Безрукавая. Практикум по английскому языку WORKBOOK

____________ it the whole summer. Now the fox cub is quite tame. It lives in my house.

7.Open the brackets, using Past Simple or Past Continuous

1.When I (to come) ___________ home, my little sister (to sleep)____________. 2. When Nick (to come) ____________ home, his brother (to play) ____________ with his toys. 3. When mother (to come) ____________

home, I (to do) ____________ my homework. 4. When father (to come)

____________ home, Pete (to sleep)___________. 5. When mother (to come)

____________ home, the children (to play) ____________ on the carpet. 6. When I (to get) ____________ up, my mother and father (to drink) ____________ tea. 7. When I (to come) ____________ to my friend’s place, he (to watch)

____________ TV. 8. When I (to see) ____________ my friends, they (to play)

____________ football. 9. When I (to open) ____________ the door, the cat (to sit) ____________ on the table. 10. When Kate (to open) ____________ the door, the children (to dance) ____________ round the firtree. 11. When Tom (to cross)

____________ the street, he (to fall)____________. 12. When I (to go)

____________ to school, I (to meet) ____________ my friend. 13. When we (to go) ____________ to the cinema, we (to meet) ____________ grandmother. 14. When grandmother (to go) ____________ home, she (to see) _____________

many children in the yard. 15. When Henry (to walk) ____________ about in the forest, he (to find) ____________ a bear cub. 16. When we (to walk)

____________ about in the forest, we (to see) ____________ a hare. 17. When I (to wash) ____________ the floor, I (to find) ____________ my old toy under the sofa. 18. When granny (to read) ____________ a book on the sofa, she (to fall)

____________ asleep. 19. When I (to play) ____________ in the yard, I suddenly (to see) ____________ my old friend. 20. When Nick (to run) ____________

about in the yard, he (to fall)____________.

8.What were you doing at the following times? Write one sentence as in the examples. The past continuous is not always necessary (see the second example).

1.(at 8 o'clock yesterday evening)

I was having dinner with some friends. 2. (at 5 o'clock last Saturday)

I was on a train on my way to London. 3. (at 10.15 yesterday morning)

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4.(at 4.30 this morning)

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5.(at 7.45 yesterday evening)

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6.(half an hour ago)

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9.Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use the past

continuous.

1.Tom burnt his hand while he was cooking the dinner.

2.The doorbell rang while I ____________________________________

3.We saw an accident while we _________________________________

4.Mary fell asleep while she ___________________________________

5.The television was on but nobody ______________________________

10.Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past

simple.

1.I saw (see) Sue in town yesterday but she ________ (look) the other way.

2.I ___________(meet) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They

____________ (go) to Berlin and I __________(go) to Madrid. We

__________ (have) a chat while we _________ (wait) for our flights.

3.I __________ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man __________

(step) out into the road in front of me. I ________ (go) quite fast but luckily I ____________ (manage) to stop in time and ___________ (not/hit) him.

11.Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past

simple.

1.Jane was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (arrive).

2.'What ______________ (you/do) this time yesterday?' 'I was asleep.'

3.'_____________ (you/go) out last night?' 'No, I was too tired.'

4.'Was Carol at the party last night?' 'Yes, she _____________(wear) a really nice dress.'

5.How fast ____________ (you/drive) when the accident __________

(happen)?

6.John _________ (take) a photograph of me while I __________________

(not/look).

7.We were in a very difficult position. We__________(not/know) what to do.

8.I haven't seen Alan for ages. When I last _________ (see) him, he

___________ (try) to find a job in London.

9.I _____________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I __________

(hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ______________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I ______________ (start) to run.

10.When I was young, I __________ (want) to be a bus driver.

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UNIT 6

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1.Much, many, (a) little, (a) few.

2.Conditionals.

1.Put much/many.

1.I don't eat ________ mangoes. 2. Не eats ________ fish. 3. She ate so ________

dessert that she is in bed today with a stomachache. 4. That man drank so

________wine, and he smoked so ________ cigarettes that he had a terrible headache today. 5. Mary must not eat too ________ salt because she has problems with her blood pressure. 6. My mother says I eat too _______ French fries and drink too ________ beer. She wants her son to be healthy. 7. There is not too

________ space in my flat. 8. There are ________ new pictures in this room. 9. There are ________ teachers at our school, and ________ of them are women. 10.

________ of these plays are quite new. 11. Thanks awfully for the books you sent mе yesterday. — Don't mention it, it wasn't ________ bother. 12. ________ of her advice was useful. 13. He had ________ pairs of socks. 14. Please don't put

________ pepper on the meat. 15. There were ________ plates on the table. 16. I never eat ________ bread with soup. 17. Why did you eat so ________ ice cream?

