Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous. a) Last week I (decide) to invite some friends over for dinner. I (buy) lots of delicious food, including some Parma Ham. At about 6.00 I (cook) in the kitchen. The sun (shine) and it (be) a beautiful evening, so I (open) the back door. Then the telephone (ring). I (go) to answer it, and when I (come) back the ham (not be) on the table. I (look) out of the window. A cat (sit) on my garden wall, and it (eat) my ham. What could I do? I (fill) a pan with water and (go) quietly outside. The cat (not look) in my direction, and it (enjoy) the ham so much that it (not hear) me. I (walk) slowly up to it – I (want) to empty the water over its head. A bit cruel, I know, but the ham (be) so expensive! But at the last moment the cat (hear) me, (jump) over the wall, and (escape). The happiest cat in the neighbor-hood…
b) Mrs. May, our District nurse, (drive) home at 3 a.m. one night after an urgent visit to a sick patient. She (drive) along a deserted country lane, when she (see) a new kind of animal. She (stop) her car and (get out). The animal (be) clearly visible in the blaze of her headlights. It (look) like a hedgehog with a tall white hat. It (cross) the road without paying any attention to Mrs May. When Mrs.
May (come) closer to it, she (notice) that there was a plastic yoghurt pot on the hedgehog’s head. The poor animal had got its head stuck in the plastic pot! Her instincts as a nurse (tell) her to help, so she (pull) at the pot but the hedgehog (pull) too. After a struggle, she (pull) the pot off the hedgehog’s head. Mrs. May (think) the hedgehog (look) rather sad, when she (notice) that the pot was half full of strawberry yoghurt. She (give) it back to the hedgehog. The animal (put) it on its head again and (continue) the journey across the road.
2.I doubt wether James will get there on time/
3.Mr. Jones will probably accept the job offer. If he does this, I'll be very glad/
4.Their youngest doughter will be twenty next August.
5.Bill will be veterrinarian when he graduates
6.We will buy the antique we saw yesrerday/ We are going to buy
7.By the Claudette comes back to the shop, somebody else will have bought the shoes
8.We'll give her a nice picture
9. I think Susan will become a great pianist
10. Shelton is going to the shops this afternoon. ( как запланированное действие в будущем выражается Present Continuous)
2. Chicago is on Lake Michigan.
3. Russia is washed by the Arctic Ocean.
4. Kiev is to the south of Moscow.
5. The Philippines are situated to the southeast of Asia.
6. The Neva flows into the Gulf of Finland.
7. Kazbek is the highest peak of the Caucasus.
8. Europe and America are separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
9. The Nile flows across the northeastern part of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.