Практический курс английского языка. Семушина Е.Ю. - 37 стр.

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     2. … sun is shining hot this year, it can destroy … environment.
     3. … price of … flowers is very high, and … flowers I bought … yesterday
were … most expensive in … district.
     4. … life is very cruel for … poor.
     5. … sea has many examples of … wildlife especially … fishes and … ani-
mals.
     6. … butter is cheap this year, by the way, … butter, we are eating now,
cost …10 rubles.
     7. I am not fond of playing … guitar, but they make me do this.
     8. He is … nice guy, I think. Do you know that he is … president of … firm?
     9. She wants to visit … Russia and talk about … problem of … pollution.
     10. She broke … leg and was sent to … hospital.
     2. Open the brackets using Passive voice:
     1. At the moment his book (to read) and (to praise) by all the reading public.
     2. You (to show) the room you are to stay in.
     3. Very often we (to punish) for our good deeds, not for bad ones.
     4. Let all, that (to say) now, remain known only to us.
     5. The invitation (to receive) already?
     6. Such subjects as psychology usually (not to teach) in our schools.
     7. All the changes (to approve) of?
     8. A very famous picture (to steal) from the local museum and now it (to
look) for by the police.
      3. Fill in prepositions:
      1. When I entered I heard somebody speak ... a ringing voice. Such a voice
is typical ... young age.
      2. When she smiled, two pretty dimples appeared ... her cheeks.
      3. The newcomer was a short man, carefully dressed, ... a round good-
natured face.
      4. His thin face was dark and ended ... a short beard that looked Spanish.
      5. Can you talk ... a whisper?
      6. Jane was eleven years old, tall ... her age, and very dark.
      7. The girl has a pretty face ... brave brown eyes. She is ... medium height
and has a slender figure. Her sister is quite different ... her.
      4. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets:
      1. The colonel's face was cleanly shaven showing a bronzed ... .
      2. When I was nineteen years old, I was a ...... young man. I was not very
tall and had a well-made ...... and a ...... chest. My hair was ..... and black, my
eyes were large.
      3. The man's dress was white and he wore a golden belt round his ... .
      4. Katrine was more beautiful then the rest. She was tall and dark and had
a sweet face and fine eyes. Her figure was ... .
      5. The newcomer was very tall, with a dark Spanish ..., fine expressive
black eyes and curly hair, also black.
      6. He was a tall elderly man, bronzed after his summer on the Black Sea,
with a thin ... He wore a very neat suit and no hat. His gray hair was cut very
short.