6. Виберіть правильну форму дієслова (інфінітив чи герундій):

1. Do you remember (meet) her last year?

2. I regret (not visit) her when she was ill.

3. Do you want to go on (learn) English?

4. He doesn’t allow us (make) personal phone calls.

5. He’s stopped (smoke).

6. He stopped for a few minutes (rest).

7. I like (watch) TV in the evenings.

8. Do you think this book is worth (read)?

7. Перефразуйте за зразком складнопідрядні речення, вживаючи герундій:

After he graduated from our University, he worked on a farm. — After graduating from our University he worked on a farm..

1. After they passed their exams, they went to the Crimea.

2. Before we moved to this town we lived in Kyiv.

3. After she wrote the letter, she went to the post-office.

4. Before we changed conditions of the experiment, we had checked the temperature.

5. We met him after we walked about two miles.

8. Прочитайте додаткову інформацію про сша, звертаючи увагу на форми присудків у реченнях. Використайте цю інформацію у своїх розповідях про сша:

• North America was discovered on October 12, 1492 by Christopher Columbus. He thought that it was the eastern coast of Asia.

• In 1499 another navigator from Florence, Amerigo Vespucci proved the existence of the fourth part of the world, which a few years later was called America, after his name.

• First permanent English settlement was established by colonists in America in 1607.

• The first settlers from Europe brought their grains, fruit trees, vegetables, and livestock from the Old World. The Indians gave the white corn, sweet potatoes, beans, pumpkins, and tobacco.

• The oldest University in the USA, Harvard University, was founded in 1636.

• First American public library was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1731.

• The USA began as a nation of 13 states July 4, 1776 when 13 colonies signed the Declaration of Independence.

• The thirteen-star, thirteen-stripe national flag of the United States of America was adopted on June 14, 1777. There was one star and one stripe for every state in the new country. There are now fifty stars on the American flag, one for each state. The original 13 states are represented bythe thirteen stripes.

• Manufacturing of blue jeans was started by Levis Strauss in 1850.

• The territory of Alaska was purchased from Russia by the USA in 1867.

• The first national park Yellowstone was established in 1872

• The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.

• Phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.

• The electric light bulb was invented by him in 1879.

• The statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France. It was constructed in France and was given to the United States by the French Government. It was built in New York Habour in 1886.

• The first car was built by Henry Ford in 1893.

• The first feature (повнометражний) sound film was created in 1928 by Warner Brothers.

Самостійна робота

1. Доповніть речення, користуючись текстом:

1. The USA is the ________________.

2. The total area is ________________

3. The population of the USA is about _______________.

4. The country borders on _____________.

5. The USA is washed by ______________.

6. The continental part of the USA consists of ________________.

7. The highland regions are ______________.

8. Eastern lowlands are called ______________.

9. The main rivers of the USA are _______________.

10. The territory of the USA lies in ______________.

11. Year-long temperatures are lower in ________________.

12. Along the western coast the climate is warm, because _____________.

13. In central and eastern regions the weather is _________________.

14. The largest cities are ______________________.

15. The USA is rich in _______________.

16. The main branches of industry are_____________________.

17. The United States is a federal union of____________________.

18. The whole system of American government is based on___________.

19. The Constitution divides the powers of the government into three_____.

20. The main parties in the USA are_______________________________ .