Учебно-методическое пособие по домашнему чтению по английскому языку. Баланина Б.Д. - 31 стр.

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5. to come to an end – подойти к концу

6. to start back home – отправиться в обратную дорогу домой

7. across – через (across the river, the street, etc)

8. to beat (beat, beaten) – бить, биться (о сердце)

9. to push one’s horse forward – подстегнуть, погнать лошадь

вперед

10. to follow smb. – следовать за кем-то, преследовать кого-то

11. to believe one’s eyes – верить своим глазам (can’t, couldn’t

believe one’s eyes – не могу, не мог поверить своим глазам)

12. to get away from smb. – убежать от, оторваться от кого-то

13. to strike (struck, stricken) smb. on smth. – ударить кого-то по

чему-то

14. to pass – проходить (о времени); to pass by – проходить,

проезжать мимо

15. pumpkin - тыква

Exercises:

I. Give three forms of the following irregular verbs (to bring, to ride,

to strike, to beat, to hold, to throw, to know), and make up your own

sentences with them according to the model.

Example: to speak – spoke – spoken

1. Nobody knew what they were speaking about then.

2. Nobody knew what they had spoken about yesterday.

3. Nobody knew what they would speak about the next

day.

1. I was sure that she was speaking on the phone then.

2. I was sure that he had already spoken to him on the

phone about it.

3. I was sure that she would speak to him on the phone

the next morning.

II. Fill in the gaps:

1. The village people liked to tell many stories … the ghosts.