Variant 1 Read and translate the text Automobile Transportation and Road Transport

2. Answer the following questions according to the text
1.Who was Henry Ford?
2.What did Henry Ford design?
3.When did trams appear?

3.Write down and translate the following words and word combinations.

1. 
   source of power 5) a horse-driven bus
   
2. 
   internal combustion engine 6) electric current
   

3) rubber tires 7) underground railway
4.Fill in the blanks using Future Simple, Future Continuous and Future Perfect Tense.

1. 
   When you come to my place tomorrow, I(to read) your book. I (to do) my homework by the time you come.
   
2. 
   Don’t come to my place tomorrow. I (to write) an essay the whole evening.
   
3. 
   I (not to go) to the cinema tomorrow. I to watch TV the whole evening.
   
4. 
   What you (to do) tomorrow?
   
5. 
   You (to play) volleyball tomorrow?
   

5.Supply the correct forms of the verbs.( Past Continuous or Past Simple)

1. 
   While the teacher (explain) some grammar rules to the children the bell (ring).
   
2. 
   Charles (interrupt) Marry when she (talk) to her acquaintance.
   
3. 
   While we (wait) for the plane Bob (buy) some newspaper at the news stall.
   
4. 
   Somebody (knock) at the door when Alex (take) a shower.
   
5. 
   Aggie and Mary (read) a book when Pedro (come) into the room.
   

VARIANT 7

1. 
   Share your ideas about the text
   

Using public transport
Many people who do not have cars use buses, trolleybuses, trams to go place near their house, and they use trains to places far away. Local transport is more often private. When using public transport people may need a ticket or card to be able to get on. On trams they get a ticket that they put in a machine and it tells them when their ticket runs out. On buses and trolleybuses they buy their ticket from the driver and put it into a machine, on trains they use . A timetable tells them when they come, since they can only go when and where the transport is going. Public transport is also good for the environment. When many people use the same vehicle, fewer cars are on the road. Fewer cars make less pollution. Cost is low, because it is very cheap to catch public transport every day, which is why even people who own a car often use public transport. To my mind the best way to travel along the city is to walk. When you go on foot, you do not depend on any kind of transport. You can observe the beauty of the buildings and landscapes wandering along the streets, you can go anywhere you like. These are the advantages. But, of course, the disadvantages of foot walks are the time you spent while walking.