This is the biggest holiday of the year and the one many people-especially children-enjoy the most. Soon after Thanksgiving people start sending Christmas cards and decorate their houses. Almost every home has a Christmas tree. German soldiers started this tradition in the U.S. during the Revolutionary War of 1776.
The evening before Christmas Day is called Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve many people go to church and sing Christmas carols, and the President gives his Christmas message on TV. Parents tell children that Santa Claus will come to their house in the night and leave presents for them.
On Christmas Day people open their presents and then they prepare a traditional dinner of turkey or ham with vegetables, salads, and desserts. There are also special cookies, candies, nuts, and fruits. Christmas dinner is eaten late in the afternoon. During the day many families watch special Christmas TV and children play with their new toys. Some people go ice-skating or drive around town to look at the decorations.
2. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола to be.
1. There … a big parade today. 2. There … two lamps in the room. 3.... there any new words presented at the last lesson? 4. It … cold yesterday. 5. I … glad to see you here now. 6. He …not … at home tomorrow. 7.... it dark in the street? 8. My friends … not present at the last conference. 9. Who … not here? 10. My friend … an economist.
3. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Continuous.
1. Look! Somebody (to climb) up the tree over there. 2. I am a teacher, but I (not to work) at the moment. I have a holiday. 3. What he (to read) now? 4. I met Kate when she (to cross) the street. 5. My kids (not to do) their homework when I came home from work yesterday. 6. What you (to write) when the bell rang? 7. Erick (to wait) for me outside the cinema at this time tomorrow. 8. Pamela (not to sleep) the whole night tomorrow, as she is going to take part in the night performance. 9. Can you hear those people? What they (to talk) about? 10. What you (to talk) about when I entered the room?
4. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Indefinite.
1. I usually (to watch) TV in the evening. 2. I have a car but I (not to use) it very often. 3. When you usually (to get up)? 4. My father (to work) as an engineer at a big plant. 5. How many cigarettes your brother (to smoke) a day? 6. What school you (to study) when you were a pupil? 7. Lola (not to attend) classes last week. 8. I (to go) abroad two years ago. 9. My friend (to spend) his holiday in the Crimea next summer. 10. I think Mary (not to buy) such an expensive thing next time.
5. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Perfect.
1. John already (to do) his homework and he is watching TV now. 2. I never (to be) to Moscow yet. 3. What films you (to see) this week? 4. The accident happened after the new bus driver (to drive) a few yards. 5. I didn’t know Mirabel. I never (to meet) her. 6. Eugenie couldn’t lend Greg her book because she (to lose) it. 7. By the end of this century the population (to grow) to three billion. 8. Mike (to receive) the letter by next Friday or not? 9. The bell (not to go) yet. 10. I (not to pay) the bill by the end of the week.
6.Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Perfect Continuous.
1. I (to wait) for you for an hour already. 2. How long you (to read) this book? 3. She (to work) for this company for 3 years before she left the town. 4. They (to drive) for 2 hours before they reach the town. 5. She (to study) French since childhood. 6. I (to bake) a cake for an hour before they came. 7. Elvis ((to travel) for a week before he returns to London. 8. We (to live) in England for nearly 2 years now. 9. They (not/to study) for 5 months already. 10 How long he (to keep) these papers?
7. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в нужном времени.
1. The plane just (to land). 2. Robert usually (go) to work by bus. 3. Ben (to play) the guitar now. 4. I (to walk) along the street when I saw Jackie. 5. Terry (to read) a very interesting book yesterday. 6. What game the children (to play) when I saw them yesterday? 7. I think Paul (to pass) his exams successfully. 8. It always (to rain) at this time of the year. 9. It (to snow) at the moment? 10. Fred (to post) the letter before he left the town.
CONTROL WORK 1
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May Week at Cambridge
The most interesting time of year in which to visit Cambridge is during May Week. This is neither in May nor a week. For some reasons which nobody remembers, May Week is the name given to the first two weeks in June, the very end of the University year.
