Перефразируйте следующие предложения, употребляя “I wish…” 1)Unfortunately they won’t return before Christmas. 2)I am sorry I made you upset by telling you the news. 3)My friend regrets not having entered the university. (My friend wishes …) 4)What a pity you don’t know enough physics. 5)It’s a pity it’s late to go there. 6) I am sorry the pupils are not active at the lesson.

2. My wife and I weren't  talking about you the other day.

Were your wife and you talking...?
When were your wife and you talking...?
Who was talking...?
Were your wife and you talking about you or them the other day?
My wife and I were not talking about you the other day, were we?

I. Поставьте глагол в PAST SIMPLE или PAST PERFECT :
1. Before the teacher entered he classroom the pupils had prepared everything for the lesson.
2. He remembered that he had not locked the front door.
3. We arrived five minutes late. The train had gone.
4. He had read the novel before he saw the film.
5. When I came to the office he had already left.
6. He said that they had discussed everything.
7. It began raining after I had come home.
8. He had never took part in such an outstanding event before.
9. I had read the letter before he left.
10. They hoped that the Rangers had won the game.

In Canada there are more lakes, than in any other country of the world, she possesses a considerable reserve of fresh water. In her cities life is in full swing, to heaven bulks of skyscrapers from glass and concrete have shot up, and the primitive silence of steppes, the woods and mountains, eternal rest of the untouched nature reigns around. From outside Canada with her huge not populated spaces can seem almost deserted. The considerable part of the territory of Canada is occupied by lakes, the majority of which have a glacial origin. Since 1858 the capital of Canada is Ottawa founded in 1827. Together with the neighboring city of Hull she forms the large mother country.