Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises

Exercise 1. (Text 1) Answer the questions.

1. What were Carol and her friends doing?

2. Why were they all making a lot of noise?

3. What was playing at full volume?

4. What was Pete doing?

5. What was Polly trying to do?

6. What was Tom’s dog doing?

7. Was everybody sleeping and dreaming?

8. Was the dog screeching?

9. Did the guests hear the doorbell?

10. When did Carol notice that there was somebody at the door?

11. Who was standing at the door?

12. What was Mr Smith wearing?

13. What was Mr Smith’s wife doing?

14. Was Carol angry?

15. What did Carol ask Mr Smith to do?

Exercise 2. (Text 2) Answer each question with a complete sentence.

1. When did the rooms fall in?

2. Why wasn’t anybody hurt?

3. Who was the owner talking to when the rooms fell in?

4. What was he looking at when he heard the sound?

5. Why did he call the construction company?

6. What were the workers doing when the rooms fell in?

7. What was the owner’s wife doing while the reporters were talking?

8. Where was she standing when the front room fell in?

9. Who will rebuild the house?

10. Who will pay for the repairs?

Exercise 3. (Text 3) Answer the questions:

1. Did the car have an engine or a battery?

2. In what way did the computer work?

3. When did the car start and when did it stop?

4. Where was the uncle driving one day?

5. Why was the road bad?

6. What sign did he see?

7. What did the uncle say when he saw a sign?

8. Did the car stop?

9. Where did the car stop at last?

10. What did the uncle say when the car stopped at last?

Exercise 4. (Text 4. Dialogue) Answer the questions:

1. Who wants to show the house to Harold?

2. Whose house is this?

3. What is there in the sitting-room?

4. Where does the family have breakfast, lunch and dinner?

5. What does Mother ask Nancy to do?

6. How many floors are there in the house?

7. How many rooms are there on the first floor?

8. What is there in the bathroom?

Exercise 5. (Text 5. Dialogue) Answer the questions:

1. Where is the music coming from?

2. What is Peter doing?

3. What has Peter got in his room?

4. What is there in Nancy’s room?

5. What can Harold see from Nancy’s window?

6. Where is Topper coming from?

7. What is Father doing?

8. What does Peter want to do?

Exercise 6. Dictation-translation.

A.	У Кэрол и ее друзей была вечеринка. Проигрыватель играл на полную моіность. Что хуже всего, Том взял свою собаку в гости и она гонялась по всей комнате за котом Кэрол. В дверь позвонили, но, конечно же, в этом шуме они не услышали его. Кто-то стучал по полу в квартире сверху. Не беспокойтесь, мистер Смит. Входите и присоединяйтесь к нам.
В.	1. 21 апреля в 6 часов обвалилась гостиная в доме мистера Паркера. Мистер Паркер и его жена разговаривали с гостями, когда это произошло. Они показывали гостям треіины в гостиной, когда они услышали громкий треск. Трещины становились все больше. Рабочие были все еще в пути, когда комнаты обвалились.
С.	1. Электронный автомобиль - самый современный в мире. У машины не было ни двигателя, ни аккумулятора, ни тормозов, а вместо этого был компьютер. Компьютер реагировал на голос водителя. Однажды мой дядя вел машину в горах. Дорога была плохая, и в ней было много резких поворотов. Наконец машина остановилась на краю обрыва.
Д	1. Мне показать тебе дом? Прекрасная идея! Люблю послушать хорошего экскурсовода. В гостиной находятся стол и несколько стульев. Не мог ли бы ты мне помочь? Поставь, пожалуйста, чайник. Сейчас мы выходим из кухни и входим в холл.