English. I work in Madras in the south. People in Madras don`t speak Hindi. They speak Tamil. I
translate the documents from English into Tamil. It`s very difficult for me.
Joanna Parkin is a financial adviser. She works for Kudoh Investments in London
I`m English but I work for a Japanese company in London. I meet people from all over the world
in the office… Japan, the USA, Germany, Latin America. Everyone speaks English at work, but
the company bosses are all Japanese. I study Japanese at home in the evenings. I also speak a
little French and a few words of German. I am not very good at German. In fact I don`t
understand a word!
Laszlo Radai is Hungarian. He works as a hotel receptionist in Kethely, near Lake Balaton.
My first language is Hungarian and I also speak German very well. Seventy-five per cent of the
tourists in this hotel speak German. I often meet people from Holland. They speak German and
Hungarian. I also speak a little English. I don`t meet many people from Britain every
year so I
don`t practice my English very much.
2 Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в одном из следующих времен: Present
Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous.
1. Nina (to celebrate) her birthday yesterday.
Her room looked beautiful, there (to be) many
flowers in it. When I (to come) in, somebody (to play) the piano, two or three pairs (to dance). 2.
Listen! Somebody (to play) the piano. 3. I (to like) music very much. 4. When I (to look) out of
the window, it (to rain) heavily and people (to hurry) along the streets. 5. What you (to do) at
seven o'clock yesterday? — I (to have) supper. 6. When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see)
that all my family (to sit) round the table. Father (to read) a letter from my uncle who (to live) in
Kiev.
7. Where you (to be) yesterday? — I (to be) at home the whole day. — How strange. I (to ring)
you up at two o'clock, but nobody (to answer). — Oh, I (to be) in the garden. I (to read) your
book and (not to hear) the telephone. 8. What you (to do) at five o'clock yesterday? — I (to
work) in the library. — I (to be) there, too, but I (not to see) you. 9. Yesterday I (to work) at my
English from five till seven. 10. It (to rain) the whole day yesterday. 11. Where your sister (to
be) now? — She (to be) in her room. She (to do) her homework.
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