2. Прекрасное кафе, не так ли? – Да, давайте останемся здесь и возьмем бифштекс и салат. – Да, давайте.

10. Пора! Пойдем. Я не люблю опаздывать.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate verb form. Be ready to explain your choice.

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I work in a large office with about thirty other people, most of whom I 1_________ (know) quite well. We 2 _________ (spend) most of the day together, so we 3 _________ (all/become) friends. In fact, most of my colleagues are so interesting, that I 4 _________ (think) of writing a book about them!

5 ________ (take) Helen Watson, for example. Helen 6 _________ (run) the accounts department. At the moment she 7 _________ (go out) with Keith Ballantine, one of the sales representatives, and they 8 _________ (seem) very happy together. But everyone – except Helen apparently – 9 _________ (know) that Keith 10 _________ (fancy) Susan Porter. But I 11 _________ (happen) to know that Susan 12 _________ (dislike) Keith. ‘I can’t stand people who never

13 _________ (stop) apologizing all the time!’ she told me. ‘And besides, I know he 14 _________ (deceive) poor Helen. He 15_________ (see) Betty Wills from the overseas department.’ And plenty of other interesting things are currently going on. For instance, every week we are experiencing more and more problems with theft – personal belongings and even money have been stolen. When you realize that someone in your office is a thief, it upsets you first. But I also try to catch whoever it is before the police are called in. I’m not going to tell you who I suspect. Well, not yet anyway!

2.

Reporter Philip Taggart visits a farm where the sheep are super fit!

Farmers, as you may 1 _________ (know), 2 _________ (have) a hard time of it in Britain lately, and 3 _________ (turn) to new ways of earning income from their land. This 4_________ (involve) not only planting new kinds of crops, but also some strange ways of making money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you 5 _________ hear me correctly! A farmer in the west of England now 6 _________ (hold) sheep races on regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 people 7 _________ (turn up) to watch the proceedings. ‘I was passing the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,’ one punter told me, ‘and I

8 _________ (think) I’d have a look. I 9 _________ (not/believe) it was serious, to tell you the truth.’ According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. ‘A proper horse races everyone 10 _________ (already/study) the form of the horses in advance, and there are clear favourites. But nobody 11 _________ (hear) anything about these sheep! Most people

12 _________ (find) it difficult to tell one from another in any case.’ I 13_________ (stay) to watch the races, and I must admit that I 14_________ (find) it quite exciting. In a typical race, half a dozen sheep 15_________ (race) downhill over a course of about half a mile. Food is waiting for them at the other end of the track, I ought to add! The sheep run surprisingly fast, although presumably they have not eaten for a while just to give them some motivation. At any rate, the crowd around me obviouslyenjoyed their day out at the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

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I 1_________ (move) to London three weeks ago to take up a new post at my company’s London office. Ever since, then I have been wondering if I 2_________ (make) the right decision.

I 3 _________ (see) a lot of negative things about living in the capital and I can’t say London 4 _________ (make) a very favourable impression on me. It 5 _________ (be) so polluted and expensive, and the people 6 _________ (be) so distant. You see, I 7 _________ (grow up) in a fairly small town called Devizes and I 8 _________ (spend) all my life there.

I 9 _________ (always/want) to live in a big city and so when my company 10 _________ (offer) me a job in London, I 11 _________ (jump) at the chance.

I 12 _________ (think) I 13 _________ (not/be) alone in my aversion to the big city. According to a programme I 14 _________ (just/hear) on the radio, more and more people 15 _________ (stop) working in London recently, and a lot of large companies have chosen to move away from the centre. Oh well, it is too late to change my mind now, because the job is up and running, and I have already sold my house in Devizes. But I must admit, over the past few days, I have secretly been hoping that the company would relocate me back to my old town.

4.

Dear Bert,

I 1 _________ (write) to tell you what a great time we 2 _________ (have) at the Sour Grapes concert last weekend. It’s a pity you 3 _________ (not/come).

The concert 4 _________ (take) place in the football stadium near the university. There 5 _________ (be) about 80,000 people there. While we 6 _________ (to get) in, we 7 _________ (see) the members of the group arrive in a big black limo. They 8 _________ (have) bodyguards with them. Anyway, we 9_________ (find) our seats and 10 _________ (wait) impatiently for the concert to begin. The Sour Grapes 11_________ (recently/record) an album which 12 _________ (become) very successful.

The concert 13 _________ (last) for two and a half hours. I 14 _________ (send) you photos that Alex 15 _________ (take) when we were there. We have heard that the Sour Grapes are giving a big concert in London next month. Perhaps you can see them there.

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