Exercise VI. Open the brackets and translate the sentences:
1. Britain (to be) one of the main exporters in the word last century.
2. Ukraine (to be interested) in exporting its manufactured goods.
3. The percentage of Spanish exports in word trade (to decline) significantly last year.
4. At the beginning of this century Britain (to lose) its dominating position.
5. Goods sold to other countries, such as food, cars, machines, medicines, books, musical instruments, discs and many others (to be) visible exports.
Exercise VII. Give the questions to which the following are answers:
1. All are here expect Olga and Maria.
2. They are coming back on Thursday.
3. yes, I passed the exams.
4. I have been in France for 1 month.
5. He came here yesterday.
6. No, I didn’t take my car with me.
7. They collected about 2000 Gr.
8. I stayed in London over Christmas.
Exercise VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past simple or Past Continuous:
1. Last year I (decide) to go to England for my holidays.
2. When I left Kyiv it (rain), but when I arrive in London it (clear up).
3. A cold wind (blow) from the sea.
4. I (go) to my hotel by bus.
5. As soon as I (sign in) I (see) a friend of mine from Ukraine.
6. She (stay) at the same hotel.
7. In the afternoon we (go) shopping.
8. street trades (sell) souvenirs.
9. We (listen) to their chatter trying to understand them.
Exercise IX. Replace the nouns by the personal pronouns in the Nominative or Objective Case:
1. The girls are playing tennis.
2. I saw the boys in the park.
3. We have seen the film.
4. My sister went to the post-office.
5. I am waiting for my sister.
6. Do you know my brother?
7. The contract was signed yesterday.
Exercise X. Give the plural of the following nouns:
A subject, a laboratory, a class, a tape-recorder, a lesson, a grown-up, a film-strip, an institute, a report, a college, a mark, a circle, a story, an examination, a passage, a voice, a library.
Exercise XI. Choose the correct verb:
1. The news is/are heard on the radio at 9 o’clock.
2. Some people is/are coming today.
3. our goods is/are of high quality.
4. His information is/are not correct.
5. The police was/were there.
6. People is/are pleased at the news.
7. The furniture is/are very old.