Types of sentences: personal, indefinite personal and impersonal
1. Write it is (it’s) or is it :
1. What time is it?
2. We must go now. …… very late.
3. … … true that Bill can fly a helicopter?
4. “What day … … today? Tuesday?” “No, … … Wednesday.”
5. … … ten kilometers from the airport to the city centre.
6. … … possible to phone you at your office?
7. “Do you want to walk to the hotel?” “I don’t know. How far … …?”
8. … … Lisa’s birthday today. She’s 27.
9. I don’t believe it! … … impossible.
2. Write questions with How far … ?
1. (here/the station) How far is it from here to the station?
2. (the hotel/the beach) How …………………………………………..
3. (New York/Washington) …………………………………………….
4. (your house/the airport) ………………………………………………
3. Complete the sentences. Choose from words and phrase below:
easy, dangerous, difficult, work in this office, get up early,
it’s nice, impossible, interesting to visit different places, go out alone
see you again, make friends
1. If you go to bed late, it’s difficult to get up early in the morning.
2. Hell, Jane ……………………….. . There is too much noise.
3.. ……………………… . There is too much noise.
4. Everybody is very nice at work. …………………………………. .
4. I like traveling. ……………………………………. .
5. Some cities are not safe. …………………………….. at night.
4. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order.
1. to my parents /I / it / took. I took it to my parents.
2. they / any money / me / didn’t give
3. to all / she / the car / her friends / showed
4. the students / the news / gave / I
5. did / my pen / lend / you / him?
6. bought / some flowers / my / I / parents / for
7. why / some perfume / didn’t / me / brig / you?
8. some grapes and some flowers / took / Janice / we
9. his / showed / injured / me / hand / he
10. some vegetables from garden / gave / our neighbors / we / to
The Gerund
1. Translate into your native language, be attentively with Gerund:
1. Have you finished writing? 2. Taking a cold shower in the morning is very useful. 3. I like skiing, but my sister prefers skating. 4. She likes sitting in the sun. 5. It looks like raining. 6. My watch wants repairing. 7. Thank you for coming. 8. I had no hope of getting an answer before the end of the month. 9. I had the pleasure of dancing with her the whole evening. 10. Let’s go boating.
Try to remember the following verbs and expressions, which require after themselves Gerund with definite preposition:
to accuse of
to agree to
to approve of
to be afraid of
to complain of
to depend on
to feel like
to give up the idea of
to insist on
to look forward to
to object to
to persist in
to prevent from
to relay on
to succeed in
to suspect of
to thank for
to think of
2. Complete these sentences, putting the verbs into the gerund and using one of the following prepositions. Some of them are used more than once:
| about, of, in, to, after, by, for, on, at, without |
e.g.: We walked about going (go) to France for our holiday.
1. I look forward …(see) you again holiday. 2. She’s tired … (work) for the company. 3. I’m very happy … my parents… (come) home. 4. … (open) the front door, I walked slowly through it. 5. We got into the house … (climb) through a window. 6. I’m looking forward … (work) with you. 7. Are you interested … (join) to committee? 8. I’m tired … (come) to the same place every week. 9. He’s very ken … (swim) at the moment. 10. I’m worried … Jane … (get) to the airport on time.