In front of to take to heart
In time to go to sea
1. Я послала письмо по почте.
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2. В заключении он сказал, что сделал это открытие случайно.
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3. Во время обеда он по ошибке назвал меня Мэри.
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4. Эта страна никогда не находилась в состоянии войны.
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5. Мы должны выучить это стихотворение наизусть.
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6. Я взял вашу книгу по ошибке. Простите.
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7. Моя дочь ездит в школу на автобусе.
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8. Я не поверил ему; в действительности, я видел этого человека на палубе несколько раз.
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9. Она осмотрела его с головы до ног, с самого начала он ей не понравился.
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10. Часами он мог наблюдать за мальчишками, которые играли в футбол на улице.
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11. Бабушка никогда не обижалась, что мы забывали ей звонить.
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12. Они жили в деревне, и дети любили ездить в город. Отец ехал верхом, а дети с
матерью в повозке (in a carriage).
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13. Они вставали на рассвете и ложились на закате, они работали весь день.
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14. В настоящее время у нас нет вакансий (vacancies).
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15. Он решил стать моряком, когда ему было 12 лет.
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16. Напротив нашего отеля было маленькое, милое кафе.
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17. Она читала, время от времени поглядывая на часы.
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18. Мы пришли как раз вовремя – собрание только началось.
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19. Он старался не принимать близко к сердцу мелкие неприятности (troubles).
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Revision on the use of articles: a / an, the, no article.
Exercise 40. Put in a / an, or the, if necessary.
(A) 1). There was ____ knock on ____ door. 2). I opened it and found ____ small dark man
in ____ blue overcoat and ____ woolen cap. 3). He said he was ____ employee of ____
gas company and had come to read ____ meter. 4). But I had ____ suspicion that he wasn’t
speaking ____ truth because ____ meter readers usually wear ____ peaked caps.
5). However, I took him to ____ meter, which is in ____ dark corner under ____ stairs
6). ( ___meters are usually in ____ dark corners under ____ stairs). 7). I asked if he had
____ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read _____ meters by ____ light of
____ match. 8). I remarked that if there was _____ leak in _____ gaspipe there might be
_____ explosion while he was reading _____ meter. 9). He said, “As ____ matter of ____
fact, there was ____ explosion in ____ last house I visited; and _____ Mr Smith, ____
owner of ____ house, was burnt in ____ face. 10). He was holding ____ lighted match at
____ time of ____ explosion”.
11). To prevent ____ possible repetition of this ____ accident, I lent him ____torch.
12). He switched on _____ torch, read _____ meter and wrote _____ reading down on _____
back of _____ envelope. 13). I said in _____ surprise that _____ meter readers usually put
_____ readings down in _____ book. 14). He said that he had ____ book but that it had been
burnt in _____ fire in Mr Smith’s house. 15). By this time I had come to _____ conclusion
that he wasn’t really _____ meter reader; and ____ moment he left _____ house
I rang ____ police.
(B) 1. “Are John and Mary _____ cousins?” “No, they aren’t _____ cousins; they are _____
brother and _____ sister.”
2. Peter thinks that this is quite _____ cheap restaurant.
3. _____ fog was so thick that we couldn’t see _____ side of _____ road. We followed
_____ car in front of us and hoped that we were going _____ right way.
4. I can’t remember _____ exact date of _____ storm, but I know it was _____ Sunday
because every body was at _____ church. On _____ Monday _____ post didn’t come
because _____ roads were blocked by _____ fallen trees.
5. Number _____ hundred and two, _____ house next door to us, is for sale. It’s quite _____
nice house with _____ big rooms. ______ back windows look out on _____ park. But I
don’t know what ____ price _____ owners are asking.
6. ____ postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be _____ dentist than _____ doctor,
because _____ dentists don’t get called out at _____ night.
7. Just as _____ air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me _____ cup of
_____ coffee _____ plane gave _____ lurch and _____ coffee went all over _____ person
on _____ side of _____ gangway.
8. There was ____ collision between _____ car and _____ cyclist at _____ crossroads near
____ my house early in _____ morning. _____ cyclist was taken to _____ hospital with
_____ concussion. _____ driver of ______ car was treated for _____ shock. _____
witnesses say that _____ car was going at _____ seventy miles _____ hour.
8. _____ Professor Jones, _____ man who discovered _____ new drug that everyone is
talking about, refused to give _____ press conference. ______ Peter Piper, _____
student in _____ professor’s college, asked him why he refused to talk to _____ press.
9. “We’re going to _____ tea with _____ Smiths today, aren’t we? Shall we take _____
car?” “We can go by _____ car if you wash _____ car first. We can’t go to _____ Mrs
Smith’s in _____ car all covered with _____ mud.”
10. He got ____ job in ____ south and spent _____ next two years doing _____ work he
really enjoyed.
11. It’s _____ pleasure to do _____ business with such _____ efficient organization.
12. _____ day after _____ day passed without _____ news, and we began to lose _____
hope.
13. My aunt lived on _____ ground floor of _____ old house on _____ River Thames. She
was very much afraid of _____ burglars and always locked up _____ house very
carefully before she went to ____ bed.
14. It was _____ windy morning but they hired _____ boat and went for _____ sail along
_____ coast. In _____ afternoon ______wind increased and they soon found themselves
in _____ difficulties.
15. “Would you like to hear _____ story about _____ Englishman, _____ Irishman and
_____ Scotsman?” “No. I’ve heard _____ stories about _____ Englishmen, _____
Irishmen and _____ Scotsmen before and they are all _____ same.” “But mine is not
_____ typical story. In my _____ story _____ Scotsman is generous, ______Irishman is
logical and _____ Englishman is romantic.” “Oh, if it is _____ fantastic story I’ll listen
it with _____ pleasure”.