Exercise 66. Choose the correct variant. - раздел Образование, And what I don’t know about pearls isn’t worth knowing
1. A: I 've Never Been / Didn't Go To Hollywood.
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1. A: I 've never been / didn't go to Hollywood.
B: Haven't you? I went / 've been there last year.
2 A: How many films have you acted / did you act in so far?
B: I 've acted / acted in seventeen films up to now.
3 A: He's only twenty-two years old, but he travelled / has travelled all around the world.
B: Really? Which countries did he visit / has he visited?
4 A: She has won / won four Oscars for her performances.
B: That's right. She has won / won an award for Best Actress last month.
5 A: They have lived / lived in California for twenty years.
B: When did they move / have they moved to Texas?
6 A: Have you been / Were you here for a long time?
B: Yes. I arrived / have arrived over an hour ago.
7 A: We 've been married / were married for forty years now.
B: Do you remember the first day we 've met / met?
8. A: Did you enjoy / Have you enjoyed the film?
B: I didn't have / haven 't had time to watch it yet.
Exercise 67. Complete the text with suitable forms of the words in brackets. Use present perfect or past simple. In one place, both are possible.
Electric cars - Latest update
A small American car manufacturer …………………….(just announce) that its experimental electric car, the Lexington X1, will go into production this year. Markton Automobiles, of Detroit, Michigan, ........................ (make) the announcement at last month's Auto Show in Geneva .
Although there are now many electric cars on the market, so far manufacturers
.............................. (not be) able to produce one that can really compete with existing petrol cars . There are two major problems - speed and distance. Up until now, electric cars............................. (be) either too slow or unable to travel far enough without recharging
their batteries. Markton Automobiles claim that they .......................... (overcome) these difficulties with a new type of solar panel which continually recharges the batteries . The company …......................... (not give) the press exact details yet, but they claim they
............................... (already test) the car successfully under all kinds of weather conditions.
A Japanese company .............................. (first design) the engine in 2007. But over the last few years Markton ............................. (adapt) the design and increased its power.
The company .............................. (invite) ten journalists to test-drive the new car last week.
Their reports …......................... (be) mainly positive, although we will have to wait for the full test results before we know if this really is the electric car that everyone is waiting for.
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Text: Mr.Know-All
After W.S. Maugham
Mr.Kelada was chatty. He talked of New York and of San Francisco. He discussed plays, pictures, and politics.
Vocabulary.
chat v. беседа, дружеский разговор; to have a chat вести беседу
chatterbox n. болтушка, болтун
chatty ad
Exercise 4. Answer the following questions about the text.
1. Why was Mr.Kelada the best-hated man on the ship?
2. How was Mr. Kelada callled and why?
3. How can you descride Mrs. Ramsay?
4. What can you say about Mr. Ramsay?
Exercise 7. Compose a short situation or a dialogue using word combinations and phrases.
Exercise 8. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in the text and write them out:
1. быть самым ненавистным мужчиной
2. милашка
3.
Exercise 9. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. Drop in for a chat if you have an hour to spare this evening.
2. Lorna's normally very quiet, but she was quite chatty yesterday.
3. We boarded a ship that was
Exercise 10. Match the words to their definition.
1. chat n.
2. ship n.
3. sense n.
4. pearl n.
5. resistance n.
6. point
Exercise 11. Fill in the gaps with a correct word or a phrase.
chat resistance sense(3) tradename resist put(4) trade-in pick(2) look
1. Oh talk ………, Stuard, we couldn't go without the car.
2.
Exercise 12. Fill in the prepositions.
1. The phone rang and I picked it …. .
2. Charles put ...… his newspaper and go up to answer the door.
3. Pick me …... at 8.00.
4. Th
Exercise 13. Translate the sentences into English, using the vocabulary of Lesson One.
1. Мэги очень болтливая. Она болтает каждый день с утра до вечера. Настоящая болтушка.
2. Экскурсионное судно в Перл Харбор (Pearl Harbor) отход
Exercise 14. Translate the following sentences into English using word combinations and phrases of Lesson One.
1. Ты очень самоуверенный. Да, я очень самоуверенный человек. Я всегда был таким.
2. Когда маленький Майк заметил маму, он очень обрадовался. Он не видел ее целую неде
Men and women
There's no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men.
