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Set 7 1) — He loses his temper every time I ask a question! — Try (avoid) (ask) him any questions and see what he (do). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: try to V = attempt; try V-ing = experiment. After avoid → asking. Present Simple vs. Continuous for observation. Показать объяснение на русском RU: try to — попытка; try V-ing — «попробуй как метод». После avoid — герундий. Дальше — настоящее/наблюдаемое. 2) I couldn’t help (overhear) what you said. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Standard: couldn’t help V-ing. Also idiomatic: couldn’t help but V. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Норма — couldn’t help + герундий; разговорное — couldn’t help but + инфинитив. 3) Do you remember (change) the password? Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: remember V-ing = recall; remember to V = not forget. Показать объяснение на русском RU: V-ing — вспомнить сделанное; to V — не забыть сделать. 4) I noticed her (pick) up something and (put) it into the bag. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: After perception verbs: bare infinitive (pick, put) or V-ing to stress process. Показать объяснение на русском RU: После глаголов восприятия — инфинитив без to или герундий. 5) Stop (shout)! I forbid (shout)! Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: stop V-ing (cease the action). forbid allows V-ing (general) or to V (to a person). Показать объяснение на русском RU: stop + герундий; forbid — герундий (вообще) или инфинитив (кому-то). 6) What’s going on here? What’s all that noise? — Sorry! My house (renovate). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Continuous Passive for ongoing process: is being renovated. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Длительное пассивное: is being renovated. 7) Such clothes (not/wear) now. They are out of vogue. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Passive for general current trend: are not worn. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Общее правило в настоящем — пассив. 8) She didn’t go to the party, because she avoided (meet) Megan. She didn’t want her to see how ashamed she was for the fact that she (be/rude) to her. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: After avoid → gerund (meeting). Prior rudeness → had been rude; narrative alternative was rude. Показать объяснение на русском RU: После avoid — герундий. Для «раньше была груба» — Past Perfect; также допустим Past Simple. 9) He was sorry he (be) late and said that the traffic (be) heavy and he (get/stick) in a traffic jam. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Past report; participle choice: got stuck (simple), or had (got/gotten) stuck (prior state). Показать объяснение на русском RU: Сообщение в прошедшем; «застрял» — простое/предшествующее состояние. 10) Rugby is a team game that (play) in Britain since the mid-19th century. According to a legend, it (invent) at Rugby School in 1823 by a boy who (call) William Webb Ellis. A game of football (play) at school when Ellis suddenly picked up the ball and ran with it. This story might (make up), but it (tell) whenever the history of the game (explain). Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Perfect Passive with “since”; past passives for the origin; past progressive passive possible for the football game; modal passive (might be made up), then present passives. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Перфектный пассив с “since”; далее — пассивные формы в прошлом; возможно was being played; модальный пассив; настоящие пассивы. Make a screenshot of your answers checked with the check-answers button and send in the form below Total Questions: 0 Incorrect Answers: 0
Set 8 1) Eventually they got accustomed to (work) for a large organization. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: be/get accustomed to + V-ing — the “to” is a preposition. Показать объяснение на русском RU: После accustomed to — герундий (здесь to — предлог). 2) We tend (have) dinner at about 7. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: tend to + V pattern for usual behaviour. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Модель tend to + инфинитив — «обычно делаем». 3) I was tired when I got home, because I (work) hard. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: had been working = duration/process before getting home; had worked = completed span. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Past Perfect Continuous — процесс; Past Perfect — факт объёма работы. 4) She (have) a lot of problems lately. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Present Perfect with “lately” (unfinished time up to now). Показать объяснение на русском RU: Present Perfect — «в последнее время». 5) I (not/meet) her before, so I didn’t know who she was. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: In a past narrative, hadn’t met fits best; haven’t met possible in a “now” perspective. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Для прошедшего рассказа лучше Past Perfect; Present Perfect — если смотреть из «сейчас». 6) Ann (not/look) well since she (operate) on. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: since + past event; state to now: has not looked / has not been looking. Passive option: was operated on. Показать объяснение на русском RU: После since — прошедшее событие; состояние тянется до настоящего (две формы возможны). 7) This is the third time I (ask) you the question. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Counting experiences up to now → Present Perfect. Показать объяснение на русском RU: «В который раз до настоящего» — Present Perfect. 8) It’s a couple of months since you (come) to stay with us here. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Idiom: “It’s … since …” → past simple in the clause (came). Показать объяснение на русском RU: Конструкция “It’s … since …” требует Past Simple. 9) When he (arrive) tomorrow, I (leave) already. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: Time clause → Present Simple (arrives); completion before that future moment → Future Perfect. Показать объяснение на русском RU: Временная часть — Present Simple; завершённость до будущего времени — Future Perfect. 10) On the 15th next month, we (go out) together for exactly three months. Click here to show/hide the explanation EN: will have been going out = duration up to that date; will have gone out = completed span (rare here but grammatical). Показать объяснение на русском RU: Future Perfect Continuous — длительность; Future Perfect — «будет 3 месяца как встречаемся». Make a screenshot of your answers checked with the check-answers button and send in the form below Total Questions: 0 Incorrect Answers: 0
Set 9 He was a good player at school and went on (become) one of the best in the country. I stopped (download) the scientific article you (be) interested in for so long. I (find) it in the database I have (pay) for access to. I (send) it to you soon, so stop (worry). Do you happen to know when the train (leave)? It (leave) on time. It’s impossible to avoid (pay) this bill. She kept on (hope) that something good would happen. She is quite lazy and usually tries (avoid) (work) hard. He paused for a moment and then went on (tell) his story, which was so captivating! Joe is considering (do) a course in computing. She put aside the book she (read) and looked at me attentively. It’s no good (shout) at me, because it’s your own fault this (happen) when all preparations(make) . Reload the page and practice again and again until you get all the words in green Total Questions: 0 Incorrect Answers: 0
Set 10 He is believed (be ill) for some time. This pair of shoes is just what I (look for) to match my new frock. I will take it. Three possible variants and their explanations. George, who (laugh) loudly, suddenly (break off). It (be decided) to say nothing to her until the answer (be received). I (finish) my work for the day and (rest) quietly in my armchair, thinking of the days that (go) by. The rain that (fall) since the morning (cease) by the afternoon, but a strong wind still (blow) and the sky (be covered) with dark clouds. I forgot (put) the book on the newly-bought shelf, which is not its usual place, and spent half an hour or so (look) for it. Bob was greatly ashamed of (beat) in class by a smaller boy. Paris is a nice town (live) in. ‘I’m sorry, Margaret’, he said. ‘I’m too old (start) (play) hide-and-seek with schoolgirls’. Reload the page and practice again and again until you get all the words in green Total Questions: 0 Incorrect Answers: 0