1.Выберите правильный вариант ответа:
1) We … each other for ages.
a) didn’t see b) don’t see c) haven’t seen
2) My father ….. newspapers every evening.
a) is reading b) reads c) read
3) The strong wind ….. since yesterday morning
a) was blowing b) blew c) has been blowing
4) By nine o’clock yesterday I … my homework.
a) did b) have done c) had done
5) When I entered the classroom the teacher … words on the blackboard.
a) writes b) wrote c) was writing
2.Рut the Verbs into Correct Forms:
1. While I (cook) _dinner I cut myself the finger.
2.He (watch) TV_since 5 o/clock.
3. I (walk) _along the street when I heard a terrible cry.
4. The text is very difficult, the students (translate)_since morning.
5. Bob (start)_his job two years ago.

3Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст.
1)Can people live without friends? Most of us would say "no". Friends make our lives enjoyable and _INTEREST_.
2)Friendship is something you can't buy. It is a _WONDER_ and valuable gift.
3)It is _POSSIBLE_ to live without people who care for you and who are always ready to help.
4)However, to find a true friend is not easy. Friendship requires honesty, trust and _KIND_.
5)Being a friend means not only having fun together but helping each other in a difficult _SITUATE_.
Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

1.

1. c

2. b

3. c

4. a

5. c

2.

1. was cooking

2. he is watching

3. was walking

4. translated

5. stared

3.

1. interesting

2. wonderful

3. impossible

4. kindness

5. situation

Объяснение:

I

1. We have not seen each other for ages.

2. My father reads newspapers every evening.

3. The strong wind has been blowing since yesterday morning.

4. By nine o'clock yesterday i had done my homework.

5. When I entered the classroom the teacher was writing words on the blackboard.

II.

1. While i was cooking dinner i cut myself the finger.

2. He has been wathcing TV since 5 o'clock.

3. I was walking the street when i heard a terrible cry.

4. The text is very difficult, the students have been translating since morning.

5. Bob started his job two years ago.

III.

1. interesting

2. wonderful

3. impossible

4. kindness

5. situations

christmas tragedy with happy end

christmas eve it’s a time when magical things happen.

i’d like to tell you a real story that happened last year on christmas eve.

that evening i together with a friend went to greet my grandparents who live not far from us. everything went very well, we were having fun, but finally were supposed to go home. we said good-bye to my grandparent and run home to have a party with my parents and their friends. as soon as i live on the 5-th floor, i never hesitate to use an elevator. i pressed the button, the elevator arrived, opened the door, we entered, pressed the necessary button, the door closed, and than we heard a strange sound that reminds sound of a dying light bulb, the light switched off and the elevator stopped.   all this happened 40 minutes before midnight. we were staying in that dark quiet box.

thanks god, i had my cellular phone with me, i called my parents, and they called the elevator repair company, but nobody answered there.

than my friend and i began to plead santa tearfully to do a miracle and let us out of the elevator. and i think that we asked him so earnestly to do a miracle, that that miracle happened: the light turned on and the door opened three minutes before midnight.

and we all had a really happy christmas.

1)cleverer

2)taller

3)bigger

4)faster

5)longer