2. Put the verbs in the following text into the appropriate tense. Thomas Cook – the ‘inventor’ of package holidays The inventor of the ‘package tour’ was Thomas Cook. Born in Leicester in 1808, Cook was a preacher who 1) ………… (go) around the country telling people about the evils of the alcohol. He 2) …………. (believe) that people would be less tempted by drink if they could get out of the cities and into countryside on their day off. In 1841, while he 3) ………… (travel) around North, he 4) ………… (have) a brainwave. He 5) ………… (reserve) an entire train to go from Leicester to Loughborough and back again in one day. Cook 6) ………… (organise) lots of activities for these customers, and the tickets, which he 7) ………… (sell) for one shilling (five pence), included everything – travel, food and entertainment. The ‘excursion’ as he called it 8) ………… (be) a great success – he 9) ………… (sell) more than 500 tickets. As the railway 10) ………… (spread) across Britain, Cook’s excursions 11) ………… (become) more ambitious. By the mid 1840s, he 12) ………… (conduct) tours to Scotland, Liverpool, Newcastle and London. By 1855 Cook 13) ………… (organise) tours and felt that he 14) ………… (have) enough experience to start venturing oversees. He 15) ………… (begin) with continental, but soon 16) ………… (extend) his tours to North America, Egypt and India. By the time of his death in 1893, the name Cook 17) ………… (become) synonymous with guided tours and what 18) ………… (begin) as the modest day-trip to the countryside 19) ………… (turn) into worldwide business.

1. I saw your cat a few  minutes ago. *

Выбери правильный вариант 2. They have a few  very good ideas for the show. *

Выбери правильный вариант . Unfortunately, there were few  guests at the event. We hoped to see more people. *

Выбери правильный вариант 4. Only a few guests (five or six) out of almost a hundred people were oficially invited. *

Выбери правильный вариант 5. I have tried to read that bookba few times but always ended up sleeping. *

Выбери правильный вариант You should drink a little  hot coffee, it will help *

Выбери правильный вариант Just give us a little  time, please. A few minutes, okay? *

Выбери правильный вариант Hurry up, we have little  time. *

Выбери правильный вариант People who have little   patience can't be good teachers.4. You should drinkhot coffee, it will help. *

Выбери правильный вариант Can you wait .a little longer? *

Выбери правильный вариант The car goes fast on ..a little fuel *

Выбери правильный вариант Are you thirsty? I have ..a little water. *

Выбери правильный Very...few ... poets publish their work in paper nowadays. *

Выбери правильный ответ Only .a few people in our town speak French. *

Выберите правильный ответ We have ..little ... information about that person. *

Выберите правильный ответ I have texted you ..a few ... times. *

Выберите правильный ответ We moved to the town this summer and my sister has...few ... friends here, she feels lonely. *

Объяснение:

Задание 1 Выбери правильный вариант

The train leaves___five minutes, hurry up.

c. in

Задание 2 Выбери правильный вариант

In England the shops shut___5:30.

a. at

Задание 3 Выбери правильный вариант

She never feels very good___the morning.

a. at

Задание 4 Выбери правильный вариант

What do you do___the evenings?

c. in

Задание 5 Выбери правильный вариант

She is starting work___June 4th.

b. on

Задание 6 Выберите один вариант ответа.

you help me with my homework?

c) can

Задание 7 Выбери правильный вариант

Where ___ Sue from?

a .is

Задание 8 Выбери правильный вариант

Hello, Ann. ___ you today?

b. How are

Задание 9.Выбери правильный вариант

If you had video, you record it yourself tonight.

a)could

Задание 10 Выбери правильный вариант

Where ___ my jeans?

a .are

Задание 11 Выберите один вариант ответа

It was ___ music I have ever heard.

c) the most beautiful

Задание 12 Выбери правильный вариант

“What color is your new house?”

“___ blue.”

a. it’s

Задание 13 Выбери правильный вариант

Your English is much ___ now. You’ve made___ mistakes this time.

b) better / less

Задание 14 Выбери правильный вариант

Please, tell me something ___ than this old joke.

c) more interesting

Задание 15 Выбери правильный вариант

___ vegetables fresh?

c. are these

Задание 16 Выбери правильный вариант

uncle ___ a yacht last week.

B. bought

Задание 17 Выбери правильный вариант

Kate in London.

c. lives

Задание 18 Выбери правильный вариант

I ___ the bills last month.

C. payed

Задание 19 Выбери правильный вариант

Our two … are crying all the time.

a.babies

Задание 20.Выбери правильный вариант

I don’t like going by car. If I have a chance, I always go on … .

b.feet

Задание 21 Выберите один вариант ответа

Быть бодрым и здоровым

b) to keep fit

Задание 22 Выбери правильный вариант

My …….lives not far from her.

c)mother’s friend

Задание 23.Выбери правильный вариант

Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth.

c)the

Задание 24 Выбери правильный вариант

Have you seen Jim ___ ?

b. anywhere

Задание 25 . Выбери правильный вариант

We know their names, but they don’t know .

a)us

Задание 26 Выберите один вариант ответа

1.You see the road through it.

a. windscreen

Задание 27 Выбери правильный вариант

When you want to go faster, you press this.

b. clutch  

Задание 28 Выбери правильный вариант

You turn these on when it is dark so you can see the road.

b. headlights

Задание 29 Выбери правильный вариант

Whenever you want to shift up or down, you press this down.

c. accelerator

Задание 30 Выбери правильный вариант

This cools down your engine.

a. radiator