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television … I didn’t write a letter to my friend.
3.
The talks were very difficult … I’m a bit tired.
4. I often spend my holiday on the coast of the Black Sea …
the weather is hot and dry there in summer.
5. I like the actor who plays the part of Hamlet … I’d like to go
and see the film again.
6. I don’t recommend you to see this film … it’s not so
interesting as the novel.
IV Answer the following questions:
1. When did you last go to a restaurant?
2.
Did you enjoy the meals at this restaurant?
3. What do
you usually have for breakfast, dinner and supper?
4. Do you (does your mother) enjoy cooking? If not, why?
5. Do you prefer having a holiday dinner at home or a restau-
rant?
V Transtlate into English.
1. Keçən yay mən dostumdan məktub aldım.
2. Mən gələndə o, evin yanında otururdu.
3. İki gün əvvəl o şəhəri tərk etdi.
4. Sən bu dostunla şahmat oynamısanmı? –Yox.
5. Sən ingilis dilini nə vaxt öyrənmisən?
6. Kitab oxuyan oğlan mənim qardaşımdır.
7. Çikaqo AbŞ-da ən böyük sənaye şəhərlərindən biridir.
8. Mən
dünən dostumla görüşə bilmədim, çünki o xəstə idi.
9. İcazə verin özümü sizə təqdim edim.
10. Sizinlə görüşməyimə şadam.
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Exercise 6
I Answer the questions:
1.
Can you show me the shortest way to the station?
2. What problem are they working at now?
3. When did he graduate from the institute?
4. Can you ring me up tomorrow?
5. At what time do you go to bed?
6. Do you have time to look through the newspapers in the
morning?
7. Do you listen to the latest news in the morning or in the
evening?
8. How much time does it take you to get to the university.
II Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense forms.
1. Many people say that autumn (to be) the most beautiful
season of the year.
2. Last year he (to work) at the factory.
3. It (to take) me half an hour to get home.
4. They (to invite) him to spend the week-end with them.
5. The examinations will (to begin) on the 5
th
of January.
6. After dinner we (to have) a rest.
7. First spring flowers (to begin) to appear at the end of April.
8. Winter (to be) the coldest season of the year.
9. I usually (to have) breakfast at this time.
10. We do not (to go) to the university on Sundays.
III Explain the meanings of the following words and expressions.
all over the world,
humorous stories, to look tired, to
get dark,
to go fishing,
headache, to break one’s heart, to describe.
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IV Insert prepositions where necessary.
1. She works hard … this academic year.
2. They invite him to spend the week-end … them.
3. Young people … our country have every opportunity to
study and to get a higher education.
4. Tomorrow the lecture will begin … time.
5. Will you spend your next week-end … the country?
6. We shall try to translate this book … English.
7. Yesterday we had supper … home.
8. She finds time to play … the children.
9. This translation was done … the students yesterday.
10. Now I work in the laboratory … a research institute.
V Translate into English.
1. Qışda soyuq olur və tez-tez qar yağır.
2. Ancaq qış idman üçün çox gözəl vaxtdır.
3. Səhər yeməyindən sonra mən evi tərk edirəm.
4. Onlar dərslərini birlikdə hazırlayırlar, çünki onlar
yataqxanada birgə yaşayırlar.
5. Gələn həftə biz yoxlama işi yazmağa hazırlaşırıq.
6. Ona qulaq asmaq bizim üçün çox maraqlıdır və biz ona
diqqətlə qulaq asırıq.
7. Hər dərsin sonunda müəllimlər bizə ev tapşırıqları verirlər.
8.
Tətil müddətində biz oxumuruq, biz istirahət edirik.
VI Give the four forms of the verbs.
be, begin, break, build, buy, catch, come, drive, find, forget,
keep, leave, light, meet.