8. вставьте необходимую форму глагола: and so the days passed. the children ( (not to go) to school, and mother spent every day in her room writing stories. sometimes she managed to sell a story to a magazine, and there (2) (to be) cakes for tea. the children did not forget the father but they ( (not to talk) about him much as they (4) (to know) that mother was unhappy. she (5) (to tell) them they were poor now. but it ( be) difficult to believe as there was enough to eat and they ( (to wear) the same nice clothes. but then there were three wet days, it was very cold. “can we ( (to light) a fire? ” asked bobbie. 59 “we can’t have fires in june, ” said mother. “coal ( (to be) very expensive.” after tea, peter told his sisters, “i have an idea. i ( (to tell) you about it later…” and two nights later peter asked the girls to help him. on the hill, just above the railway station, there were some big stones in the grass. between the stones the girls saw a small heap of coal. “i found it, ” said peter. “help me to carry it up to the house.”

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1. Yesterday was the coldest day of the year. I almost froze to death walking home from school!

2. That was the most boring movie I’ve ever seen. I almost walked out in the middle.

3. Please give me your recipe. That is the most delicious cake I’ve ever eaten.

4. Jerry is the smartest student in our class. He gets the top grades in every course.

5. Bob told the funniest story last night. I couldn’t stop laughing.

6. Whales are the largest animals in the world.

7. The Nile is the longest river in the world.

8. Marie is the luckiest person I know. She has won the lottery four times!

9. He is the worst speaker I have ever heard. Half the audience fell asleep during his speech.

10. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

11. That is the most valuable painting in the art gallery. It’s worth a million dollars.

12. Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world.

13. I finished the exercise in five minutes. It was the easiest homework the teacher has ever given us.

14. Arthur hates to clean. He has the dirtiest apartment I’ve ever seen.

15. My dinner only cost $6.00. That must be the cheapest restaurant in town.

16. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was the scariest show I’ve ever watched.

В маленьком городке на Востоке жил когда-то человек, у которого был попугай. Попугая научили говорить слова: "в этом нет никаких сомнений."Раньше он повторял эти слова весь день. Каждый раз, когда ему задавали вопрос, он давал один и тот же ответ. "В этом нет никаких сомнений."Однажды человек решил продать птицу, посадил попугая в клетку и пошел с ней на рынок. - Двадцать фунтов за очень умного попугая! он плакал. Проходивший мимо человек услышал это и повернулся к попугаю. "Ты стоишь двадцать фунтов?"он спросил. "В этом нет никаких сомнений!"ответил попугай. "Какой умный попугай!"сказал мужчина и купил птицу. Он забрал попугая домой и пригласил своих друзей посмотреть на умную птицу. Пришли друзья, посмотрели на попугая и поговорили с ним. Теперь вы должны знать, что этот человек не был богат. На самом деле, ему часто не хватало денег. Так через неделю-две, сидя в кресле и глядя на попугая, он сказал: "какой же я был дурак, что выбросил столько денег!"В этом нет никаких сомнений!"кричал попугай" и на этот раз птичка была права