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Упражнение 1. Переведите разнообразные вопросительные предложения.

1. Вы не заняты, правда? 2. В котором часу прибывает электричка? 3. Гном действительно достроил свой новый дом? 3. Разве кот не спал, когда ведьма пришла домой? 4. Кто знает ответ на этот вопрос? 5. Почему вы еще не готовы? 7. Куда ты идешь? 8. Как часто людоеды чистят зубы? 9. Где ты купил эту книгу? 10. Что ты собираешься делать в выходные? 11. Сколько парков в этом городе? 12. Разве ты еще не закончил?

Упражнение 2. Прочитайте рассказ и вставьте пропущенные служебные слова.

An Australian farmer found ___ kangaroo caught in the fence around ___ farm. He thought the poor animal was injured, ___ the kind farmer took ____ his jacket and put ___ on the kangaroo. Then he started trying ___ cut the fence to free the animal, ______ took him a long time. But as soon as the kangaroo _____ free, it jumped up and ran away, still wearing ___ farmer’s jacket. The farmer was very surprised, but he did ____ mind too much because it was ___ old jacket. Later, when he got home, he _____ looking for his wallet, _____ he couldn’t find it anywhere in ____ house. Suddenly ___ remembered that it was in _____ jacket pocket, and _____ was worse, there was $300 in it!

Упражнение 3. Посмотрим, достаточен ли уже ваш английский для скромного путешественника. Что вы скажете в таких ситуациях? Из трех возможных ответов выберите единственный корректный и вежливый.

1. You want to ask the staff to arrange your hotel room. What do you say?

1. Hi, will you arrange my room?

2. Could you arrange my room, please?

3. You should come now and arrange my room.

2. You’re waiting at the airport for your luggage, but it hasn’t arrived. What do you say to the airport worker?

1. You! Where is my suitcase?

2. Excuse me, my suitcase hasn’t arrived.

3. I need my suitcase now.

3. You want to use the phone, but you have only got a $100 note. What do you say to the shop assistant?

1. Could you change this for me, please?

2. Quick. I need to change this.

3. Give me change for the phone, please.

4. You turn on the shower in your hotel room but nothing happens. What do you say when you phone Reception?

1. Why isn’t my shower working?

2. The shower isn’t working. Fix it now.

3. Could you send someone to repair my shower, please.

5. You don’t understand the menu in a restaurant because you don’t speak the language. What do you say to the waiter?

1. I want an English menu.

2. Have you got an English menu?

3. You should give me a menu which I can understand.

6. You want to go to the bank, but you don’t know where it is. What do you say to a stranger in the street?

1. Where’s the bank?

2. Could you tell me the way to the bank, please?

3. Take me to the bank.

7. You’ve tried on some jeans, but they are too big. What do you say to the shop assistant?

1. They’re a bit too big. Have you got a smaller size?

2. These are too big. Smaller, please.

3. I can’t wear these. Give me a smaller pair.

8. You want to phone your country, but you haven’t got any money. What do you say to the operator?

1. A free phone call to my mother, please.

2. I want to call my mother. She will pay.

3. I’d like to make a reverse charge call, please.

9. You want to see a doctor. What do you say to the receptionist on the phone?

1. Give me an appointment to see a doctor.

2. Could I make an appointment to see a doctor, please?

3. Let me see a doctor now.

10. There are some ‘extras’ on your hotel bill, but you don’t know why. What do you say to the hotel receptionist?

1. Excuse me. What’s this eight dollars for?

2. I won’t pay this eight dollars.

3. Why do I have to pay this eight dollars?