Упражнение-карточка 4.

A. Fill in the blanks with “offer” or “suggest” in the appropriate form.

1. I offered to open the door for the guests.

2. The ogre suggested that we should meet more often.

3. The children were offered a glass of juice.

4. I suggest your visiting the picture gallery.

5. They haven’t offered me a job yet.

6. Where do you suggest we go after the movie?

7. I offered the dwarf $5000 for his car.

8. The police are offering a reward to anyone with information about the crime.

9. I do think you should have offered to help.

10. To save money the girls suggested traveling in one car.

11. I suggested the idea of telling them the truth.

12. Smaller hotels often offer greater comfort at lower prices.

13. I’d like to suggest an alternative plan.

14. A lot of people have offered us very useful advice.

15. I suggest leaving now. The dwarf is already waiting for us.

16. We’ll be happy to offer you all the assistance we can.

17. Can you suggest how we should do it?

18. Susan still hasn’t offered an explanation for her absence.

19. The witch’s cousin offered us a lift (on her broom). We refused.

20. I offered to tell him the truth.

21. I suggest that we take the 7o’clock train.

B. Fill in the blanks with “rise” or “raise” in the appropriate form.

1. Have you ever raised your own vegetables?

2. My group mates raiseed an interesting question about the story we were reading.

3. Dreadful forest robbers always raise their voices when they are angry.

4. Everyone had to rise when the judge entered.

5. Yeast makes bread dough rise.

6. Smoke rose from the chimney.

7. Mrs. Berman rises early every morning.

8. The town raised the money to build a new school.

9. The dragon’s grandparents raised five children.

10. The people rose against the cruel dictator.

11. The ogre was very polite and always rose when a woman entered the room.

12. My aunt raises tomatoes in her yard.

13. We rise at seven in the morning on week days.

14. The dough must rise before it is ready to be baked.

15. From his after-school job, Buratino raised enough money to buy a bike.

16. I would like to raise a glass to your health.

17. Most of the vegetables we ate were raised on a nearby farm.

18. We sometimes rise from the table feeling heavy.

19. The dragon’s voice rose slightly.

20. The dragon slightly raised his voice.

21. Where does the sun rise?

C. Fill in the blanks with “sit” or “set” in the appropriate form.

1. Most of the passengers wanted to sit beside the window.

2. The pilot set the huge plane down gently onto the runway.

3. Please, set the table.

4. The sun will set in an hour.

5. We set the children around the table.

6. The bird sat on a branch.

7. The child set the toy horse on its feet.

8. We set our pet mouse free.

9. The dwarf sat to work on his report.

10. The witch sat in the armchair looking into the fire.

11. Please, sit quietly while I’m talking to your aunt.

12. Set the package on the floor.

13. My elder sister set the bowl of fruit on the table.

14. The tired gentleman sat down at last.

15. Set the pan on the stove.

16. Don’t sit on that chair. It’s broken.

17. The donkey sat right on the cake.

18. I’ve set myself to find a new job by Christmas.

19. I was sitting at my computer when the phone rang.

20. You should set an example for your younger brothers.

D. Fill in the blanks with “divide” or “share” in the appropriate form.

1. Ann is my best friend. We shared a room when we were students.

2. All the pirates should be divided into two groups to do this task.

3. The king divided his heritage equally between his two sons.

4. Seventy five divided by fifteen makes five.

5. Does the dragon share your opinion?

6. A good friend will always share your joys and troubles.

7. I want to build a fence to divide the flower garden from the vegetable garden.

8. The kingdom was divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

9. Are you hungry? I can share my sandwich with you.

10. The sick animals were divided from the rest.

11. Don’t hesitate to share your problems with me. I am always ready to help.

12. Bill and I have shared this office for years.

E. Fill in the blanks with “trip”, “travel”, “tour” or “journey”.

1. Two trips were required to transport the goods.

2. Travel to me means adventure.

3. Travel agencies organize tours to different countries and cities.

4. They organize various tours: visiting exhibitions, museums and other sights.

5. I am going on a business trip to Moscow.

6. The journey was tiring. By the evening of the second day the dwarf was awfully homesick.

7. The trip to Sochi by car usually takes us 34 hours.

8. I dream of making an around-the-world journey. Isn’t it great!?

9. The journey -time to Glasgow is 8.34 h.

10. We turned to the travel agency to find out about tours to Japan.

11. I don’t intend to have a second-class journey.

12. I’d like to buy a tour to London for 5 days in December.

F. Fill in the blanks with “contain” or “consist of/in” in the appropriate form.

1. The beauty of this picture consists in its balance of colours.

2. This dictionary contains 50000 words.

3. The ogre opened the bag, which contained a razor, soap and a towel.

4. A cricket team consists of eleven players.

5. Bolognaise sauce consists of minced beef, onion, tomatoes, garlic and seasoning.

6. The letter contains important information about Boulestin’s legal affairs.

7. Freedom consists in the absence of oppressive laws.

8. The cake consists of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.

9. The article contains a number of facts connected with inflation.

10. The beauty of Venice largely consists in the style of its ancient buildings.

G. Fill in the blanks with “before” or “till/until”.

1. Call me before you go.

2. The crocodile read the book till the end.

3. The child could not go for a walk before his parents came.

4. I'll be done before you know it.

5. Brooks' comet may be visible till the end of the year.

6. Get out of there before you get dirty.

7. Your whole life is before you.

8. He did not write us till last week.

9. Get out of here before I call a cop.

10. I haven’t met Sally before.

11. Wait till I come, and we’ll lunch somewhere in town.

12. The dwarf would starve before he'd steal.

13. This ticket is valid up till the 12^th of March.

14. Have you been to a night club before?

15. The match had to be postponed till Monday.

16. Gary was working for IBM till 1969, when he got a job at Sperry.

17. Black people were denied the vote till well into the 1950s.

18. I saw Andrew the day before yesterday.

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