State the form and the function of the gerund in the following sentences.

She straightened up from her mincing…

There was a noisy shuffling of chairs…

Anna could hear the whirring of the cement-mixer…

But, far from diminishing, the noise grew in volume…

… her landlady was busy preparing the high tea for her husband and the new lodger.

State the meaning of the modal verbs in the following sentences.

This may seem a little formal to you after the advice you had at colledge…

… but we must have a little order with these large numbers…

Outside Anna could hear the whirring of a cement-mixer.

“Miss Lasey,” repeated Miss Enderby with emphasis. “Can you say that?”

“Perhaps you could say “Good morning” to your new teacher?”…

“I should give out paper and coloured pencils”…

Amidst growing chaos Anna remained silent and statuesque… So might a lone rock stand among tempestuous seas…

Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

In this shabby suit decorated with cigarette ash and glossy shoes the old man looked ridiculous and pathetic.

When I come to the school to my son’s P.T. meetings I want to stuff cotton-wool into my ears because of the noise.

After the lesson the children and the pupils felt exhausted but happy.

When Anna served under Ms. Anderby she felt exhausted by her manner-mania and punctilious courtesy.

He usually wears glossy shoes and thinks that he has a glamorous appearance.

When you have lively and inquisitive children you feel exhausted by their questions.

Our teacher used to clap her hands producing a sudden deafening noise so we felt frightened and kept silent.

– Don’t waste gas unnecessarily for the hot dinner! You can open a can of baked beans.

When Mrs. Flynn could buy a tin of baked beans at a reduced price she pursed her thin lips with satisfaction.

With a wild burst of extravagance Mrs. Flynn wanted to make a nice festive touch on her dessert with ornaments of evaporated milk. But her pinch-penny spirit won and she pitied to open the tin.

For the high tea the lodgers got an extravagant dish of baked beans, potatoes and the remains of the yesterday or even the-day-before-yesterday joint.

When the bell rung I had to gulp down the remains of my tea and rush into my classroom. And only the headmistress remained silent and statuesque with her cup.

He is rather a weird man with a fleeting grimace in tightish cavalry twill trousers.

When I became a teacher I wanted to advance with happiness and confidence but at first I couldn’t even bring any appreciable quietening into my class.

Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.

When I saw that picture I … my eyes upon it and could not stop ….

A real teacher must be kind but act ….

I was bad at English at school. But this term we have Miss J. … and I am improving my grammar and vocabulary.

All teachers are used to speak with …. This is their professional feature.

In a firm … tone she made the naughtiest children … the words obediently, do the most difficult exercises and act out the longest dialogues.

When children are kept … with interesting tasks they have neither time nor wish to … at the lesson.

A … look does not always mean obedience and innocence.

- Who is that stout woman who is sailing … among the teachers? Is she your headmistress? – No, she is our janitor. Our headmistress is that slim elegant woman with a modest look and kind eyes.

Children from … homes are often happen to be energetic, talented and bright and don’t get any of the dreadful … the kids from rich families have.

When Ann was a young teacher she woke up in the night with a nervous … because she dreamt of children’s yelps, … of laughter and constant never-ending wagging and skinny red plaits and freckled faces.

During the break kids attack each other, wag and chatter, run across the class and make as much … as they can. After that they feel … and full of energy. This is just an outburst of natural ….

My students can make … dialogues full of speech patterns, new words and expressions, proverbs and sayings.

All young teachers want to … into action from the very start and sometimes overreact facing the first difficulties.

With a … shock Anne saw that her pupils fulfilled the hardest tasks and solved the most difficult problems.