Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите, является ли глагол to be смысловым, глаголом-связкой, вс или модальным. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Don’t rush me. I am working as fast as I can.
2. He was at home when it happened.
3. Its mission is to encourage and promote development and maintenance of better roads.
4. I was to tell the professor that the book was a riddle.
5. I was wondering what she was doing there.
6. She is to be married soon.

III. Определите, является ли глагол to have смысловым, вс или модальным. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык.
1. After all, someone had to do it.
2. The value of increased flexibility has become obvious.
3. To have courage one must have faith.
4. Some countries have raised tariffs and have introduced other trade defence mechanisms.
5. Moreover, they had to work long hours, received very low wages and had to pay heavy fees to job placement agencies.
6. Learning has to be continuous and the training provided has to be responsive and flexible in order to reflect evolving needs.

It was hot and we decided to walk in the shadow of the wall.
The temperature was over 90C degrees in the shade.
She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her.
I just need to make a couple of calls.
In the morning, with a clear head, she had solved the problem.
Before hiring Sam as a chauffeur they made sure he had a clean driving licence.
Everybody stood in admiration watching the pod of whales on the horizon.
The excursion to the valley full of swarms of butterflies costs a lot.
If the bear growls, it is the sound of warning.
The crowd roared in delight.

It is common knowledge that television has become the most popular entertainment in our home life. Now fewer and fewer people go out in the evening, preferring to stay at home and enjoy themselves sitting in comfortable armchairs in front of TV-screens and watching either “live” TV or films on video.
In Russia people can choose among lots of channels. Some of them are commercial: they are Discovery, Travel Channel or CNN in English. The others, such as Russia 1, belong to the federal government. A great number of central channels make their viewers watch advertisements, as the main part of the money they get, comes from advertising. So between and during programmes we have to watch advertisements for chewing-gum, soap, washing-machines, detergents and many other items we do not require at the moment.
There is a special channel broadcasting lots of sports events such as championships, competitions, races, games and interviews with sportsmen and sportswomen. There are also several channels transmitting regional programmes and news and a channel “Culture”, composed of cultural programmes.As a rule, adults prefer to watch news.