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16)The famous opera singer appears/ is appearing on the stage tonight.

17)It looks/ is looking as if it's going to rain.

18)She is looking/ looks through the catalogue.

19)We appreciate/ are appreciating your help.

20)The air smells/ is smelling wonderful in the mountains.

21)Why are you smelling/ do you smell the soup?

22)They are watching/ watch a football match.

23)Speak louder! I do not hear/ am not hearing you.

24)Whom does this car/ is this car belong/ belonging?

25)I have been working/ am working as a reporter on “International Herald Tribune” for 5 years.

26)My manager has agreed/ has been agreeing to give me time o .

27)Mr .Black hasn't rung/ hasn't been ringing me back about the contract yet.

28)The success of the project is depending/depends on you entirely.

29)The plane is leaving/leaves at 8 p.m.

30)Your performance becomes/is becoming better and better.

4. Вставьте have been in, have been to, have gone to:

1)I have....Moscow several times, but I..... Saint-Petersburg.

2)My boss .... Lisbon for a week, so I am doing some work for him.

3)We....Vladimir for very long, so we don't know it very well yet.

4)The manager isn't here. He.... the City Hall.

5)I.... France twice but I haven't seen the Louvre.

6)How long....you.... Saint Petersburg?

7)Where is Mr Black? He.... Britain, he'll be back in a fortnight.

8)...... you ever.... Spain? It's an amazing country!

9)He's a great traveler — he... many countries.

10)I... Brussels for two months now. And I feel homesick.

5. Ответьте на вопросы:

1)What time do you usually get up?

2)Whom are you meeting tomorrow?

3)Have you ever been to any foreign country?

4)What do your parents do?

5)How long have you been learning English?

6)Do you speak any other foreign language?

7)Have you ever given money to street beggars?

8)How are you feeling today?

9)What films have you seen recently?

10)How long have you been living in Petersburg?

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6. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную форму:

1)He's been working very hard.

2)Things are changing for better.

3)The authorities are struggling to cope with the situation.

4)Computers solve complex problems.

5)Computers capacity is approaching the human level.

6)Certain pesticides have become global contaminants.

7)Money makes the world go round.

8)The scientists have been searching for new ways to save the environment.

9)People di er in their attitude towards poverty.

10)Entertainment encourages passivity.

7. Поставьте вопросы к данным предложениям:

1)We send our children to school to prepare them for their future professions.

2)A lot of people learn foreign languages nowadays.

3)The minister has explained the purpose of the new reform to the journalists.

4)They have been working on the project for many months.

5)Cultural change occurs when di erent cultures come into contact with one another.

6)For a long time now people have been producing a lot of waste.

7)We are endangering supplies of good farming land and water.

8)In many countries around the globe “green” political parties are having a strong influence.

9)Urban environment o ers diverse opportunities.

10)Since the Industrial Revolution people have been moving to the cities.

8. Переведите с английского на русский:

1)Many shops display sign such as “This store prosecutes shoplifters to the full extent of the law” and employ store detectives to identify shoplifters.

2)The modern young people are growing up with technology that keeps them in touch with global influences.

3)E-mail and the cell phone have enabled people to have more frequent and flexible contact with friends and family wherever they are.

4)He works as a manger for a large electronics company.

5)The workplace of the US and of other developed countries all over the world is changing.

6)For one thing, there has been a change in the work ethic.

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Примечания:

В Past Simple эквивалентом повторяющегося действия в прошлом может быть выражение used to, которое образует вопросительную и отрицательные формы с помощью глагола did, так же как и Past Simple.

1. Определите форму глагола:

1)When she was young she danced a lot.

2)He was driving home when his car broke down.

3)He was reading while I was sleeping.

4)She was dizzy. She had been working on the computer all night.

5)My sister was upset because she had lost her job.

6)I had been waiting for an hour before they came.

7)He went to the doctor because his leg had been aching for two days.

8)I used to go to school on foot.

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9)He sealed the letter, put a stamp on it and posted it.

10)They were writing the test the whole morning.

2. Выберите нужную форму:

1)What were you doing/ did you do when the fire started?

2)She broke/ was breaking her leg when she slipped and landed on ice.

3)I have seen him/ saw him in the o ce today.

4)I have lived/ lived in Petersburg for two years. Now I am moving to Moscow.

5)My son has just left/ left the college.

6)The criminal got on the motorbike and had ridden/ rode away.

7)While mom was cooking/ cooked I talked/ was talking on the phone.

8)Nobody knew where he has come/ had come from.

9)I was walking/ walked home when I noticed some man who was trying/ tried to break into this house.

10)She used to/ would live in the country when she was little.

3. Раскройте скобки:

1)My father (work) for this firm for 20 years. Then he (get) a job in a bank.

2)I (start) learning the language when I (be) six.

3)Although I (live) in the city for three years now I (not, use) to it.

4)When we arrived most delegates already (leave).

5)They (travel) to Norway last summer.

6)As I (walk) home from work I (run) into my boss.

7)He was upset because he (fail) the exam.

8)I took a bath and (go) to bed at 11.

9)The last time I (see) him was two months ago.

