Past tenses practice choose the right form of the verb in brackets: 1) i (buy) this car in january. 2) i had (finish) high school when the great depression (strike) the country. 3) we (take) a walk in the park when a heavy thunderstorm suddenly (break) out. 4) when i finally (wake) up, the clock radio (blare) for a good couple of hours. 5) butch (sniff) the plate and (woof he (tremble)with anticipation. 6) i (buy) a diamond ring for my future wife yesterday. 7) i (wait) for half an hour when she finally (arrive). 8) the car (service) before it was (sell). 9) condensed milk (produce) in america since the mid 1850s. 10) she (already, leave) when i (come). 11) i (talk) on the phone when she (run) into the room. 12) i (be) at work yesterday. 13) her hair (be) wet, she (swim). 14) i (eat) frogs when i (be) in france. 15) he (repair) the car during the whole week before he (decide) to ask me to help him. 16) i (do) homework at 5 o'clock yesterday. 17) while i (write) a letter, my father was looking through the newspaper. 18) the jurassic period (last) about 62 million years. 19) i (not, know) who he (be). i (see) him before. 20) he (write) the letter, (put) it in the envelope, (leave) it on the table and (go) out. 21) the house (be) dirty. they (clean it for weeks. 22) he (know) that she (work) in this company for five years.

1 bought
2 finished,  struck
3 were taking;  broke
4 woke up;  had blared
5 sniffed;  woofed;   was trembling
6 bought
7 had been waiting;  arrived
8 had been serviced; was sold
9 has been producing
10 had already left; came
11 was talking; ran
12 was
13 was; had been swimming
14 ate; was
15 had been repaiting; decided
16 was doing
17 was writing
18 lasted
19 didn't know; hadn't seen
20 wrote; put; left; went out
21 was; hadn't cleaned
22 knew; had been working

 

Joshua Reynolds
Джошуа Рейнольдс

J.R.was a great English painter.He was
born in Devonshire in the south of England in 1723.His father
was a school teacher.Joshua learned to paint in London and in Italy.People
liked the portraits which Reynolds painted.He worked much in Italy and
visited many cities where he painted.
He became famous portrait painter.
In 1768 Reynolds became the first
president of the Royal Academy of Arts.He made a whole gallery of portraits of the most famous people.
In 1792 the great English painter died.

From early childhood robinson more than anything, loved the sea, dreaming of distant voyages. the boy's parents didn't like it because they wanted a more peaceful happy life for his son. father wanted him to become an important official. however, the desire for adventure was stronger, so robinson, who at that time was eighteen years old, without asking permission from the parents, along with a friend got on the boat sent from hull to london.on the first day the ship was caught in a violent storm. robinson was sick and scared from strong pitching. a passing ship threw them a lifeboat and in the evening they managed to escape.robinson was ashamed to come home, so he decided to go swimming.in london, robinson became acquainted with the venerable old captain. a new friend offered to crusoe to go with him to guinea. during the trip the captain was teaching robinson the ship thing that is very useful hero in the future. in guinea crusoe succeeded brought to barter trinkets for gold dust.after the death of captain robinson again went to africa. this time the journey was less fortunate on the way their ship was attacked by pirates – the turks of saleh. robinson captured the robber to the captain of the ship, where he stayed for almost three years. finally he had the chance to run.robinson was on his way to green cape, hoping to meet the european ship.after many days of sailing, robinson had to go ashore and ask the savages of food. the man thanked them that i killed from the gun of a leopard. the savages gave him the animal's skin.soon the voyagers met a portuguese ship. on it robinson arrived in brazil.but he soon came to the island. 2  twenty-eight years, two months and nineteen days." robinson soon returned us home. by the time his parents died, the house he was met by a sister with children and other relatives. all with a great interest listened to the incredible story of robinson, which he spoke from morning until evening. conclusionthe novel d. defoe "the adventures of robinson crusoe" has had an enormous influence on world literature, initiating a literary genre – "robinson crusoe" (adventure works, describing the life of people in the uninhabited lands). the novel became a real discovery in the culture of the enlightenment. the book defoe was translated into many languages, filmed more than twenty times. here is a brief retelling of the "robinson crusoe" chapter will be useful to students and anyone who wants to read the story of the famous works.