Unit grammar check
1 choose the correct words.
a hard life: oliver twist
the last book we read at school was 'oliver
twist'. it's about a boy called oliver. he was an
orphan - he didn't have (1) some / any parents
or relatives. he lived in a special place for poor
people, and he had a terrible life there.
i liked the story, but i thought the book was
(2) too / much long and there were too
(3) much / many different characters. in class,
we also watched a film of the story. that was
(4) easier / more easy to understand than the
book! the (5) more / most famous part of the
story is when oliver hasn't got enough food. he
holds his bowl and says, 'please, sir, can i have
some more? '
the author of this book was charles dickens. he
understood the situation of poor people because
his family didn't have (6) much / many money.
charles dickens worked in a factory when he
was 12 years old. but in the end he found success
as an author. he wrote (7) a lot of /too famous
novels, including 'great expectations and
'a christmas carol'.

1. Bank of America, new York.

This is probably one of the greenest buildings in the world. The 54-story building was built to use natural daylight for as long as possible. There are also solar panels, rainwater collectors, and materials for the construction of the building itself are made from recycled waste from new York.

2. Crystal Island, Moscow.

This building should be home to 30,000 people. The project is sponsored by the Russian government. The building generates its own electricity from wind and solar power.

Объяснение:

1) The pupils read an interesting legend at the lesson yesterday.  

2) He didn't go to the disco last night.  

3) Dolly and Tina stopped in this hotel last year.  

4) Did Mary leave the office early yesterday?  

5) Did Nigel spend last summer a week in the mountains?  No, he didn’t.  

6) Was she at the seaside? No, she wasn’t.  

7) The secretary copied all the documents a day ago.

8) Were your friends disappointed to know the truth?  

9) It wasn’t very hot last week.  

10) Stuart has graduated from university.