Exercise 1. Вставьте подходящий глагол в форме Past Simple .

Be (2), feed, take, start, visit, listen

 

The children went to London. The Tour ________at Hyde Park in the morning. The children_______the ducks and squirrels there. Then they ________photos of Trafalgar Square. The next stop __________the British Museum. They also ___________ the Tower of London. The children _______to the famous bell Big Ben. In the evening they ________ very tired.

 

See, find, help, be, put, catch, be

One day the children were on the ship. The sea was quiet. Suddenly they _________the pirates' ship. The pirates_________ the children and _______them in a dark room, but Kevin ________ Steve and Maggie. In the room the children ________ the eighth magic pearl. Kevin put the eight pearls together and saved the Shell Kingdom. Kevin's parents _______very happy.

Task 3

Role-play the following situation. You are going to visit New York (or any other city) on business in a fortnight’s time. Converse with your colleague(s) about your trip, in particular about:

- a room in a hotel you are going to reserve;

- your requirements for the room;

- the cost of the accommodation;

- the location of the hotel;

- what conference / exhibition you are going to attend;

- how you are planning to explore the city;

- what places of interest you plan to visit;

- how long you are staying in New York;

- what else you are going to do in this city.  

UNIT III

                                                                Challenges

Topical Vocabulary

To depend on	Зависеть от
To become a reality	Становится реальностью, воплотщаться в жизнь
A reason for	Причина чего-либо
The importance of smth	Важность чего-либо
To bring visitors	Привлекать туристов
To be on holiday	Быть на каникулах
To be (become) interested in smth / in doing smth	Быть заинтересованным в чём-либо (заинтересоваться, увлечься)
To start a band	Организовать музыкальную группу
To bring changes	Внести изменения
To arrive in a country/at a hotel	Прибывать, прибывать в страну/отель
To welcome smb/ smth	Приветствовать кого/что-либо
To complain of/about smth to smb	Жаловаться, выражать недовольство
To create jobs	Создавать рабочие места
Traffic problems	Проблемы на дорогах
Leisure activities	Деятельность в свободное время
To listen to music	Слушать музыку
To achieve success	Достигать успеха
To survive smth	Пережить что-либо, остаться в живых
To run out of smth	Испытывать нехватку чего-либо, кончаться, иссекать
A round-the-world trip	Кругосветное путешествие
A success story	История успеха
To make progress	Делать успехи
To work hard	Много, усердно работать
To take a seat	Садиться
To look after smb/smth	Присматривать за кем-л./чем-л.

Infinitive	Past simple	Past participle	Перевод
be			быть
beat
become
begin
blow
break
bring
build
burn
buy
can
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
do
draw
dream
drink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
find
fly
forbid
forget
forgive
get
give
go
grow
hear
hide
hit
hold
hurt
keep
know
learn
leave
let
lose
make
meet
overcome
pay
prove
put
read
ride
ring
rise
run
say
see
seek
sell
send
set
shake
shut
sing
sit
sleep
smell
speak
spend
stand
swim
take
teach
tell
think
throw
wear
win
write

 

Task 1. Grammar time: use the proper forms of the Past Simple Tense for the words in brackets.

 

1. The building of trade centre (to begin) a month ago.

2. The postman (to bring) the morning mail only at 10 o’clock.

3. I (to have) a picnic with my colleagues yesterday, but it (to be) so cold that I (to fall) ill.

4. You (to go) to the South when you (to be) a child?

5. How many meetings you (to have) when you (to be) on a business trip to Chicago?

6. He (to come) in, (to take) off his hat, (to move) a chair to the table and (to join) our conversation.

7. When he (to arrive)? – The plane was delayed and he (to come) two hours later.

8. How much your cell phone (to cost)? – I (to pay) 99 dollars for it.

9. Thomas Edison (to start) work on the railway when he (to be) 12 and he (to sell) newspapers and snacks.

10. He (to accept) his friend’s offer to work for the telegraph office?

11. I (to spend) a lot of money on books the other day.