Ex.12. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable form (affirmative, negative or interrogative). Make other necessary changes

1. The construction of the business centre ________ (start) a month ago.

2. It ________ (be) bitterly cold yesterday. I ________ (not put) on my warm coat and I ________ (catch) a cold.

3. The postman ________ (bring) the morning mail only at 12 o’clock.

4. I ______(see) you the other day coming out of the library with a stack of books.

5. We ________ (have) a picnic yesterday, but the rain ________ (spoil) the whole pleasure.

6. You ________ (go) to the Crimea when you ________ (be) a child?

7. As soon as I came up, they _______ (get) into the taxi and _______ (go) away.

8. What places of interest you ________ (see) when you ________ (be) in Italy?

9. Every winter Nick ________ (go) to the Swiss Alps to ski.

10. He ________ (come) in, ________ (take) off his hat, ________ (move) a chair to the table and ________ (join) the conversation.

11. When he ________ (arrive)? The plane was delayed and he ________ (come) two hours later.

12. How much your bag ________ (cost)? – I ________ (pay) $200 for it.

13. When Valerie worked late, Carl always _________ (walk) her home.

Ex.13. These statements may have inaccurate information. If you don’t agree with them, respond in the negative and give accurate information.

Model:

Agatha Christie was a very popular Australian writer.

– No, she wasn’t. She was a very popular English writer.

1. You started learning English last year.

2. Michelangelo painted the Mona Lisa.

3. You worked part-time in a bank last year.

4. Shakespeare wrote detective stories.

5. Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the USA.

6. Michael Jackson died at the age of 60.

7. Merriam and you studied at the library together yesterday.

8. You went on holiday to the Canary Islands last summer.

9. You saw “The Titanic” at the weekend.

10. Uma Thurman starred in the film “Pretty Woman”.