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GRAMMAR
With a simple verb we put the adverb between the subject and the verb,
but with simple forms of be the adverb goes after the verb:
If there is a modal verb or an auxiliary verb we put the adverb after the
(first) auxiliary verb.
e.g. You can just see the coast. Sea eagles have occasionally been seen
around Loch Lomond.
e.g. I don’t really like him. (unmarked position = I slightly dislike him.)
I really don’t like him. (emphatic position = I hate him.)
e.g. These days I take my health much more seriously. We buy our lunch at
that sandwich bar on the corner every day.
e.g. The statue was lifted (carefully) (onto the plinth) (before the
ceremony).
Examples:
stay in bed late have bad dreams eat chocolate get headaches
play tennis read poetry fall in love go to concerts play the
piano forget people’s names go to the cinema cook go to the
doctor write letters go skiing go swimming get depressed
feel happy
Examples:
1 'How often do you go to concerts-' 'Never.'
2 Maria never goes to concerts.
Andy and Jane came home from shopping on Saturday to find their house
had been burgled. A police officer has come to investigate the crime.
OFFICER: You say you're not sure how the thieves got in. Before I
look round, can I ask you a few questions about the house?
ANDY: Of course.
OFFICER: (1) Do you lock the front door when you go out? (always)
ANDY: (2) Yes, and I locked it yesterday, (definitely)
OFFICER: OK. What about the windows?
ANDY: (3) Well, the downstairs ones are locked, (always)
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JANE: (4) We have a lock on the little one in the hall, (even)
OFFICER: And upstairs?
JANE: (5) Well. I think most of the windows were locked, (probably)
ANDY (6) They were locked on Friday, (all)
JANE: Are you sure?
ANDY: Yes, I checked them all.
OFFICER: And you didn't open any on Friday night?
ANDY: (7) No, I didn't, (certainly)
OFFICER: Well, I can't understand it. Let's look round. Perhaps I'll
notice something you've missed.
6. Use one of the sets of notes below to complete each dialogue. Expand
the dialogues using your own ideas, act them out in class.
B: Again! He ……………………………………………………………….
B: It must be Carlos. They’ve had yet another row. He must learn to calm
down. He…………………………………………………………………..
NB We often use will/ won’t to talk about actions that have become so
routine that they are predictable:
e.g. Every lesson is the same: he’ll sit down, get his books out and then
he’ll start giving us instructions. He won’t greet us or show any interest in
us.
We can extend this use of will to talk about habits and characteristics:
e.g. The public will always side with the nurses in any dispute.
We often use will to talk about the characteristics of capacity or ability:
e.g. The Olympic stadium in Sydney will hold 110,000 people.
We use would/wouldn’t to talk about habits in the past:
e.g. Every lesson wass the same: he’d sit down, get his books out and then
he’d start giving us instructions. He wouldn’t greet us or show any
interest in us.
We use will (would) to describe an annoying habit or to make a criticism:
e.g. We enjoy going out with Frank and Carol, but the will argue in public!
e.g. I miss Dad, even though he would always tell me how to run my life.
We do not contract will (would) when we use it to describe an annoying
habit – we stress it:
e.g. Geoff’ll (’d) leave the lights on when he’s (was) last out of the office!
Geoff will (would) leave the lights on when he’s (was) last out of the
office!
7. Here are some laws of nature. Join the beginnings and the ends.
Think of other occurrences of Murphy’s Law.
BEGINNINGS ENDS
After you have bought something it will.
somebody will.
If anything can go wrong, they will both be on at the same time
If there are two good TV shows,
If you explain so clearly that will always move faster.
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Be drive fall keep listen make play ring take talk tell
1 Dad, I've broken my watch.' 'Well, you ______ playing with it.
4 She is nice but she ______ about people behind their backs.
7 I’m not surprised you had an accident – you _____ too fast.
9 If you're having a bath, the phone ____. And if you answer it, it
____ a wrong number.
10 He ____ you one thing one minute and the opposite the next – he's
crazy.
e.g. They used to get paid every three months. (Now they get paid weekly.)
10. Complete the text with words from the box, using used to ...
Recently we took our 15-year-old son Joe to the place in Paris where we
1 when he was a baby. We showed him the house, with the balcony where
he 2 and make speeches to imaginary crowds. Then we went inside,
and believe it or not, there was Mme Duchene who 3 Joe when we were
working. She didn't look a day older. We couldn't get into the flat, but we
saw the garden where Joe 4 . Then we visited the park where we 5
him for walks, the zoo where he 6 the lions and tigers, and the lake
where we 7 boating. Not much had changed in the area: most of the
shops were still there, including the wonderful old grocer's where we 8
delicacies like cherries in brandy. But the friendly butcher who 9 the
best pieces of meat for us was gone, and so was the restaurant with the
bad-tempered old waitress where we 10 Sunday lunch. I found it strange
to go back: it made me feel happy and sad at the same time. But Joe was
delighted with the trip.
11. Make sentences with used to and didn't use to about how people
lived hundreds of years ago. Use your own ideas.
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1 travel / horse
2 cook / wood fires
3 live so long
4 fight / spears
5 hunt / bows and arrows
6 believe / ghosts and devils
7 be able / vote
8 think / earth was flat
9 bigger families
10 children / work, etc.
12. Write some sentences about things that you used to or didn't use to
do/think/ believe when you were younger. Work with other students, find
out what they used to do/think/ believe.
13. Rewrite these sentences, using be/ get used to (doing) smth:
Examples:
I didn’t like the food here at first, but now it’s not so bad. → I’m getting
used to the food here.
14. Mary had to move to Italy for her job. At first, she found living in
a foreign country quite difficult, but she is slowly getting used to it.
Use the prompts below to talk about how she is getting along, as in the
example. Add your own ideas.
e.g. She wasn’t used to living by the sea, but she is used to it now.
She still hasn’t got used to living on her own.
Speak about things you didn’t like at first but then got accustomed to.
NB We can use used to but not would when we talk about past states that
have changed:
The factory used to be over there. Didn't you use to smoke at
university?
We don't use either used to or would when we say exactly how many
times in total something happened, how long something took, or that a
single event happened at a given past time:
We visited Switzerland four times during the 1970s, (not We would/used to
visit...)
She went to Jamaica last month, (not She would/used to go to Jamaica last
month.)
15. In the following text, delete any examples of would that are not
acceptable:
When I was young we 1) used to/ would live near a river. We 2) often used
to/ would often go and swim there. It 3) used to/ would be very clean in
those days. There never 4) used to/ would be any factories or houses
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nearby. Now it’s changed. It’s no longer safe to swim there. But in those
days we 5) used to/would spend most of the summer there. Sometimes we
6) used to/ would take tents and spend the nights there. We 7) used to/
would light a fire and cook sausages and things. In those days we 8) used
to/ would think that nothing would ever change…
by force of habit
owing to a tendency to do something that has become a habit. After I retired, I kept
getting up and getting dressed each morning by force of habit.
to stop doing something that is difficult to stop doing, especially taking drugs,
smoking, or drinking alcohol No coffee for me, thanks. I'm trying to kick the habit.
'Does she still smoke?' 'No, she kicked the habit a couple of years ago.'
Prov. People find it difficult to change their accustomed behavior. Joan retired last
year, but she still gets up as early as she used to when she had to go to work. Old
habits die hard.
something that you say which means that you do not believe that someone will
stop doing something bad that they have done all their lives 'I must stop writing my
essays the night before the deadline.' 'Why break the habit of a lifetime?'
something that you say which means it is difficult to make someone change the
way they do something when they have been doing it the same way for a long
time
You're never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You
can't teach an old dog new tricks, you know.
