Составьте, пожалуйста, ровно 8 предложений о себе со словами can/could/be able to. Пример: At the age of three years I could speak Turkish and Ru

The rabbit, the duck and the cat are grey. The dog and the hen are black. The frog is green. The cockerel and the fish are red. The pig is pink. Nik likes his pets. His pets like Nick too. But Nick is sad. His cat likes the fish.

Mr. Smith Goes in for Art


Mr. Smith was a rich business man. He was seventy-six and he was ill.

“I can’t do anything with the old man,” his servant Koppel told the doctor. “He doesn’t want to eat. He doesn’t want me to read to him. He doesn’t like anything.”

“I have an idea how to make him interested in life,” the doctor said.

When he entered the old man’s room, he asked him, “How would you like to study art?”

“I like the idea! But how can I start?”

“I can ask a student from an art school to teach you.”

An art student named Frank Swain was invited to give lessons to Mr. Smith. The young man gave a lot of lessons, and when the doctor came, the old man always talked about art.

When spring came, Mr. Smith made a picture. It looked terrible. But the old man said, “I am going to give it to the exhibition at the Lathrop Museum.”

The reader must know that this exhibition was one of the most important in the USA and the Lathrop Museum gave prizes to the best artists.

“We must stop him!” Frank Swain said. “The picture is terrible and people will laugh at Mr. Smith.”

“No, no,” the doctor said, “the old man is ill and art makes him feel better.”

Two days before the exhibition was closed a letter came to Mr. Smith.

“Read it to me,” the old man asked Koppel.

“We inform Mr. Smith,” the letter said, “that he is given the first prize of one thousand dollars for his picture.”

Frank and Koppel were greatly surprised.

“I am happy to hear such wonderful news,” the doctor said. “Now you see, Mr. Smith, that art is much better than business.”

“Art is nothing,” said the old man, “I bought the Lathrop Museum last month.”

Подчеркните прилагательные в английских предложениях и укажите степень сравнения. 1. Steel made the cars much lighter and safer than the old wooden cars. 2. Railway transport is one of the cheapest ways of transporting freight over long distances. 3. It is more convenient to carry these goods by lorry than by rail.
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Задание 2. Перепишите и переведите предложения, употребив прилагательные, данные в скобках, в сравнительной или превосходной степени. 1. Railways are the (important) form of transport in Russia. 2. The cars that are built today become (comfortable). 3. Our (good) diesel locomotive develops a speed of 170 km per hour. Задание 3. Перепишите и переведите предложения. Определите форму (Present, Past, Future) и функцию (основной, вспомогательный, модальный) глаголов TO BE и TO HAVE. Подчеркните эти глаголы в английском варианте. 1. The railways were invented before the age of steam. 2. A railway track is steel rails on wooden sleepers (шпалы) 3. Nowadays various machines have replaced hard manual labor. 4. Train No3 is to arrive at platform 2. 5. The civil engineers are trying to find out the most suitable route.
Задание 4. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на употребление времён группы Indefinite (Simple) (Present, Past, Future) в действительном и страдательном залоге. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременную форму и залог. 1. For many years engineers tried to find a new material for making sleepers (шпалы). 2. Some changes were made in the original design. 3. We find a lot of information about this invention on the Internet.
Задание 5. Перепишите и переведите текст.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. G.Stephenson was born in Wylam, 9.3 miles (15km) west of Newcastle. His father was a fireman, earning a very low wage, so there was no money for schooling. At the age of 17, Stephenson became an engineman. He realized the value of education and paid to study at night school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. In1802 he moved to Willington Quay where he worked as a brakeman, made shoes and mended clocks to supplement his income. In 1811 the pumping engine at his work was not working properly and Stephenson offered to fix it. He did so with such success that he was promoted to maintain and repair all the colliery engines. He became an expert in steam-driven machinery.
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Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1814. The locomotive could haul 30 tons of coal up a hill at 4mph (6.4 km/h). The new engines were too heavy to run on wooden rails, and iron rails were in their infancy, with cast iron exhibiting excessive brittleness. Stephenson improved the design of cast-iron rails to reduce breakage and managed to solve the problem caused by the weight of the engine on the primitive rails. The years between 1830-1840 were the busiest in Stephenson life. Many of the first American railroad builders came to Newcastle to learn from Stephenson. But G. Stephenson cannot claim to have invented the locomotive. Richard Trevithick deserves that credit. But Stephenson was the first to suggest the standard gauge, sometimes called “Stephenson gauge” which is now used throughout the world. As a tribute to his life and works, a bronze statue was unveiled at Chesterfield railway station in the town where Stephenson spent the last ten years of his life. G.Stephenson died aged 67, on 12 August 1848 in Chesterfield.
Задание 6. Укажите, какие из следующих утверждений соответствуют содержанию текста. Используйте фразы: It is right. It is wrong. Исправьте неверные утверждения. 1. G.Stephenson was an American civil and mechanical engineer. 2. He became an expert in steam-driven machinery. 3. Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1824. 4. His first locomotive could haul 30 tons of coal

Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести вот это предложение: Do most students leave home and enter the institutes and universities at the age of 17 or 18?

I. Преобразуйте следующие предложения в вопросительные и отри¬ цательные:
1. Не knows the answer to this question. 2. He leaves home at eight o'clock. 3. The last train arrives at midnight. 4. It is important to choose a good job. 5. They refuse to help us. 6. This job suits his abilities well enough.
II. Употребите глагол в третьем лице единственного числа, пользуясь образцом: I think I 'm right. - Не thinks he is right.
1. I always keep my problems to myself. 2. What do they do for a living? They work in an office. 3. I don't think I'm right. 4. We always examine facts carefully. 5. They refuse to do what is called low work. 6. Teachers are well aware that their work is necessary to society. 7. You often speak too fast. 8. Don't you see that your work is very important to us?
III. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в the Simple Present Tense:
1. I generally (to get up) at 8 o'clock. 2. Our lecturer (to speak) very good English. 3. He (to be) always in a hurry. 4. In Britain today, all children (to start) their education at the age of five. 5. She (to plan) to go to Britain next month. 6. Uranus (to revolve) around the Sun once in 84 years. 7. Students' delegation (to arrive) tomorrow. 8. The Prime Minister of Britain always (to live) in 10 Downing Street. I always get up at 7 a.m.. I do not always get up at 7 a.m.. Do you always get up at 7 a.m.? She usually quarrels on trifles. She does not usually quarrel on trifles. Does she usually quarrel on trifles?9. Children whose parents (to read) a great deal usually (to become) good readers themselves. 10.Some readers (to avoid) books on the best-seller list

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