Task 1 .

Read the sentences and fill the gaps with the given words: fallen in love, make, stay together, acquaintances, can’t stand.

She seems to have a lot of ____________________, but not many real friends.
She finds it easy to ____________________ friends.
I’ve ____________________ with a fantastically rich, good-looking boy.
We’ll probably ____________________ till we die.
Our boss ____________________ to be asked the same question several times.

Task 2 .

Match the words with their definitions. Write your answers in the table. Make five sentences with any five words from the first column.

1. Binding

a) A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

2. Volume

b) The main division of a book, typically with a number or title.

3. Epilogue

c) A book forming part of a work or series.

4. Saga

d) A note by way of explanation or comment added to a text.

5. Chapter

e) An introduction to a book, typically stating its subject, scope, or aims.

6. Fable

f) A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

7. Annotation

g) A strong covering holding the pages of a book together.

8. Preface

h) A long story, account, or sequence of events.



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Now make up five sentences with any five words from the first column.

Task 3 .

Read the sentences and choose the correct options to complete them.

Don't worry! It's a simple program to use. You _________ it in no time, I'm sure.
will get used to
would used to
are used to
Working till 10 p.m. isn't a problem. I _________ (finish) late. I did it in my last job too.
am used to finishing
used to finish
would finish
When I was six, I _________ (get up and watch) cartoons every Saturday morning. Now I rarely watch TV.
would get up and watch
was used to getting up and watching
am used to getting up and watching
At first the employees didn't like the new open-space office, but in the end, they __________it.
would used to
are getting used to
got used to
Mr Lazy was shocked when he joined our busy company because he _________ (do) much work every day.
got used to doing
used to do
wasn’t used to doing
I can't believe they are going to build an airport just two miles from our new house! I never ________ all that noise! What a nightmare.
will never getting used to
will never get used to
would never get used to

Task 4 .

Complete the sentences with the verbs in suitable future tense forms. Write full sentences.

____ you ________ (play) volleyball tomorrow from 4 to 5 p.m.?
____ you _______ (do) this work by next Sunday?
I ________ (do) my homework the whole day tomorrow.
How many pages you ________ (read) by five o'clock tomorrow?
When you come to my place tomorrow, I ______ (read) your book. I ________ (do) my homework by the time you come.
Don't come to my place tomorrow. I _______ (write) a composition the whole evening.
Tomorrow I ______________ (begin) doing my homework as soon as I come from school. I ______________ (do) my homework from three till six.
My father ______________ (come) home at seven o'clock tomorrow. I ________ (do) all my homework by the time he comes, and we ______________ (go) for a walk together.

Task 5 .

Complete the sentences with the verbs in suitable past tense forms. Write full sentences.

I __________ (return) to the hotel only late at night as I __________ (lose) my way in the fog.
When I __________ (come) up to my room, I _________ (see) Pete who _________ (stand) at the door of the room.
When I _________ (wake) up, it _________ (be) already ten o'clock. I _________ (call) my brother. Nobody _________ (answer). He already _________ (leave).
I ________ (go) up to the open window. The rain _________ (stop) and the sun ________ (shine) brightly.
When the rain _________ (stop) I _________ (look) out of the window and _________ (see) John who _________ (stand) under a tree waiting for me.

Task 6 .

Read the sentences and fill in the gaps with suitable relative pronouns/adverbs: where, who, which, whose, when, whom, why.

Isn’t that the woman ______________ lives across the road from you?
The newspaper reported that the tiger ______________ bit a zookeeper has been put down.
The police said the accident ______________ happened last night was unavoidable.
Have you seen those people ______________ we met on holiday?
England won the world cup in 1996. It was the year ______________ we got married.
Stratford-upon-Avon is the town ______________ Shakespeare was born.
He decided to telephone Mrs. Jackson, ______________ he had read about in the newspaper.
I remember my twentieth birthday. It was the day ______________ the tsunami happened.
I met a man ______________ brother works in Moscow.
That’s the reason ______________ he left his job.