Answer the questions about yourself. 1. what have you never been able to do? 2. what did you use to be able to do? 3. what do you want to be able to do? 4. what will you never be able to do?

1) i have never been able not to breath more than 40 seconds. 2) i used to be good at maths. 3) i want to be able to draw pictures well. 4) i will never be able to swim long distances.

1) on,off,up,out,in.

excuse me. can i try that dress (1)

of course.just take your coat (2) and i'll hang it (3) for you.

here you are. i'll leave my t-shirt (4) and put the dress (5) over that. there. how's that?

let me just do it (6) at the back. is it comfortable?

yes, it's great. i'll take it!

2)read the information and write a word or short phrase in each gap.

rick: 14 years old, 1.45 m tall, very short hair

dennis: 13 years old, 1.5 m tall, very long hair

polly: 12 years old, 1.35 m tall, medium-length hair

age:

1)dennis is older polly, but than rick.

2)polly is the of the three, and rick is __the .

height:

3)rick is __shorter dennis, but he's polly.

4)dennis is the of the three, and polly is __the .

hair:

5)polly' hair is __longer rick's, but shorter than dennis.

6)dennis' hair is of the three, and rick's is .

1. b. franklin is acknowledged (в) to have invented (в) a means of protecting against the disastrous effects of lightning – the lightning rod.

2. after many difficulties he at last managed (а) to enter the university.

3. this design was to be worked (в) out by a highly qualified (г) engineer.

4. the american constitution was finally adopted (в) in 1788.

5. the loosely organized (б) colonies needed (а) a single military commander to unify their forces.

6. an organization’s information management requirements are determined (в) by some factors: two general factors are the environment and size of the organization, and two specific factors are the area and level of the organization.

7. he was a very talented (г) mathematician.