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      10. Выберите нужный предлог:

      after – to – for – in

      1. “Oh, I can’t hear you; can you come a little closer?” said the fox ______________ a weak voice.

      2. Johnny-cake was going along the road, and soon he came ______________ a bear.

      3. They threw down their picks and ran ______________ him.

      4. The boy called his parents ________ ________ help, but they could not catch him.

      11. Ответьте на вопросы:

      1. How many persons are mentioned in the story?

      2. How many diggers were there?

      3. Did you like Johnny-cake?

      4. What would you do if you were the main character of the story?

      5. What is the end of the story?

      6. Retell the story.

      12. Заполните таблицу:

      Ответы:

      1. The old woman made Johnny-cake.

      2. a cornmeal flatbread

      3. the old woman and old man’s son

      4. Because she went to work in the garden.

      5. The man who excavates.

      6. to run faster or further than someone

      7. Because the fox wanted to eat him.

      8. Because he was not very clever.

      9. Johnny-cake was so quick that the wolf saw that there was no hope to catch him, and he lay down to rest.

      10.

      1. “Oh, I can’t hear you; can you come a little closer?” said the fox in a weak voice.

      2. Johnny-cake was going along the road, and soon he came to a bear.

      3. They threw down their picks and ran after him.

      4. The boy called his parents for help, but they could not catch him.

      12.

      The Mouse and the Cat

      The Mouse went to visit the Cat. The Cat was sitting behind the hall door and spinning.

      MOUSE. What are you doing, my lady, my lady,

      What are you doing, my lady?

      CAT. I’m spinning old breeches, my dear, my dear,

      I’m spinning old breeches, my dear.

      MOUSE. I was sweeping my room, my lady, my lady,

      I was sweeping my room, my lady.

      CAT. It will be cleaner, my dear, my dear,

      It will be cleaner, my dear.

      MOUSE. I found a silver sixpence, my lady, my lady,

      I found a silver sixpence, my lady.

      CAT. You’ll be richer, my dear, my dear,

      You’ll be richer, my dear.

      MOUSE. I went to the market, my lady, my lady,

      I went to the market, my lady.

      CAT. You went so far, my dear, my dear,

      You went so far, my dear.

      MOUSE. I bought me a pudding, my lady, my lady,

      I bought me a pudding, my lady.

      CAT. You’ll have more food, my dear, my dear,

      You’ll have more food, my dear.

      MOUSE. I put it in the window to cool, my lady,

      I put it in the window to cool.

      CAT. You’ll eat it faster, my dear, my dear,

      You’ll eat it faster, my dear.

      MOUSE. The cat came and ate it, my lady, my lady,

      The cat came and ate it, my lady.

      CAT. And I’ll eat you too, my dear, my dear,

      And I’ll eat you too, my dear.

      Jack the Buttermilk

      Jack was a boy who sold buttermilk. One day he met a witch. She asked him to give her some of his buttermilk for free.[37] “If you don’t give me some buttermilk,” said the witch, “I’ll put you into my bag and carry away[38]”. Jack refused to give the witch any of his buttermilk, so the witch put him into a bag that she carried over her shoulders.

      She walked home with him. But on her way she suddenly remembered that she forgot a pot of fat that she bought in the town. Jack was very heavy, and the witch did not want to carry him back to the town, so she asked some men who were brushing the hedge by the road to take care[39] of her bag till she came back.

      When the witch went away, Jack cried to the men, “If you take me out[40] of this bag and fill it full of thorns,[41] I will give you some of my buttermilk.”

      So the men took Jack out of the bag and filled it with thorns, and then Jack gave them some buttermilk and ran home.

      When the witch came back from town she picked up her bag, and walked home. But the thorns began to prick her back. When she came home, she emptied the bag on a clean white table. But when she found that there was nothing in the bag but thorns, she was very angry and said, “I’ll catch you tomorrow, Jack, and I’ll boil you.”

      Next day she met Jack again and asked him for some buttermilk and told him, “If you do СКАЧАТЬ