I. Read the story. Find the situations where the following expressions were used

1 2 3 4 5

- to help smb to smth

- to wait for smb to do smth

- to talk to smb

- to make things worse

- to be out of sight

- to find out

- to turn white

II. Do the exercises.

a) Open the brackets, use the necessary tenses of the verbs.

1. William (to be) very glad to see his father. He (not to see) him for almost a whole week.

2. William (to know) that his father (to visit) again cock fights.

3. The whole family (to depend on) the mother for a living as the father (not to work) a single day for ten years.

4. The father (to ask) William to find some corn for the cock. William (to take) an egg and (to trade) it for some corn. When he (to come) home, the father already (to return) from Mrs. Taylor’s and he (to wipe off) College Boy with a damp rag.

5. When the father (to learn) that the wife (to kill) the cock and (to make) the pie, he (not to say) anything.

b) Use the verbs in the necessary tenses.

1. William hardly (to finish) eating, when the mother (to begin) to scold the father.

2. The mother hardly (to go) back into the kitchen when William (to go) to the hen house and (to get) an egg out of a nest and (to put) it into his pocket.

3. William and his father hardly (to go) with Mrs. Dolan’s washing when the mother (to kill) the cock and (to make) a pie.

III. Translate into English.

1. Когда Вильям проснулся утром к завтраку, его отец сидел за столом и ел горячее печенье.

2. Мать не сказала ни слова за завтраком.

3. Петух прожил у них в доме уже почти шесть месяцев.

4. Родители Вильяма были бедны, и у отца не было денег, чтобы ездить на поезде.

5. Только после того, как мать ушла, Вильям пошел в курятник и взял яйцо.

6. Отец сказал, что он дал отдых петуху, т.к. не хотел подвергать его риску.

7. Мать сказала, что она зарезала петуха и испекла из него пирог.

8. Лицо отца Вильяма побледнело, но он ничего не сказал.

IV. Say what would have happened if:

… the cock had not been smart