2 Fill in the missing words. Then compare Natasha with your friend or friends. Write about your friend in your exercise book. to be, dictionary, can't, heart, projects, recited, grown-up, could, attended, able Natasha loves her English classes. She started learning English when she was six and by the age of seven she (1) ______ read and write. She did her homework regularly, (2) ______ all classes, learnt and (3) ______ poems, learnt how to use a (4) ______. Now she's twelve and she is (5) ______ to do difficult tests, to read newspapers and to learn songs by (6) ______. In the nearest future Natasha would like (7) ______ able to speak with her foreign friend in the English language and to do creative (8) ______. Today Natasha (9) ______ read English books in the original by she would like to be able to when she is a (10) ______.

Решение:

Это задание на заполнение пропусков в тексте. Нужно выбрать подходящие слова из списка и вставить их в нужные места.

1. (1) could: Natasha loved learning English when she was six and by the age of seven she could read and write. (В этом контексте 'could' означает способность, возможность).
2. (2) attended: She did her homework regularly, attended all classes. ('attended' означает посещала).
3. (3) recited: learnt and (3) recited poems. ('recited' означает декламировала).
4. (4) dictionary: learnt how to use a (4) dictionary. ('dictionary' - словарь, который используют для изучения языка).
5. (5) able: Now she's twelve and she is (5) able to do difficult tests. ('able' означает способная, умеющая).
6. (6) heart: and to learn songs by (6) heart. (учить наизусть, 'by heart').
7. (7) to be: Natasha would like (7) to be able to speak with her foreign friend. ('to be able to' - быть способным).
8. (8) projects: and to do creative (8) projects. ('projects' - проекты, что-то творческое).
9. (9) can't: Today Natasha (9) can't read English books in the original. ('can't' - не может, отрицание способности).
10. (10) grown-up: she would like to be able to when she is a (10) grown-up. ('grown-up' - взрослый человек).

Ответ: 1. could, 2. attended, 3. recited, 4. dictionary, 5. able, 6. heart, 7. to be, 8. projects, 9. can't, 10. grown-up.