Indeed, so devoted was the rich Miller that he would never go by his garden without filing his pockets with plums and apples if it was the fruit

Большую часть времени я была на улице. 4. В жаркие дни я все время была на речке. 5. Вечером я обычно гуляла с друзьями. 6. Я встретила много новых друзей. 7. Иногда мы смотрели фильмы у меня дома. 8. В дождливую погоду я читала книги. 9. Последнюю неделю я была (провела) дома.

(to hurry) to occupy their seats in the carriages. 2. The concert (to be) a greater success than we (to expect). We were very glad. 3. He (to tell) me that if no one (to Icome) to meet me at the station, I (can) leave the suit-cases in the cloak-room and go to the hotel where he (to reserve) a room for me. 4. He (to be) here five minutes ago, but you (to be) out. He (to ask) me to tell you that he (to come) again tonight. 5. Lanny (to return) home after seven years of absence. Dur­ing these seven years he (to study) in Cape Town where his people (to send) him. Lanny was glad at the thought that he (to do) what they (to hope) he (to do) and that soon he (to be) among his people again. 6. You (to read) "The Murder of Roger Ack-royd" by Agatha Christie? — No, I (not yet to read) it. But I (to hear) that it (to be) a very interesting book. I (to read) it as soon as I (to get) it.

don. a) has … came; b) has … come; c) had … come When Charlie … painting he decided to show his pictures to the father. a) Will finish; b) had finished; c) has finished 3. By half past seven they … supper yet. a) hasn’t have; b) will not had; c) will not have had 4. I promise that by the end of the day I … my homework. a) will have done; b) had done; c) has do 5. wait, I’ll go and see if she … out. a) will have gone; b) has gone; c) has go 6. … you ever … any tropical fruit? a) Have … taste; b) Will have … tasted; c) Have … tasted B. Put in articles where necessary. 1. They have built … new house at … end of our road. 2. … England lies to … north of France. 3. I’d like to become … engineer. 4. English is … global language nowadays. 5. … sun is shining so brightly but there are … clouds in … sky. 6. Would you like to go to … university with me? VOCABULARY Complete these sentences using “ around, out, over, inside out” I turned … and saw my sister near the shop. He turned … his pockets but didn’t find any money. Sam turned … to be a very good friend. Bill was turning … the pages of his magazine without reading. In few seconds the monster turned … the mouse and the cat ate him. Choose the right word to complete the sentences. Jane left (home/house) at. What a beautiful ( home/ house) stands on the hill over there! Andrew said that he would come back (home/ house) at the end of July. Aren’t your parents in Germany? – No, they are (at home/ in the house). (Home/ House) becomes (home/ house) when you speak of it as the place you live in. CULTURE Choose the right information: Swan Upping and Highland Games are … holidays. winter; b) autumn; c) summer; d) spring … has two birthdays in Britain. Prime Minister; b) Gay Fawkes; c) the Queen The Vikings came to Britain in ships and took away … . Gold, animals and sometimes people; b) gold and people; c) only people Carols have been written as hymns celebrating the birth of … . The Queen; b) Jesus Christ; c) new Church Christ The Queen Elizabeth II has … . Three sons and one daughter; b) four sons; c) two sons and one daughter

remind ourselves to look before we leap or to avoid crossing our bridges before we come up to them. We use them by habit, often not realizing we are doing so much, and we all love to use an apt quotation to enliven conversation or score a point in an argument. This booklet contains over above a thousand quotations, proverbs and sayings. Together, they offer a great deal of the information, advice, amusement and comfort.
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little white kid gloves while she was talking. 'How CAN I have __4___ that?' she thought. 'I must be ____5____ small again.' She got up and went to the table to measure herself __6__ it, and found that, as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet __7____, and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found __8__ that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it ___9____, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

'That WAS a ___10____ escape!' saidAlice, a good ___11__ frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in ____12____; 'and now for the garden!' and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, __13___! the little door was shut again, and the little __14____ key was lying on the glass table as before, 'and things are worse than ___15__,' thought the poor child, 'for I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is!'

As she said these ___16___ her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in __17___ water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, 'and in that case I can go back by ____18______,' she said to herself. (Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with spades ____19______, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.) However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of __20___ which she had wept when she was nine feet high.

small boat. While he 1 (cross) the river he 2 (ask) the boatman: ” 3 you ever (hear) about Philosophy?” “No,” 4 (say) the boatman. “I 5 never (hear) about it. What 6 (be) it?” “I 7 (be) sorry for you, indeed,” replied the learned man, “you 8 (lose) a quarter of your life as it’s a very interesting science!”
Several minutes later the philosopher asked the boatman another question: “9 you (hear) about Astronomy, when you 10 (be) at school?” “No, I 11 (leave)school many years ago and I 12 (forget) all about it,” was the answer. To this the philosopher answered that he 13 (be) really sorry for the man, and he 14 (think) that the boatman 15 (lose) a second quarter of his life.
Some minutes passed and the passenger again 16 (wonder) if the man ever 17 (hear) about Algebra. And the man 18 (have to) admit that he 19 never (know) anything about it. “In that case you certainly 20 (lose) a third quarter of your life!” said the scientist.
At that moment the boat 21 (strike) on a big stone. The boatman jumped and 22 (cry):”23 you ever (learn) 24 (swim)?” “No,” was the answer. The boatman explained sadly to the philosopher that he 25 (be) sure the scientist 26 (lose) his whole life as the boat 27 (sink).