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Exercises:
I. Give three forms of the following irregular verbs (to wear, to find,
to strike, to cost, to show, to buy, to make), and make up your own
sentences with them according to the model.
Example: to learn – learnt – learnt
1. I first learnt to ride a horse when I was 15.
2. He was learning to ride a horse when we came to the
hippodrome.
3. He had learnt to ride a horse quite well before he
entered the horse racing club.
4. How long had he been learning to ride a horse before
he first took part in the horse racing?
II. Fill in the gaps:
18. Whom are you waiting here …?
19. I hoped that he would give his dept back to me … a month as he
had promised?
20. We can’t live … such a little money. You must find a better paid
job.
21. He won the swimming event … our great astonishment. We didn’t
expect him to because he hadn’t trained much. … the competition.
22. The friends went for a walk … the embankment of the river.
23. Think everything … before acting.
24. Where are my spectacles? I can’t find them. Look … the armchair.
You might have dropped them there.
25. The verger could do quite well … reading and writing skills.
III. Insert articles where necessary:
1. Suddenly … striking idea came to his mind. He could open
…tobacco shop there.
2. Make out … list of things you may need in your future journey.
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