задания Choose the correct alternative. Use the Grammar Bank above if necessary. Then, decide
if these extracts come from a detective story (D), a folk tale (F) or a biography (B).
15. Fill in the blanks using correct tenses to complete two stories about people’s lives.
1) Ann 1)(move) out of her parents’ house three years before her father 2)(decide)
to sell it. However, when she 3) (learn) about her father’s decision, she 4)(feel) sad.
Nevertheless, she understood that her parents 5)(get) older and that they 6)(not/need)
such a big house any more.
2) When I 7)(be) a little boy, I 8)(have) a dog, which I 9)(find) on the street.
We 10)(go) for long walks every day. Once, when we 11)(walk) back home, a man
12)(approach) me and 13)(try) to mug me. My dog 14)(bite) him in the bottom
and the man 15)(start) running away. As he 16)(run), my dog 17)(bark) at him.
Lesson 3
16. Choose one of the members of your family, preferably somebody from an older
generation and describe their life story from the day of their birth till these days.
Don’t forget to use appropriate tenses to tell the story. Useful vocabulary.
be born / grow up / be brought up / leave school / enter / graduate from the university / get the
job / fall in love / get married / get divorced / have children / have ups and downs / be well-off /
experience hardships / move house / change jobs / retire / have a big family / travel / pass away
WRITING
2. Would you like some 6. grated h. cheese on your pasta?
3. I want to buy a local .1. recipe c. book . and try cooking some of the dishes.
4. This juice tastes odd because of all the 7. artificial b. additives it has.
5. Ann has cut out junk food and 8. sugary e. drinks.
6. I'm having 2.grilled f. fish with boiled potatoes for dinner.
7. Try to lose weight slowly, don't go on a 4. well-balanced d. diet.
8. She likes to eat 5. crash g. meals as part of her healthy lifestyle.