7. Choose the correct answer.
1. He is such … good worker.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
2. He is … engineer by profession.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
3. Are you from … Krasnoyarsk?
a) a b) an c) the d) –
4. My father is for … my passion to become a worker.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
5. … person is always busy with his tasks.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
6. We are first-year students of … Siberian State Aerospace University.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
7. Tom is … good sportsman.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
8. They are not so interested in … Humanities.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
9. Are … students aware of their future difficult job?
a) a b) an c) the d) –
10. What is your friend by … occupation?
a) a b) an c) the d) –
8. Make sentences using the words given.
1. My / by / is / businessman / profession / a/ father.
2. I / to make / serious/ am / a decision / about.
3. The / employees/ are/ administration/ interested/ qualified/ in.
4. He / and / difficult / is / a / to do / new / task / about.
5. All / crazy / members / family / are / about / and / my / Sciences / of / Technologies.
6. Are / well / able / you / to study?
7. Distant / is / education / a / alternative / good / to / education / full-time.
8. Plant / workers / their / are / against / administration / being students / not.
9. He / improvement / busy / is / machines / of old / with / often.
10. Working / is / successful / very / experience / future / for / career / important.

1. А
2. С
3.d, но я бы написала in
4.d
5.c
6. Не уверена, или а или с
7. А
8. С
9. Не знаю
10. С

1. My father is a businessman by profession.

2. I am about to make a serious decision.

3. The employees are interested in qualified administration.

4. He is about to do a new and difficult task.

5. All members of my family are crazy about Sciences and Technologies.

6. Are you able to study well?
7. Distant education is a good alternative to full-time education.

8. Plant administration are not against their workers being students.

9. He is often busy with improvement of old machines.

10. Working experience is very important for future successful career.

Choose the correct type of question.
1) It’s windy today, isn’t it?
2) How do you get to work?
3) Can you do it for me?
4) Who is this man?
5) He doesn’t have a car, does he?
6) What happened to us?
7) Will you go to Moscow by train or by plane?
8) Where are you going?
9) Did he pass the exam or not?
10) Do you read a book?
Варианты типов:
1. general question
2. special question
3.tag question
4. question to the subject
5. alternative question

General question :
3) Can you do it for me?
10) Do you read a book?  
special question:
2) How do you get to work?
6) What happened to us? 
8) Where are you going?
tag question:
1) It’s windy today, isn’t it? 
5) He doesn’t have a car, does he? 
subject question:
4) Who is this man?
alternative question:
7) Will you go to Moscow by train or by plane? 
9) Did he pass the exam or not? 

Choose the correct type of question. 1) It’s windy today, isn’t it? 2) How do you get to work? 3) Can you do it for me? 4) Who is this man? 5) He doesn’t have a car, does he? 6) What happened to us? 7) Will you go to Moscow by train or by plane? 8) Where are you going? 9) Did he pass the exam or not? 10) Do you read a book? Не перевод а ответ варианты general, special, tag, subject, alternative question

General question :
3) Can you do it for me?
10) Do you read a book?  
special question:
2) How do you get to work?
6) What happened to us? 
8) Where are you going?
tag question:
1) It’s windy today, isn’t it? 
5) He doesn’t have a car, does he? 
subject question:
4) Who is this man?
alternative question:
7) Will you go to Moscow by train or by plane? 
9) Did he pass the exam or not? 

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences:
1. George isn’t looking forward. a new house.
A) moving B) moving to C) to move to D) to moving to
2. How do you manage. so many things?
A) done B) to do C) did D) to be done
3. Mum says we must. the dirty dishes in the sink.
A) putting B) be put C) put D) to put
4. I’m sorry, but I can’t help. at your haircut!
A) to laugh B) laughed C) laughing D) will laugh
5. Don’t deny. the window. Tom saw you.
A) break B) to break C) have broken D) having broken
6.1 would love. a house in the countryside.
A) had B) had have C) to have D) have had
7. Has anyone offered. you?
A) helping B) help C) to help D) helped
8. It’s not worth. so much for a used car.
A) paying B) to pay C) pay D) to have paid
9. She has. money that she has to have two jobs.
A) so little B) so few C) such a little D) such a few
10. He can’t be blamed. to phone.
A) forget B) to forget C) for forgetting D) of forgetting

My post “She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes by the Sink” spent time as one of the most popular things on the internet over the weekend. As of this writing, it has been read more than 2.3 million times.

For context, my previous most popular post had been read about 100,000 times. Over the course of 2 ½ years.

As a writer, you’re like Cool! People are validating my work! But then the comments start rolling in.

“Be a man. Pussy.”

“Your wife was a nagging shrew and you’re better off without her if she would leave you over something petty like a glass by the sink.”

“You’re STILL missing the point if you think she left you because of dishes!”

