3. Choose the correct variant: The money … by the end of the month

A. will be paid
B. shall be paid
C. would pay
D. shall have been paid
E. would have been paid
4. Choose the correct variant: This strange man …twice this week

A. is seen
B. has been seen
C. was seen
D. is being seen
E. had been seen
5. Choose the correct variant: Flowers … in the morning and in the evening

A. are being watered
B. is watered
C. have been watered
D. watered
E. are watered
6. Choose the correct variant: You … work hard at your French if you want to pass the exam

A. might
B. can
C. may
D. ought
E. must
7. Choose the correct variant: The rain had stopped, so we …take umbrellas

A. didn’t have to
B. needn’t
C. mustn’t
D. shouldn’t
E. couldn’t
8. Choose the correct variant: You … touch it because it is poisonous

A. mustn’t
B. needn’t
C. can’t
D. shouldn’t
E. may not
9. Choose the correct variant: They were so tired that they ___ stand on their feet

A. mustn’t
B. couldn’t
C. mightn’t
D. didn’t have to
E. may not
10. Choose the correct variant: The bridge ___ now

A. is reconstructed
B. is being reconstructed
C. will be reconstructed
D. would be reconstructed
E. has been reconstructed
11. Choose the correct variant: She said she ___ and could not work any more.

A. was tired
B. is tired
C. to be tired
D. has been tired
E. would be tired

1. Alla is talkative and Nina is much more talkative.

2. The river is deep and the lake is much deeper.

3. His report is good and her report is much better.

4. The weather in February is bad and the weather in March is much worse.

5. This tree is short and that tree is much shorter.

6. This stick is long and that stick is much longer.

7. This driver is careless and that driver is much more careless.

8. This castle is old and that castle is much older.

9. This armchair is comfortable and that armchair is much more comfortable.

10. This bed is soft and that bed is much softer.

1. It's five o'clock. The meeting could already come to an end; let's wait a little bit, he may soon come. 2. Peter must be ill, otherwise he'd be in the theater, he never comes at the last moment. 3. Can't be that she forgot about the concert, it's not like her at all. 4. I do not expect it today; but who knows, maybe he will come. 5. "I'd like to know where she got "Three comrades" Remarque?". — "She could take it in our library". — "Can't be, so she took her to our library: Semenova yesterday took the last copy". — "Well, she must have took it to another library." 6. "Where's Paul?" — "I don't know, he might have gone to the Philharmonic". — "Well, that's not very kind of him; he could take the ticket and for me." — "Hey, look on the table something is, it must have left you a ticket and a note". 7. Can not be that she was here yesterday. If she were here, she would have left me a note. 8. Do not return until the book to the library; you may need it for a report. 9. Can I get your book? 10. Here you can use present progressive? 11. He said that the report had already and he can read it tomorrow at the meeting. 12. "He must have left already". — "Can't be, so he left without seeing me." 13. "Where Is Maria?" "She must be still asleep." 14. You must be mistaken, on the twenty-fifth page there are no words.