Progress check II

I. Найдите к каждому началу предложения его продолжение:

1. She could have done much better in the exam …
2. If the weather had been nice …
3. I wouldn’t have bought that magasine …
4. She would have gone to German last summer …
5. If I hadn’t taken an umbrella …
6. That building wouldn’t have fallen down …

1. … if she had spoken Germany quite well.
2. … if it hadn’t been so old.
3. … if I’d known how dull it was.
4. … I would have got wet.
5. … we could have gone horse-riding.
6. … if she had taken private lessons.

II. Поставьте глаголы из скобок в необходимую форму.

1. If I … (earn) more money, I … (go) to Spain.

Поставьте глаголы в скобках в необходимую форму:

2. If our parents … (not argue), we … (spend) the weekend together.

3.They … (not allow) him to enter the party if he … (not put on) a jacket.

4.If the storm … (not break out), the ship … (not sink).

5. I … (take) you to the station, if I … (have) a car.

Task III. Match the words and their definitions.

1. hand down                          a. false

2. make up with                      b. making you feel slightly angry or impatient

3. fake                                     c. to become friendly again with someone after an argument

4. annoying                             d. to give knowledge and skill to someone who is younger than you and will live on after you have died

Task IV. Translate into English:

"быть похожим"

Translate into English:

"передавать по наследству"

Translate into English:

"заманчивый"

Translate into English:

"место жительства"

Translate into English:

"очаровательный"

Task V. Fill in the gaps:

Family and Friends

I don’t think it’s fair that we 1(...). We can choose friends but why can't we choose 2(...)? I am not complaining, I think my parents and other 3(...) are great people. However, I am not sure I want to spend so much time with them. I have a good relationship with my 4(...)and I see them as my friends. My parents know that I am a teenager and they know that teenagers often have 5(...). Why can’t they try and get on well with me?! I really want more independence from my parents. If I never try 6(...), how will I ever learn to do it? Of course 7(...) and 8(...)and I sometimes let them down. All I want is that sometimes they simply 9(...) with my own thoughts. I can talk to them when I want to. Now tell me why this isn’t fair?

Our school psychologist says that when I become an adult, I will probably understand that I 10(...) my mum and dad. I hope she is right and I can become closer to them then. Right now though, they want me to come to them if I am in trouble. That’s not how I will bring up my children. I will 11(...)but I will also give them a lot of freedom. They will 12(...) me if they want to but I will never push them to do it.

When I 13(...) I can stop seeing her for some time but I can’t stop seeing my parents if they let me down. And I will never want to tell my parents if I split up with my girlfriend. I have to go through so many personal problems every day I don’t want 14(...) anybody. If a friend of mine wants to talk about personal problems, that is fine. We are both teenagers we can understand each other. 

a)to share them with anybody

b)nobody is perfect

c)fall out with my best friend

d)leave me in peace

e) can`t choose our parents

f)grandparents

g)look after my children

h)share their problems with

i) everyone makes mistakes

j)arguments with thear parents

k) to solve my own problems

l)relatives

m)have a lot of things in common with

n)members of my family