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Think of a situation in which you could use each of the expressions above.
2. Render the following text into English using the active grammar
constructions and (for extra points) the active vocabulary (you are welcome to
add your own comments!):
Привычки великих.
3. Insert the correct prepositions into the following sentences (you can find a
more comprehensive list of dependent preposition patterns at the end of this
book):
In pairs ask and answer questions about each other’s likes and dislikes using
the active expressions with dependent prepositions.
4. In this unit you will have come across a lot of phrases with the two easily
confused verbs “do” and “make” (e.g. do routine tasks, make demands, do the
ironing – all appear in the text on page 18). Complete the sentences below with
either of the verbs. (There is a list of make/do collocations at the end of this
book).
1. a) Pre-reading. Fill the gaps using these key words from the text.
frugality bankruptcy skip aperitif obsession sluggish forage reel baguette
brasserie
1. If an economy is __________________, it does not perform as well as usual.
2. If you __________________ from the effects of something, you feel shocked,
upset or confused.
3. __________________ is a situation in which a company formally admits it has
no money and cannot pay what it owes.
4. A __________________ is a long, thin loaf of bread made in the French style.
5. __________________ is when people spend very little money and only on
things that are really necessary.
6. If you __________________ for food, you search for it in a wide area, but
especially in rubbish bins.
7. A __________________ is a restaurant or bar, especially one that serves French
food.
8. An __________________ is an emotional state in which something is so
important to you that you are always thinking about it in a way that seems extreme
to other people.
9. An __________________ is an alcoholic drink that is drunk before a meal.
Restaurant and bar owners are reeling from a poor summer with fewer
international tourists visiting Paris, especially Americans and Japanese. And in
Toulouse, cafe owners complained that customers would try to make one drink last
as long as possible. Even in French holiday destinations, like Arcachon in the west
or the Côte d’Azur in the south, restaurant owners said business was down by at
least 10%.
© Guardian News & Media 2008
First published in The Guardian, 24/09/08
d) Retell the text using the active grammar patterns and at least 15 active
vocabulary units.
e) Which prepositions follow these words? Check your answers in the text.
f) Discussion
How many ways of saving money in difficult economic times can you think of?
2. Comment on the following quotes about habits. Use the active vocabulary:
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Proverb
Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?
Kahlil Gibran
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to
live to be a hundred.
Woody Allen
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by
giving them a fortune.
Richard Whately
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing,
but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Fyodor Dostoevski
TEST YOURSELF.
a) the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they
influence your health
b) to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that
you do not like
c) a serious medical condition in which the heart does not get enough blood,
causing great pain and often leading to death
g) the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning
when people are travelling to work, or in the evening when people are travelling
home
l) a set of red, yellow and green lights which control the movement of vehicles,
usually at a point where two or more roads join
n) a person who buys goods or a service from the same shop/ company
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
p. 14
- nutrition
- food labels
- eating habits
R2.1
- heart attack
- a (fat) content
p. 15
- every so often
- once in a while
p. 16
- a pedestrian
- back home
- pace of life
- educational
p. 18
- a deadline (for)
- routine tasks
R2.4
- delivery service
- regular customers
- in advance
- urgent
- no way!
R2.6
- meal times
- supervise
- give smth a go
R2.7
- get bad-tempered
p. 14
R2.1
Be addicted to
p. 16
p. 18
R2.4
Be late with smth, be realistic about, argue with (I can’t argue with that!), interested
in
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UNIT 3.
GRAMMAR
NB. Zero and First Conditional sentences refer to real situations. Zero Conditional
sentences are used to talk about present and past events as well as about general
truths and facts. Tenses here are used in the same way as in other kinds of sentence:
e.g. If I feel like some exercise, I take the dog for a walk.
If steel is exposed to air and water, it resists rust for a considerable length of time.
First conditional sentences express a possible condition and its probable result in the
future. In the if-clause we normally use a present tense to speak about the future.
We can use other present tenses in the if-clause and other future forms in the main
clause:
e.g. If you’re coming on the motorway, you’ll need change for the tolls.
If the results of the customer survey are favourable, the supermarket is going to
introduce a new range.
We can use modal verbs in either clause, especially can, may and should.
e.g. If the regime can keep the loyalty of the army, they may retain power.
BEGIINNINGS ENDS
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e.g. If they wanted to make an offer, she would listen and think it over.
- Giving advice (with were): If I were you, I would take her out of that school.
- Polite requests: If you could deal with this matter, I’d be very grateful.
- Desires/ regrets: If we didn’t have to work so hard, we could spend more time
together.
4. Transform the sentences into the second conditional making them hypothetical,
and translate them into Russian.
E.g. If I can I’ll help you. – If I could I would help you.
7. NB As well as would, we can use could (= 'would be able to') and might ( = 'would
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perhaps').
8. NB. After if, we often use were instead of was. In a formal style, were is considered more
correct. In colloquial English we still prefer were if I is the subject.
Example:
If he were a better dancer, her feet wouldn't hurt
Beginnings Ends
he / a better dancer her feet wouldn't hurt.
I / a rabbit I wouldn't be working.
I / forty years younger I’d be quite pretty,
I/Moroccan I'd give everybody ten weeks' holiday.
I /the manager I'd go dancing all night,
it/not so cold I'd go for a walk.
it/Sunday I’d live in a hole.
my nose / shorter I'd speak Arabic.
people / more sensible life in the office would be easier.
she / better-tempered there wouldn't be any wars.
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I shouldn't worry if I were you. If I were you, I’d get that car serviced.
Write some sentences beginning If I were you... to: other students / your
teacher / your mother / your father / the President / the Pope/...
10. NB The difference between, for example, if I go... I will and if I went... I would
or between if I speak... and if I spoke...., is NOT a difference of TIME. They can both
refer to the present or future. The past tense (and would) usually suggests that the
situation is less probable, or less definite, or impossible, or imaginary.
Compare:
11. Choose the most sensible verb form and complete the sentences.
1 If I (live/lived) to be 70...
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2 If I (live/lived) to be 150...
3 If I (am/were) better looking...
4 If I (wake/woke) up early tomorrow ...
5 If Scotland (declares/declared) war on Switzerland ...
6 If we (have/had) the same government in five years' time ...
7 If everybody (gives/gave) ten per cent of their income to charity...
8 If everybody (thinks/thought) like me...
9 If there (is/was) nothing good on TV tonight...
10If my English (is/was) better next year ...
11If the government (bans/banned) cars from city centres next year...
12If I (have/had) bad dreams tonight...
If I had seen him, I would have told him everything. (Unreal, past)
14. NB Instead of would have… we can use could have... (= 'would have been able to') and
might have …( = ‘would perhaps have…’).
Write sentence chains with If to show how things could have been different. Use
could and might if possible.
Example:
I If he hadn't worked so hard, he wouldn't have passed his exams. If he hadn’t passed his
exams, he wouldn’t have gone to university. If he hadn’t gone to university...
bought a bicycle....
3 Mary's mother went out that evening → Mary cooked for herself → got interested in
cooking → opened a very successful restaurant → had Prime Minister as a customer → the
PM ordered mussels → the mussels poisoned PM → the PM died → Mary went to
prison for life
Work with other students. Make a sentence chain for them.
V. Second & Third conditional compared
15. Match the beginning of each sentence with the most suitable ending.
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1 If you a you'd be
had been able to
promoted change the
, system.
