Lexical practice

1. Say it in another word in English

1. I’ve got a frog in my throat.

2. Mary’s got butterflies in her stomach.

3. That vase is rather a white elephant.

4. He chickened out of climbing the tree.

5. David drives at a snail’s pace.

6. There’s something fishy about him.

7. You look very sheepish.

8. The little girl shed a few crocodile tears.

9. I haven’t been to the cinema for monkey’s years.

10. Jane thinks she’s the calls whiskers.

2. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

1. It is more like an essay than a story.

2. It will be a splendid opportunity to speak to her.

3. I should never have thought that peeling potatoes was such an undertaking.

4. The more sentences he translated, the more of them there seemed to be left.

5. There is no bread left.

6. That won’t do. You haven’t tried hard enough.

7. This is a cake with a taste like nothing else on earth.

8. When I was a child I suffered from an almost complete lack of words.

9. It was a foolish rather than a malicious remark.

10. Did the play impress you? – In a way.

11. What the child needs is punishment.

12. The answer has nothing to do with question.

Grammar practice

1. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Present Perfect Continuous Tense or the Present Perfect Tense.

1. I (try) to get into contact with them for a long time, but now I (give) it up as hopeless. 2. My shortsighted uncle (lose) his spectacles. We (look) for them everywhere but we can’t find them. 3. She (be) of great help to us since she (live) for such a long time with us. 4. You ever (work) as in interpreter? – Yes, that is what I (do) for the last five months. 5. They (make up) their quarrel? – I don’t know. I only know that they (not be) on speaking terms since September. 6. Our pilot (ask) for permission to take off for ten minutes already, but he (get) no answer yet. 7. A skilful photographer (help) me with the development of summer films for two weeks, but we (develop) only half of them. 8. I (know) them since we met at Ann’s party. 9. You (open) the door at last. I (ring) for an hour at least, it seems to me. 10. Look, the typist (talk) all the time, she already (miss) several words.

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box using the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

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1. He________ the car for many hours before he came to the crossroads. 2. The pianist________ the passage hour after hour till he mastered it. 3. When I met her, her eyes were red. She and Mike again ___________. 4. When I came, they _________ this question for more than an hour. 5. It was evening and he was tired because he________ since dawn. 6. He _________ to get her on the phone for 15 minutes before he heard her voice. 7. By 12 o’clock they _________ a composition for two hours. 8. The fire __________ for some time before a fire brigade came. 9. I ________ to meet her for ages when I bumped into her by chance. 10. When I left home, it was raining, and as it ____________ since morning, the streets were muddy.