I. Прочитайте текст. Ответьте письменно на следующие вопросы.

1. Where did the children go on their way back home from school?

2. What did the Giant see when he came back home from his friend?

3. Why did the Giant get so angry and what measures did he take?

4. Why were the children so unhappy when the Giant had forbidden them to play in his yard?

5. Why did the Spring come all over the country except the Giant's garden?

6. What did the Giant hear lying awake in bed and what did he see through the open window one morning?

7. What was he awfully sorry for what he had done?

8. Why were the children frightened at first when they saw the Giant and when did they run back to his garden?

9. Why did the Giant long for his first little friend?

10. What did the Giant see in the farthest corner of the garden?

1. Перепишите предложения, вставляя необходимые слова из текста.

1. He put up a notice-board: " _______ will be prosecuted."

2. The Snow covered the grass with great white _______ , and the Frost _______ all the trees _______ silver.

3. The North Wind was _______ in furs, and he _______ all day about the garden.

4. The Hall _______ on the roof of the castle till it broke most of the _______ .

5. The Giant's heart _______ as he looked out.

6. It was really only a little _______ singing outside his window.

7. Through a little hall in the wall the children had _______ in.

8. The birds were flying about and _______ with delight.

9. The little boy _______ his two arms and flung round the Giant's neck.

10. Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and _______ .

2. Перепишите следующие предложения, заменив прямую речь на косвенную.

1. "What are you doing here?" he cried angrily.

2. "My own garden is my own garden," said the Giant, "any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself."

3. "This is a delightful place," he said, "we must ask the Hail on a visit."

4. "I hope there will be a change in the weather," said the Selfish Giant.

5. "How selfish I have been!" he said.

6. "But where is your little companion?" he said.

7. "We don't know," answered the children, "he has gone away."

8. "I have many beautiful flowers," he said, "but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."

9. "How I would like to see him!" he used to say.

10. "Who has dared to wound you?' cried the Giant.

3. Перепишите предложения, употребляя прямую речь.

1. Lord Arthur assured him that it had nothing to do with the police at all.

2. She said that she had no time to be happy. She always liked the last person who was introduced to her, but as soon as she knew people she got tired of them.

3. He said that there had been a little trouble over a lost dog.

4. He asked her if she would mind stopping at the chemist's in the village. He said he had to buy a tooth-brush.

5. She warned Mr. Otis to beware of some trouble coming to the house.

6. He told Diana to lock the door.

7. I begged my friend to tell me about this woman.

8. He asked her to trust him and not to have any doubts about the future.

9. The children said that they didn't know where he lived and had never seen him before.

10. He crossed the room and asked her if she thought her mother would mind their going to a picnic on Sunday.