May Week denotes not so much a particular period of time as the general atmosphere of relaxation at the end of the year's work. It starts for each undergraduate when he finishes his examinations.
Everything as far as possible has to happen in the open air-parties, picnics, concerts and plays. May Week seems like a celebration of the coming of spring, till then ignored in favour of examinations, and this spirit of release seems to take over the entire (the whole) town. People go to the river behind the colleges which stand next to the river to watch May boat races, in which young energetic men are ready to show off their skill.
Music and drama also have a part to play in the festivities. Nearly every college of the University (and there are over 20 of them) holds a May Week concert or presents a play in the open air.
But the most important events are the May Balls for which some girls do their best for month in advance to get invitations. College May Balls are the climax of May Week and for many undergraduates are the final event of their university life, when the river is lit with coloured lights, ballroom orchestra plays for dancers and punts glide romantically down the river.
2. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола to be.
1. What … the weather like today? 2. … you ready for the lesson yesterday? 3. I … at home the whole evening tomorrow. 4. Where … he when I came to your place yesterday? 5. My parents … out of town today. 6. How … your mother? 7. It … not polite to be late. 8. Your summer plans … rather interesting. 9. Paul … glad to see you once again. 10. What subject … your favourite?
3. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Continuous.
1. I see Mary. She (to cross) the road. 2. Why you (to talk) at the lesson, I wonder? 3. I (not/to work) now. I have a terrible headache. 4. I (to walk) along Red Square when I saw Jackie. 5. They (to sit) in the yard when they heard the bell. 6. What you (to discuss) the moment I entered the room? 7. Look! Somebody (to make) notes in the book. 8. He (to wait) for your call at 5 p.m. next Sunday. 9. What he (to work) on when I return tomorrow? 10. Listen! “The Beatles” (to sing) over the radio.
4. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Indefinite.
1. I usually (to go) to work by bus. 2. You (to wait) for me tomorrow outside the academy? 3. He always (to spend) his vacation at the seaside. 4. What your mother (to do)? She is an economist. 5. We (to go) to the theatre last Sunday. 6. They (not/to learn) that poem by heart. 7. How you usually (to get) to work? 8. You (to invite) a lot of guests to your last birthday party? Certainly, I did. 9. When he (to have) dinner last? 10. I think he (not/to pass) his entrance exam. He is not working hard.
5.Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Perfect.
1. You ever (visit) London? 2. He never (to be) to Kiev. 3. Mike (to put) all his things in order before he went out. 4. Don’t call on me tomorrow. I (to leave) by noon. 5. Sally already (to look) through all the letters yet when I came back. 6. Where he (to hide)? I am looking for him everywhere? 7. The film (to start) before we arrived at the cinema. 8. How much of this work you (to complete) by the end of next week? 9. Why is he crying? He (to hurt) himself? 10. Sue (not/to do) her homework yet.
6. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Perfect Continuous.
1. She (to work) for this company since last year. 2. I (to listen) to music for half an hour already. 3. How long you (smoke)? 4. Victor (to study) for 3 hours before he went to the park. 5. Jill and John (to redecorate) their house since last week. 6. I (to sit) for the exam for quite a time until I pass it successfully. 7. What are they doing here? They (to shout) for an hour. 8. How long he (to write) his composition already? 9. They (to walk) for 2 days before they reach the monastery. 10. What you (to read) since morning?
7. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в нужном времени.
1. Terry (to look) for a new flat now. 2. I always (wait) for Julia after classes. 3. What book you (to prefer) reading? 4. Val (to reach) the town by 5 o’clock in the evening? 5. Nat (to solve) all her problems before her husband came home. 6. She (to bake) a cake the whole morning yesterday. 7. Jack (not/to miss) any classes this week. 8. I (to meet) John last Saturday. 9. When you (to see) Clare last? 10. I (to wait) for Sally at the bus stop at 6 p.m. tomorrow.