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V. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous tense.

1. He (play) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw) out a bucket of water. 2. I just (open) the letter when the wind (blow) it out of my hand. 3. The burglar (open) the safe when he (hear) footsteps. He immediately (put) out his torch and (crawl) under the bed. 4. When I (look) for my passport I (find) this old photograph. 5. You looked very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)? 6. The boys (play) cards when they (hear) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books. 7. He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous tense.

1. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. I (try) to make a telephone call to Rome. 2. You (not eat) enough lately. That's why you feel irritable. 3. He (speak) for an hour now. I expect he'll soon be finished. 4. That helicopter (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you think it's taking photographs? 5. The radio (play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off. 6. I (shop) all day and I haven't a penny left. 7. We (live) here since 1977.

VII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Он спускался вниз по лестнице, когда я его увидел. 2. С кем ты разговаривал, когда я встретил тебя в коридоре? 3. Что ты делала, когда я позвонила тебе вчера вечером? — Я готовила ужин. 4. Ты была вчера дома в 5 часов? — Нет, я была в университете. В это время я сдавала экзамен по грамматике. 5. В то время как я искал ключи в гостиной, моя жена искала их в столовой. 6. Она без конца била посуду.

VIII. Put the following into the Passive Voice. The agent should not be mentioned

1. People must not leave bicycles in the hall. 2. Members may keep books for three weeks. After that they must return them. 3. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door. 14. I've bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon. (Do not change the first sentence.) 5. Someone has already told him to report for duty at six. 6. They rang the church bells as a flood warning. 7. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information. 8. Candidates may not use dictionaries. 9. You need not type this letter. 10. This used to be number 13, but now I see that someone has crossed out '13' and written '12A' underneath.

IX. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Лекции этого профессора всегда слушают с большим интересом. 2. „Куда он ушел?" — „Мне не сказали". 3. Мы слышим звук скрипки в зале. 4. Она, наконец, нашла конверт позади часов столовой. 5. Завтра я отправлю это письмо. 6. Секретарь недавно принес это письмо. 7. Он почувствовал себя лучше, когда дошел до почтового отделения, купил конверт для заказного письма и отправил письмо. 8. Наши ученые исследуют новый космический корабль. 9. Они показали ей самый короткий путь к вокзалу. 10. Я послал свою дочь за доктором.

X. Ask questions to the following sentence.

My close friend always comes to celebrate my birthday with unusual presents every year.

Общий

Альтернативный

Специальные вопросы

When …

Where …

How …

What …

(вопрос к глаголу-сказуемому)

Who …

Разделительный

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4 Variant

1. Insert a, an or the if necessary.

1. By this time I had come to ... conclusion that he wasn't . . . genuine meter reader; and . . . moment he left. . . house I rang . . . police.

2. Are John and Mary . . . cousins? -

No, they aren't . . . cousins; they are . . . brother and . . . sister.

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 everybody was at... church. On ... Monday . . . post didn't come because . . . roads were blocked by ... fallen trees.

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