Variant 4

1. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous Tense.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол в Present Continuous Tense.
1. Look! My cat (to play) with a ball. 2. Now she (to go) to school. 3. Why she (to
cry) now? 4. He (to work) hard at his French. 5. What you (to do)? 6. Where is
John? He (to play) football in the yard. 7. Leave me alone. I (to work).

2. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous Tenses.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол Present Indefinite или Present
Continuous.
1. Bears (to like) honey. 2. Fetch a doctor! The poor man (to die)! 3. I (to want)
a dozen of good cigars, please. 4. I usually (to drive) too fast! 6. You (to eat)
fruit every day? 7. How often you (to wash) your dog?

3. Use the correct form of the verb “to be” (the Present Continuous or the
Past Continuous Tenses).
Употребите глагол “to be” в правильной форме и времени (Present
Continuous or Past Continuous).
1. Be quit, he ... writing a composition now. 2. What ... Nelly doing while
Nick ... drinking tea yesterday? 3. Where ... the boys? They ... having
breakfast. 4. I ... watching TV at six o’clock yesterday.

4. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous, the Present Indefinite or
the Present Continuous Tenses.
Раскройте скобки, употребляя Past Indefinite или Past Continuous,
Present Indefinite или Present Continuous.
1. You (to see) him yesterday? – Yes, he (to stand) in the hall laughing. 2. I (to
do)a lot of work every day. 3. My friends (to talk) right now. 4. Simon met his
wife while she (to work) at his hospital. 5. Gene (to eat) dinner when his friend
called.
6. Last year we (to visit) the States. 7. My mother (to hate) smoking. 8. I didn’t
want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (to leave).

5. Match parts I and II.

Соотнесите 1 и 2 части предложения.
1 2
1. My friend came to see a) now
me b) in a year
2. I am learning to ride a c) yesterday
bicycle d) every week
3. He was telling us two e) last week
hours about his trip to India f) every morning and
4. He will be a good lawyer every evening
5. It rains
 6. He cleans his teeth

6. Translate into English. Use Indefinite or Continuous Tense forms.

Переведите на английский язык.
1. Когда я переходил улицу, меня остановил милиционер. 2. Посмотри на
небо: темнеет. 3. Обычно я слушаю музыку, когда выполняю домашнее
задание. 4. Куда ты идешь? – Я иду в кино. 5. Ты часто ходишь в кино? 6.
Завтра я испеку свой любимый пирог. 7. Послушай! Кто-то стучит в дверь. 8.
Поторапливайтесь! Автобус отправится через 5 минут.

7. Make the following sentences interrogative.

Образуйте различные типы вопросительных предложений.
Обозначьте тип вопроса.
1. Nick and Kate are playing in the children’s room.
2. He was walking with his dog at that time.

8. Choose the right variant.

Выберите правильный вариант.
1. Room ... is empty.
a) the fifthb) five
2. School year begins on the ... of September.
a) one b) first
3. He was born in 1900.
a) nineteen zero zero b) nineteen hundred
4. Company “A” made $2 ... profit this year.
a) millionsb) million
5. ... of people hate smoking.
a) hundredb) hundreds

9. Use “some”, “any”, “no” or their derivatives.

Вставьте местоимения “some”, “any”, “no” или их производные.
1. I’d like to buy … books on law. 2. Are you going ... for the weekend? 3. He
has never been to … foreign countries. 4. I’m hungry. I haven’t had … breakfast
this morning. 5. There are … boys in the garden because they are at school. 6. Can
I have … milk? – Yes, you can have … . 7. She felt unhappy, she had ... to speak
to, ... to do. 8. Could you lend me … money? – I’m afraid I have … money with
me.
10. Choose the right pronoun.
Выберите правильные местоимения.
1. There is … place like home.
a) no
b) none
c) nobody
2. It’s easy, you can do it… .
a) your
 b) yours
c) yourself
3. I’ll post the letter… .
a) by me
b) myself
c) oneself
4. I invited my friend to … place.
a) mine
b) my
c) me
5. She wanted to tell me … interesting.
a) something
b) somebody
c) some
6. There is … new under the sun.
a) nothing
b) anything
c) any

11. Insert “much”, “many”, “little”, “few”, “a little”, “a few”.

Вставьте местоимения “much”, “many”, “little”, “few”, “a little”, “a
few”.
1. In spite of Shakespeare’s fame we know very … about his life. 2. … people
left this hotel yesterday. 3. There are only … cakes on the plate. 4. He has …
friends so he almost never goes out. 5. Fortunately, my old car requires … repairs.
6. Some hundred years ago very … people could read and write. 7. Do you put …
milk in your coffee? – No, I put … .

