Read the exchanges and fill in the gaps with words from the list below. (Прочитайте реплики и вставьте слова из списка.) concern, popular, blame, picking, break, showing, telling.
1 A: I'm the best guitar player in the entire school. B: Stop ... off, John! You aren't as good as you think!
2 A: Alex, if you take my computer games again, there's going to be trouble! B: Stop being so nasty. You're always ... fights with me.
3 A: My daughter is inviting thirty friends to her birthday party next weekend. B: Wow! She must be a very ... girl! Good luck with the preparations!
4 A: Come on, David. Tell me your problem. I promise I won't tell anybody. B: No way! You can't keep secrets and you always ... your promises.
5 A: Should I get involved in Ben and Joe's argument? B: No. It's best to keep out of things that don't ... you.
6 A: You should have helped your brother with the dishes! B: Why are you always ... me off?
7 A: Mum, what happened isn't my fault. Bill's responsible for everything. B: Stop putting the ... on others.
- show off — «хвастаться, выпендриваться»; после Stop нужна форма -ing: Stop showing off.
- pick fights (with) — «затевать драки/ссоры»; always + Present Continuous выражает раздражение: You're always picking fights.
- popular — «популярная»: у девочки тридцать друзей, значит, она популярна (a very popular girl).
- break promises — «нарушать обещания»; always + Present Simple, подлежащее you, поэтому break без -s.
- concern — «касаться»; things that don't concern you — «дела, которые тебя не касаются» (после don't — инфинитив).
- tell off — «отчитывать, ругать»; Why are you always telling me off? — форма -ing после are always.
- blame — «вина»; put the blame on others — «возлагать вину на других»; после the — существительное, а Stop putting требует -ing у putting.
