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1. Open the brackets using all Present Tenses (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous):

• This man is a writer. He writes books. He has been writing books since he was a young man. He has already written 8 books.

2)  What have you done here since morning?

3)  Lena is a very good girl. She always helps her mother about the house. Today she has been helping her mother since morning. They have just washed the floor and dusted the furniture. Now they are cooking dinner together.

4)  He is running at the moment. He has run for 10 minutes without any rest.

5)  What are they doing now? – They are working in the reading room. They have been working there for 3 hours now.

6)  Where is he now? – He is in the garden. He is playing volleyball with his friends. They have been playing since breakfast time.

7)  I live in St. Petersburg. I have lived in St. Petersburg since 1990.

8)  This is the factory where my father works. He has worked here for 15 years.

9)  Have you found your notebook? – No! I am still looking for it. I have been looking for it for 20 minutes now, but haven’t found it.

10)  As far as I know you have recently built a new cottage near Moscow.

1. Complete the sentences with a, an or the. If nothing is needed, write Х :

1)  Aunt Lucy gave me a pair of jeans for my birthday.

2)  I think this bag is — Brenda’s.

3)  A new shopping center was opened last week.

4)  He goes to work in the morning.

5)  They come from the United States.

• Match the words and phrases with their definitions:

• Impeachment
• Claim
• Testimony
• To allege
• To witness
• To investigate
• Solicitor
• Legal
• Prosecutor
• To accuse
• To convict
• To charge with a crime
• To acquit
• Trial
• Misdemeanor

1. A request to a court for smth such as money or property that you believe you have a legal right to; 2
2. Connected with and allowed by the law; 8
3. To examine a crime, problem, statement carefully, esp. to discover the truth; 6
4. The action of formally accusing a public official of a serious offence in connection with their job; 3
5. To say that someone has done smth wrong or illegal; 13
6. The official in a local government who deals with legal matters; 7
7. To decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime; 10
8. A legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, esp. in a law court; 9
9. To see smth happen, esp. an accident or crime; 5
10. A formal statement about smth esp. one given in a court of law; 1
11. The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime; 14
12. To state that smth illegal or wrong is a fact without giving proof; 11
13. To decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime; 4
14. A crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crime 15
15. To make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crimes 12

Choose the correct form:

1)       A lot of/ many/ much people cheered when they hear the news.

2)       I was going to have a biscuit, but there weren’t any/none.

3)       There are very few/ little modern buildings in this town.

4)       I’ve got little/a little / a few/ few money. Let’s go to the night club.

5)       She has a few/ few /little/ a little good friends. She is almost on her own.

6)       They have got plenty of/ much/ little money, but they still greedy.

7)       I don’t like living in the city – there’s too many/ much traffic.

8)       If someone/ anybody/ nobody calls me, tell them I’ll be at 5 o’clock.

9)       All I know is that I know something/ anything/ nothing/ anybody/ nobody.

10)     Would you like something/ anything/ nothing to drink?

1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

• have / we / shall / let’s / party /a? Shall we have a party?
• Lorraine / Why / Singapore / did / to / move / ? Why did Lorraine move to Singapore?
• Alfredo / stressed / was / Why / ? Why was Alfredo stressed?
• the / you / Why / money / need /  do / ? Why do you need the money?
• wrong / something / there / there / is / isn’t / , ? There is something wrong, isn’t it?

1. Complete the phrases with the correct preposition (at/ in/ on) if it is necessary

• in the morning;

2)       — next Wednesday;

3)       in February;

4)       on Friday afternoon;

5)       on 5th December;

6)       in  ten minutes;

7)       on New Year Day

8)       at the end of the week;

9)       at night;

10)     — every July;

11)     — last winter;

12)     at Christmas

13)     -this year

14)     — yesterday evening

• Complete the sentences with say, tell, speak and talk in an appropriate form, .
• I don’t believe you tell the truth.
• Listen carefully to everything they tell to you.
• Ginny was now crying so hard that she couldn’t speak.
• We hope he tells us all about it today!
• Does anyone here say Hebrew or know what this means?
• Kate said a word to me all the way home, and I didn’t speak to her either.
• My grandma told me to stay away from strangers.
• Miles told a phrase that no one had ever heard before.
• She is so honest that she has never told a lie in her life.
• He told us that he had succeeded in business.
• Maggie said that she had an appointment the following week.
• Mary Claire King is here, and she is going to speak to us on genetic research.
• Bill and I have told about doing something together for a long time.
• Sean Penn is a really good actor, and he can tell a good joke or story.
• John Welchman, Professor of Art History, has spoken on “American Art since 1945”

• Translate the following sentences into English:

1)      Согласно последним исследованиям, большинство студентов имеют способности ниже среднего.

2)      Венесуэла – первая южноамериканская страна, которая получила независимость.

3)      После происшествия их пути разошлись, они стали почти врагами.

4)      Мы приложим все усилия, чтобы сохранить согласие между народами нашей страны

5)      После войны экономика страны пришла в упадок.

6)      Если ты будишь грубить другим людям, будь готов отвечать за последствия.

7)      Сегодня пластические хирурги могут изменить человека до неузнаваемости.

8)      Политик сказал, что у него не было намерения кого-то оскорбить и он не понимает, почему такая реакция на его комментарии.

9)      Полиция задержала подозреваемого, который полностью соответствовал описанию преступника.

10)    Торговые связи между Британией и мусульманским миром имеют очень долгую историю.

1) According to recent studies, most students have lower than average abilities.

2) Venezuela is the first South American country that gained independence.

3) After the incident, they diverged, they became almost enemies.

4) We will make every effort to maintain harmony between the peoples of our country

5) After the war, the country’s economy fell into decay.

6) If you are rude to other people, be ready to be responsible for the consequences.

7) Nowadays plastic surgeons can change a person beyond recognition.

8) The politician said that he had had no intention of insulting someone and he did not understand why such a reaction to his comments.

9) Police detained a suspect who was fully consistent with the description of the offender.

10) Trade relations between Britain and the Muslim world have a very long history.