Lesson I theme: “Lesson of Independence” Read and translate the text

2. Answer the following questions:

1. 
   1. What three main streams are automotive engineers separated into?
   
2. 
   2. What does automotive engineering incorporate?
   
3. 
   3. Are manufacturing engineers responsible for organising automobile level testing and certification?
   
4. 
   4. What is typically handled by a large team of designers and engineers from many different disciplines?
   

3. Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:


1. When we were on vacation, the weather … ……………………… (be) terrible.
2. In her whole lifetime, Mary … ………………………………………… (never / see) snow.
3. I don’t know where Ammy is. ………………………………………….(you / see) her?
4. When I ……………………………. (get) home last night, I ……………………….. (be) very tired and I …………………………… (go) straight to bed.
5. Your car looks very clean. ……………………………………. (you / wash) it?
6. George …………………………………….. (not / be) very well last week.
7. Mr. Clark …………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
Lesson IV


The driving test
1. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words from the list:

retake examiner unfriendly underestimated overcrowded\crowded conductor useless luckily disbelief backwards disappointed

I knew I would have to 1) … my driving test as soon as I saw the 2) … He didn’t even say “hello” and seemed very 3) … . I was a little bit late I suppose as I had slightly 4) … how long it would take me to get there. As usual in this 5) … city all the buses were packed and I had had to wait more than twenty minutes before a 6) … would let me get on a bus. I knew apolo-gizing would be 7) … so I just got in the car. 8) … I wasn’t feeling particu-larly nervous but this horrible man stared at me in 9) … as I began to drive off. I put the car into gear, but it went 10)… so fast I couldn’t believe it-straight into the wall. I was so 11) … when he told me I had failed that Ithought I might cry.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct FUTURE forms:

(Will / Going to / Present Continuous / Simple Present)


1. A: What are you doing with that brush?
B: I ………………………………………………… (paint) my room.
2. A: Why are you wearing your anorak?
B: I ………………………………………………… (go) out.
3. .I don’t know the meaning of this word so I …………………………………………
(look) it up in the dictionary.
4. .Look out! You …………………………………………… (hurt) yourself with that knife.
5. A: I’ve got a terrible headache.
B: Have you? Wait there and I …………………………………………. (get) an aspirin
for you.
6. Mother: Your face is dirty.
Child : All right. I …………………………………………………. (wash) it.
3. Put the verb in to the correct from using WILL or GOING TO:

1. 
   A: Look! There’s smoke coming out of that house. It’s on fire!
   

B: Good heavens! I ………………………… call the fire-brigade immediately.

2. 
   A: The ceiling in this room doesn’t look very safe, does it?
   

B: No, it looks as if it ………………………………….. (fall) down.

3. 
   A: Where are you going? Are you going shopping?
   

B: Yes, I …………………………………….. (buy) something for dinner.

4. 
   A: I can’t work out how to use this camera.
   

B: It’s quite easy. I ………………………………. (show) you.
5. A: What would you like to drink – tea or coffee?
B: I ……………………………. (have) tea, please.
6. A: Has George decided on what to do when he leaves school?
B: Oh yes. Everything is planned. He …………………………………… (have) a holiday
for a few weeks and then he ……………………………………….. (start) a computer
programming course.

Lesson V