English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых.. Larisa Lubimova
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Третья часть этого сборника по английской грамматике получилась самой интересной и самой сложной. Здесь вас ждут условные предложения, герундий, причастие, инфинитивные обороты и многое другое (не менее интересное). Как и в первых двух частях, это не просто разбор грамматических конструкций, но и использование их в необычных упражнениях. Уровень этой части вырос до intermediate-plus и это чувствуется не только в более сложной грамматике, но и в лексике. Эта книга для детей и взрослых, которые хотят говорить и писать не хуже носителей языка. Для тех, кто любит выдумку, мистику, приключения и юмор.
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Unit 1
Revision of Tenses
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EXERCISE 1
Fill the gaps in the story with missing words:
As far as you remember, our friends went to the attic to find the old letters to reveal the truth.
Hundreds of tiny screeching fuzzy ***** with leathery *****, long toenails and dog snouts attacked them in the *****. Have you ever seen bats? For Kudjo and Luna it was the ***** time and, of course, they got scared stiff. They didn’t ***** immobilised by fear. The wave of bats knocked them down and vanished in the ***** of the forest.
While the dogs were lying there trying to ***** what had happened, they heard a strange fluttering *****. They went inside to investigate and saw a tiny grey *****, which had got stuck between two old floorboards. Luna begged Kudjo to help the bat get out of the crack. Kudjo knew that it was ***** to take bats in your hands only with thick gloves. They looked for something like ***** in an old chest of drawers and found some big leather *****. He took the ***** carefully while Luna was making the crack ***** with a poker. One minute more and the pup would be free.
(to be continued)
EXERCISE 2
Change the sentences using the tense in brackets:
For example,
People are afraid of bats. (Present Perfect Continuous) – People have been experiencing fear of bats for centuries.
1 The bat is making a clicking sound. (Past Continuous)
2 Some people call bats heroes of the night (Past Simple Passive)
3 People even celebrate Bat Week every last week of October. (Present Simple Passive)
4 Bats help foresters and farmers protect their crops from pests because bats can eat their body weight in insects. (Present Perfect)
5 Kudjo said that he loved bats because they can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes an hour. (Direct Speech)
EXERCISE 3
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form:
1 Kudjo was astonished when he /tell/ that bats are not blind.
2 Kudjo thought that bats /use/ the attic for hibernation before the dogs’ coming there.
3 Kudjo just /read/ that bats live in friendly colonies, share information and food and even adopt orphans.
4 When Kudjo looked at the pup, which they /rescue/, it /hang/ upside down and /eat/ some insect.
5 It /believe/ that the first bats /discover/ 65 to 100 million years ago.
EXERCISE 4
Find and correct mistakes in 4 sentences:
1 Kudjo and Luna took care of the pup, fed it with some insects and it told them the colony of bats has been living in the attic for a few months.
2 The pup helped them find the drawer where the old letters were kept.
3 Kudjo and Luna heard some voices outside. Luna’s parents had woken up and are trying to find them.
4 The dogs quickly opened the drawer and grasped a pile of letters, which were tied together with an antique box.
5 Kudjo and Luna kissed the little bat good-bye and ran downstairs, where they were looking for.
EXERCISE 5
Chilly is texting a message to Kudjo. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:
1Hi, Kudjo. How you /do/?
2 Guess what? I just /tell/ that we /come/ to you next month.
3 Everything /prepare/ for this trip right now.
4 Shopping lists /write/, clothes /sort/ out, the bags /check/ at the moment.
5 Luckily, I /find/ a quiet place where nobody can bother me. Oh no! My secret hideout /discover/. Ay me!
EXERCISE 6
Choose the correct option:
1 The bats ***** a symbol of happiness in China and Japan.
a consider
b are considered
c will be considered
2 In cultural folklore, bats ***** as ingredients for medicines and potions in witchcraft.
a were used
b used
c are used
3 They say witches ***** bats to spy on people during medieval times.
a used to tame
b tame
c were used to tame
4 Researchers ***** bats groom themselves as cats do.
a have been discovered
b discover
c have discovered
5 Several animals such as birds, snakes, and weasels ***** to prey on bats
a are known
b be known
c know
EXERCISE 7
Translate the story:
К счастью. родители ушли искать Куджо и Луну в другую часть сада, и им удалось выскользнуть из дома незамеченными. Они спрятали письма с коробочкой в своем тайнике под старой яблоней и побежали навстречу родителям. Те выглядели встревоженными, так как их разбудила