2. Choose the correct words. Inishmore is a beautiful little island off the west coast of Ireland. At first, it seems exactly as it 1) was/were eighty years 2) ago/before, but in fact it isn’t. Back then, only a few tourists 3) went/go to the island. There 4) wasn’t/weren’t any ferryboats or an airport in those days. Life was 5) thin/difficult. People didn’t 6) have/had much money. They 7) lived/stayed in small stone cottages. They didn’t even have electricity or 8) moving/running water. Inishmore is very 9) boring/busy today. There 10) are/were guesthouses, restaurants and a lot of shops. People have got 11) ancient/modern houses and fast cars. There is electricity in every house. There is even an airport. Inishmore is still beautiful, though.

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Inishmore is a beautiful little island off the west coast of Ireland. (Инишмор — красивый маленький остров у западного побережья Ирландии.) At first, it seems exactly as it was eighty years ago, but in fact it isn’t. (Сначала кажется, что он совсем такой же, каким был восемьдесят лет назад, но на самом деле это не так.) Back then, only a few tourists went to the island. (Тогда на остров приезжало лишь несколько туристов.) There weren’t any ferryboats or an airport in those days. (В те дни не было ни паромов, ни аэропорта.) Life was difficult. (Жизнь была трудной.) People didn’t have much money. (У людей было мало денег.) They lived in small stone cottages. (Они жили в небольших каменных домиках.) They didn’t even have electricity or running water. (У них не было даже электричества и водопровода.) Inishmore is very busy today. (Сегодня на Инишморе очень оживлённо.) There are guesthouses, restaurants and a lot of shops. (Там есть гостевые дома, рестораны и много магазинов.) People have got modern houses and fast cars. (У людей современные дома и быстрые автомобили.) There is electricity in every house. (В каждом доме есть электричество.) There is even an airport. (Там есть даже аэропорт.) Inishmore is still beautiful, though. (И всё же Инишмор по-прежнему красив.)

Выбор: с подлежащим во множественном числе используем were/weren’t; прошедшее время — went, lived; устойчивые сочетания — eighty years ago и running water.