Для тех, кто действительно разбирается! 1. Supply the correct article where necessary. 1) … worry about … state of his finances drove him to … despair …. 2) Would you like to study at … Oxford University? 3) … Shishkin I bought yesterday was … copy. 2. Supply the correct prepositions where necessary. 1) Alice does well … drawing, but she isnt very good … reading. 2) Shall we do the translation … class? – No, you neednt. You can do it … home. 3) Did you join … us? 4) ... nine oclock the lecturer entered ... the hall, walked up ... the table, put his bag ... it, looked ... everybody and began his lecture. 3. Supply the correct forms of comparison. 1) The room is (clean) than it used to be. 4. Supply the correct tense-forms. 1) Now she (to read) the book which I (to give) her yesterday. 2) Hardly he (ask) his question when she (answer) them. 3) She said she (to teach) at this school for 20 years. 5. Change the following sentences in Direct Speech into Reported Speech. 1) I asked her: «Where did you pass your holidays?» 2) Tabret said to Stella: «I am deeply grateful for all you have done for Mary». 3) He said: «We shall not do this». СПАСИБО!!!

5 task
1) I asked her where she had passed her holidays.
2) Tarbet said to Stella that he was deeply grateful for all she had done for Mary.
3) He said we should not do that.

4 task
1) Now she is reading the book which I gave her yesterday.
2) Hardly he had asked his question when she answered them.
3) She said she had been teaching in that school for 20 years.

3 task
1) The room is cleaner than it used to be.

2 task
1) Alice does well in drawing, but she is not very good at reading.
2) Shall we do the translation in class? - No, you need not. You can do it at home.
3) Did you join us?
4) At nine o`clock the lecture entered the hall, walked up to the table, put gis bag on it, looked at everybody and began his lecture.