William Shakespeare
Exercise 19. Answer the following questions about the text
1. What is the subject of endless discussions?
2. What does the recent study tell us?
3. What did the scientists examine and what do they say?
4. What do women say about
Exercise 20. Write the name of the person from exercise 16 who makes similar statements to the ones below.
1. Men hate to say, 'I don't know'. Aisha
2. Men cannot 'multi-task'; they can only concentrate on one thing at a time.
3. Men are very direct when they need something.
Exercise 23. Read the following statements about men and women.
Scientists have discovered recently that there are seventy-eight genetic differences between men and women.
1. Women have a multi-tasking gene. Men can never prepare dinner
Exercise25. Answer the following questions.
1. Do you think male and female brains are different? How?
2. What are the stereotypes of men and women in this country?
3. What points do you agree with?
4. What points
Exercse 30. Match the words in A with their translation in B
A
B
1. anniversary (n.)
2. break up/ split up (phrasal verb)
3. bride (n.)
4. celebration (n.)
5. date (n.)
Exercise 31. Match the words in A with their definition in B
A
B
1. anniversary (n.)
2. break up/ split up (phrasal verb)
3. bride (n.)
4. ce
Exercise 32. Put the correct word in each gap.
Anniversary celebration engaged going out wedding bride married honeymoon
Hey Toby!
How's it going? Good news - Bethany and I have got ………….
Exercise 33. a) Fill in the letter with the correct word. Mind your grammar.
Ask Jill to help you solve life's problems!
engaged fall in love with date c
Exercise 34. Correct the highlighted words where necessary.
I met Karen at the gym. We both liked running and often ended up on machines next to each other. One day we got chatting and I asked her out on a date.We went for c
Exercise 35. Translate into English using words from exercise 31.
1. Мы встречаемся с тобой уже два года. Если мы не поженимся в следующем году, то мы разойдемся. И ты больше меня никогда не увидешь!
2. Поздравляю вас! Вы выиграли
Exercise 39. Match questions 1-10 with answers a)-j).
1. Do you know a lot about your family history?
2. Which do you know best: your mother 's or your father's side of the family?
3. Where did your ancestors come from?
4. D
Exercise 41.Fill in the gaps using the words given below.
history inherited after extended ancestors relative
great side roots related
1. My parents told me about my family ……... .
2. My ………. probably came from
Exercise 42. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
member fiancée classmate pupil boss
godfather employee fiancé godmother team-mate
1. This is Marianna, my …………… .We're getting married
Exercise 43. Answer the questions using the following words.
boss and employee classmates partner team –mates member godfather and godmother mentor and pupil fiancée and fiancé
1.Which pair works
Exercise 44. a) Put the letters in the correct order to find the names of twelve types of people.
1. tomdogher
2. niface
3. ilupp
4. nraterp
5. ceanife
6. breemm
7. stamcasel
8. dethagorf
9. sobs
10
Exercise 45. Translate the following sentences into English, using new words.
1. На кого ты похожа: на маму или на папу?
2. Я унаследовала дом в деревне.
3. На Кипре невеста иногда одевает красное платье, а жених - белый костюм.
Exercise 46. a) Do the quiz.
What Women Really Think?
Stella magazine commissioned YouGov, a research agency, to interview over 1000 women in the UK about what they really think.
B) Read the text and check your answers.
Stella magazine commissioned YouGov, a research agency, to interview over 1,000 women in the UK about what they really think. Here are some of the results .
80% of women say that lo
B) Write the following word combinations in the right place.
1. on a diet, home, off, for a drink/a walk/a meal, grey
GO
on a diet (start something)
…………………(be
B) Use the above word combinations in the sentences of your own.
Exercise 50. Fill in the gaps with the right verbs (take, go, do and get) in the right grammar form.
1. Suddenly, all the lights ……… off.
2. It’s ti
Exercise 51. Translate the following sentences into English using the above word combinations and phrases.
1. Если он получит диплом через две недели, то тогда я возьму его на работу. Без диплома будет трудно взять его на работу.
2. Сделай мне одолжение, позвони Мисс Грей и попрос
Exercise 55. Answer the following questions.
1 Who do you consider to be your best friend?
2 Where and when did you meet them?
3 What do you like about them?
4 How are they different from you?
Exerc
Exercise 60. Read the article and answer the questions.