10)He (read) out the data while I (write) it down.

4. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную форму:

1)I had written three letters by 10 o'clock.

2)She was translating the text while the others were playing football.

3)He continued his journey after he had changed the tyre.

4)He had been working for five years as a middle manager before he became a top manager.

5)She was walking down the street when the car stopped next to her.

6)They received the telegram at 10 o'clock that evening.

7)They were still discussing the plan at midnight.

8)James Dean made several films with Natalie Wood.

9)We always went to work by bus.

10)We had been living in this house for five years before we decided to move.

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5. Поставьте вопросы к следующим предложениям:

1)I found some old books in this shop a month ago.

2)He went to the conference last month.

3)University sta met with the first year students yesterday.

4)The secretary told us about the meeting.

5)They had been working on this problem for years before they found a solution.

6)When he came in they were arguing about his proposal.

7)A lot of people were running down the street.

8)The rain had started before we got home.

9)By September he had accepted the management's offer to take the position.

10)He had been dreaming of becoming a customs o cer for some time before he entered the Academy.

6. Заполните пропуски:

1)When I ... the house, I ... that I ... my keys.

2)After I ... digging the garden I ... for a walk.

3)He was exhausted because he ... all day.

4)I.... TV when I ... some noise.

5)He ... into the car, ... the engine ... and ... away.

6)The burglar ... through the shelves when I ... into the room.

7)After all my guests ... I ... to bed.

8)He ... at 2 a.m. last night.

9)Alexander Fleming ... penicillin in 1928.

10)She had a terrible headache as she ... on the computer the whole day.

7. Переведите на английский язык:

1)Они сказали, что уже просмотрели статьи по этому вопросу.

2)Что вы делали вчера в 11 часов вечера?

3)До того как он стал топ-менеджером, он проработал в фирме двадцать пять лет.

4)Только после того, как мы проверили этот метод, мы поняли, что он эффективен.

5)Я не могла вспомнить, где я встречала раньше этого человека.

6)Когда он разговаривал со мной, он не смотрел мне в глаза.

7)Мы встретились на конференции в Париже в прошлом году.

8)Он был расстроен результатами эксперимента — он работал над ними в течение трех лет.

9)Студент не знал как ответить на этот вопрос.

10)Участники переговоров обсудили вопросы мира и безопасности в Европе.

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8. Переведите с английского на русский:

1)From 1970 to 1998 the proportion of single-parent families in the United States more than doubled.

2)In 1970 the number of unmarried couples living together was only half a million. By 1998 it had soared to over 4 million.

3)The researchers found a big di erence between the types of household chores that children were expected to do in various cultures.

4)In some countries children quickly learned to be responsible and caring toward others.

5)On a December afternoon in 1903 a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theater.

6)Somebody had yelled “Fire!”

7)602 people died, and many more were injured. It was panic, not fire itself, that had caused the tragedy.

8)Thousands of Muslim pilgrims were walking through a 600-yard-long tunnel when the lights accidentally went out.

9)People panicked and pushed their way through the tunnel. More than 1,426 people were killed.

10)The detectives gave the suspect a cup of co ee while they were questioning him. After the suspect had left the room, the detectives used the saliva he had left on the cup to obtain his DNA. Testing showed that his DNA matched the DNA they had found at the crime scene.

11)After he had been working from home for 10 years he found it di cult to work from 9 to 5 in the o ce.

9. Ответьте на вопросы:

1)What were you doing at five o'clock yesterday?

2)What books did your parents use to read to you when you were little?

3)What games did you play when you were six?

4)How long had you been learning English before you entered the Academy?

5)What subjects did you like most when you studied at school?

6)What was the weather like yesterday?

7)Had you visited Saint Petersburg before you came to study here?

8)Where did you go last summer?

9)What did you look like when you were a small child?

10)What sports had you been doing before you came to Saint Petersburg?

10. Переведите на английский язык:

1)Мне было 13 лет и я думала, что знаю все, но ничего не понимала.

2)Когда я был подростком, я часто задавал родителям вопрос: “Почему вы допустили, что наша страна развалилась?”

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3)Когда институт, в котором работали мои родители, перестал платить им зарплату, они все равно продолжали работать каждый день.

4)В 1995 году Россия подписала Международное Соглашение о разделе продукции, что означало, что российская нефть уже не принадлежала российскому народу.

5)В 2003 году стороны внесли поправки в Соглашение, что ограничивало его, а в 2004 году этот закон утратил свою силу.

6)В конце 90-х годов наша страна стояла на краю пропасти, но нам повезло — мы остановились и медленно отступили от края.

7)Пока все занимались политикой, он понял, где открылись возможности для бизнеса.

8)Вначале он купил долю в строительном бизнесе, затем оказался в правительстве перспективного региона.

9)В 1976 году Хельсинские соглашения формально перевели права человека из сферы добрых пожеланий в сферу конкретной международной политики.

10)В 1967 году в Вашингтоне разразился скандал: журналисты газеты «Вашингтон Пост» раскрыли систему финансирования Центральным Разведывательным Управлением огромного числа общественных организаций за рубежом.

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