2 If you b would
were rude you have
to the left the
boss, firm?
3 If you c you
were wouldn't be
promoted sacked.
, d you
4 If you wouldn't
hadn't get a
been reference.
promoted e would
, you have
5 If you made any
had lost changes?
your job, f you'd
6 If you probably
apologise regret it
d, later.
7 If you g you'd
were have been
fired, very upset
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3. SAM: Why did you ask Veronica about her boyfriend? It really upset her.
MICK: Well, I didn’t realize they’d split up.
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16. You are going to read about six different legal cases. Imagine you were a
judge. Decide what sentence – if any – would be appropriate in each case.
Explain your reasoning and reach unanimous decisions. Use second and third
conditional sentences.
1. In the dock: Chariot
The parents of two troubled teenagers who took their own fives are seeking unspecified damages
from their favourite band - heavy metal outfit Chariot. It is alleged that the group glorify suicide
and that their songs contain subliminal messages which prompted the death pact. One song, "Life is
Death", features the lyrics "Do yourself in. Do it now". On the night of their deaths, the pair drank
a 12-pack of beer and smoked marijuana whilst listening repeatedly to this track, before shooting
themselves. In their defence, Chariot point to the teenagers’ turbulent home lives and long-standing
history of drug abuse.
2. In the dock: One man (and his dog)
A pensioner who recruited a friend to drive him home after a long night's drinking has landed him
in court. Whilst James Murray was well over the legal limit, having "admittedly had eight or nine
beers", driver Bear McLagan was stone cold sober. This was not the problem, legally speaking.
What led to him being charged with reckless driving was the fact that Mr. McLagan is completely
blind. Despite being accompanied by his guide dog, it was Mr. Murray who somehow managed to
provide directions on the two-mile journey from The Green Moose bar home. Nobody was injured
during the trip.
3. In the dock: The Internet service provider
An eminent nuclear physicist is suing the Internet provider Smartline Internet, for allowing libellous
material to be posted on their service. Professor Juan Baptista claims that three messages posted
anonymously on a newsgroup site were potentially damaging to his professional reputation and that,
as a result, the ISP should have removed them. Smartline claim they are not the publishers of the
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comments and thus not responsible in the same way as a newspaper would be for an article and that
the case represents "an assault on freedom of speech".
4. In the dock: The jilted lover
A 34-year-old woman, left seething after her boyfriend left her for another woman, is in court today
facing charges of breaking and entering, cruelty to animals and criminal damage. Melissa Marlins
drove to her former lover's house six days after their three-month relationship had ended, kicked in
his back door and then proceeded to slash his wardrobe. Shirts and trousers were left in shreds and
Ms. Martins also cut the ends off all the socks in the house. Finally, she kicked her ex's prized
Persian cat, Nobby, so hard it later died of internal bleeding. In her defence, Ms. Martins claims she
was not in her right mind at the time.
5. In the dock: The government
The Benet people, an indigenous minority group, took the Ugandan government to court over a
land dispute, which they claimed represented a gross violation of their basic human rights. The
Benets are native to the Mount Elgon area in the east of the country, but were forced off their land
and left destitute when the region was designated a national park. The move was intended to help
boost tourism. The Benets are dependent on agriculture and argue that their displacement
challenges their very existence as a tribal people.
6. In the dock: The superhacker
A man dubbed '"the worst hacker of all time" has been granted bail. Gary McKinnon, 39, is facing
possible extradition to the United States following claims that he gained illegal access to numerous
US military and NASA computers, and deleted crucial information. It is alleged that McKinnon's
actions led to certain state computers being disabled on occasion and resulted in a tracing operation
that cost over $1 million. McKinnon plans to contest the charges and believes they are the result of
post-9/11 paranoia. He portrays himself more as a curious voyeur than a threat to national security
and says he was stunned at how easy the systems were to break into.
NB Mixed conditionals include the verb forms from two different conditional
patterns. These are the two most common mixed patterns.
e.g. If the island were still a tourist attraction, last week’s earthquake would
have caused far more deaths. (= The island is no longer a tourist attraction so the
earthquake didn’t cause a huge number of deaths).
e.g. If Fleming hadn’t discovered penicillin, there would be far more fatalities
every year than there actually are. (= Fleming did discover penicillin so there are
fewer fatalities now.)
1 If he (not take) his gloves off, his hands (be) cold now.
2 She was sent to prison only because she refused to pay the fine. If she
(pay) the fine, she (be) in prison.
3 If he (be) so proud, he (turn) to his father for help long ago.
4 It was the drug, not the disease, that killed him. He still (be) alive today if
he (not take) that drug.
5 This room is freezing because the fire has only just been lit. if it (light) this
morning, the room (be) warm enough to sit in now.
6 If my phone (not ring) at nine o’clock, I still (be) in bed.
7 When the weather got bad the climbing party turned back, all except Tom
and his brothers. If only they (turn) back with the others they (be) alive today.
8 Why are you in such a bad temper? - I’ve been waiting for 40 minutes in
an icy wind. If you (wait) 40 minutes in an icy wind, you (be) bad-tempered too.
9 If I (know) your number, I (ring) you yesterday.
10 If she (not be) so shy, she (speak) to him at the party.
11 I (like) country life if I (bring up) in the country.
12 If they (not use) closed-circuit television, they (not spot) the shoplifter.
13 If the streets here (be) clearly marked, it (not take) us such a long time to
find his house.
14 If he (go) into the greengrocery business when he left school, he (be)
comfortably well off now instead of being poor.
15 The headmaster decided that Peter was the culprit and expelled him from
the school. If the headmaster (be) more intelligent, he (realize) that Peter couldn’t
have been guilty.
Here we are looking at six idioms which are linked to the topic of crime.
These idioms are not necessarily about crime; they just use the language of
crime to describe other situations. Find out what they mean, how you can use
them and then do the quiz:
A steal
A steal is anything that is much cheaper to buy than you would expect. The
item is a real bargain and great value for money. It is so cheap, that is almost
like we have stolen it!
'I only paid 20 dollars for this dress and it's a designer brand. It was a real
steal!'
Highway robbery
Highway robbery (also known as daylight robbery) means that you feel
something is much more expensive than it should be. You feel you are paying
way too much.
'The soft drinks in the cinema are really expensive. I paid 10 dollars for a cola.
It's highway robbery!'
Thick as thieves
When people are thick as thieves they have a very close relationship. They're
probably best friends who are always together and never keep secrets from each
other.
'Lee and Mike have been as thick as thieves since they met in junior school.
They do everything together.'
On the case
When someone is on the case they are doing what needs to be done in a
particular situation. They are dealing with the task or problem.
'Don't worry about it. I'll have the report done by Friday. I'm on the case.'
When someone gets away with murder they are not punished for bad behavior.
They did something bad or wrong and did not get into trouble for it.
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'She never does her homework and she's always late for class. Our teacher lets
her get away with murder! He never punishes her.'
Partner in crime
'Tom made sure nobody was looking as I set off the fire-alarm in our school. He
was my partner in crime.'
How much? There's no way I'm going to pay so much. That's ___.
highway robbery
partner in crime
get away with murder
on the case
thick as thieves
a steal
a steal
highway robbery
thick as thieves
on the case
get away with murder
partner in crime
He's a badly behaved boy, but his parents never do anything. They let
him ___.
on the case
get away with murder
thick as thieves
highway robbery
a steal
partner in crime
James said that he would get the tickets. He said he was ___.
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partner in crime
thick as thieves
on the case
a steal
get away with murder
highway robbery
Because I'm so generous, I'll let you have it for half price. That's ___
for you.