How many friends should you have?
People often say that while money may bring wealth, friends bring riches. New research, however, shows that friends may b
Exercise 61. Do you agee or disagree with the following comments from a website.
1. I would never accept an online 'friend' who I didn't already know.
How can you be friends with someone you've never met? Sylwia,UK
2. I'm reading this at work - it' rny
B) Listen again and complete the notes in the table.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Who do they talk about?
Canteen conversation
TIM I see that you 're eating /eat a vegetarian dish. Are / Do you always eating / eat vegetarian food?
CLAIRENo, I 'm eating / ea
Arranging to meet
begin do not do get go go leave not leave meet take
EMMAThere's an interesting talk on healthy living at the library this Friday. I'm …………………with
At the time it happened
I.
MIRA What ……………… (you, do) when you ………….(hear) that London would host the Olympics in 2012?
PETRAStrangely enough, I …………………(
More party preparations
FIONA Hello, everybody. I'm sorry I'm late. I ……………….. (try) to find a DJ but so far ………………….. (not, find) one, though one …………………..(promise) to phone me later. ………
Exercise 70. Two colleagues meet by chance on holiday in New York. Complete the conversation by choosing the right variant.
MEL Nell, fancy meeting you here. Were you /Have you been here long?
NELLNo, we came / 've come the day before yesterday.
Marco Polo.
travel (3) arrive (2) leave visit live welcome learn discuss
Marco Polo lived from 1254 to 1324. His father was a trader and often …………………….to dista
Exercise 72. Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. A: I need a holiday, but flights ………….(be) always expensive at this time of year.
B: That's true, but I ……………. (find) a cheap flight to Mexico on the net
Exercise 73. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Some of the students (speak, never) ……………………
English before they came here last fall.
2. Му passport (staтp) ..........................at the airport when I arriv
Exercise 74. Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Retell the story.
А bоу who worked in а shop in а country-town (send) ……………….bу his master to the house of а rich customer with а valuable ring.
"(not open) ………………the bох," the shopkeeper (tell) …
Exercise 75. Choose a suitable tense. Retell the story.
J. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat.
I.
One day my Uncle Podger (to decide) …………… to hang a picture which just (to come) …………… from the shop, in
Exercise 76. Translate the following sentences into English.
I.
1. Мы выйдем из дома, только когда дождь совсем перестанет.
2. Я не скажу тебе ничего, пока не получу разрешения.
3. Не начинай работу, .пока как следует не отдохнешь.
Exercise 77. Use the words below to write comparative sentences
Canada I big I Britain. ..........Canada is bigger than Britain............ ...............
1 This towel I dry I that one.......................................
Exercise 78. Open the brackets using comparative form of the adjective.
1.This room is .......... than that one (large).
2. This soldier is .......... than his friends (young).
3.This stone is......:.. than that one (heavy).
4. These mountain
Exercise 80. Choose the right forms . in these sentences.
1. Is the station much (further/farther)?
2. You'll find the explanation (further/farther) on.
3. Your record is (worse/worst) than mine.
4. She always we
Exercise 81. Use the adjective in the comparative and superlative degree.
His poems are popular. (his novels) His poems are more popular than his novels.
2. My room's cold. (the kitchen)
3. My garden is nice(school garden)
4. Your hair i
Exercise 83. Write sentences about the elephants. Use information from Exercise and the words in brackets.
(the lightest ) Tanan is the lightest of the elephants.
1 (the heaviest)
2 (Changra I younger)
3 (Selma/older)
4 (the youngest)
5
Exercise 85. Open the brackets using the adjective in superlative degree.
1. It's ..........., day I've ever had (happy) .
2. It's ........... news I've ever heard. (sad).
3. It's ........... film I've ever seen (good).
4. It's ........... car
Exercise 86. Translate the sentences into English.
1. Эта звезда на небе больше, чем ты думаешь.
2. Мой вес меньше, чем ты думаешь. ,
З. Этот журнал новее, чем тот.
4. Эта поэма длинее, чем та.
5. Этот штраф боль
B) Now read the article and check your ideas.
Exercise 2.Read the article again .Write true (T) or false (F) .
1. The Dasslers' father was a sportsman .
2. The brothers first m
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