2. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate verb form. Be ready to explain your choice.

TEXT I

“What ____ you 1____( to leave)” her for?”

“ I want to paint..”

I was looking at him for quite a long time. I 2____(not, to understand). I thought he was mad.

“But you 3____(to be) forty! Besides, 4___you ever ___(to paint)?”

“I wanted to be a painter, when I 5____(to be) a boy. But my father 6____(to make) me go into business, because he said there was no money in art. I just 7____(to begin) to paint.

Every day I 8_____(to go) to some classes at night.”

“Is it where you go when your wife thinks you 9_____(to play) cards at your club?”

“That is it.”

“Why 10_____(not, to tell) her?”

“I prefer to keep it in secret.”

“1_____(can) you paint?”

“Not yet. But I will. That is why I 12_____(to come) here.”

“Do you think a man 13_____(to do) any good when he 14_____(to start) at your age? Most men 15______(to begin) painting when they are eighteen.”

TEXT II

One morning when he was in Rhodes, he 1____(to come) down, when he 2_____(to see) Betty, as she was walking along the passage.

“You 3_____never (to show) me your room, Betty”, he said.

“Come in and have a look. It is very nice!”

She 4____(to turn) back and he 5____(to follow) her. The room 6_____(to have) a lot of expensive furniture in it.

“This couch 7____(to be) rather big for you.”

“It is huge, isn’t it? But it is so lovely, I 8____ (to have) to buy it! It 9____(to cost) me a fortune.”

He suddenly 10_____(to see) a box of cigarettes on the table.

“Look at this. Isn’t this painting beautiful? I almost 11_____(to cry) when I 12____(to find) it.”

“I think it cost you a lot too.”

“I 13_____(not, can) even tell you!”

When they 14_____(to leave) the room, he 15______(to look) out of the window.

TEXT III

I am on holiday in London. I 1___ (to stay) with my friend Jane. She 2_____(to live) in the centre of London. I 3____(to be) here since Saturday and I 4_____(to do) already lots of things. I 5_____(to visit) The Tower of London, The British Museum. I 6_____(to go) to Madam Tussaud`s Museum on Monday. It was terrible! When I 7_____(to enter) the Chamber of Horrors, I 8_____(to scream).

Yesterday Jane and I 9_____(to go) shopping. I wanted 10_____(to buy) some presents. While I 11_____(to pay) for a T-shirt, someone stole my bag! Luckily, I 12____(to spend) already all my money. There are a lot of things I 13_____(not, to do) yet! I have not been on a boat trip down the Thames yet! If the weather is fine tomorrow, I 14_____(to go) on a boat trip. I hope Jane 15____(to keep) me company! I like London very much!

TEXT IV

One dark night a young man 1_____(to go) home from the railway station. It was very late and there were very few people in the street. The young man 2____(to be) nervous. Suddenly he 3_____(to feel) that somebody 4____(to follow) him. The young man 5____(to think) it was a robber and 6____(to decide) to walk as quickly as he 7____(can). When he 8_____(to look) back he saw that the man was still following him! The young man turned into another street. The man turned into that street too. Now the young man was sure that that was a robber! The young man turned round and asked:

“What 9_____(to want)? Why you 10____(to follow) me?”

“I 11____(to go) to see Mr. Brown,” 12____(to say) the man, “ and the porter at the station 13____(to tell) me: If you 14____(to follow) this young man, you will find his house easily, he 15____(to live) next door to Mr. Brown.”

TEXT V

The London Police were looking for a criminal. He 1____(to be) a dangerous bank robber. One day they 2____(to catch) him and took him to prison. But while they 3____(to take) photographs of him he suddenly attacked one of the policeman and 4____(to run) away. Then a week later a telephone 5____(to ring) in the police station and somebody said : “You 6____(to look) for Ben Jackson, aren’t you? Well, he was at Victoria Station an hour ago. He 7____(to leave) probably London by now.” The city police immediately 8____(to send) four different photos of the robber to the railway police. They searched all the trains. Less than two hours later they 9_____(to get) a telephone call from a small town not far from London. “We 10____(to catch) three of the men,” they 11____(to say) happily, “ and we hope 12____(to catch) the fourth very soon. That 13____(to be) the way they 14____(to manage) 15____(to overdo) it!