18.She wrote us ________ letters from the country. 19. ________ of these students

don't like to look up words in the dictionary. 20 . In this work was___________

too difficulties for me. 21. ________ of their answers were excellent. 22.

________ of their conversation was about the institute.

2.Put little/few.

1.Не has got ________ friends. 2. I drink ________ coffee. I don't like it. 3. We must hurry. We've got very ________ time. 4. There are very ________

scholarships for students in this university. 5. The Smiths have ________ money. They aren't rich. 6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very ________

people there. 7. There was ________ lemonade in the bottle. There were

________ peaches in the basket. 8. I have ________ time, so I can't go with you.

9.He has ____________English books. 10. There is ________ ink in my pen. Have you got any ink? 11. There are ________ bears in the zoo. 12. Tom Canty was a son of poor parents and had very ________ clothes. 13. There is ________

soup in my plate. Give me some more, please! 14. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very ________ mushrooms! 15. There was too ________ light in the room, and I could not read. 16. There are very ________

people who don't know that the Earth is round.

3.Put much, many, little, few.

1.Robert wrote so ________ letters that he was never going to write a letter again. 2. She ate so ________ ice cream that she was going to have a sore throat. 3.

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There is ________ mayonnaise in Vera's kitchen. She has to go to the supermarket and buy some. 4. There are ________ cookies in the box. I should have bought them last Monday. 5. Does your sister read ________ ? Yes, she does. And your brother? — Oh, he doesn't. He has so ________ books but he reads very

________. 6. Have you ________ work to do today? — No, not very ________. 7. Walk quicker, please. We have very ________ time. 8. I am sorry to say, I have read very ________ books by Walter Scott. 9. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends________ time preparing for his lessons. 10. I know very ________ about this writer. It is the first book I am reading. 11. The pupils of our class ask _________ questions at the lesson. They want to know everything. 12. You do not make ________ mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? — Oh, yes, I do, I work very ________.

4.Put (a) little, (a) few.

1.There is ________ salad left in this bowl. 2. Would you like ________ salad? — Yes, please. Мy doctor says it's good for my health. 3. I have ________ money, so we can go to the cinema. 4. I have ________ money, so we cannot go to the cinema. 5. This girl works very ________, that's why she knows nothing. 6. Mother gave us ________ apples, and we were glad. 7. He did not like it at the camp: he had very ________ friends there. 8. This lemon drink is sour; if you put

________ sugar in it, it will be sweeter. 9. This lemon drink is sour; if you put

________ lumps of sugar in it, it will be sweeter. 10. The hall was almost empty: there were very ________ people in it. 11. I can't buy this expensive hat today: I have too ________ money. 12. She left and returned in ________ minutes. 13. I think you can spare me ________ time now. 14. I am sorry I have seen ________

plays by this author.

Запомните 3 типа условных предложений:

If the weather is fine, we will play outside.

1Если погода будет хорошая, мы будем играть на открытом воздухе.

If you ring me up, I will tell you something.

Если ты мне позвонишь, я тебе кое-что расскажу.

If the weather were fine, we would play outside

Eсли бы погода была хорошая (сегодня, завтра), мы бы играли на

2открытом воздухе.

If you rang me up, I would tell you something.

Если бы ты мне позвонил (сегодня, завтра) я бы тебе кое-что

рассказал.

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5. Open the brackets and write each sentences 3 times, using 3 types of Conditionals.

E.g. If you (to be) free, I (to come) to see you. If you are free, I shall come to see you.

If you were free, I should come to see you.

If you had been free, I should have come to see you. If I (to see) her, I (to be) glad.

If I see her, I shall be glad.

If I had seen her, I should have been glad.

1.If you (to be) busy, I (to leave) you alone.

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2.If my friend (to come) to see me, I (to be) very glad.

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3.If mother (to buy) a cake, we (to have) a very nice tea party.

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4.If we (to receive) a telegram from him, we (not to worry).

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5.If you (not to work) systematically, you (to fail) the exam.

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6.If I (to live) in Moscow, I (to visit) the Tretyakov Gallery every year.

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7.If I (to get) a ticket, I (to go) to the Philharmonic.

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8.If I (to live) near a wood, I (to gather) a lot of mushrooms.

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9.If my father (to return) early, we (to watch) TV together.

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10.If she (to know) English, she (to try) to enter the university.

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6.Open the brackets, using Conditional Clauses.

