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A laconic answer

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  2. A) Read the article to find the answers to these questions.
  3. A) Try to answer these questions.
  4. A. Read the extract below and answer the questions.
  5. A. Read the text and answer the questions below.
  6. A. Read the text and answer the questions below.

to be to remain to bring to want to know to need

to break to give to invade to destroy to send to live

The Lacons... (1) in a part of Southern Greece called Laconia. They... (2) for their bravery and simplicity. They... (3) just and honest, they never... (4) a promise or a law. One of their rules... (5) always to speak briefly, using no more words than... (6). The best example of this... (7) the reply the Lacons... (8) to Philip of Macedon.

Philip... (9) to become master of all Greece. When only Laconia... (10) unconquered by him he... (11) a letter to the brave Lacons, saying: "If I... (12) your country, I... (13) your great city." In a few days an answer... (14) to him with only one word in it -

WHAT WAS THE WORD IN THE LETTER?

6. Answer the following questions in the Passive.

NOTE: The Passive Voice is sometimes used for emphasis. For example, a subject- question in the Active is often answered by a Passive, so that the important information (i.e. what the questioner wants to know) is emphasized by being put at the end.

Example: Who wrote “Jane Eyre”? – “Jane Eyre” was written by Ch.Bronte.

1. Who discovered America? 2. Who invented the radio? 3. Who wrote “Robinson Crusoe”? 4. Who printed the first book? 5. Who created the famous St.Paul's Cathedral? 6. Who founded Moscow University? 7. Who was the first to use the expression "veni, vidi, vici"? 8. Who performed the first space flight? 9. Who opened the most famous art gallery in Moscow? 10. Who shot the first movie? 11. Who invented paper and powder? 12. Who wrote "David Copperfield”? 13. Who discovered penicillin? 14. Who conquered Britain in 1066? 15. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

 

7. Study the examples below and fill in the blanks with by or with.

He was killed by a falling stone.

He was killed with a knife.

Which of the prepositions denotes the method? Which of them denotes the doer of the action?

1. Who was the monument designed...? 2. All these little wooden houses were built... very simple tools. 3. A lot of damage was done... the flood. 4. The last match was won... the Sheffield team, wasn't it? 5. What were the shelves fixed...? 6. The child was covered... a blanket... his mother. 7. This note is written... a very bad pen, that's why you can't read it. 8. Can you open the door of your apartment... this key? 9. Many beautiful old buildings in cities are replaced … modern ones. 10. The music that was composed … Beethoven towards the end of his life is very different from his early music. 11. The room was filled … smoke that was coming from his pipe. 12. The lock was covered … paint, and we couldn’t open the door. 13. Much of London was destroyed … fire in the 17th century. 14. The man was bitten … a snake, and the doctor had to give him a serum. 15. He was saved from bankruptcy … the kindness of a friend.

8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs.

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