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Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
If you ... my advice you ... so much trouble. Now there is no use crying over spilt milk

Choose the appropriate non-finite form of the verb.
Most of the goods ... in this factory are exported to foreign countries

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- I say, Mr. Smith, is it possible ... our specialists to your country so that they could get some ... at your plants?

- No problem to arrange it

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I would like you ... me to the young man ... over there

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I didn`t expect the contract ... so soon. I think we are lucky enough

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Mr. John made the boy ... not to steal any more and let him ...

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
«Have you lived here long? » - she wondered.

She wondered ...

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«What were you doing between 5 and 7 yesterday? » - he asked Nick.

He asked Nick what ... between 5 and 7 the day before

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
«Mrs. Black hasn`t had any news from her son lately and she is very anxious about him» - said her neighbour.

Mrs. Black`s neighbour said that Mrs. Black ... any news from her son lately and she ... very anxious about him

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«Hold together and you won`t be defeated!» - said the old man to his sons.

The old man told his sons ...

Choose the best answer.
Brian has never visited France, has he?

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Could you lend me your book for some days?

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- I haven`t seen Аnn since we left school, and you?

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She is like her mother

Choose the best question.
He is a young man who is regular in his life and work

Complete the dialogue.
- Hello, Dolly, how are you?

- ..., thank you, and you?

- ... indeed. I`ve got a cold. I feel more dead than alive

Complete the dialogue.
- I say, what do you think of modern films?

Choose the sentence contradicting the others.

Choose the sentence contradicting the others.

Choose the appropriate proverb to the passage.
Bill is so depressed now. His only son has recently been arrested. Аll his friends already know about it as ...

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Don`t be so impatient! Work hard and you will learn the language well. Rome wasn`t built in a day

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
А dying man was asked to forgive his neighbour. The man said: «Let it be, if I die, I`ll forgive him, but if I don`t, I`ll show him what`s what»

Read the passage and choose the appropriate title.
А painter drawing the portrait of a lady noticed that when he was working on her face she was trying to make her mouth smaller by pursing it. «Do not put yourself to so much trouble, dear madam!» exclaimed the painter, «Don`t purse your pretty lips. To please you I can draw your face without any mouth at all»

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
During the performance a man in the pit was much annoyed by a young couple next to him who kept on whispering. «Excuse me, sir» - he said, «but I can`t hear a word that is being said». «I like that!» exclaimed the talkative young man. «It is no business of yours, sir, what I am telling my wife»

Read the passage and choose the appropriate title.
The captain of the ship calls out: «Who is below?». А ship`s boy answers: «It`s me, it`s Billy, sir» «What are you doing there, Billy?» «I am doing ... nothing, sir». «Is Tom there?» «Yes, sir, here I am». «What on earth are you doing there?» «I am helping Billy, sir»

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She took off ... dress and put it on ... bed

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... dinner we had yesterday was ... very tasty one

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... ignorance is like ... delicate exotic fruit: touch it and the bloom is gone

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Lomonosov was ... son of ... fisherman

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To give ... good wine to ... beautiful woman is the real pleasure

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I own ... house in ... Belgrave Square

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Before ... end of ... week I shall have got rid of the profligate Harry

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... English he spoke was so bad that I had ... wish of giving it crutches

Choose the appropriate prepositions.
He saw me ... the gate, kissed ... my hand and disappeared ... the trees

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War and misery go hand ... hand

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UNESCO was founded ... 1946. It aims at promoting cooperation among its more than 150 members ... education, science and culture

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- Why did he do it?

- He did it ... curiosity

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Did you finish ... your work yesterday?

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Her help was of great value ... teaching the students

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She insured her house ... loss ... fire

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
We were almost ... when we saw her at the station

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I can`t go out because of the ... rain

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The task you gave me was ... I have ever done

Choose the appropriate pronoun(s).
She has spent ... the money you gave her

Complete the sentence.
These days ... people are learning foreign languages

Complete the sentence.
The city centre was ... than usual

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Would you like ... coffee?

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I hope the sea air ... you a lot of good

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Don`t come to my place at six. I ... an essay

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While I ... him around the city; my brother ... his English lesson