1. If my brother (to be) ________in trouble, I shall help him, of course.

2.If I don’t manage to finish my report today, I (to stay) ________at home tomorrow. 3. If she were more careful about her diet, she (not to be) ________so stout. 4. You would not feel so bad if you (not to smoke) ___________too much.

5.If he (to learn) ____________ the poem, he would not have got a bad mark. 6. If you gave me your dictionary for a couple of days, I (to translate) this text. 7. If I (to be) ________ musician, I should be very happy. 8. If Barbara (to get)

__________ up at half past eight, she would have been late for school. 9. If you had not put the cup on the edge of the table, it (not to get) ____________broken.

10.I should be very glad if he (to come) ___________to my place. 11. If he (to live) ____________ in St Petersburg, he would go to the Hermitage every week.

12.If you (to go) ____________ to the theatre with us last week, you would have enjoyed the evening. 13. You won’t understand the rule if you (not to listen)

_______________ to the teacher. 14. If he weren’t such a bookworm, he (not to spend) _____________ so much time sitting in the library. 15. I should not have bought the car if my friend (not to lend) ____________me money. 16. If he did not live in St Petersburg, we (not to meet) ______________so often. 17. If he had warned me I (to do) _____________ the work in time.

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7.Open the brackets, using Conditional Clauses.

1.If it (to snow)________, the children will play snowballs. 2. If I (not to know) ___________English, I should not be able to enjoy Byrons poetry. 3. I (not to do) ___________it if you did not ask me. 4. If men (to have)

__________no weapons, would wars be possible? 5. You will never finish your work if you (to waste) ___________ your time like that. 6. If I (to have) ________

his telephone number, I would easily settle this matter with him. 7. If I (to have)

________ this rare book, I would gladly lend it to you. 8. The dish would have been much more tastier if she (to be) __________ a better cook. 9. He never (to phone) __________ you if I hadn’t reminded him to do that. 10. Your brother (to become) ___________ much stronger if he took cold baths regularly. 11. If he (to be) ___________ more courageous, he would not be afraid. 12. If the fisherman had been less patient, he (not to catch) ____________ so much fish. 13. If you (to put) ____________ the ice cream into the refrigerator, it would not have melted.

14.If I (to know) ____________ the result now, I would phone her immediately.

15.If you had let me know yesterday, I (to bring) _________you my book.

8.Translate into English

1. Если бы я знал французский, я бы уже давно поговорил с ней. 2. Если бы я знал немецкий язык, я бы читал Гете в оригинале. 3. Если бы я жил близко, я бы чаще заходил к вам. 4. Если бы вы не прервали нас вчера, мы бы закончили работу в срок. 5. Если бы он не следовал советам врача, он бы не поправился так быстро. 6. Если бы он не был талантливым художником, его картину не приняли бы на выставку. 7. Если бы вы тогда послушались моего совета, вы бы не были сейчас в таком затруднительном положении. 8. Если бы я не был так занят в эти дни, я бы помог тебе вчера. 9. Если бы он не был так близорук, он бы узнал меня вчера в театре. 10. Она здорова. Если бы она была больна, ее брат сказал бы мне об этом вчера. 11. Вы бы много знали, если бы регулярно читали этот журнал. 12. Если бы я узнала об этом раньше, то не сидела бы сейчас дома. 13. Если бы мои родители были богаты, они бы уже давно купили мне машину. 14. Она очень талантлива. Если она начнет играть сейчас, она будет выдающимся музыкантом.

Vocabulary practice.

TYPES OF HOLIDAYS

9. Put the words in the right column, then make sentences, as in the example.

a.Stylish shops and cafes

b.White sand and crystal clear waters

c.A skiing holiday

d.A sightseeing holiday

e.A beach holiday

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f. Snow-capped mountain peaks g. Beautiful countryside

h. A camping holiday i. A city break

j. Ancient monuments

Egypt, with its ancient monuments, is ideal for a sightseeing holiday/

10.Write sentences using these phrases.

e.g. My dad was angry because of his computer was crashed.

Angry/computer crashed

Fed up/no one to play with

Pleased/got job

Nervous/about interview

Frightened/by the sight of blood

11.Underline the correct word.

1)I can’t believe you liked the concert! It was so bored/boring.

2)The service in the hotel was very disappointed/disappointing.

3)My boss is quite satisfied/satisfying our caring.

4)Ann is not interested/interesting in sports at all.

5)‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a fascinated/fascinating film.

12.Fill in the where necessary, justifying your answer. Where might you find a text like this?

Holiday Destinations

1) ……………… Venezuela is a beautiful country in 2) ………………..

