Put the verbs into the correct tense (Active Voice).

Killer quakes rattle
Japan

Powerful earthquakes jolted central and
eastern Japan Saturday evening, killing 18 person in Niigata Prefecture,
injuring about 900 others, destroying a number of buildings and causing a bullet
train to derail, government and police officials said.

The initial temblor that struck at 5:56
p.m. registered upper 6 on the 7-point Japanese scale in Ojiya, Niigata
Prefecture, followed by aftershocks of the same scale, the Meteorological
Agency said. It warned of further powerful aftershocks.

At 6 p.m., the government established a
disaster task force at the prime minister's official residence.

In Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, a man in
his 30s died after being buried under the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a
restaurant. Some 50 to 60 injured people have been admitted to Niigata
Prefectural Tokamachi Hospital, local government officials.

In Ojiya, one person was confirmed to have
been killed in the disaster. A house collapsed and a landslide triggered by the
quake buried a number of cars. About 30 injured people were rushed to a local
hospital. Police officers rushed to the landslide scene to rescue people
trapped in a car while trying to confirm if anybody in the collapsed house was
injured.

Ojiya Municipal Government officials cannot
immediately confirm the extent of damage because many roads in the town have
been damaged, according to national government officials.

The Fire Defense Agency received a report
that several people were buried alive in Kawaguchi, and is trying to confirm
the information, officials said.

In Nagaoka, a fire broke out at three
houses, municipal government officials said. One of the fires has already been
extinguished. The local fire department dispatched ambulances to 20 locations
to transport residents injured in the quake.

Two coaches of a 10-car-long bullet train,
Toki No. 325 superexpress that left Tokyo for Niigata, derailed between Urasa
and Naganoka station on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line and is at a standstill, its
operator, East Japan Railway Co. said. However, the train did not topple over as
it was slowing down toward Nagaoka Station, and none of some 150 passengers or
crewmembers was injured in the accident.

All the expressways in Niigata Prefecture
have been closed. Electric power supply has been completely suspended to at
least some 250,000 households in
extensive areas of Niigata Prefecture, including Ojiya and Kashiwazaki.

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2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

Today ____ (be) Sunday. My sister ______ (paint) a picture at the moment. My brothers ______(ride) their bicycles in the garden now. They ______ (wear) their new jackets. I often ______(read) a book on Sundays, but today I ____ (write) a letter to my cousin, Anne. She often ____(send) me letters. Anne ____ (want) to be a doctor. Sometimes my mother ______ (ask) me whatI ____ (want) to be, but I ____ (not / know)


b) Write the 3 forms of the verbs in breackets.

for work as usual and (2) ……… (go) to the kitchen to have some breakfast. But when she (3) ……… (open) the fridge, she (4) ……… (find) that her flatmate Lucy (5) ……… (drink) all the milk – not a good start for the day! So she (6) ……… (have) a quick cup of black coffee, (7) ……… (get) dressed and (8) ……… (go) out to the car. There she (9) ………. (find) that she (10) ……… (forget) to put the cover on the car the night before and there (11) ……… (be) thick frost all over the windscreen. She (12) ……… (scrape) it all off and (13) ……… (get) into the car. However, when she (14) ……… (turn) the key, nothing (15) ……… (happen)! Someone (16) ……… (leave) the headlights on and the battery (17) ……… (go) flat. She (18) ……… (be) furious as Lucy (19) ……… (use) the car last and it (20) ……… (be) her who (21) ……… (forget) to switch off the lights. Angie (22) ……… (head) for the bus stop to wait in the freezing cold.

compo­sition atthree o'clock. It is already eleven, and he still (to write) it. He says he (to finish) it by twelve.

2. We (to help) our librarian to put the books in the right order for three days already, but we (to arrange) only half the books.

3. What you (to do) when I (to come) in?

4. When I (to come) to his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before.

5. On check­ing up his answers, he (to find) out that he (to make) several mistakes.

6. When I (to leave) home, the snow already (to stop), but a strong wind (to blow).

7. You (to read) this book? — Yes, I (to read) it. I (to think) it (to be) very interesting.

8. What the children (to do) now? — Oh, they (to play) the new board game which I just (to buy) for them.

9. They (to reach) the corner of the street by now and (to stand) at the bus stop.

10. After we (to walk) about two hours, we arrived at a picturesque glade covered with fresh grass.

2. Translate the sentences into Russian:

Я уже две недели живу у друзей.

Я уже две недели жил у друзей, когда получил письмо.Сколько дней вы уже читаете эту книгу?