Variant 1 Share your ideas about the text History of bridges and tunnels

5. Put the verbs in brackets in proper tense and time.
1. I (to make) a report at the conference last Monday.
2. We (to expect) the company to give us a discount.
3. These trucks (to arrive) at the warehouse tomorrow.
4. The president (to think) the contract to be signed.
5. Yesterday the company (to allow) its customers to make the payment in two days.
VARIANT - 2
1.Share your ideas about the text.
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways (British English: carriageways) each with one or more lanes and also any associated sidewalks (British English: pavement) and road verges, Roads that are available for use by the public may be referred to as public roads or highways.
For purposes of international statistical comparison, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels," which includes "bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges, and toll roads, but not cycle paths. In urban areas roads may diverge through a city or village and be named as streets, serving a dual function as urban space easement and route.
Modern roads are normally smoothed, paved, or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel. Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or maintenance.
2. . Answer the following questions according to the text
1. Who defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way)?
2. What is Vehicle Excise Duty?
3. What is British word for “sidewalks”?
3. To be going to…
Exercise-1. Complete each sentence. Use GOING TO and the verb in brackets:


1. …………. Are you going to buy ………………. (you / buy) a new bike?
2. Tom ……………………………………………………… (not / be) a doctor.
3. I ………………………………………………………... (buy) some new shoes.
4. …………………………………………………….. (Helen / catch) the train?
5. Who …………………………………………… (carry) the shopping for me?
6. Jim and Dinah ………………………………………… (not / get) married.