“You’re a sackless fag.”

“You’re sexist because you wrote that ‘Men are capable of things’ as if women couldn’t do those things, too!”

“You’re sexist because you write about how horrible men are, but never talk about how women can be the problem too!”

My personal favorite was the Canadian high school girl who tweeted that my wife left because I write like “a whiny teenage girl.”

That was discouraging.

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences
С пояснением, переводом
1. George isn’t looking forward. a new house.
A) moving B) moving to C) to move to D) to moving to
2. How do you manage. so many things?
A) done B) to do C) did D) to be done
3. Mum says we must. the dirty dishes in the sink.
A) putting B) be put C) put D) to put
4. I’m sorry, but I can’t help. at your haircut!
A) to laugh B) laughed C) laughing D) will laugh
5. Don’t deny. the window. Tom saw you.
A) break B) to break C) have broken D) having broken
6.1 would love. a house in the countryside.
A) had B) had have C) to have D) have had
7. Has anyone offered. you?
A) helping B) help C) to help D) helped
8. It’s not worth. so much for a used car.
A) paying B) to pay C) pay D) to have paid
9. She has. money that she has to have two jobs.
A) so little B) so few C) such a little D) such a few
10. He can’t be blamed. to phone.
A) forget B) to forget C) for forgetting D) of forgetting

1 d
После to look forward используется to+герундий
Джордж не ждёт с нетерпением переезда в новый дом.
2 b
После глагола manage используется инфинитив с частицей to
Как Вам удаётся делать так много вещей?
3 с
После модального глагола must употребляется инфинитив без частицы to
Мама говорит, что мы должны положить/поставить грязную посуду в раковину.
4 c
После can’t help употребляется герундий
Прости, но я не могу не смеяться с твоей стрижки!
5 d
После глагола deny используется герундий
Не отрицай, что это ты разбил окно. Том видел тебя.
6 c
После would love употребляется инфинитив с частицей to
Мне бы хотелось, чтобы у меня был дом за городом.
7 c
После глагола offer используется инфинитив с частицей to
Кто-нибудь предложил помочь Вам?
8а
После выражения to be worth используется герундий
Не стоит платить так много за подержанную машину.
9 а
С неисчислимыми существительными в значении «мало» используется “Little”
У неё так мало денег, что она вынуждена работать на двух работах.
10 c
Глагол blame употребляется с предлогом for после которого употребляется герундий
Его нельзя винить за то, что он забыл позвонить.

Choose the correct alternative.
1. Stop singing that song. You have sung/been singing it all afternoon.
2.That's it. I have done/been doing all my homework.
3.It's terrible! Max has had/been having an accident.
4.She's looked/been looking for her keys all day, but she still hasn't found them.
5.Why are you dirty? What have you done/been doing.
6.That actor has made/beenmaking twenty films.
7.My eyes hurt. I have worked/been working on the computer all day.
8.You have played/been playing computer games since ten o'clock this morning. It's time to switch off!
Напишите, и если не трудно, объясните по какому принципу это всё работает

1 stop singing that song. You have been singing it all afternoon
2 thats it. I have done doing my homework
3 It’s terrible! Max been having an accident.
4 Shes lbeen looking for her keys all day, but she still hasnt found them.
5 why are you dirty? what have you been doing.
6 that actor has beenmaking twenty films
7 my eyes hurt. I have been working on the computer all day.
8 you have been playing computer games since ten o clock this morning.its time to switch off!
А объяснить я не знаю как.

These are confused pairs of words. Choose the correct alternative for each sentence
1. COMMON / MUTUAL
a) The firm agreed that increasing client satisfaction was our ……….goal.
b) It was in the parties’. interest to reach an agreement quickly.
2. LESS / FEWER
a) There were. hours logged than the company expected.
b) The amount of gasoline was ………. than we had budgeted for.
3. PRINCIPLE / PRINCIPAL
a) The. reason we didn’t pursue it was the cost.
b) We didn’t want to continue the case, mostly because of …….
4. AFFECT / EFFECT
a) The cost will. the final contract.
b) We know that the. of the merger will create problems.

1. COMMON / MUTUAL
a) The firm agreed that increasing client satisfaction was our COMMON goal.
b) It was in the parties’ MUTUAL interest to reach an agreement quickly.
2. LESS / FEWER
a) There were  FEWER hours logged than the company expected.
b) The amount of gasoline was LESS than we had budgeted for.
3. PRINCIPLE / PRINCIPAL
a) The PRINCIPAL reason we didn’t pursue it was the cost.
b) We didn’t want to continue the case, mostly because of PRINCIPLE.
4. AFFECT / EFFECT
a) The cost will AFFECT the final contract.
b) We know that the EFFECT of the merger will create problems.