ГДЗ до сторінки 53 - Англійська мова 8 клас Стайрінг, Тімз, Робінсон

5. C a few ('Friends' - злічуваний іменник, 'a few' - декілька)
6. B many ('Boarding passes' - злічуваний іменник, речення питальне)
7. A a lot of ('Traffic' - незлічуваний іменник; 'a lot of' - стверджувальне речення)
8. A a little ('Vandalism' - незлічуваний іменник; 'a little' - трохи)

On a cold January morning, Flight 1549 ¹ was taking off (take off) from a New York airport when it ² hit (hit) some birds. The engines ³ stopped (stop) almost immediately. Captain Sullenberger quickly realised that the plane ⁴ (was) falling (fall) very fast. There was only one place he could land the plane: on the Hudson River in the middle of New York!

Steven Day is a photographer. That morning he ⁵ was working (work) on his computer when someone passed his desk. 'What's that?' they asked, pointing to something on the river. Steven ⁶ found (find) his camera. At first, he didn't know what he ⁷ was taking (take) pictures of. 'It ⁸ was moving (move) down the river, like a boat,' he said. When he looked closely, he ⁹ saw (see) it was a plane. People ¹⁰ were standing (stand) on its wings in the middle of the river!

The next day Steven's photograph ¹¹ appeared (appear) in newspapers and on websites all over the world.

1. You don't have to take your passport.
2. Do you think I should split up with Francesca?
3. Taxi drivers must pick up passengers at the rank.
4. Should we come round after dinner?

1. I think she is going to steal something. (Прогноз, заснований на доказі)
2. We are getting together on Saturday. (Фіксована домовленість)
3. I am going away on holiday in the last two weeks of August. (Фіксована домовленість/план)
4. One day you are going to get a fine. (Прогноз, заснований на поточній поведінці)
5. Mum and Dad are going to find out about this and there is going to be trouble. (Прогноз наслідків)

1. One day I'm going to ask you to ask for a help. (Намір на майбутнє)
2. In my opinion, young people should stay at school until they are 18. (Порада, особиста думка, а не жорстке правило)
3. We've got a little time before setting off. ('Time' - незлічуваний іменник)
4. We saw the crowds of people when we were leaving my apartment building. (Коротка завершена дія (побачили), яка відбулася під час тривалої дії (leaving))

1. Last week we had to do three tests. ('Must' не має форми минулого часу, використовуємо 'had to')
2. When we were travelling, the car broke down. (Тривала дія 'were travelling' була перервана короткою дією 'broke down')
3. I think I am going to visit your house. (Пропущено дієслово 'am' у конструкції 'be going to')
4. When I was 7, I spent a lot of money on sweets. ('Much' зазвичай не вживається у стверджувальних реченнях, краще 'a lot of')

How I met my best friend

A few years ago we moved to a new city, so I had to change schools. On the first day at my new school, I was nervous. I find ¹ it hard to make new friends and hardly said a word to anyone for hours. ² The morning break started, I went outside and stood on my own.

Towards the end of the break, a girl walked up to me. She introduced ³ herself as Monica and started chatting. She was also quite new at the school and we soon discovered we had ⁴ a lot in common. Also, we lived just ⁵ a few minutes' walk from each other!

Monica and I have been really good friends since that day. Naturally we sometimes argue ⁶ but everyone does, but we're very close.