South America which has something to offer to every visitor. There are tropical beaches where 3) ……………. land meets 4) ……………… Caribbean Sea and 5)

…………. Atlantic Ocean. To 6) …………….. east there are 7) ……………..

snow-capped peaks of 8) ………….. Andes Mountains and in 9) ………….. south there is 10) ………… Amazonian rainforest.

Most tourists come into 11) ………….. country by 12) ……………….

air, landing in 13) ……………. capital city, 14) …………. Caracas. While you are there, 15) ………….. Plaza Bolivar with its architecture from 16) …………. 17th century is well worth a visit as is 17) …………… busy 18) …………….. Parque

Central.

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Most people, however, come to see 19) ……………. natural wonders on offer. Two of 20) ……………. favorite destinations are 21) …………….. Angel Falls, 22) …………….. highest waterfall in 23) ……………. world, and 24)

……………… Lake Maracaibo. More adventurous travelers can take a canoe trip up 25) ……………. Orinoco River, climb 26) ……………. Pico Bolivar, 27)

…………….. country's highest mountain or take a boat trip along 28) …………….

Carrao River to 29) …………….. Hacha Falls. It will be 30) ……………..

experience of a lifetime.

13. Read the text and circle the answer A, B, C or D, which best fits each gap (1-15). There is an example at the beginning (0).

JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY

The four-hour rail journey to Machu Picchu is nothing 0) B of spectacular. On 1)………….. of the tracks you will see steep mountains towering above. As the outlines of the 2)…………… sit loom out of the mist, you will 3) …………….

Your first glimpse of the silent ruins of the lost city which stand on a high ridge with a great 4) ………… of the Andes Mountains. 5) ………….. opposite sides of the ruins, you will be able to 6) …………… straight down a different river valleys. You can follow an ancient stone road, 7) …………. leave the site to climb to a gap 8) ………….. as the Gate of the Sun. 9) ………….. the climb is exhausting, the astonishing scenery 10) ………….. an unforgettable expense. Even though the Incas left 11) …………… clues behind when they abandoned Machu Picchu some 500 years 12) …………… it’s believed to have been one of the homes of the royal 13) ………….. A walking 14) ………….. of the site will take you about four and a half hours, but the experience will be 15) ……………. worth the effort.

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UNIT 7

GRAMMAR PRACTICE 1. Perfect Tenses.

1.Change tense from Present Continuous into Present Perfect and translate into Russia.

1.The pupils are writing a dictation. 2. My friend is helping me to solve a difficult problem. 3. I am learning a poem. 4. She is telling them an interesting story. 5. Kate is sweeping the floor. 6. The waiter is putting a bottle of lemonade in front of him. 7. I am eating my breakfast. 8. We are drinking water. 9. He is bringing them some meat and vegetables. 10. You are putting the dishes on the table. 11. They are having tea. 12. She is taking the dirty plates from the table. 13. The children are putting on their coats. 14. Susan is making a new dress for her birthday party. 15. She is opening a box of chocolates. 16. I am buying milk for milk shakes. 17. James is ordering a bottle of apple juice. 18. We are looking for more CDs with good music. 19. You are recording your favorite film to his video recorder. 20. I am translating a difficult article from German into Russian.

2.Open the brackets, using Present Continuous or Present Perfect.

1.What’s the matter? Why he (to stop) _______________? 2. My cousin (to look) _______________ for a job, but he (not to find) _______________ a job yet. 3. It (to be) ____________ impossible for her to feel at home here. 4. What you (to study) now? _____________________________ 5. They just (to give)

____________ you a pay rise. 6. Sophie is busy. She (to knit) ____________ a sweater for her grandson. 7. You only (to have) a piece of cake?

______________________________________________You (not to eat)

____________ much. 8. People (to plant) ____________ carrots and tomatoes now. 9. You (to go) to plant tomatoes this year?

__________________________________________________10. Johnny, who finally (to find) __________a new job, (to give) ____________a big party. 11. How long you (to be) sick?________________________ 12. You (to see) any good movies recently? ______________________________13. What you (to look) forward to _________________________________? 14. Nancy (to look)

______________forward to this weekend. 15. She (to go)______________ to read Shakespeare and she (not to go) __________________to think about work. 16. Mike (to leave) for work yet _______________________________? 17. They (to pay) their electric bill this month?

______________________________________18. How long you (to know) each other? ____________________________19. Your car (to make)

______________strange noises. Is anything wrong? 20. The boy (to do)

_____________ his homework and (to take) ______________a karate lesson now.

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