You never see Emma without Jenny. Those two are as ___.
thick as thieves
get away with murder
on the case
highway robbery
partner in crime
a steal
Serious criminal cases are passed up to the _____3_____, where the accused is
tried for the offence by a judge and usually a jury.
At the trial the accused _____ 4_____. If he pleads not guilty, the jury, composed
of twelve ordinary citizens, has to decide if he is guilty or not. The judge directs
proceedings, and decides what punishment to give if any. The lawyers who try to
persuade the jury are called _____5_____ . In court, the one on the side of the
accused is known as _____6_____, and the one against him is called
_____7____. Each barrister calls witnesses to _____8_____ in support of his
case. When all the evidence has been heard, the jury retire to another room,
where they try to reach a verdict. If they find the accused ____9_____, we say he
has been ____10_____ the offence. The judge then passes sentence. He may
sentence the guilty person ____11____ or to _____12_____. If the verdict is
“_____13_____” we say the accused has been _____14_____ the offence, and he
goes free.
2. Render the following text into English. Use at least 15 active vocabulary
units.
“There has never been and never should be a statute of limitations1 on those who
practice or support genocide”
3. The verb get is used in a variety of expressions. There are a lot of them in
this Unit. For more practice do the following exercise.
Scott’s my friend. No one can now remember at what point he hit a vicious
spiral, but here he is, as unlucky as one can be. Is there light at the end of the
tunnel? I wonder…
Your teacher will give you a random choice of the following phrases. Arrange
them in a sequence which describes Scott’s Terrible Life.
Got worse Got divorced Got angry Got depressed Got fired
Got nervous Got into trouble Got lost Got sleepy Got arrested
Got on a train Couldn’t get on Got into an Got shot Got drunk
with his life accident
Got desperate Got away with Got fat Got addicted to Got behind at
drugs work
Got careless Got involved in Got old Got sick Got into debt
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A statute of limitations – срок давности совершения преступления
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a crime
Got lonely Got stressed out Got evicted Got bored Got caught
12. It must be difficult to cope ____ three small children and a job.
13. She insisted _____ seeing her lawyer
14. We've applied ____ a charitable organization ____ a grant for the project
15. Trains may be subject to delay on the northern line - we apologize _____
any inconvenience caused.
16. We have concerns about whether the government will be able to provide
poorer families _____ viable social services.
17. It's silly worrying _____ things which are outside your control.
19. We've just spent £1.9 million _____ improving our computer network.
20. If the service was so bad why didn't you complain ______ the manager?
22. He shouted abuse _______ the judge after being sentenced to five years
imprisonment.
23. We only deal _______ companies which have a good credit record.
24. The success of this project relies ________ everyone making an effort.
25. The paper charged her _____ using the company's money for her own
purposes.
26. The Labour party are supposed to be sympathetic _______ the unions.
wife, his mother, his two sons and his two daughters have already prepared
their cases with the same lawyer who secured victory for Suraia. Seierstad and
her publishers could find themselves back in the dock in two to three months’
time, facing further claims of up to £250,000. (3)
“Suraia’s success is a green light to the other members of my family,” said
Rais. “The penalties that my mother and my first wife will ask for will be
higher than that demanded by my second wife because the defamation against
them was much greater. The money is not important to us, though,” added
Rais. “Seierstad has offered us lots of money to settle this out of court. She
even offered to write a second book containing the truth about our family and
about Afghanistan but we turned all those offers down. We want this book to
be discredited in a court of law for all to see because it is the honour of the
Afghanistan people it has insulted.” (4)
Seierstad and her Norwegian publisher, Cappelen Damm, have also been told
they must pay legal fees, expected to be at least £63,000. Seierstad has
indicated that she intends to appeal. Her lawyer has said the case could end up
in the European Court of Human Rights. (5)
All this from a book that was a massive international, critical and commercial
success. In 2002, Seierstad contacted Rais and asked if she could live with his
family in Kabul. She wanted, she said, to write a book about Afghan culture
and the story of one family’s experience of surviving the tragedy of civil war.
(6)
The author was, said Rais, treated as an honoured guest: given precedence at
social gatherings and taken to private family ceremonies. “We trusted her,” he
said. “We didn’t ask for any contract. We didn’t even ask to see her book
before it was published. She was a VIP. “The only thing I asked her to do was
to open her eyes to my family and friends, and give a clear and clean picture of
Afghan culture,” he said. “There is so much told about our culture that is
wrong. I wanted her to show the truth.” (7)
Instead, Seierstad wrote a thinly-veiled story of a family that, according to the
book’s preface, was “based on true incidents I have participated in or stories I
have been told”. This claim, Suraia said in her writ, was a lie. Instead, 31
members of the Rais family and their neighbours say the author
misrepresented their lives. They say they have been insulted and, in some
cases, left feeling “demeaned” and “violated”. (8)
The writ points to inconsistencies in the book. But most damagingly to
Seierstad’s reputation as a journalist, it gives examples of passages where she
revealed secrets about the family’s “forbidden loves” – sometimes using their
real names and, in one case, an actual address. The behaviour revealed is so
prohibited in Afghan culture that several family members were forced to
emigrate: Rais’s first wife now lives in Canada with three of her children.
Several other family members moved to Pakistan. (9)
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Seierstad was unavailable for comment but her publisher in London, Time
Warner, has pledged its support. However, Per Danielson, the Rais’s lawyer,
says the case has wider ramifications for the publishing world. (10)
If Åsne does appeal, this case could go on for another five years but the Rais
family have shown through their tenacity so far, that they are not going to let
this drop. “This case will definitely be the start of a new, international trend
because it proves that people can be sued across borders. It shows that even a
poor person from Afghanistan can stand up and pursue a case in a different
country,” Danielson said. (11)
© Guardian News & Media 2010
First published in The Guardian, 27/07/10
3. Retell the text using the active grammar patterns and at least 15 active
vocabulary units.
6. Discussion.
- Do you think such cases may further destabilize the strained relations
between the East and the West?
- Will this case make it more difficult for authors to write books about
people in other countries?
7. Comment on the following quotes about crime and punishment. Use the
active vocabulary:
It is fairly obvious that those who are in favour of the death penalty have more
affinity with assassins than those who are not.
Remy de Gourmont
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell
do they do?
Jerry Brown
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly, I think,
because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Bertrand Russell
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the
crime of the community.
H.G. Wells
Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the
price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
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TEST YOURSELF
1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
1 'I can't find my wallet.'
'If I were you, I ........ in my jacket pocket.'
A would look В will look С am looking
2 'Where is my bank book?' 'If you……..in the drawer, you'll find it
A had looked В look С looked
3 '.........we get up on time, we will catch the train.' 'I will set my alarm clock.'
A Supposing В Providing С Unless
4 'Can I go and play football, please, Mum?' 'If you………your homework, you
can go and play.'
A finished В had finished С have finished
5 'Dad shouted at me today.' 'Well, if you ………. the window, he wouldn't have
shouted at you.'
A didn't break В hadn't broken С don't break
6 'Why is the baby crying?' '………babies are tired or hungry, they cry.'
A When В Providing С Supposing
7 'When ice melts, it………water.' 'Everyone knows that!'
A becomes В will become С would become
8 'I'm going to a party tonight.' 'If I wasn't ill, I…………..with you.'
A come В will come С would come
9 '.........we miss the bus, what will we do?' 'Call a taxi.'
A Supposing В Providing С When
10 'If I were rich, I…………..around the world.' 'Perhaps you will one day.'
