8. Задайте общие и специальные вопросы к предложениям:

1. My brother did not give me his toys.

2. John didn’t know this story.

3. I did not take this dictionary from the shelf.

4. She did not feel comfortable in their house.

5. The lesson didn’t begin for a long time.

6. They didn’t tell me anything after that.

7. Mother didn’t want to speak to me about it.

8. The rain didn’t stop until evening.

9. She never sent this letter to him.

10. I did not do anything on Sunday.

11. The table didn’t stand in its right place.

12. He never worried about his future.

9. Поставьте глаголы в Past Indefinite; перескажите шутки:

A. The father comes into the room where his daughter sits with a young man. The father asks what time it is, and at once the boy jumps up from his chair and runs out of the house. The father says in surprise: ‘What is wrong with your friend? I ask him what the time is, and he doesn’t answer but simply goes away!’

B. There is a scene in a play which shows how the hunter kills a lion and the lion falls down from the hill; in reality, the lion lands on a soft mattress. One day the actor who plays the part of the lion gets ill, so the director asks the man who sells theatre tickets to play the lion. When the time comes, the man goes up the “hill” and the “hunter” shoots at him, but the “lion” continues to stand there because he is afraid of the height. The director cries out angrily: ‘Fall, lion!’, the audience begins to laugh, and at last the “lion” crosses himself and jumps down.

10. Поставьте глагол в скобках в нужную форму:

1. (to run) The boy began to … , and he … very quickly. Why did he … so quickly?

2. (to strike) Suddenly the clock began to …

3. (to strike; to run) When the clock … twelve Cinderella … away from the palace.

4. (to take; to strike; to run) The boy … a long stick and wanted to … the dog with it, but the dog … away.

5. (to strike; to break) The boy … the stick against a tree and the stick …

6. (to fall) Who … down from the hill?

7. (to bring) Who … this present? For whom did they … this present/

8. (to hear; to think) When Grandmother … a knock at the door, she … it was her granddaughter.

9. (to buy; to sell) I … a new bicycle when I … the old one. Where did you … your new bicycle? To whom did you … the old one?

10. (to lose; to find) He … his key in the street the other day, but his mother … it the next day. How did he … it? Where did his mother … it?

11. Переделайте предложения из прямой речи в косвенную, начиная их со слов “He wonders”:

1. What did they tell you about it?

2. Who told you all this?

3. Was your mother pleased to hear that?

4. Why didn’t you tell me at once?

5. Where did you lose your textbook?

6. Did his friend swim better than the others?

7. Why didn’t you answer anything to that?

8. From whom did you buy your house?

9. Did you get up early this morning?

10. How did you feel there?

11. Were your questions at the exam very difficult?

12. How many questions did the examiner ask you?