16 Underline the correct item.
1 A: I can't stand waiting in a queue at the supermarket.
B: Me neither. I prefer to shop at my local grocer's because it's quieter,
2 A: Jahn doesn't appear to have made much progress this term.
B: I know, it's a shame his grades have fallen.
3 A: I hate it when my mum makes me put away the groceries.
B: So do I! I think it's ever so boring!
4 A: Can you help me pick out an outfit for our end of the year dance?
B: Sure! How about going to that new clothes shop in the shopping centre?
5 A: Have you considered calling the store about your faulty MP3 player?
B: Yes, but I seem to be having trouble getting through to them.
1. My brother read to me an extract from the book which he had brought the day before. The main character of the book is a young doctor who went to a distant village in Seberia. 2. The weather was very bad in October. We didn't enjoy the very cool autumn last year. 3. When he came into the room, he saw a man sitting on the sofa. He at once remembered that it was the man he had seen at the theatre the night before. 4. Yesterday I saw the film you are speaking about.
5. He took a taxi and gave the address to the driver.
16. Tower Bridge is the first bridge over the Thames
coming from the sea. Built in 1894, it is a suspension
bridge. The central portion of it can be opened to admit
... ships to the docks in this part of the river. When a
ship arrives, the traffic is stopped and the great bridge
opens in the centre: its two halves go up into the air
and the ship passes
