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Students Упражнение
1. Complete the sentences with the verb in bold in either the
Past Simple or the Past Perfect. All the verbs are irregular.
fall
a)
Harry_______ in love with a
beautiful Greek girl while he was working in Athens.
b)
At last there was silence from the
back of the car. All the children________asleep.
feel
c)
She told me that she __________ sick
with nerves before making that speech.
d)
Tom _______________ really sorry for
himself. Not only had his girlfriend gone off with his best friend,
but he didn’t get the promotion he wanted.
have
e)
It was clear from the tense
atmosphere that Susie and Gary______ yet another row.
f)
We____ breakfast on the veranda
every morning whilst we were staying in Venice.
tear
g)
Camilla_____ his letter into tiny
pieces and threw it onto the fire.
h)
Johnny’s mother asked him how he
his trousers.
cost
i)
I didn’t ask the price of Ted’s
new car, but I knew it________________ a fortune.
j)
It_____________ more to have our word processor fixed than to buy a
new one.
fly
k) My
father_________ into a temper when he heard I’d failed my exams.
l)
I went to visit my brother in Australia.I was nervous because I ____
(never) before.
catch
m) We__________ a
taxi outside the restaurant, and it took us to our hotel.
n) She wondered
how she___________ a cold in the middle of summer.
be
o) They_______
held hostage for over six weeks when they finally escaped.
p)
Talks_____________ held in New York last week to discuss global
warming.
Упражнение
2. Complete the text with the correct form
of the words in brackets.
Students
A
funny thing (1 happen)_________ to me while I was at a local music
festival with my boyfriend, who (2 win) ___________ two festival
tickets earlier that week. It was Saturday afternoon at about 3
o’clock when we (3 arrive)______________
at the festival and hundreds of people (4 already get)
________________ there. I (5 spend) ___________the
first couple of hours just looking at all the different styles of
clothes that people (6 wear)__________ and the amazing
hairstyles they (7 have)________. At about 7 o’clock, we joined a
huge crowd of people at the main stage after one of the most popular
bands (8 start) ______________ to play. After about half an hour, I
(9 realize) ______________ I wanted to go to the toilet, so I left my
boyfriend enjoying the music. It took about ten minutes to walk to
the toilets and there was a big queue when I got there. After about
three quarters of an hour I (10 make)_______ my way back to the
concert. There was an even bigger crowd of people by then, so I just
looked for a tall guy with dark hair, jeans, and a black leather
jacket, which is what my boyfriend (11 wear)_____________. I spotted
a guy who looked like this, pushed my way into the crowd and stood in
front of him. After the band (12 finish) ________________ , I turned
round to kiss him, and it was only then that I realized he wasn’t
my boyfriend! I (13 stand)_________________ with a complete stranger
for over an hour. I (14 go)___________________ very red, mumbled an
apology and then saw my boyfriend who (15 look) __________________
for me for ages. “Where (16 you_____________ disappear)
to?” he asked. He never believed my story!
Упражнение 3. Complete the sentences with the verbs. The
Passive Voice.
The Tower of
London.
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BUILD
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The Tower of
London 1_________________ by William the
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EXPAND
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Conqueror in
1078 as a castle and palace. Since that time it
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USE
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2____________
to its present size, and 3________________ as
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ALLOW
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an armoury, a
zoo,a royal mint, a prison, and a museum. At the
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LOCK
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time when it
was a prison a lot of people 4__________in the
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SHUT UP
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Tower for
their religious beliefs or suspected treason. Anne
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IMPRISON
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Boleyn, Sir
Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth the First 5______
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EXECUTE
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there,
too. Spies 6______ in the Tower during both World Wars.
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BEHEAD
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Some of the
prisoners 7______ to walk in the grounds, live
in
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KEEP/SHOW
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comfortable
rooms and receive visitors. Many convicted
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SITUATE
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8________
on Tower Hill.They 9_________ with the block and
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KEEP
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axe,
which 10_________ and_______________ in the Tower
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GUARD
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Armoury
now.____________ at the Tower. The Jewel House
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USE
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11____________
at the Tower. The collection of the Crown.
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CONTAIN
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Jewels
12_______ in it. Saint Edward’s Crown,
the Imperial
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MAKE
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State
Crown, and the Royal scepter 13____________ there.
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Saint
Edward’s Crown 14______ for the coronation ceremonies.
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3000
precious jewels 15___________ in the Imperial State
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In
1671 a daring attempt 16________ to the
Crown Jewels steal
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by a man named
Captain Blood.
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Students
Answers
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Exercise
1.
a)
fell, b) had fallen, c) had
left/felt, d) felt, e) had had, f) had, g) tore, h) had tom, i)
had cost, j) cost, k) flew, 1) had never flown, m) caught, n) had
caught,o) had been, p) were.
Exercise
2.
1
happened, 2 had won, 3 arrived, 4 had already got, 5 spent, 6 were
wearing, 7 had, 8 started / had started, 9 realized, 10 made, 11
was wearing, 12 finished, 13 had been standing, 14 went, 15 had
been looking, 16 did you disappear.
Exercise
3.
1 was built, 2
has been expanded, 3 has been used, 4 were locked, 5 were shut up,
6 were imprisoned, 7 were allowed, 8 were publicly executed, 9
were beheaded, 10 are kept and shown, 11 is situated, 12 is kept,
13 are guarded, 14 is used, 15 are contained, 16 was made.
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