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     Exercise 4.
      a) In no more than 200 words prove that though Englishmen
often complain of the weather the devil is not so black as he is painted.
      b) Describe how bad weather destroyed your holiday, weekend,
picnic, etc.


                             LESSON 16

     I. Exercise 1. Make up short dialogues as in the models.
     Model 1. Did Mr. and Mrs Jones drive to the beach last
              weekend?
              No, they didn’t. They had driven to the beach the
              weekend before.
      Prompts: swim in the sea — last week; make a cake — yesterday;
go to the cinema — last weekend; go skiing — last week; have a picnic
— last Sunday; give a party — last night; do his homework — last
weekend; play tennis — yesterday.
     Model 2. Did he get to the cinema in time?
              No, he didn’t. By the time he got to the cinema,
              the film had already begun.
     Prompts: concert hall — concert — begin; post-office —
close; station — train — leave; university — lecture — end; cinema
— film — start; meeting — finish; bank — close; airport — the
plane — take off.

     Exercise 2. Make up short dialogues as in the model.
     Model 1. I’ll meet her at the station. — But you said you would
              meet her at the office.
     Prompts: make a pie — a cake; buy a blue shirt — a red one;
watch television — go to the cinema; go by train — go by car; stay
with my friends — stay in a hotel; stay at home — go out; listen to
the news — watch a film.
     Model 2. He came early.
              Did he? But she said she had come late.

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