1.They travel to enjoy picturesque places or just for a change of scene. 2.It is always interesting to discover new things, to see different people, to try different food, to listen to different musical rhythms. 3. City dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or on the mountains, with nothing to do but walk and bathe and lie in the sun. 4.People who wish to travel either for pleasure or on business have at their disposal various means of transport. 5. It is better to book tickets in advance. 6.On the appointed day you go to airport by car. 7.Soon youll be boarding the big airliner and it will carry you to new lands. 8.Some of the passengers are already reclining in comfortable armchairs. 9. Presently we take off and in a few minutes the pilot informs us of the altitude. 10. Our plane is due to arrive in eight hours. 11.When the day of your departure comes, you go to the railway station, which is usually closer to your home than the airport. 12. The porter helps you with your luggage. 13. On board of a large cruise ship people traverse oceans and visit other countries. 14.The ship stops for a day or two in different ports and people go ashore on excursions.15. Crossing the ocean is a magnificent and very long voyage, with enormous waves before you and a 4-deck liner under you.
Ex.4. Translate into English.
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Ex.5. Speak on the following sub topics.
A) Modern life is impossible without travelling.
B) People all over the world spend their holidays travelling.
C) Various means of transport.
Grammar: The Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I had been working | 1. I had not been working | HadIbeen working? |
I d been working I hadnt been working
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
Inclusive: denotes an action which began before a definite moment in the past, continued up to that moment and was still going on at that moment. It is used with: -since, for We had
Been climbing for six hours when at last we reached the summit of the mountain.
Exclusive: denotes an action which was no longer going on at a definite moment in the past, but which had been in progress not long before. Outside everything was in deep snow. It had been snowing hard all night?(not at that moment)
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Ex.6.Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous.
1. Clouds (gather) all day now rain came down in sheets. 2. I am coming all right, said Mr. Dilinger, who (shiver) for the last ten minutes. 3. I realized that he had come away with me in order to discuss once more what he already (discuss) for hours with his sister-in-law.4. I slowly released a breath and only then realized that I (hold) it for some time.
Ex.7.Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Tense.
1. When I (leave)home, the snow already (stop). 2. It (be) 6 p.m. and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day. 3. He clearly (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear). 4.She (say) she (teach) at this school for twenty years. 5.He (say) he just (finish) the book he (read) all this time. 6.The postman (come) after lunch and (bring) me a letter which I (expect) for a long time.7.It (rain) since the morning, and the fields (be) quite muddy.
