Choose the best options to complete the articles. Then match the headings to the stories. Who do you think you are? Who needs it! Just drying the car. 1) Police confiscates/confiscated the car and driver's license of a man had caught/caught speeding who said he was trying/had been speeding to dry his car after he washed/had washed it. The 21-year-old was stopped in Paris driving at 69 mph, about 33 mph over the speed limit, police_says/said. “Because he doesn’t/didn't have his driver's license with him, his clean car has been/was confiscated until he produces it," a police spokeswoman said.
2) A woman had woken up/woke up over the weekend to find a man she doesn't/didn't know in her flat. She called the police. Mary Clerk said/told the police officer she heard/had heard some strange noise in the kitchen and decided/had decided to check it. The man said he wants/wanted to talk to her about their mutual project as agreed. Mary didn't know Peter Fox, but Peter told the police he knows/knew Mary because she was/is his colleague. He asked/told her to confirm his words. But Mary accused/ashamed Peter of a robbery attempt, so she showed him out the door without incident. Only then Peter realized/had realized she was the wrong person and he had got/got the wrong door. He apologized/excused and asked/told the police to help him find the right address.
3) A man has set/set his car on fire when he heard how much he must/had to pay to reclaim it after it was towed away for illegal parking. An attendant ordered/told the daily press the man was/were very calm. “He had gone/went to his car, taken/took a few things then opened/had opened the hood and set/was setting the engine on fire. When it had gone/was well ablaze he had got/got back on his bike and had ridden/rode off."
1) Мама спросила меня, почему я не пошла на прием к зубному врачу.
2) Я ответила, что не успела, потому что я опоздала на автобус.
3) Отец поинтересовался, понравился ли мне его подарок.
4) Я ответила, что мне очень понравился его подарок, но я хотела бы велосипед, а не коньки.
5) Девочка кричала, что она не хочет идти в музыкальную школу.
папа сказал, что нам нужно ехать в деревню
мама сказала мне, что к нам приехала бабушка
брат спросил у меня, люблю ли я шоколадное мороженое
мама спросила, какие я сегодня получил оценки
девочка возмущалась, почему именно она должна идти в магазин.
1. twins? — Kim and Kate
2. Bill's parents? — Sue and Sam
3. Bill's grandparents? — Tom and Beth
4. Mike's son? — Johnny
5. Sam's wife? — Sue
6. Janet's husband? — Mike
7. Sue's daughters? — Kim and Kate
8. in their late thirties? — Mike
9. in his mid forties? — Sam
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1) единственное число или неисчисляемое существительное - is.
2) множественное число - are.
3) I - am,
he/she/it - is,
you, we - are.
There is a chair near my bed.
There are two chairs near my bed.
3. He is my best friend Nick.
4. You are my best friend.