A will sail В can sail С could sail
11 'Have you seen Daniel recently?'
'No. If I have time, I.....……..him tomorrow.'
A would visit В might visit С visit
12 'Paul lost his watch.' 'Well, if he had looked after it, he……..it.'
A wouldn't lose В won't lose С wouldn't have lost
13 '.........you hurry, you will be late for school.' 'I'm nearly ready now.'
A Unless В Providing С Supposing
14 'If you hadn't watched that film, you nightmares.' 'You're right.'
A wouldn't have had В won't have С don't have
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13. an unattended device (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a
personal coded card is used
15. the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property,
life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage,
and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing
such protection
16. a person employed to protect buildings, people, etc, and to collect and
deliver large sums of money
18. an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor
vehicles.
20. a notice about transactions in a bank account, esp one of a series sent at
regular intervals to the depositor
24. an assault or threat of violence upon a person, esp. with intent to rob
25. to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural
disaster)
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
p. 22
(learn the words for the types of crime, criminals and the crime verbs in V3.1 on
p. 118), be due (back), pay a fine, a cash machine, find out, a security guard
p. 23
on the way home, a car park/ a parking lot, full (medical) insurance
p. 24
(learn the words and phrases from V3.3 on page 118), gun crime, own guns/
carry guns
R3.1
Apparently, get out of a car/ get into a car (BUT get off a train, a bus/ get on a
train, a bus), get this, tyres (of a car), go off (e.g. the alarm kept going off), drive
smb crazy, violent crimes (involving guns)
p. 25
a salesgirl (a salesperson), a cash register, get lost, get directions, interview smb
p. 26
on the Internet, a victim of a crime, occur every (six minutes), take money from a
bank account, a bank (credit card) statement, in smb’s name, commit a crime,
contact smb, end up doing smth, sort smth out, look into smth, threatening letters,
in today’s world, over the phone, make a copy of smth, a driving licence, a
database, bank account details, within minutes
p. 27
R3.5
Get legal advice, get on with one’s life, experience smth, take (unpaid) leave
from work, make phone calls, open/close an account, check into (things), run up
huge bills, overdraw bank accounts, basically, be in touch with, obviously, stop
smb doing smth
p. 28
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R3.7
Call back, come round, spend (two hours) on the phone to smb, give smb a ring,
order smth by (date, size, colour, etc), look forward to doing smth, go through
smth, How are things with you?, be off, put smb to bed, pick smb up from
(school)
R3.1
p. 26
(memorise the verbs and prepositions from V3.4 on p. 118), add up to, rely on,
safeguard smb from smth, give smb access to
p. 27
R3.7
Be impressed with
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UNIT 4.
GRAMMAR.
I. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous.
NB We use the past simple
- for finished events in the past which have a definite time.
e.g. In 1969 the first man landed on the Moon.
- in narrative (for sequences of actions).
e.g. The door opened and two boys came into the room.
- for past habits and routines (repeated actions) usually with time
expressions.
e.g. Few people in Victorian times took a bath every day.
We use the past continuous:
- to describe a continuing unfinished action in the past.
e.g. I looked out of the window and saw that it was raining.
- for a continuing unfinished action interrupted by a sudden past action.
e.g. While I was getting ready for bed, the doorbell rang.
- for activities as background description.
e.g. Darkness was descending over the hushed city as James staggered
back to college.
- for two continuing events happening at the same time.
e.g. We were watching the sky and listening for the first sounds of the
dawn chorus.
1. Complete the text with the verbs in the box (there is one verb too many). You will need five past
progressives and three simple pasts.
and his eyes had that glazed look. Betty (5) her head as far as she could get away
from him without breaking her neck. It was very obvious that she had had about
all of Mr Larry Mitchell that she could take.
A Mexican waiter in a short green jacket and white pants with a green
stripe down the side (6) up and I (7) a double Gibson and (8) if I could have a
club sandwich. Raymond Chandler: Playback
2. Complete each paragraph with one set of verbs, using the past simple or past
continuous.
miss /not get / wonder break / see / steal / teach
come / listen / make / say explain / talk / understand
1. We (1).......................to music when one of the neighbours (2).......to the door
and (3)...........................she couldn't sleep because we (4)........too much noise.
- We use the Past Continuous to speak about something that happens surprisingly
often and to complain about annoying habits (See Unit 2):
e.g. When the builders were here I was making them cups of tea all the time.
He was always making snide remarks about my cooking. (other possible adverbs
are constantly, continually, forever).
- We can use either the Past Continuous or the Past Simple to talk about things we
intended to do but didn’t:
e.g. We were meaning/ meant to call in and see you, but Jane wasn’t feeling well.
3. Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one
space and the past continuous in the other.
come - show get—go hope - give live - spend look - see
start - check in
1. Just as I was............... into the bath all the lights ……...... off.
2. I ……….to go away this weekend, but my boss................me some work that I
have to finish by Monday.
3. When I......................in Paris, I...............three hours a day travelling to and
from work.
4. A friendly American couple...............chatting to him as he...........at the hotel
reception.
5. I bumped into Mary last week. She...........a lot better than when I last.........her.
6. My boss......................into the office just as I..........everyone my holiday
photos.
This time, use the same tense in both spaces.
add - taste go off - light not listen - explain push - run
not watch - dream
8. The smoke alarm...................when he...............a cigarette underneath it.
9. I can't remember how to answer this question. I must confess that I………
while the teacher.......................it to us.
10. She.....................more salt to the soup, and then it........much better.
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4. Complete this text with either the past simple or the past continuous form of
the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any
difference in meaning.
A. I 1) (buy) a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor's the jewellers, when I
actually 2) (see) somebody shoplifting. I'd just finished paying for my clock and
as I 3) (turn) round, an elderly woman 4) (slowly put) a silver plate into a bag
that she 5) (carry). Then she 6) walk) over to another part of the shop and 7) (pick
up) an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she 8) (think) that
nobody 9) (look), she 10) (drop) it into the bag. Before I 11) (have) a chance to
tell the staff in the shop, she 12) (notice) that I 13) (watch) her and 14) (hurry)
out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers 15) (walk) past just at that moment
and she (16) (run) straight into them.
B. The sun 1) (shine) and the birds 2) (sing) as Mike 3) (drive) down the country
lane. He 4) (smile), because he 5) (look forward) to the journey ahead. Mike 6)
(enjoy) driving, especially when he 7) (go) somewhere new. Then, suddenly, the
engine 8) (begin) to make a strange noise and the car 9) (stop) dead in the middle
of the road. Mike 10) (try) to start it, but nothing 11) (happen). He 12) (sigh),
then 13) (get out) of the car. As he 14) (push) the car to the side of the road, Mike
15) (start) to wish he had stayed at home.
C. John 1) (enter) his flat and 2) (close) the door. He 3) (hang up) his coat when
he 4) (hear) a strange noise. A tap 5) (run) in the kitchen. He (6) (walk) into the
kitchen and 7) (turn) it off. Then, he 8) (freeze). Someone 9) (stand) behind him.
He 10) (take) a deep breath and 11) (turn) around. His flatmate, Steve, 12) (lean)
in the doorway. 'You 13) (give) me a fright!' John exclaimed. Steve 14) (laugh) at
him. John 15) (start) to laugh, too. 'I 16) (think) you had gone to London today,'
he said. 'No,' 17) (reply) Steve. 'Unfortunately, I 18) (miss) the train.'
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We can use it for a past action which prevented a later action from happening.
e.g. She sacked him before he’d had a chance to explain his behavior.
