III. Open the brackets using the correct forms of the infinitive or gerund. Use prepositions where necessary.
16. Shall we go by train? – No, I’d prefer ___ go by car.
17.Everybody noticed her (flush) with excitement.
18. (Understand) the rule better I read it several times.
19. Why not (help) them find the way?
20. (Examine) a baby is no easy matter for doctors.
21. His plan was (visit) the museums in the city.
22. They are anxious (sent) on business.
23. Nothing prevented us (punish) the boys.
24He is unlikely (invite) to the conference.
25. You can visit him without (warn).
26. Do you hear the dean (make) an announcement?
27. After our discussion on the economy we went on (talk) about the plans.
28. Your handwriting is difficult (read).
29. The older students recalled (teach) that already.
30. They had difficulty (find)a parking place.
If I were a writer, I would like to write in fantasy style. In my opinion, it is the best way to express your emotions. In your stories your characters may appear in any magic lands, they can deal with any fantastic beasts and much more. In a word you can use anything you would like in your stories. In a word you are able to create your own fantastic world in your novels. I think if you want to be a fantasy writer, you should have a rich imagination. I believe this is the main ability that will help you to write exciting stories. To my mind science-fiction writers have always been very popular.
It is hard to believe that just four years ago, the Harry Potter series in the whole world no one never heard, except for Joanne Kathleen Rowling, writer, which he invented, and even publishers repeatedly rejected the annoyance of her manuscript. And suddenly it all changed drastically: the book of the Harry already translated into 42 languages, and their total circulation exceeded 76 million copies. Magic? Of course, even what! After all, Harry, this skinny kid with glasses with a broken shackle - a graduate of Hogwarts, the best in British schools miracle acting and magic.
Fate of the JK Rowling, poised far, according to one critic, "from poverty to the Stars", is also a kind of fairy tale, a version of Cinderella, endures to XXI century.
Philologist by training, a specialist in ancient literature (the profile in terms of business prospects hopeless, what Joan soon convinced), it has not been able to find work. Finally, she was lucky: in the mid-80 Rowling, she said, was "very bad secretary of all time."
In 1990, at age 26 years, the future writer went to Portugal to teach English. This work she likes: she gave lessons in the afternoon and evening, and in the morning to write the book. The account it was the third. The first two were addressed to adult readers and were, as I understand Joan, "very bad" - she threw them in the trash. New book tells of a boy who suddenly discovered that he was a wizard ...