Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 6. Insert articles where necessary.
I. John Galsworthy [go:lzwa:di|. ... outstanding English novelist and play­wright, was born in 1867. He was awarded ... Nobel Prize for... Literature in 1932. 2. First⁵⁰ Dickens worked as ... reporter for “... True Sun”. 3. After “Oliver ['oliva] Twist” had been out, all Dickens’s works were ... great success with ... readers. 4. In 1841 Dickens made ... tour of... United States. ... tour made ... great impression on him. After he had returned to England he published “American Notes” in which he criticized ... American society. 5. Conan Doyle became famous when ... collection of short stories under ... title “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”⁵¹ was published in 1892.
Exercise 7. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
1. Jerome K. Jerome (фэ гоит kei фэтоит). a British novelist and drama­tist, was born ... 1859. He had to leave ... school... an early age and start to make a living ... himself. He had worked ... clerk, actor and teacher before he became a writer. His book “Three Men in a Boat” has been popular... the readers since it was ... in 1889. 2. In 1932 Priestley |pri:sth| began to write ... the theatre and published his first play “Dangerous Corner”⁵². 3. Graham IqrciamJ Greene's “Quiet American”⁵³ is devoted ... the war in Vietnam [viat'naem]. 4. Sean O'Casey was bom ... a poor worker’s family ... 1880 ... Dublin. ... 1913 he took an active part... the strike⁵⁴ ... the Dublin transport workers.... the twenties he began to make a living ... writing. Sean O'Casey wrote plays. His best play is “Juno and the Peacock”⁵⁵ ... which he was awarded a prize.
Exercise 8. Respond to these statements according to the model.

1. 
   His mother has been ill for a month.
   

By that time his mother had been ill for a month.

1. 
   He has worked as art critic for the “Times” for a year. 2. He gave up studying English literature. 3. He made a tour of Europe. 4. They have already realized their plan. 5. They have published two of his novels.
   

2. 
   The new performance was a success, (to hope)
   

I hoped that the new performance had been a success.

1. 
   He realized the new plan, (to know) 2. Shaw's play “Saint Joan” made a great impression on him. (to be sure) 3. He was awarded the Nobel Prize, (to know) 4. They have staged his new play, (to think) 5. He has always been their true friend, (to be sure) 6. He tried to make a living by writing, (to know) Exercise 9. Make up ten sentences using Past Perfect and the active words given below.
   

an outstanding playwright, to leave school, to try, to become interested in. to take part in, to describe, several, to be out, to be devoted to, to make an impression on