From the History of Clocks
Time 1) ... one of the most important measurements of modern life. It is
impossible to imagine our working day without a clock or a watch. The history of
clocks is very long and there 2) ... many different types of clocks over the centuries.
The word ‘clock’ 3) ... from the Latin «сіосса». People 4) ... to use this word in the
14th century. The first clocks in the history of mankind 5) ... sundials or sun clocks.
Sundials 6) ... about 5.500 years ago and about 3.400 years ago water clocks were
invented. Since somebody 7) ... dividing day and night into hours and minutes, the
inventors 8)... numerous types of clocks like pendulum clocks, cuckoo clocks,
mechanical clocks and watches and quartz crystal clocks and watches. Jost Burgi 9)...
the first clock with a minute hand in 1577. Perhaps the most significant step forward
in the history of time measurement 10) ... the introduction of the mechanical clock
with wheels. It 11) ... in the 12th century and people 12)... to set the clocks on the
towers of churches. Quartz crystal clocks 13)... in 1920.
1) a) became; b) has become.
2) a) were; b) have been.
3) a) came; b) has come.
4) a) started; b) have started.
5) a) were; b) have been.
6) a) appeared; b)have appeared.
7) a) suggested; b) has suggested.
8) a) created; b) have created.
9) a) invented; b) has invented.
10) a) was; b) has been.
11) a)happened; b) has happened.
12) a) began; b)have begun.
13) a) appeared; b)have appeared.
I went to Moscow with her parents during the summer holidays. Capital left me with the impression of a huge, great and rich city. I would like to visit it more than once.
Walking through the center, I saw the Kremlin, Red Square and saw the famous Astronomical Clock on the Kremlin tower, which sounds the battle on TV every New Year. But most of all I liked the St. Basil's Cathedral. His brightly colored domes andturrets, he recalled on a magical palace.
In Moscow, a lot of beautiful flower beds and fountains.
I.
1. "I was very tired," she said.
→ She said she had been very tired.
2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
→ She told Ben to be careful.
3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
→ She says she will get herself a drink.
4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
→ He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.
5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
→ He said he couldn't drive them home.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
→ She asked me where I had spent my holidays the previous year.
8. He said, "Don't go too far."
→ He advised her not to go too far.
9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
→ He wanted to know if we had been shopping.
10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
→ He asks us not to make so much noise.
II.
1. He said, "I like this song."
→ He said he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
→ She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
→ She said she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
→ They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
→ He said the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
→ She asks Peter whether he prefers tea or coffee.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
→ She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
→ He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.