Gender Readings. Top Ten. Ренц Т.Г - 69 стр.

C. Put the verbs in brackets in this passage in their correct form:
      They (hear) of him on the China coast. For twenty years now
and then he (send) them presents; then there (be) no more news of
him; when Òîm Meadows (die) his wife (write) and (tell) him, but
(receive) no answer; and at last they (come) to the conclusion that
he must be dead. But two or three days ago to their astonishment they
(receive) a letter from the matron of the sailors’ home at Portsmouth.
It (appear) that for the last ten years George Meadows, cri ppled with
rheumatism, (live) there, and now, (feel) that he had not much
longer to live, (want) to see once more the house in which he (be)
born. Albert Meadows, his great-nephew (go) over to Portsmouth in
the Ford to fetch him and he (be) to arrive that afternoon.
D. Put the -ing form (e. g. “doing”), the simple form (e. g. “do”) or
the infinitive (e. g. “to do”) of the verbs in brackets, to make these
sentences correct:
       1. Uncle George was (arrive) that afternoon.
       2. They thought he must (be) dead.
       3. He made me (stop) the car.
       4. He said he wanted to (walk).
       5. You ought (know) better than that.
       6. It was strange (look) at those two old people.
       7. I could keep you (sit) here all day.
       8. I shouldn’t be surprised (hear) you’d half a dozen wives.
       9. I wish I had the chance of (go) through life again.
      10. I saw Mrs Meadows (pick) flowers in the garden.
      11. They had had difficulty in (persuade) him (go) to bed.
      12. I asked if the old man would like (see) me.
E. Put the correct prepositions in the spaces in this passage. The
prepositions needed are: at, by, from, in, of, on, up, with.
       She asked me to look ¾ and see him. ¾ the simplicity ¾ a
country woman who had never been further ¾ her home than
London, she thought that because we had both been ¾ China we must
have something ¾ common. The whole family were sitting ¾ the
kitchen, ¾ its stone floor, Mrs Meadows ¾ her usual chair ¾ the
fire, and I was amused to see that she had put ¾ her best silk dress.
Her son and his wife sat ¾ the table ¾ their children. ¾ the other
side ¾ the fireplace sat an old man, bunched ¾ ¾ a chair.

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