However, when we report what was originally said or thought in the Present
Perfect only the Past Perfect is used:
e.g. “I have met him before” → I was sure that I had met him before (NOT …
I met …).
5. Use the Past Simple or the Past Perfect to complete the sentences:
When I (1 go) to Paris last spring for a job interview, I (2 not be) there for five
years. I (3 arrive) the evening before the interview, and (4 spend) a happy hour
walking round thinking about the good times I (5 have) there as a student.
As I was strolling by the Seine, I suddenly (6 see) a familiar face - it was
Nedjma, the woman I (7 share) a flat with when I was a student, and whose
address I (8 lose) after leaving Paris. I could tell she (9 not see) me, so I (10
call) her name and she (11 look) up. As she (12 turn) towards me, I (13 realise)
that she (14 have) an ugly scar on the side of her face. She (15 see) the shock
in my eyes, and her hand (16 go) up to touch the scar; she (17 explain) that she
(18 get) it when she was a journalist reporting on a war in Africa.
1 She (19 not be) uncomfortable telling me this; we (20 feel) as if the years (21
not pass), as if we (22 say) goodbye the week before. She (23 arrive) in Paris
that morning, and she (24 have) a hospital appointment the next day. The
doctors (25 think) that they could remove the scar, but she would have to stay
in Paris for several months. Both of us (26 have) the idea at the same time: if I
(27 get) the job, we could share a flat again. And we could start by having a
coffee while we (28 begin) to tell one another everything that (29 happen) to us
in the past five years.
6. Underline the correct answers. In some cases only one is correct, and in
others both are correct.
2 As Geoff was introduced to Mrs Snape, he realised that he had met/ met her
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before.
3 During the previous week, I had been/ went to the gym every evening.
4 He denied that he had taken/ took the money from the office.
5 I didn't know the marking would take so long until I had read/ read the first
couple of essays.
6 The boy told me that he had lost/ lost his train ticket and didn't know how he
would get home.
7 At the conference, scientists reported that they had found/ found a cure for
malaria.
8 The teacher guessed that some of the children had cheated/ cheated in the
exam.
9 Thomas explained that he had gone/ went home early because he felt ill.
The waiter took my plate away before I had finished/ finished eating. 10 Jane
didn't want any dinner. She had eaten/ ate already.
7. Complete this text with these verbs.
was (x2) explained didn't eat have gone had cooked hadn't
eaten were went didn't lock have heard had reached
hadn't locked
One of the four-year-olds in the reading group suddenly said, 'This is the
silliest story I (l)…..ever……!' I (2)……in the middle of reading Goldilocks
and the Three Bears to the group. We (3)……just the part in the story where
Goldilocks goes into the bears' house and eats some of the food from bowls on
the table.
'Where (4).....................the bears?' he asked.
'Maybe outside or playing in the woods,' I suggested.
'And their house was wide open? They (5)........even……….the door before
going out?'
'Well, in the old days, people (6)............their doors.'
'And their food was on the table, but they (7).......it before they (8)………
outside?'
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8. Complete the sentences with one of these verbs, using the same verb for
each sentence in the pair. Use the past perfect continuous if possible; if not,
use the past perfect.
apply carry fly smoke work
1. a She.....................for the company since she left school, so I wasn't
surprised when she took a new job in London.
b She.........................finally................her way up from trainee to a
management position, and she celebrated her promotion with a big party.
2. a The avalanche..................them 500 metres down the mountain but no-one
was hurt.
b She took a bottle from the bag she...............…..all the way from home.
3. a Michael....................all his cigarettes and had to borrow some from Kate.
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b By the smell in the room and his guilty expression I could tell that
Alex………..
4. a We.................for visas early, but still hadn't got them by the week
before the holiday.
b She................for jobs, without success, since leaving university.
5. a He.................all the way from New York to be at yesterday's meeting.
b When the plane was diverted, shortly after take-off, it ………… from
London to Frankfurt.
NB. Remember that we don’t describe states with continuous tenses, and we
use the Past Perfect, not the Past Perfect Continuous, even when we focus on
the length of a situation up to a particular past time.
9. Choose the past perfect continuous form of the verb if appropriate; if not,
use the past perfect.
1. Mrs Bishop....................to have children for years; then she finally became
pregnant at the age of 45. (try)
2 This was the first time we had been to the castle, even though we ………
Edinburgh a few times before, (visit)
3 She bought her first watch at the age of 8. It ……… two pounds. (cost)
4 Meg James.....................children's stories for 10 years when she got her first
book published. (write)
5. For some time Mark ……….. about passing the exams and eventually
decided to change the course he was taking, (worry)
6. My teacher was really annoyed with me. It was the third time I …………
late for school that week, (arrive)
7. I always.......it would be easy to get a job, and was disappointed to be
rejected, (believe)
8. We about Sue when, to our amazement, she walked through the door, (talk)
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10. Study this conversation extract. If the underlined verbs are correct, write
“V”. If they are wrong, correct them using either the past perfect (active or
passive) or past perfect continuous.
11. Complete this text with these verbs in the past perfect or past perfect
continuous.
Be catch live plan take break have make remove worry
The telephone call from the police was a shock, but not a complete surprise.
Molly (1) constantly about the old house lying empty during the two months
since her mother went into hospital. She (2) to go round and check the empty
place, but she (3) extra busy at work recently.
According to the police, a homeless man (4) into the house. They (5) him one
morning as he was leaving the building with one of her mother's large
paintings. When Molly walked into the house, it was obvious that the man (6)
there for quite a while. He (7) food from the cupboards and throwing empty
tins and packages all over the floor. He (8) quite a mess. He (9) also several
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paintings from the walls. Molly decided not to tell her mother because she (10)
already enough pain in recent weeks and really didn't need any more bad news.
IV Tense Revision.
12. Choose the right tenses:
Last weekend, Cathy 1) (hire) a car and 2) (drive) to the seaside. When she 3)
(arrive) the wind 4) (blow) and the sky 5) (be) cloudy. She 6) (get out) of the
car and 7) (take) a walk along the seafront. Then she 8) (decide) to go for fish
and chips at a nearby restaurant that she 9) (see) earlier and liked the look of.
By the time she 10) (leave) the restaurant, it 11) (already/grow) dark. As she
12) (walk) to her car it 13) (begin) to rain. However, Cathy 14) (not/mind)
because she 15) (have) a wonderful day.
May 7 (1968). In the last two days, Paris (12 see) the worst street-fighting since
the Liberation in 1944. Up to 30,000 students, locked out of their own campus
yesterday by the Sorbonne rector, Jean Roche, (13 fight) the tear gas of the riot
police with barricades, bricks, paving stones and Molotov cocktails.
The trouble (14 ferment) for some time. On March 20, six students (15 arrest) after
an anti-American demonstration; the next day, a mass sit-in at the Nanterre
campus (16 begin). Last Friday, the police – whose alleged brutality is said to
have sparked off the violence - forcibly evicted the students, who (17 lead) by
Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
All day yesterday, the Latin Quarter (17 be) the arena for running street fights
centred on the Boulevard St Germain. Chronicle of the 20th Century
13. Complete the two texts about World War I with the correct form of the verb
in brackets.
The condition of Britain in 1917
The government also (1) (need) to ensure that Britain was fed. Under the
Defence of the Realm Act it was able to take over land and turn it over to food
production. In February 1917 it (2) (set up) the Women's Land Army to recruit
women as farm workers. By then, however, the food supply in Britain (3)
(became) desperate. German U-boats (4) (sink) one in every four British
merchant ships and Britain had only six weeks' supply of wheat left. As food
supplies (5) (run) short, so prices (6) (rise).Wages (7) (hardly rise) during the
war because people were mostly prepared to sacrifice better pay to support the
war effort, but prices were now almost double what they (8) (be) in 1914.
