2 UNITS 21 AND 22 There is a mistake with past forms in each of these sentences. Correct the mistake, then match the sentence with an explanation from A-G below, as in the example.
swerved
O The car had swerved past us, then it immediately hit the lamp-post. 1 Julia hates working. She would be much happier whe was a student. 2 Almost everyone left the party when I got there. Only Alex and Mike were
still there.
3 We all complained to our manager about Larry as he continually took two-hour
lunch breaks.
4 Jack was exhausted when he arrived - he was running to catch the train. 5 Emma was waking up, was getting up, was showering as usual … then she remembered
what a big day it was.
6 We used to go to our son's graduation ceremony last weekend. A We don't use this form for a single action in the past. B We don't usually use this form for an action that happens immediately before another. C We don't use this form when the action has already stopped. D We don't use this form for a series of complete, fairly quick actions in the past. E We don't use this form for a state in the past, only actions that are no longer happening. F We prefer to use the continuous for actions in the past which annoyed us. G We don't use this form when we want to show that the action happened before
another action.
Learning foreign languages broadens our minds, people become educated. In my opinion, languages are especially important for those who work in different fields of science and technology, in politics. A foreign language helps to know the native language better. People, who know many languages are called polyglots. We know the names of some of them: German professor Shlimman, famous writer Shakespeare, philosopher Socrates and many others.
Nowadays, English has become an international language. Over 300 million people speak it as a mother tongue. As for me, I learn English from 7 years age. This language helps me very much, to speak free with people from all over the world, make new friends and participate in international contests.
I like one proverb of Johann Goethe:" He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own." I speak Ukranian, Russian, English, a little Italian and Spanish. And I`m very proud of it, because languages-it`s my second life. Also, I would like to learn Germany, French and Serbian, but this year I dedicate myself to learning Italian. You know, dream from my childhood - to be an an interpreter and I`m sure, I get it.
Personally, I think that to know foreign languages today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist. So let`s to learn foreign languages and discover with them many interesting things in our life!