1. Make nouns from the following verbs:

to expand, to populate, to fly, to descend, to arrive, to constitute, to absorb, to tend, to depend, to celebrate, to govern, to divide, to produce, to consume, to educate, to employ, to build.

2. Read the numerals. Read and translate the word combinations.

1. 432,612; 1,056,073, 13,604,270; 100,100; 385; 64; 1,002; 422; 121,000; 6,334,958; 3,767,546

2. 2,000 students; 6,935 books; 101 engineers; 12,000 pupils; 16 per cent; 200 branches; 4,005 tables; 300,000 cars; 785,344 grams; 90 per cent; on the 12^th day; the 2^nd week; the 5^th group; on the 3^rd of May; the 21^st of June

3. Find the numerals in the text. Write out them in words (word combinations), e.g.: fifty states.

4. Comment on the use of the Present Simple in the following sentences.

1. Wisdom comes with age.

2. There is a reason for everything. Nothing falls from heaven.

3. Do you believe in miracles? — I do.

4. Palermo is the capital of Sicily.

5. No one in this world is perfect.

6. Students buy a lot of books at the beginning of each term.

7. 1 think that English Grammar is easy.

5. Read and translate the following sentences. Explain the use of the Present Progressive.

1. Family life is changing rapidly.

2. These days many people are complaining that life is too tough.

3. I can'1 understand what he is talking about.

4. He is always coming up with new ideas.

5. Look here, Michael, I'm not being critical of you.

6. You're looking strange, Teddy. What's the matter?

7. You're looking so very healthy at the moment.

8. She scanned the scenery. "What I don't understand is why we're not seeing the river."

6. Read and translate the following sentences Explain the use of the Present Perfect.

1. We live in the life that we have created.

2. Miss Lazy has hardly done any work this week.

3. I've said all I wanted to say on the matter.

4. Alan and Chloe are both down with the flu. Thank God I haven't caught it from them.

5. I think you've made a good choice.

6. Rick, I've just told you that we don't have a future together.

7. The country has made enormous progress this year. The Prime Minister has done so much good.

8. Wait, you haven't read the details.

7. Read and translate the sentences Comment on the use of the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. You've been telling me your secrets since you were eight.

2. There's something I've been meaning to ask you.

3. A fine rain has been falling steadily since six o'clock and there is a dark mist on the river.

4. She is filling the case with the papers she has been working on all day.

5. Blair has been working for days to make this Christmas Day a very special one.

6. Is there someone you've been seeing?

7. For generations, Transamerica has been helping people plan for a comfortable career.

8. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense-form.

1. My father (not to work) in the field of mechanical engineering, he (to design) boats.

2. Nick (to know) mathematics well? – Yes, he does. He (to like) it and (to do) research in this field.

3. This program (to include) many problems. At present we (to study) different aspects of bridge construction, testing and operation.

4. Under ordinary circumstances light (to travel) in straight lines and (not to bend) around the objects.

5. The mechanical engineer (to be) busy, he (to replace) the broken parts of the engine.

6. This rule (to illustrate) by many examples.

7. He (to prepare) for his report at the conference now.

8. For years my friend (to dream) of becoming a technical engineer.

9. Our industry (to develop) greatly since the time of World War II.

10. I (to be) never to England.