Poorer people could not even afford basic supplies such as bread. Shops (9)
(close) early each afternoon as they (10) (run out) of goods to sell.
German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles 1919
The overall reaction of Germans was horror and outrage. They certainly
(11) (not believe) they (12) (start) the war. They (13) (not even think) they (14)
(lose) the war. In 1919 many Germans (15) (not really understand) how bad
Germany's military situation (16) (be) at the end of the war in 1918. They
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believed that the German government (17) (simply agree) to a ceasefire, and
that therefore Germany should have been at the Paris Peace Conference to
negotiate peace. They were angry that their government was not represented at
the talks and that the Allies (18) (force) them to accept a harsh treaty without
any choice or even a comment. At first, the new government (19) (refuse) to
sign the treaty and at one point it (20) (look) as though war might break out
again. However, Ebert, the new German leader, was in an impossible position.
Reluctantly, he (21) (agree) to accept the terms of the treaty and it (22) (sign)
on 28 June 1919.
8 Our taxi to the airport didn't turn up / wasn't turning up on time, and so
by the time we got / were getting to the check-in desk, the flight already closed
/ had already closed.
9 Marlowe walked slowly into the room. He didn't forget / hadn't
forgotten his last visit to the house, when Miss LaPorte had fired / was firing
two shots at him, so he had taken / was taking no chances this time.
10 Alice could see that the tall boy had / was having difficulty making
himself understood, but she decided / was deciding not to help him. After all,
nobody had helped /was helping her during her first days in this country!
15. Choose a novel or story, and select one or two pages. Make a list of
the past tenses used on these pages. Are these the only tenses possible, or are
others also acceptable?
15. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. Read through the whole text before
you begin as you may need to use passive forms and used to/ would in your answers.
THE TRUE STORY OF TREASURE ISLAND
Treasure Island is one of the best known and most loved children's
adventure stories. It (1) (be) first published in 1883 but remains popular to this
day. People (2) (think) that the story was solely the work of Stevenson's
imagination, but recent research has uncovered the true origin of this thrilling
tale of hidden treasure and bloodthirsty pirates.
Treasure Island's author, Robert Louis Stevenson, (3) (be) a Scotsman
born in Edinburgh in 1850. Although he (4) (live) abroad for many years, in
1881 he returned to the land of his birth for a holiday. With him (5) (be) his
American wife Fanny, whom he (6) (meet) five years earlier in France, and his
stepchildren from Fanny's first marriage. The location of their holiday was
Braemar in the rugged Scottish Highlands.
The family soon settled into a relaxing routine. Each morning Stevenson
(7) (get up) early and take them out for long walks over the hills. They (8)
(enjoy) this for several days when the weather suddenly took a turn for the
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17. In the following text there are 11 mistakes in the use of past forms,
used to or would. Find the mistakes and correct them. The first mistake is
found for you.
Anne Frank
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Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who was living with her family in
Amsterdam when the Germans were invading Holland in 1940. The German
authorities introduced harsh anti-Jewish laws and started to deport Jews to
concentration camps in Eastern Europe. In July 1942 Anne's father did hear a
rumour that he was going to be arrested by the police and the family resolved
to find a hiding place. They moved into an attic above Mr Frank's office and
build a bookcase to disguise the entrance to the secret apartment. Friends
would bring food to the family each morning, and they use to keep up to date
with the news by listening to the BBC on a small radio. Anne would have no
friends her own age, so she confided her feelings to a diary. In August another
Jewish family joined the Franks with their sixteen-year-old son Peter. Peter
was telling Anne that the Germans had been sending Jews to concentration
camps and killing them. Anne and Peter were becoming very fond of each
other in the cramped conditions of the secret apartment and had helped each
other with their lessons. But somebody had given away the family's secret. The
German police had been watched the hiding
place for several days and on August 14th 1944 they burst in and arrested all
the occupants. The Germans were sending Anne to the Belsen concentration
camp and she was killed in February or March 1945, only a month or six
weeks before the British army arrived. Anne's father was taken to Auschwitz
and survived the war. He found Anne's diary and had published it in 1947.
16. Read the synopsis of a famous short story. Render the story into English.
Последний лист
Две молодые художницы, Сью и Джонси, снимали квартирку на верхнем этаже дома
в нью-йоркском квартале Гринвич-Виллидж, где издавна селятся люди искусства. В
ноябре Джонси заболела пневмонией. Вердикт врача был неутешителен: «У нее один
шанс из десяти. И то, если она сама захочет жить». Но Джонси как раз потеряла
интерес к жизни. Она лежала в постели, смотрела в окно и считала, сколько листьев
осталось на старом плюще, который обвил своими побегами стену напротив. Джонси
была убеждена: когда упадет последний лист, она умрет.
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Сью рассказала о мрачных мыслях подруги старому художнику Берману, который жил
внизу. Он давно собирался создать шедевр, но пока у него что-то не клеилось.
Услышав про Джонси, старик Берман страшно расстроился.
a surprising situation Well, there’s a turn-up for the book- I never thought he’d get a
girlfriend.
be a closed book
to be something that you know or understand nothing about (usually + to ) I'm afraid
physics will always be a closed book to me.
be an open book
1. if a person's life is an open book, you can discover everything about it because
none of the details are kept secret Like many film stars, he wants to keep his private
life private - he doesn't want it becoming an open book.
2. if someone is an open book, it is easy to know what they are thinking and feeling
Sarah's an open book, so you'll know right away if she doesn't like the present you've
bought her.
if you are in someone's good books, they are pleased with you I cleaned the bathroom
yesterday so I'm in Mum's good books. (informal)
Fig. to declare that a matter concerning someone or something is finished. (The books
here originally referred to financial accounting records.) It's time to close the books
on Fred. He's had enough time to apologize to us.
crack a book
Fig. to open a book to study. (Usually used with a negative.) I never cracked a book
and still passed the course. Sally didn't crack a book all semester.
to snuggle into a chair or bed comfortably to read a book. I want to go home and
cuddle up with a good book. She went home and curled up with a good book.
Inf. Fig. to study hard. I spent the weekend pounding the books. I gotta go home and
hit the books. I have finals next week.
to not be able to really know about someone or something by simply looking at them
She doesn't look very bright, but you can't judge a book by its cover.
take a leaf out of someone's book and take a page from someone's book
Fig. to behave or to do something in a way that someone else would. Don't take a leaf
out of my book. I don't do it well.
a way of tricking someone which is still effective although it has been used a lot
before It was the oldest trick in the book - one man distracted me while another stole
my wallet.
Fig. to charge or convict someone with as many crimes as is possible. I made the
police officer angry, so he took me to the station and threw the book at me. The judge
threatened to throw the book at me if I didn't stop insulting the police officer.
1. Ted ……………… unemployment. He's been looking for work in three states
for two years.
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2. Once the police have arrested you, or so it seemed to us, they will
……………..you in order to make something stick.
4. Lowestoft College was not very eye catching, in fact it looked a dump but as
they say ‘never……………………..’.
5. John did not …………………… until the night before the exam.
7. When it was finally time to board, we got on the train to find out that we’d been
put in business class. This was……………………, reclining seats and room to
stretch out a little.
