Assignments
- •Marks & Spencer Britain's Favourite Store
- •How did it all begin?
- •What are the best-sellers?
- •Why is m&s so successful?
- •I’m not a shopaholic!
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •The media
- •National and local newspapers in the usa
- •Radio and television in the usa
- •The press in the uk
- •Television and Radio in the uk
- •Words and expressions
- •Assignments
- •Machine Dreams
- •Words and expressions
- •Grammar exercises
- •Infinitive
- •Things to do
- •Grammar reference present forms Present Simple
- •Present Continuous
- •State verbs
- •Present Perfect
- •Present Perfect Continuous
- •Past forms The past forms of be
- •Past Simple
- •Past continuous
- •Past Perfect
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •Future forms
- •The Future Simple
- •Going to, planning to
- •The Present Continuous
- •The Present Simple
- •The Future Continuous
- •The Future Perfect
- •The Future Perfect Continuous
- •Articles
- •Adjectives
- •Pronouns
- •Some/Any/No
- •A little/Little
- •Modal verbs
- •Functions of modal verbs
- •Passive voice
- •Personal / Impersonal passive constructions
- •Reported speech
- •1 Change of tenses
- •2 Verbs and conjunctions used for reporting
- •3 Word order in reported questions
- •Conditionals
- •Infinitive – gerund – participles The Infinitive
- •The Gerund
- •The Participles
- •Suffixes Common suffixes for nouns
- •Common suffixes for adjectives
- •Prefixes used to form opposites
- •Other prefixes which change meaning
- •Prepositions of Time: at, in, on
- •Bibliography
- •Заключение
- •191015, Г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Кавалергардская, д. 7
Grammar exercises
Grammar Revision:
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Past Simple
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Past Continuous
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Past Perfect
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Past Perfect Continuous
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Prepositions on/in/at (place)
Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense.
It (be) the 4th of July of the year 1776 when the colonies (declare) their independence from England. In the following years the political system (be based) on the "Articles of Confederation", which (be) a non-binding 'contract' for the member states. Seeing that this system (not / work out), the Continental Congress (introduce) the draft of a 'binding contract', later called the Constitution. This draft of the Constitution (be formally accepted) in 1787 and needed 9 state votes to be ratified. That (be) in the following year and (start) with the State of Delaware, today nicknamed "the First State". Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina and New Hampshire followed. The official date for the American Constitution to become effective (be) March 4th, 1789.
Exercise 2. Study the following examples.
1. As I was walking down the road I saw Bill.
2. The phone rang while I was having dinner.
Exercise 3. Put verbs into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. At six o'clock this morning I (have) a wonderful dream, but then the alarm (go) off. 2. This time yesterday I (lie) on the beach. 3. I saw Sid when I (come) to work this morning. He (shop). 4. She (meet) her husband while she (travel) in Egypt. 5. While I (talk) to Mrs Singleton somebody (walk) into my office and (steal) the computer. 6. I (look) out of the window and (see) that we (fly) over the mountains. 7. I (wake) up to find that water (pour) through the bedroom ceiling. 8. He (break) his leg while he (play) football. 9. She (tell) me she (have) a bad time with her husband. 10. When Jake (come) in everybody (stop) talking.
Exercise 4. Study the following examples.
1. When I got to the car park I realized that I had lost my keys.
2. She told me that she had worked in France and Germany.
3. He arrived late; he hadn't realized that the roads would be so icy.
4. She was upset because Andrew hadn't telephoned.
5. All the roads were blocked: it had been snowing all night long.
6. After I had been walking for an hour, I decided to have a rest.
7. She felt ill because she had been working too hard.
8. Mary could see that the child had been crying for some time.
Exercise 5. Put verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Perfect.
1. I (be) sorry that I (not / be) nicer to him. 2. Nobody (come) to the meeting because Angela (forget) to tell people about it. 3. I (see) her before somewhere – I (know). 4. Because he (not / check) the oil for so long, the car (break) down. 5. She couldn't find the book that I (lend) her. 6. All the people we (invite) turned up, and some that we (not / invite). 7. They (never find) where he (hide) the money. 8. It was a firm that I (never hear) of. 9. When she (come) in, we all knew where she (be). 10. The lesson (already start) when I (arrive).
Exercise 6. Complete the text with the following verbs in the Past Perfect Progressive.
drive, lie, repair, work
John Latton, 39, an engineer at Felton Plastics in Upton, had a lucky escape after an accident on the A34 in the early hours of the morning. Mr. Latton fell asleep while driving and crashed into a pile of sand left by workers who (1) ___ road. When he left Felton Plastics at 3.00 this morning, Mr. Latton (2) ___ for 72 hours without any sleep.
A passing motorist discovered the accident after the engineers (3)___ in his car with a broken leg for half an hour. Ambulance workers said that if Mr. Latton (4) ___ any faster his injuries might have been much worse.
Exercise 7. Complete the sentences with in, at or on.
1. Write your name ___ the top of the page.
2. I like that picture hanging ___ the wall ___ the kitchen.
3. There was an accident ___ the crossroads this morning.
4. I wasn’t sure whether I had come to the right office. There wasn’t name ___the door.
5. ___the end of the street there is a path leading to the river.
6. You’ll find the results ___ the back page of the newspaper.
7. I wouldn’t like an office job. I couldn’t spend the whole day sitting ___ a desk.
8. My brother lives ___ a small village ___ the south-west of England.
9. The man the police are looking for has a scar ___ his right cheek.
10. The headquarters of the company are ___ Milan.
Exercise 8. Complete the sentences. Use in, at or on + one of the following:
the window your coffee the mountains that tree my guitar the river the island the next garage
1. Look at these people swimming _____.
2. One of the strings ____ is broken.
3. There’s something wrong with this car. We’d better stop _____.
4. Would you like sugar _____ ?
5. The leaves ____ are a beautiful colour.
6. Last year we had a wonderful skiing holiday ____.
7. There’s nobody lining _____. It’s uninhabited.
8. He spends most of the day sitting ____ and looking outside.