Help me please! I had a test. I have some questions... Choose the correct answer, please. In cold countries people wear thick clothes ........ warm. for keep, for keeping, for to keep, to keeping In England people are always talking about ........ weather, a weather, the weather You've heard of Mohammed Ali, ....... ? don't you haven't you had you didn't you He is one of ....... boxers in the world. the famous the most famous more famous the famousest After he ....... an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer. had won have won was winning would win Then, when he became a champion, his religious beliefs ....... change his name. have made him made him to made him would made If he ....... lost his fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised. has would have had had had Like any top sportsman he ... train very hard when he was fighting. must should has to had to but with ....... success. little a little few a few In the 19th century a few people succeeded ....... in balloons. into flying to fly to flying in flying But it wasn't until the beginning of this century that anybody ....... able to fly in a machine which was heavier than air, were is was would have been in other words, in ....... we now call a plane. who what where which The Wright brothers' machine was the forerunner of the airliners that are ....... common sight today. such such a so such the Although space satellites have existed ....... less than 50 years, since during though for we are now dependent ....... them since on though for When these ....... completed, are will be are going will have been it will be the first time that astronauts ........ work in space in large numbers. can could will be able to are able to

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Words, words, words Russian grammar is more difficult than English, but the easier grammar of language, the more words you neeed to know. Sometimes I find it hard to differentiate words like 'though', 'thought', 'through', althought', 'taught', 'tough', etc. Osip Mandelstam said Italian rhyming dictionary is Italian dictionary (: I read plenty of books in English but my lexicon still not enough. How to increase the vocabulary?

Learning a language Hello everyone! I've been reading plenty books in English recently. Those books have been adapted and original texts, fiction and non-fiction. My favourite author is Vladamir Nabokov, so I want to improve my English and read his novels in English. Tastes differ. I think his the best novel is "Ada" (not because it's my name, I realy like it). At this moment my English pretty poor, but I will work hard every day. What can you recommend me? I don't know if I should read with dictionary and remember all new words or read withot dictionary and try to undestand?