Книга: Basic English
3. Find out which form-Present Continuous or Present Simple are correct in the following sentences:
1. Sometimes Tom (be) foolish. 2. I can’t afford that ring. It (cost) too much. 3. Look. It (begin) to rain. Unfortunately, I (not, have) my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He (wear) a raincoat. 4. There’s a book on my desk, but it (not belong) to me. 5. Who is that woman who (stand) next to the window?-Which woman? (You, talk) about the woman who (wear) the blue and gold dress? –No, I (talk, not) about her. I (mean) the woman who (wear) the blue suit. –Oh, I (not, know) her.
4. Translate into English :
1. Зараз я сиджу в класі. Вчора в цей час я читав детектив. 2. Я не слухав учителя, тому пропустив те, що він сказав. 3. Вони не запросили Сью на вечірку, тому вона і не прийшла. 4. – У тебе вчора був час написати листа? – Ні, не було. 5. Коли я відкрив посилку, то виявив там сюрприз. 6. Я не чув грозу, тому що спав. 7. Я не хотів нікуди йти, тому що йшов дощ. 8. Коли я прокинувся, яскраво світило сонце та співали пташки.
5. R ead and translate the dialogue and use it in your own speech:
A Bus Ride
Charles: Now come along, James. I’m going to take you for a bus-ride through London. Cheap and instructive.
James: Good idea.
Ch: We’ll go on top. You see more. In the good old days the top of the bus was open. Still, we can see a good deal.
Conductor: Fares, please.
Ch : What’s the fair to Victoria Station?
Conductor : Four pence, please.
Ch : Now we’re going over London Bridge. Look, James, there’s a ‘Pool’. Fascinating place, with all the shipping.
J: Yes, I remember that.
Ch : And there’s the Monument. It was erected…
J: In memory of the Great Fire, which started in Fish Street in 17th century.
Ch : You know too much. Look, there’s the Bank… Passing along Cannon Street, we reach St. Paul’s…
J: Erected by sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire. That’s the Temple, isn’t it?
Ch : Yes, where the lawyers live. Now the bus makes a spurt and we arrive at Trafalgar Square-the National Gallery-finest collection of pictures in Europe.
J: Want to get out?
Ch : No, thank you. Over there is the Haymarket, leading to the theater land and Shaftsbury Avenue, Piccadilly Circus and the shopping district.
J : My turn. On the left, the House of Parliament, containing the House of Lords and the House of Commons…
Ch : And Westminster Abbey, begun by Edward the Confessor. When?
J : I’ve no idea.
Ch : I do like a bus-ride with the intelligent guide! Victoria Street.
J : Nothing much to say here.
Ch : Look at all the people leaving the continent. Biggest station.
J: You’re wrong here. Leipzig is bigger.
6. Try to remember the most frequently used expressions with the verb ‘to have’ and sentences with them: