Английский для умных. Учебное пособие для тех, кто хочет и может разобраться в тонкостях грамматики и повысить уровень своего языка

2) When does your working day start?

3) Is mr. Johns working in the garden?

4) When does the shop open?

5) Is Nancy painting the kitchen?

6) Does your sister wake up early?

7) Where is the supermarket?

8) Are you neighbors washing their car?

9) What books does your brother like to read?

10) Are you cold?

11) Whose is this bag?

12) Are they having dinner now?

13) What do you usually do in the evenings?

14) What does this word mean?

15) Usually he does not have breakfast

16) How old are your children?

17) Where do your parents live?

18) How much does this shirt cost?

19) What are their names?

20) What is she doing now?

21) Does it snow often here?

22) Does he do sports every morning?

23) Is it raining now?

Глава 2

Упражнение 1

Once I was buying a new alarm clock when I saw a thief. I just paid for my watch when I saw an elderly woman, who was slowly putting a silver plate into the bag she was carrying. Then she went to the opposite side of the shop and took an expensive watch. She thought that nobody was looking at her and dropped it in her bag. Before I could tell the police about it, she noticed that I was watching her and hurried to the entrance. Unfortunately for her, two policemen were passing by and she ran right into them.

Упражнение 2

1) I was reading at this time yesterday

2) I read three books yesterday

3) I went to the cinema yesterday

4) I was going to the cinema when I saw my friend

5) She was working with documents all day

6) He was writing a letter all day

7) I finished my work at six

8) What were you doing yesterday in the evening?

9) Where were you yesterday?

10) When I was travelling around Europe, I bought many presents for my family

11) We were bathing in the river when it started to rain

12) They were drinking tea when I came home

13) When I came into the class, they were doing exercises

14) There were going to leave when they remembered that they forgot their tickets

15) When I met Tom, he was going to the shop

16) Where did you spend your last weekend? I was doing shopping

17) The moon was shining and the night was warm and pleasant

18) They seemed nice people and we were talking all night

19) What were you doing when it happened?

20) They invited me and I agreed gladly

21) He lost his keys when he was running in the park

22) She was writing an account when I left for the meeting

23) We were talking when he called

24) I did not hear what he said

25) I was listening to music when I remembered that I had to call her

26) The report was so boring that he was falling asleep while listening to it

Упражнение 3

1) Early in the morning I woke up and looked at the wakening city. The sun was shining and someone was talking in the yard

2) He was looking at the leaving train until it disappeared completely. He started to walk fast to warm up toward the city

3) Did they offer you a job?

4) They were talking about the weather and their plans for the Summer

5) He asked many interesting questions

6) He told his brother what he was doing in his absence

7) I was reading a book when he called

8) From three to five we were studying in the library

9) I was going down the road when I saw her

10) The sun was already setting when came to the village which was only a couple of miles from my native town. The working day was over and all the workers were coming back home. I approached a group of people and asked if I can find a place to stay for the night in the village. One old man agreed to help me. He took me to his house, which was at the end of the street. The fire was already burning in the stove, when we came in, and the hostess was dinner. Two girls were picking something up in the garden. The master offered to have dinner with them. They seemed very nice people and we were talking all night. After dinner we went to the garden. The night was warm, and the moon was shining brightly. We were walking for a long time until we finally went to bed

Упражнение 4

Aunt Polly was hoping that Tom would keep his promise and would not miss his lessons anymore. But the next say he found out that he missed again. «Do you want me to punish you, Tom?» asked aunt Polly angrily.

Aunt Polly decided to punish Tom and sent him to whitewash the fence. Tom was working very slowly at first, but when he noticed that Ben was approaching him, he pretended to enjoy the work. «What are you doing, Tom?» asked Ben. «Don’t you see? I am whitewashing the fence. It is a very interesting job». «Really? Give me the brush for a second. I will let you bite on my apple if you let me». «Sorry, Ben». Ben said that he would give Tom the whole apple if he gave him the brash. Tom agreed reluctantly. And while Ben was whitewashing the fence, Tom was sitting in the shade and eating the apple.

Глава 3

Упражнение 1

1) What’s happened? Why have you stopped?

2) Did you go anywhere last evening?

3) Have you eaten only one piece of cake?

4) Where were you yesterday? You were not at work?

5) We haven’t seen her for a long time

6) I saw her yesterday