Dear Marjorie,
I’m having problems with my studies at school. I find it difficult to get down
to work in the evenings and I can’t concentrate on anything at the moment. I
spend most of my time listening to records or watching TV instead of doing my homework. The other students in my class are much better than I am and I have difficulty in keeping up with them. I sometimes have problems with following the lessons as well. I can’t always take in the important things my teacher says because I write so slowly. She has told me that I’m falling behind with my studies. I’m not good at writing essays and I usually hand in my homework late because I put off doing it until the last minute. So I often have to invent silly excuses to explain why I haven’t done the work. I’m sure I’m not going to get through my final exams in June. I’m now so far behind that I don’t know how I’m going to catch up with them.
My teacher spent some time going over my homework with me but she found so many mistakes that I felt even more depressed. What do you suggest I do?
Yours desperately,
George
a) 1. The first modern Olympics took ( Past Simple Passive) place in Athens more than a hundred years ago.
Первые современные Олимпийские Игры проходили в Афинах более чем сто лет назад.
2. We still haven’t discovered ( Present Perfect Active )life on other planets.
Мы пока ещё не открыли жизнь на других планетах.
б) 1. The new book will be published ( Future Simple Passive) next week.
Новая книга будет опубликована на следующей неделе.
2. It is reported ( Present Simple Passive) that five people died ( Past Simple Active) in the explosion.
Сообщается, что пять человек погибли в результате взрыва.
