Ex. 3. Imagine that you are a tour guide. Make an excursion about London for your groupmates.

Ex. 4. What do you know about this places of interest?

- Saint Paul’s Cathedral

- Big Ben

- Westminster Abbey

- Hyde Park

- British Museum

- Buckingham Palace

- the National Gallery

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Ex. 1. Write the correct form of the Present Perfect to complete these sentences:

1. …….. to Rome (you ever be)? 2. …….. this film before (I see). 3. …….. in an office (she never work). 4. …….. in an airplane (I never be). 5. …….. to Germany (he ever be)? 6. …….. my parents (you met)?. 7. …….. in the theatre (you ever work)? 8. …….. to all the capital cities of Europe (she be). 9. …….. this book (I read). 10. …….. that new film about aliens (you see)? 11. …….. abroad (we never be). 12. …….. a British policeman before (they never see). 13. …….. in a foreign country (they ever live)? 14. …….. the President (they meet).

Ex. 2. Is 's a short form for is or has?

Model: He's tired. / It's dead. / She's thirsty. (= is).

He's gone. / It's disappeared. / She's left. (= has)

1 He's tired.2 She's worried. 3. She's arrived. 4 He's left the country. 5. It's escaped. 6. She's stopped working. 7. She's ill .8. He's had a cold. 9. He's eaten.

Ex. 3. Make up sentences in Present Perfect using “never”, “a few times”, “a lot of times”:

Ex. 4. Write these sentences, putting the verbs into the Present Perfect or Past Simple:

Model: I (read) that book three times. – I've read that book three times.

She (go) home three days ago. – She went home three days aqo.

1.  I (meet) Mr and Mrs Shelley.

2.  She (start) school in 1984.

3. I (leave) the office early last night.

4. He (see) the film before.

5. (You be) to Austria?

6. (You see) the film on TV last night?

7. When (you arrive) in London?

8. John (be) to Germany before.

9.  (You read) this book before?

10.  I (not see) him yesterday.

11.  I never (go) anywhere by plane until now.

12.  (You hear) their new record? It's the best they've ever made.

13. I (not know) about the disco last night.

Ex. 5. Write these sentences, putting the verbs into the Past Simple or Past Perfect:

1. They ………. the gates before I ………. there. (lock, get)

2. By the time we ………., the party ………. .(arrive, finish)

3. I ………. the shop as soon as I ………. the contents of the box. (ring, check)

4. After we ………. it on the phone, I ………. him a letter about it. (discuss, write)

5. We ………. a good rest when our guests ………. .(have, all leave)

6. When she ………. the office this morning, Jim ………. . (ring, already go out)

7. Before we ………. Tim to the theatre, he ………. a stage play. (take, never see).

Ex. 6. Match the phrases in the left column with those in the right column:

UNIT 8. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

Read, translate and retell the text: