Grammar: Ways of Expressing the Future; Prepositions of Time, Place and Direction; Numerals; Adjective; Adverb; Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs, страница 2

7. Put in the verb in the correct form.

1. I feel a bit hungry. I think … (I/have) a sandwich to eat. 2. Why are you putting on your coat? … (you/go) somewhere? 3. What time … (you/phone) me this evening? 4. Look! The plane is flying away from the airport. … (it/take off). 5. Are you still watching this show? What time … (it/ end)? 6. … (I/go) to Lvov next weekend for a wedding. My cousin … (get) married. 7. I’m not ready yet. … (I/tell) you when … (I/be) ready. I promise … (I/not/be) very long. 8. I wonder where … (we/live) ten years from now? 9. He was very rude to me. I refuse to speak to him again until … (he/apologize). 10. What do you plan to do when … (you/finish) your course at the university?

8. Insert when or if into the following sentences:

1.  Don't worry … I am late tonight. 2. … it's raining this afternoon, I won't go out. 3. Can I borrow your tablet ... you've finished playing “Angry Birds”. 4. Jenny might phone me while I am out this evening. … she does, can you take a message? 5. I am going to Paris in January. … I am there, I hope to visit a friend of mine. 6. I am going away for a week. I'll phone you … I get back. 7. What do you want to be … you graduate from the university? 8. I think Mary will get the job. I'll be astonished … she doesn't get it. 9. I want you to take part in the conference but … you don't want to come, that's all right. 10. We can eat at the university canteen or, … you prefer, we can go to a cafe.

Prepositions of time:

For + the exact period (for three months);

during + the period in general (during the holidays);

since = the point from which you started counting the time (since childhood);

throughout = the period from the beginning to the end (throughout my life);

within = inside the limits of a certain period of time, not later than (within a week);

before, after, till/ until, by, between, from … to/ till, past, to, towards, over.

No preposition:

9.  Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions, if necessary.

1.  I sometimes work … Saturdays. 2. It's Jane's party … tomorrow evening. 3. My neighbour goes to England … winter. 4. You've been playing computer games … all afternoon. 5. The weather was awful … last summer. 6. We are going to a gig … next Friday. 7. We have no vacancies … the present time. 8. I found the letter in my coat pocket … six months later. 9. There's never anyone here … the weekend. 10. I've got exams … this year. 11. The weather was nice … a week. 12. … half a year Mary was able to find a job. 13. She sold her house to the local authorities … the crisis of 1991. 14. We have lived here … two years. 15. I haven't seen you … Mark's party. 16. This film goes on … midnight. 17. I'll be away … Tuesday to Friday. 18. The library will be closed … a week. 18. The ticket is valid for travel … the day. 19. The building won't be finished … next year. 20. Could you  do all these exercises … half an hour? (not more than) 21. There will be a limited bus service … the holiday weekend. (the whole) 22. The banks close … one to two o'clock. 23. There had been a period of heavy rain … the accident. 24. We have to complete our assignment … 15 June. 25. I have been doing this project … October.

10.  Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.