11) Read these sentences carefully and then pick up a variant which explanation in your opinion is grammatically correct. 1. John did lots of things in his short life. a) John did a lot of things in an early age. b) John is a young man who’s already achieved a lot in his life. c) John is dead. 2. John has done lots of things in his short life. a) John did a lot of things in an early age. b) John is a young man who’s already achieved a lot in his life. c) John is dead. 3. Sorry, Bob is not able to call you back because he has a shower. a) Bob is in his shower. b) Bob is having a shower. c) A shower belongs to Bob. 4. I’ve had this car for ages now. a) The speaker still owns his car. b) The speaker sold his car. c) Now the speaker’s car is aged. 5. Our company has achieved nearly 90% of this year plan. a) Our company is the best, wow! b) It is still THIS year. c) We didn’t achieve our plan completely. 6. When I came to the store, somebody had already bought a phone I’d been planning to buy. a) I wasn’t quick in buying a phone I’d wanted. b) The store no longer has a phone I wanted to buy. c) My plan has crashed. 7. I was given a wonderful box of chocolate the other day. When I opened the box the following day, I saw that there weren’t a couple of chocolates in there. I ate some also. After some more days, when I opened the box again, I realized to my surprise that some of the chocolates magically disappeared, and I thought… a) What a small box of chocolates I was given! b) Somebody had been eating my chocolates. c) Somebody had eaten my chocolates. 8. Dean is always smoking in his office. a) The speaker says that Dean is a smoker. b) The speaker says that Dean smokes in HIS office. c) The speaker is slightly irritated. 9. Don’t you guys have phones? a) The speaker says that the guys don’t have phones. b) The speaker asks the guys how many phones they have. c) The speaker is being sarcastic. 10. If you hadn’t invited me to this party, I wouldn’t be here now. a) The speaker says that he wasn’t invited to the party so he missed it. b) The speaker says that he is grateful for having been invited to the party. c) The speaker says that he is so upset about not having been invited to the party. Спасибо!

Ответ:

c) John is dead.

b) John is a young man who’s already achieved a lot in his life.

b) Bob is having a shower.

a) The speaker still owns his car.

b) It is still THIS year.

b) The store no longer has a phone I wanted to buy.

c) Somebody had eaten my chocolates.

b) The speaker says that Dean smokes in HIS office.

c) The speaker is being sarcastic.

b) The speaker says that he is grateful for having been invited to the party.