Нужно найти видовременные глаголы и к какому времени они относятся english is a world language. it’s the language of progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relation, commerce and business. it’s the universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. it is also the major language of diplomacy. hundreds and hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in english and real all over the world. 75% of the world’s mail and 60% of the world’s telephone calls are in english. half of the world’s scientific literature is written in english. english is spoken by more than 350 million people . geographically , is the most widespread language on earth, second only to chinese in the number of people who speak it. it is the official language of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland of the united states of america, of australia and new zealand. english is used as one of the official languages in canada, the republic of south africa and the irish republic. it’s also spoken as a second language speakers in many parts of asia and africa. the number of second language speakers may soon exceed the number of native speakers. besides, millions of people study and use english as a foreign language. in our country english is very popular: it is studied at schools, colleges and universities. learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. it is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience. but to know english today is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist. i want to know foreign languages because i have always been interested in foreign countries, their cultures and peoples.
1. Giacomo Puccini is best known for his operas .
2. Mozart is one of the best composers of all time.
3. The Transformers film is very popular with the young people.
4. The Dali became the most expensive Surrealist lot sold at auction last month.
5. Yesterday afternoon two thieves wearing police uniforms stole some painting by Monet, Rembrandt and Degas from the Boston Museum.
6. It is very nice of you to invite me and my family for lunch.
7. Who stars in The Hobbit films ?
8. The second youngest billionaire of the world Mark Zuckerberg is famous for creating Facebook.
9. I think, high quality special effects add value to the Harry Potter films.
10.What sort of music does your friend like ?
2) Complete the sentences with verbs formed using the prefixes re-, dis-, mis-, under- , over-.
1. My parents usually disagree about which film to go and see. (agree)
2. They overcharged us in the restaurant but they gave us some money back. (charge)
3. The foreigners are difficult to understand because they mispronounce many Russian words. (pronounce)
4. You should rewrite your composition because you made many mistakes. (write)
5. We were sorry to realise that we underpayed in the shop. (pay)
3) Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
1. Pushkin is one of the best poet of all time.
2. He is popular with fans of art cinema.
3. This director is famous for his comedies.
4. Who stars in Pirates of the Caribbean?
5. The paintings add value to the house.
1. He said to me that The publisher had told him that he was going to accept his book",
2. My mother asked to Speak in a low voice, because The baby was sleeping..
3My brother said to me that he had his English lesson that day
4. The student said that he was afraid he would not pass his exam the next day
5. The man said that he had seen two nurses and he would find out where they were.
6. John said that he had never tasted anything so tasty.
7. She said to Peter that his joke was stupid that’s why she didnt want to listen to his jokes any more",
8. Julia said that she was not crying
9. Catherine said that she would not leave me alone if I wanted her to stay.
10. My friend said to me that they were going to go to the disco
11. Ann said that she had been at the theatre last Saturday but she hadn’t liked the play.
12. The doctor told me that Beer would not be good for me ".
13. He said that It was too late to start to ski if I had never done it before".
14. They said to me that they had been married four years
15. she asked her mother not to worry about her because she felt fine