XX. Make up short dialogues using the given statements:
M o d e l : A: I have done a lot of work about the house.
B: What do you tell me?
A: I tell you that I have done a lot of work about the house.
B: What does A tell ?
D: A tells that she has done a lot of work about the house.
1. I have never been to London. 2. Mary has already had some practice at the laboratory. 3. We don't like
this poem. 4. They are leaving for the Crimea tomorrow. 5.I am not going to stay at home. 6. It takes me half an
hour to get to the skating-rink. 7. My parents always listen to the seven o'clock news. 8. I can sew a button on
for you. 9. There is a new film on this evening at the club. 10. Nick can repair your cassette-recorder very
easily.
XXI. Read and translate the following. Pick out all the words, word combinations and phrases that can be used
for the topic "Housework" or "The Daily Programme".
I
D a v i d : Look, dear, a button has come off my coat.
M a r y : Have you got the button?
D a v i d : Yes, I have.
M a r y : Well, bring me my sewing-basket from the next room.
D a v i d : Here you are!
M a r y : Thank you. I must get a needle and some thread.
D a v i d : Shall I thread the needle for you? It is not an easy thing to get the thread through the eye of the
needle, is it?
M a r y : Ah, I've done it. Now take your coat off and I'll sew the button on for you.
II
This is my daily programme. I wake at about seven o'clock and then it is time for me to get up. I like a cold
shower every morning, so I put on my dressing-gown and slippers and go to the bathroom. The water feels very
cold on winter mornings, but I rub myself hard with the towel and soon I feel quite warm.
Then I shave, brush my teeth, wash my face and go back to the bedroom to dress. I brush and comb my hair,
take a clean handkerchief out of the drawer and have breakfast at a quarter past eight. After breakfast I sit and
read my morning paper. If the weather is fine, I usually walk to my office. At nine o'clock the day's work
begins. At twelve-thirty I have a break for lunch. I generally finish my work about six o'clock. Then I have a
cup of tea and a biscuit, and in summer I spend an hour or so out-of-doors, play a few games of tennis or
volley-ball.
We have supper about seven-thirty or eight o'clock and then we sit and talk, or listen to the wireless. Often in
summer we take out the car and go for a run in the country; in winter we go to the cinema or the theatre. But
that is not often. I have a lot of work to do, and usually after supper I read or write until twelve or one o'clock.
William ___ (had already heard) the news when I ___ (called) to tell him.
While Emma ___ (was doing) her homework, her brother ___ (was playing) music loudly, and she couldn't concentrate.
Nathan ___ (came) across a photo of his great-grandfather as he ___ (was looking) through some old things.
Helen ___ (is) exhausted because she ___ (has been jogging) for two hours.
2. Have you (heard) the news? Tom and Ann are engaged!
3. Do you (hear) the wind? It is blowing) very strongly.
4. Have you (seen) my car keys anywhere? – No, I (am looking) for them but I (do not see) them.
5. Have you (seen) my bag anywhere? I (have been looking) for it for ages.
6. I have never (read) a story that (interested) me so much as the one I (read) last night.
7. When we (went) to see them last night, they (were playing) chess, they (said) they (had been playing) since six o'clock.
8. You (will go) with us to the Zoo tomorrow if you (are) a good boy.
9. No sooner had we (finished) the translation of the text than the bell (rang).
14. She is always (borrowing) from me and never (remembers) to pay me back.