12. Translate into English using “some”, “any”, much”, “many”, “little”,
“few”, “a little”, “a few” or their derivatives.
Переведите на английский язык, выбрав правильное местоимение или
его производное.
1. В этом стакане слишком мало молока. 2. Сколько у тебя английских
книг? 3. Сколько у тебя сыра? 4. Она где-то в саду. 5. Мы никого не видели в
зале. 6. Я положила очки где-то здесь. 7. В чайнике нет воды. 8. Хотите чаю?
– Да, немного.

13. Make sentences using “to be going to” construction.

Составьте предложения, используя оборот “to be going to”.
1. I (to finish) this work in a week.
2. He (to meet) my girl.
3. What you (to do) in winter?
4. I hope you (to have) a good time at your friend’s.

14. Disagree as in the model (both, neither ... nor).

 Выразите свое несогласие, используя модель ( both, neither ... nor).
model: We need both fruit and vegetables.
We need neither fruit nor vegetables.
1. He likes both apples and pears.
2. They will cook both dinner and supper.
3. Lucy and Mark both are in danger.

15. Express the same idea in English (either ... or).

Скажите это по-английски.
1. Или ты извинишься, или я не буду разговаривать с тобой.
2. Ты будешь пить чай или кофе?
3. Я могу позвонить или вечером или утром.

16. Read the text.

Прочтите текст.
He Was a Philosopher
Time: 399 В. С. Athens.
Charges: impiety and treason
Defendant: Socrates.
Не was 70 years old, bald-headed, with an absurd pug nose and an unkempt
beard. Не wore nothing but а cloak – no shoes, no shirt, no underwear. Не had the
merriest of dispositions , no one had ever seen him angry or unkind. Не was very
brave: he had served as а foot soldier in four battles.
He was а philosopher. Не did nothing but talk – talk to anyone who would listen
to him, in the streets and marketplaces, discussing philosophy with students ,
sailors ог tradesmen, questioning men about what they believed in and why –
always why – and how they could prove it. He met every answer with а new
question, and each answer after that with another question. Some Athenians called
him а dangerous idler who did nothing but engage "in irony and jest on mankind" .
The Oracle at Dеlрhi had called him the wisest man alive, but Socrates, with his
cool scepticism, said that his wisdom lау only in this: that unlike other men, he
knew how great was his ignorance.
Не refused to accept а penny for teaching. Indeed, he was sure he could never
teach anyone anything; he said he tried to teach men how to think.
His enemies hated him. They said he made young minds doubt, if not mock
everything, and it was undermining respect for democracy itself.
Ноw did he defend himself?
"I shall not change my conduct even if I must die а hundred deaths ... . Death
does not matter, what matters is that I should do no wrong," he said.
They voted him guilty. Тhe prosecutor demanded the death реnаltу. Under the
law of Athens it was now for the defendant to propose an alternative. Socrates
could suggest that he be exiled. But he did not. Нis friends wanted to smuggle him
out of prison but he refused to escape. When his wife Xanthippe broke into
hysterics in the death cell, he sent her and his sons away. Не spent his last hours
discussing the problems that had always intrigued him: good and evil. His mind
was never idle.
When his disciples saw him drink the cup of poison with dignity they wept. Тhе
man is gone but the "Socratic" method of questioning and teaching has always
bееn respected sinсе then.

17. Translate the text into Russian in written form.

Письменно переведите текст.

18. Make up all possible types of questions (general, alternative, disjunctive,

special, question to the subject)
Поставьте различные типы вопросов к следующим предложениям,
укажите тип вопроса .
1. He refused to accept a penny for teaching.
2. The prosecutor demanded the death penalty.

19. Answer the questions on the text.

Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.
1. Where did Socrates live?
2. He was usually angry and unkind, wasn’t he?
3. What was his guilt?
4. Did Socrates have any enemies?
5. What did his friends propose when he was in prison?
6. What were the problems that had always intrigued Socrates?
7. How did Socrates die?