Упражнение 1. Выберите правильный вариант.
1) They will phone us as soon as they arrive home.
2) Mother was cooking while father was pottering in the garden.
3) You should wash your hands before eating.
4) They trusted him but eventually they realized that he was a liar.
5) She waved goodbye just as I turned back.
6) The postman came as he was leaving his office.
Упражнение 2. Дополните предложения собственными мыслями.
1) I’ll meet you as soon as I can.
2) I must remember to lock the back door before I leave.
3) I looked up half of the words in my dictionary while I was doing my homework.
4) We had a game of golf and afterwards we had lunch at the club.
5) I think I dropped the letter as I was leaving the building.
Упражнение 3. Перепишите следующие предложения вторым типом условных предложений.
1) If I had enough money, I’d take a taxi.
2) If I liked this film, I’d see it again.
3) If we took the right turning, we would arrive in time.
4) If a building had weak foundations, it would fall.
5) If she got a car, she would drive there.
6) If he felt tired, he would go to bed early.
7) She would have to buy new clothes if she lost weight.
8) They would paint their house if they decided to stay.
9) If my cat caught a mouse, he would eat it.
10) If she had a haircut, she would look different.
11. D (However, I’d decided that if I wanted a future career in photography, I needed to learn to be a bit competitive).
12. D (...when I saw the others entries I couldn’t believe how good they were!)
13. B (I suppose I got interested when I got a cheap camera for my birthday...)
14. A (It’s great that it‘s not just a hobby for a few people any more).
15. B (методом исключения:
– A: дядя не мог сказать о том, что на стенах дома висят фотографии, сделанные Чарли, потому что там уже висят фото, сделанные дядей (It’s my uncle’s job and there are copies of his photographs all over our house!)
– C: дядя не мог сказать о том, что он посоветовал Чарли участвовать в соревновании, потому что ему это посоветовал друг (It was my friend who told me about competition.)
– D: дядя не мог сказать о том, что Чарли нужно предпочесть традиционный формат современному, потому что он и так это делает (It wasn’t a digital camera... <...> One thing that is important for me is printing out my best photos. Lots of people store everything online, but printing and hanging up a photograph makes it very special...)
Про отношения дяди с клубом не сказано ничего, поэтому фразу из варианта B он сказать мог.)
