Вопрос Choose either the Gerund or the Infinitive. Time estimated: 15 min. Укажите правильный вариант ответа: 1/ There are a lot of new ways of electricity. 2/ We avoid holidays in exotic countries. 3/ I use public transport my college. 4/ is one of the global problems that we have now. 5/ Helen hoped a promotion. 6/ I enjoy birds from my hand. 7/ Everybody prefers at home in winter. 8/ I expect this plastic bag. 9/ He would prefer the place by coach. 10/ It’s no use to remember this poem. 11/ That

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1) the blind can learn to read with the help of their fingers.

2) she became - blind at the age of ten.

3) she looked - young enough to be his daughter.

4) this government has helped the rich but has done nothing to help the poor.

5) a special school for the deaf is being built in our town.

6) mr morrison asked us to speak more loudly, as he was rather - deaf.

7) the deaf, the blind and the dumb are the categories of people who may have problems finding a job.

8) this part of the city is - old and very beautiful.

9) what do we call people who can't hear: do we call them the deaf or the dumb?

10) alice is too - young to drive a car.

11) the number of - unemployed people is rising all the time.

правило:

the + прилагательное

the употребляется со следующими

прилагательными:

the old, the young, the rich, the poor,

the blind, the deaf, the sick, the dead,

the disabled, the unemployed, the injured

- after the concert money will be collected for the poor.

- life is not easy for the unemployed.

помните, что эти слова не могут использоваться отдельно, как существительные. вы должны сказать:

a deaf woman , a young man.

или во множественном числе:

deaf women,young men