Task 3: Read the text. Fill in the gaps instead of each dash, choosing the correct grammatical form from the three options (1, 2, or 3). Write the chosen numbers in the table under the corresponding letters. Last year I visited Siberia. I A _______ Lake Baikal. It is a very beautiful deep lake. It is also the B _______ freshwater lake in the world. It is 25 million years old. There are about 100 volcanoes but there are C _______ active ones. 336 rivers flow into Lake Baikal. Only one flows out, which is the Upper Angara. There are more than thirty rocky islands in this lake. One of them is Olkhon. A lot of people D _______ it every year. Lake Baikal is home to thousands of different plants and animals. People like taking photos of E _______ . A: 1) see 2) saw 3) seeing B: 1) oldest 2) older 3) old C: 1) some 2) any 3) no D: 1) visit 2) to visit 3) visiting E: 1) they 2) them 3) their Write the chosen numbers in the table under the corresponding letters. Answer: A B C D E

Task 3: Fill in the gaps

To complete the text about Lake Baikal, we need to choose the correct grammatical form for each blank:

• A: 1) see - 'see' is the correct base form of the verb in this context, as it describes a general action or observation.
• B: 2) older - 'older' is the comparative form of the adjective 'old', used here to compare the age of the lake to other lakes.
• C: 3) no - 'no' is used before a noun to indicate absence or zero quantity, fitting the context of 'no active ones' among the volcanoes.
• D: 1) visit - 'visit' is the correct base form of the verb, indicating a regular action.
• E: 2) them - 'them' is the object pronoun referring to the 'thousands of different plants and animals'.

Here is the table with the chosen numbers:

Ответ: 1 2 3 1 2