I awakened when my alarm clock rang at 7.15. I didn't in fact arise until 7.30. I
dressed myself in my dressing gown, descended the stairs and allowed the cat to enter
the house. Then I raised the receiver of the telephone and called work. I asked the
switchboard operator to pass me my boss. She asked me to wait a minute as the line was busy.
When I was connected, I told my boss that I wouldn't be going to work as I wasn't well
She told me not to come to work for a few days.
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4. Nationality adjectives.
In this unit you will have come across a few nationality adjectives (Colombian, Chilean, Brazilian).
Names of nationalities and related nouns do not always comply with one regular pattern, which is why it is
particularly important to try and memorize them. Complete the chart. Use a dictionary if necessary. Add
other countries of your choice.
France
Belgium
The
Netherlands/
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Poland
Turkey
Spain
Switzerland
Argentina
Peru
Iceland
New Zealand
Afghanistan
3
an English author and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider
and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television,
adapting many of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for the ITV series. He is the creator and writer of the ITV
series Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Collision.
4
a monthly British magazine aimed at teenage girls which currently retails at £2.50 and often comes with a gift such as
make-up or a bag. The content covers candid celebrity gossip, latest fashions, hair and make-up looks, a problem page
on puberty, boyfriends, friends and sex, interview with the female celebrity cover girl, entertainment reviews, romance
advice, psychology for friendships and real life stories.
5
an English author and comedienne. She is the author of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls.
This series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang.
6
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (12 June 1929 in Frankfurt am Main – early March 1945 in Bergen Belsen) was one
of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing,
her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.
7
a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. As of 2004 it is one of the
biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and
fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in other women's magazines. It also features movie and
music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity interviews.
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8
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish-
born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also
known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
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Other books on the favourites list are Anne Frank’s diary at number six,
Anthony Horowitz novels at eight, the CS Lewis classic at number nine and books by
Louise Rennison – author of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series – in joint
tenth place with BBC Online.
Honor Wilson-Fletcher, director of the National Year of Reading, said she was
more interested in the shape of the list than the rankings. “I think the diversity of the
list is really encouraging. I read everything from Jane Austen to Grazia magazine and
if you asked adults the same question we’ve asked teenagers you wouldn’t expect
James Joyce and Dostoevsky to be there.”
Predictably, the most loathed read is homework. It is followed by Shakespeare,
books of over 100 pages and stories about skinny celebrities in magazines – although
the cover and pages six to 12 of this week’s favourite read Heat are devoted to the
subject.
Evidence that the Facebook phenomenon may be over is perhaps reflected by it
being the ninth most hated read, although the report shows a big rise in online
reading.
It also reveals that 45% of young teenagers have been told off by parents for
reading something considered improper. Wilson-Fletcher said: “One of the
fundamental problems we’ve got is that we end up being pejorative about certain
kinds of reading. Parents should realize reading is not just about books.”
She said the amount of online reading should be celebrated. “Young people are
web natives – exposed to a wider variety of reading material than any previous
generation through the explosion of digital media. It seems not all adults are
comfortable with this shift and are often discouraging teens from taking advantage of
this new reading landscape.”
The schools minister, Jim Knight, said: “It is vital that young people have the
opportunity to read widely. It is wonderful that 80% of the teenagers surveyed write
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their own stories and keep up-to-date with current affairs by using sites like BBC
Online.”
Also revealed is a gender divide. Among boys, 41% listed online computer
game cheats as their favourite read, while online song lyrics came second. Nearly a
third of boys said they loved reading because it helped them get better at hobbies.
Girls took a different approach, with 39% saying they loved reading because it
provided an escape, or quiet time to enjoy on their own.
The survey was compiled by using focus groups from which the 20 most loved
and 20 most loathed reads were assembled. From this, a ‘national conversation about
reading’ was launched, with teenagers logging on to the teen website Pizco to have
their say. A total of 1,340 teenagers were surveyed.
© Guardian News & Media
Most loved reads
Heat magazine
Bliss magazine / online song lyrics
Online computer game cheats
My own blog or fan fiction
The Harry Potter series
Anne Frank’s diary
Film scripts
Books by Anthony Horowitz
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis
BBC Online / the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson books by Louise Rennison
Most loathed reads
Homework
Shakespeare
Books of over 100 pages
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4. Find words in the text that mean the following. The paragraph numbers
are given to help you.
1. ______________________: jump (1)
2. ______________________: inconsistent and difficult to please (3)
3. ______________________: hated (3)
4. ______________________: order in which they are placed (6)
5. ______________________: variety (6)
6. ______________________: very thin (7)
7. ______________________: surprising thing that happens (8)
8. ______________________: unsuitable (9)
9. ______________________: very critical (9)
10. ______________________: move, change (10)
5. Are the following statements True (T) or False (F)? If they are false, say
why.
1. The writer thinks most parents would approve of the writer CS Lewis.
2. The teenagers questioned prefer books to magazines.
3. Harry Potter books are both loved and hated.
4. Honor Wilson-Fletcher is not surprised by the results.
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7. Some words are often found together. Match the words on the left with
their collocations on the right.
1. reading a. problems
2. joint b. fiction
3. song c. game
4. computer d. approach
5. fan e. divide
6. fundamental f. second
7. current g. groups
8. gender h. lyrics
9. different i. affairs
10. focus j. material
8. Now match nine of the collocations with their meaning.
a. ____________________: several people brought together to find out their
opinions
b. ____________________: important things that are happening now
c. ____________________: basic difficulties
d. ____________________: stories made up about popular stars
e. ____________________: the big difference between boys and girls
f. ____________________: the words of songs
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10. Comment on the following quotes on books and reading. Use the active
vocabulary:
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Mark Twain
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for
generations.
William Murray
A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will
do him little good.
Samuel Johnson
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
W. H. Auden
A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
Voltaire
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and
character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
Paxton Hood
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
John Ruskin
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested.
Francis Bacon
The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have
gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
E.M. Forster
The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in
the entire history of television.
Andrew Ross
I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in
the other room and read a book.
Groucho Marx
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TEST YOURSELF.
2. Vocab. Translate parts of the following sentences using the active vocabulary.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY.
p. 30 (learn the phrasal verbs in exercise 1), Have you heard the one about...?
R4.1 yacht, go for a drive (a walk, a dip, a ride etc.), lean smth against smth, take a
picture, in cash, crew, sail in calm waters, eventually, bug, spread (insecticide) over,
(…$) worth of damage, get rid of
p. 32 (learn the words and expressions to speak about books and reading), Where is
the story set?, supernatural, insomnia, dozens of, be related to, childhood memories,
landowner, deal with, battle for (control of the country), a bloody coup ([ku:])
p. play practical jokes on smb, beware of, do one’s best, fool smb, an ad, rotate, drip,
a supermarket chain, genetically engineered, whistle, hoax, documentary, harvest, on
the news, broadcast
R4.4 raise money, race each other (down the street), a flatmate, do smth first thing in
the morning, a payphone, a stunt, the local council, hilarious, I bet…, be in touch with
smb
R4.5 turn up, cancel (the order), cost a fortune, on the Internet, install software, drive
smb crazy, stay out of trouble, ask smb round, Guess what?
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I woke up when my alarm clock went off at 7.15. I didn't in fact get up until
7.30. I got dressed in my dressing gown, went down the stairs and let the cat in.
Then I picked up the telephone and called work. I asked the switchboard operator to put
me through to my boss. She asked me to hang on as the line was busy. When I got
through, I told my boss that I wouldn't be coming in as I wasn't well. She told me to
rest up for a few days.