Ex.6. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Past Simple.

This 1) ________ (to be) my dog, Blackie. He 2) ________ (to be) a small black dog with a bushy tail. Every day I 3) _________ (to take) him for a walk to the park. He 4) __________ (to run) everywhere and 5) ___________ (to play) with his ball on the grass. When we

6) ___________ (to come) back he 7) __________ (to eat) his food and then he

8) ___________ (to lie) on the carpet. At night he 9) ___________ (to sleep) on a rug near my bed.

One day last year I 10) _________ (to take) him for a walk but I 11) __________ (to lose) him. He 12) _________ (not / to be) anywhere. I 13) __________ (to go) home and

14) _________ (to tell) my parents. They 15) _________ (to search) the park and then they 16) __________ (to go) to the police. A few days later a policeman 17) ___________ (to come) to my house. Blackie 18) _________(to be) with him. We 19) __________ (to be) very happy to see him back home.

Ex.7. Translate into English.

1. Прошлым летом мы жили в Сочи.

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2. Вчера она ехала в школу на автобусе.

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3. У них не было урока истории вчера.

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4. Ты не пришел домой вовремя.

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5. “Ты завтракал в 8 часов?” - “Да, я завтракал в 8 часов”.

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6. “Ты шел пешком или ехал на автобусе?” – “Я ехал на автобусе”.

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7. “Что ты видел в зоопарке вчера?”- “Я видел зебру”.

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8. “Когда начался урок музыки?” – “Он начался в 10 часов”.

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9. “Что вы делали в воскресенье?” – “Мы остались дома”.

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10. “Кто пел песни вчера?” – “Девочки. Девочки пели песни вчера”.

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Ex.8. Choose the correct item.

1. The children ___ around a beautiful fir tree the whole evening yesterday.
A: danced

B: are dancing

C: were dancing

2. I ___ tennis at the school sports ground from 6 till 8 o’clock yesterday.

A: am playing

B: played

C: was playing

3. Harry ___ the sofa an hour ago.
A: is vacuuming

B: vacuumed

C: was vacu­uming

4. Alan ___ the floor in his room right now.
A: was sweeping

B: is sweeping

C: swept

5. Cindy ___ a new jumper all day long yesterday.

A: was knitting

B: is knitting

C: knitted

6. Adam ___ the kettle on a minute ago.
A: is putting

B: put

C: was putting

7. Steve and Mez ___ computer games when their mother came home from work.
A: played

B: were playing

C: are playing

8. Crispin ___ the carpets in the garden at the moment.

A: is beating

B: was beating

C: beated

9. Kate ___ her friend from Novgorod at the railway station at 7 o’clock yes­terday.

A: met

B: was meeting

C: is meeting

10. Ron ___ French and Physics last aca­demic year.

A: hated

B: hates

C: will hate

Section 4. Listening

Listening 1

Listen to Text 1“THE EIGHT O’CLOCK NEWS” and answer the questions.

1. What happened in Mandanga last night? _______________________________

2. What did the rebels attack? _______________________________

3. Who did they shoot? _______________________________

4. What did they burn? _______________________________

5. Did they bomb the capital? _______________________________

6. What did the USA do? _______________________________

Listening 2

Listen to Text 2 and correct the false statements.

1. The police are looking for seven climbers. ___________________________

2. They left yesterday evening to climb Everest. ___________________________

3. It began to snow heavily. ___________________________

4. The police didn’t send out a search party. ___________________________

5. The climbers were found easily. ___________________________

Listening 3