8. Измените данные предложения, поставив глаголы в прошедшее время (Past Simple Tense). Произведите другие изменения, если это необ­ходимо:

1.We’ll start studying the English language next week.

2.I’ll marry Ann next month.

3.She usually phones her parents.

4.He usually goes to bed early.

5.They’ll buy a new flat next year.

9. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в соответствующее время (Past Simple Tense). Переведите текст.

Home

George Meadows (to be) a man of fifty and his wife, Mrs. George, (to be) a year or two younger. They (to be) both fine people in the prime of life. Their three daughters (to be) lovely and their two sons (to be) handsome and strong. They (to have) no notions about being gentlemen and ladies; they (to know) their place, (to be) happy and (to deserve) their happiness, as they (to be) merry, indus­trious arid kindly.

The master of the house (to be) not George, but his mother, who (to be) twice the man her son was, as they (to say) in the village. She was a woman of seventy, tall, upright, with gray hair and a wrinkled face. Her eyes (to be) bright and she (to have) a sense of humour. Her word (to be) law in the house and on the farm. In short, she was a character.

One day Mrs. George (to meet) me in the street and (to tell) me that they had received a letter from their Uncle George, whom them all thought dead. The letter (to inform) them of his coming. Mrs. George (invite) me to look in and see the old man. I (to accept) the invitation with joy, as I (to know) the story of Uncle George Meadows and it (to amuse) me because it (to be) like an old ballad. It was touching to come across such a story in real life.

10. Прочитайте текст. Определите временную форму подчеркнутых глаголов. Письменно ответьте на вопросы.

Houses, not Flats

Almost everybody in Britain dreams of living in a detached house; that is, a house which is a separate building. The saying, 'An English­man's home is his castle' is well-known. It illustrates the desire for privacy which seem to be at the heart of the British attitude to housing.

A large, detached house not only ensures privacy. It is also a status symbol. Of course, such a house is an unrealistic dream for most people. But even a small detached house, surrounded by garden, gives the required suggestion of rural life which is dear to the hearts of many British people.

In the 1950s millions of poorer people lived in old, cold, uncomfortable nineteenth century houses. During the next twenty years many of them were given new 'high rise' blocks of flats to live in which. But people hated their new homes. They said they felt cut off from the world all those floors up.

Nowadays many British people suppose that they will not feel comfortable in a flat.

1.What is the most preferable kind of houses in Britain?

2.What does the term “a detached house” mean?

3.What does a detached house ensure?

4.What does a detached house symbolize?

5.Is it possible for an average person to buy a detached house in Britain?

6.Where did poor people live in the 1950s?

7.Did the British people like blocks of flats?

8.Will the British people feel comfortable living in a flat?