Английский язык. Ильичева Н.А - 32 стр.

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20. Put the words in brackets into the past Simple or the Past Continuous.
   Which was the longer action in each sentence?

1. While she … was opening … (open) the letter, the phone … rang …
   (ring).
“was opening he letter” was the longer action.
2. Jane ……… (stare) out of the window when I ……… (enter) the office.
3. They ……… (watch) the evening news when suddenly the lights ……… (go
   out).
4. The dog ……… (find) a bone while it ……… (play) in the garden.
5. When I ……… (get) to the cinema, Jack ……… (wait) for me.
6. I ……. (walk) down the street when I ……… (see) an accident.
7. The boys ……… (play) football when suddenly they ……… (hear) a loud
   cry.

21. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. The men a) (drink) together when an argument b) (break out). The men soon
   c) (come) to blows and the publican d) (call) the police. The situation just e)
   (begin) to get out of hand, when the police f) (arrive) and g) (take) the two
   men to the police station. While they h) (get) out of the police car, one man i)
   (succeed) in getting away. They still j) (look) for the man two hours later.

2. James Watt, a Scottish engineer a) (develop) an improved steam engine. A
   very clever idea b) (come) to his mind when he c) (try) to sell one of his
   engines. He d) (decide) to rate the engine in horsepower so as to compare the
   rate work could be done by an engine to the rate work could be done by an
   average horse.


                                 Unit IV
                       Temperature and Thermometers

Lead - in

1. a) What spheres of our daily life does temperature affect? (e.g. food,
   clothes, living quarters …...)
   b)What role does temperature play on a more global scale? (weather
phenomena, thermal pollution, clues to the ages of various stars ……)
   c) Can people do without thermometers and rely on their sense of touch in
their daily life?