Exercise v. Translate the given sentences from Russian into English.
Control work
Exercise I. Write the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. use onle the present simple or the present continuous.
1. Japanese cooking (not use) a lot of dairy food.
2. Sir Paul McCartney (stay) in Waldorf Astoria on this visit to New York.
3. I (feed) the neighbour’s cat this week while she’s on a business trip.
4. Then you (mix) all the ingredients together quickly and (put) the mixture in a hot oven for twenty minutes.
5. We (guarantee) that you won’t be disappointed with the performance of our new collection of the European Modern Art.
6. I can see the leaders. The three front runners (turn) the corner into the stadium complex now.
7. Roger Federer certainly (play) his best tennis at the moment.
8. A: Which colour (prefer, you), red or blue?
B: I (like) blue better than red. Why?
A: According to the magazine article I (read) right now, people who (prefer) blue to red (be) calm and (value) honesty and loyalty in their friends. Preference for the color red (mean) that a person (be) aggressive, (love) excitement.
B: Oh, that (sound) like a bunch of nonsense to me.
- A: (Believe, you) in flying saucers?
B: What (talk, you) about?
A: You know, spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard.
B: In my opinion, flying saucers (exist) only in people’s imagination.
10. This new Ancient World History Course (consist) of twenty evening lectures and five full-day seminars.
Exercise II. Choose the correct form of the verbs: Simple or Continuous.
1. I have read / have been reading a lot recently. I have read / been reading ten books in the last week.
2. A lorry went past / was going past and splashed me when I stood / was standing on the side of the road.
3. When she arrived I washed / was washing the car. After she left, I finished / was finishing the job.
4. I hardly slept all night because the dogs barked / were barking all the time. Every time I fell asleep, one of them barked / was barking and wake me up.
5. I stay / am staying with my brother because my flat is painted / is being painted.
6. His clothes got / were getting very dirty because he had worked / had been working in the garden.
7. Pandas live / are living in bamboo forests in China but their numbers go down / are going down very rapidly because people destroy / are destroying the forests.
8. The birds sang / were singing and the sun shone / was shining. It was a lovely day.
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9. I had finished / had been finishing cooking when she arrived.
10. He has worked / has been working on that book for a long time. It’ll be the third book he has written / has been writing.
Exercise III. Complete the profile of Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) with the verbs in brackets in the correct Grammar tense.
“Rowan (to be) very shy with a rubbery face, just like the one he has now,” says his former headmaster. “The other boys (to make) him pull funny faces. I’m sure they (to be) imitations of me and my colleagues,” adds headmaster Grove.
Rowan (to be born) in 1955, the youngest of three sons. By the time he was thirteen, he (to win) a scholarship to a private school. After he (to study) there for a while, he got involved in acting. By the time he was seventeen, he (to act; already) in a play at the Edinburgh Festival. His teachers (to predict) a future in acting, but despite this, Rowan still (not; to plan) a career in entertainment.
He eventually (to go) to Oxford to do a science degree. He (previously study) electronic engineering at Newcastle University and (to believe) that was there his future lay. But while he (to study) at Oxford, he (to meet) a group of friends who are his partners to this day.
A happy accident finally unlocked Rowan’s talents while he (to practise) a script in 1976. He (to play) around pulling faces for ten minutes in front of a mirror when he realized what he (to do). “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, a BBC producer, says, “It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life, when you realize you are in the presence of genius. I (to be sure) he would be more famous than Chaplin.”
Exercise IV. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences. Choose the most appropriate way to express future.
1. I‘ve taken 10.00 train to Paris every Friday for three years. Believe me, you (find) a seat.
2. “You speak very good Spanish”.
“Thank you. It’s not surprising. I (live) in Madrid for eight years next month.
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3. I’m going on holiday tomorrow. This time next Tuesday I (ski) down a mountain.
4. At our next wedding anniversary we (be / married) for twenty – five years.
5. I (try) to help you.
6. I’ve just heard that your favourite jazz singer (come) to give a concert in our village!
7. The plain (take off) at 10.45, so we had better check in by 8.45.
8. “Have you booked a holiday yet for this year?”
“Yes. We (take) a cruise around the Caribbean in August.
Exercise v. Translate the given sentences from Russian into English.
1. – Что ты переводишь?
– Я перевожу статью из «Дейли Ньюз». Мы часто переводим статьи из этой газеты.
2. Раньше этот остров не был столь популярным среди европейских туристов.
3. – Послушай, кто-то поет вдалеке.
– Это девушка. Она часто здесь поет.
4. Почему Вы так быстро идете сегодня? Обычно вы ходите медленнее.
5. Раньше Грузия была частью Советского Союза и между народами существовали дружеские отношения.
6. Он обычно так быстро говорит, что я его не понимаю.
7. Джейн сейчас шьет себе платье. Она всю одежду шьет себе сама.
8. Здесь пахнет кофе. Я люблю этот запах.
9. Вы понимаете, что говорит лектор?
10. Есть люди, которые знают 10 иностранных языков.
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