- •The indefinite tense-forms The Present Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Indefinite Tense
- •The Future Indefinite Tense
- •The continuous tense-forMs The Present Continuous Tense
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •Revision: The Indefinite and Continuous tense-Forms
- •The perfect tense-forms The Present Perfect Tense
- •The Past Perfect Tense
- •The Future Perfect Tense
- •Revision: the indefinite, continuous and perfect tense-forms
- •The perfect continuous tense-forms the present perfect continuous tense
- •The past perfect continuous tense
- •The future perfect continuous tense
- •Revision: the active voice
- •Bad luck
- •Invitation to dinner
- •A remarkable book
- •The Passive Voice
- •Revision: active / passive voice
- •The sequence of tenses direct and indirect speech
- •V. On the Plantation.
- •VI. On a Train.
- •VII. Pleasing Everybody.
- •VIII. A Letter.
- •IX. Fire on the Laconia.
- •Совет врача
- •Revision
- •The farmer and the boy
- •The new teacher
- •A powerful king
- •The keys
- •My night of the dolphins
- •The contents
The new teacher
The school in Pine Clearing was new and fine. The people (to be) proud of it, аs well as of the schoolmistress, a young widow, who was clever and had a good education.
One day when she (to leave) the school the chairman of the school board (to come) up to her “Mrs. Martin, we would like you to have an assistant as the school (to get) too large for one little woman. I (to go) to meet him now”. At that moment a coach (to stop) at the gate and they (to see) a young man jump out of it. He (to look) strong and active. His eyes (to be) blue, his hair (to be) short; but his face (to have) no expression, it was like а mask. Не (to introduce) himself to everybody as Charles Twing, the new assistant. The Chairman (to think) that he never (to see) such an expressionless face before; he was sure that as soon as Mrs. Martin (to look) at him she (to send) him away. Mrs. Martin asked Mr. Twing if he (to be) at college, and if he ever (to teach) at school. It turned out that he never (to do) such things. The schoolmistress (not to say) anything to this. She said she (to expect) him to come to the school early the next day.
The next morning when Mrs. Martin came to the school the new assistant (not to come) yet. But soon he appeared with a crowd of children. They (to laugh) and (to look) very happy. Mrs. Martin (to get) angry, but Mr. Twing promised that he (to listen) and (to learn) very quickly.
A month passed. All (to go) well in the school. Mrs. Martin (to begin) to like her new assistant and they (to become) good friends. She never (to ask) him what he (to do) before he (to become) a teacher.
One day a piano (to bring) to the school as the children (to be) going to give a concert. Mrs. Martin wanted Mr. Twing to do something too and he (to decide) to recite a poem. While he (to do) it at the concert a voice from the audience shouted: “Bravo, Johnny Walker!” Mr. Twing’s face (to become) white and he (to go) away quickly. After the concert Mrs. Martin (to find) him in a little room. He (to tell) her that he (to be) a clown before he (to come) to the school.
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A powerful king
Once there (to rule) a powerful king over the island of Samos. He was rich and prosperous, and at last his prosperity (to rise) to such a height that he (to begin) to be afraid that the gods (can) be jealous of his happiness. So, some messengers (to send) to consult an oracle in another country. They (to tell) to bring the answer as soon as they (to get) it. When they (to reach) the oracle they (to receive) the answer: “Tell the King that if he (to want) to escape the anger of the Gods, he must throw into the sea that which he (to hold) to be the dearest of all his possessions. The messengers returned and the King (to tell) what the oracle (to say). The King therefore (to take) a boat and (to go) out to sea, and (to throw) away a ring which he (to value) greatly because it (to give) to him by his dead wife. That night he (to think) over what he (to do) that day and wondered if the gods (to keep) him safe from harm. When he (to wake) up in the morning he (to sit) down to breakfast. Imagine his surprise when he (to open) a fish that (to prepare) for him and (to see) the ring he (to throw) away the day before! A fisherman (to catch) the fish that morning and (to bring) it to the palace, not knowing what (to be) inside it. The king then (to understand) that the gods (to refuse) his sacrifice. He soon (to begin) to lose his power and (to die) in great misery. This story is a warning to us not to flatter ourselves that our happiness (to be) enduring, unless we (to depend) more upon ourselves than upon what we (to have).
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