- •The verb - to be -
- •Write short answer for these questions:
- •Now ask and answer the questions:
- •Ask the alternative questions and answer them:
- •Write questions with What/Who/How/Where/Why? Use am/is/are.
- •Complete the questions:
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Pronouns (Местоимения)
- •Fill in the correct personal pronouns.
- •II Put in the right (appropriate) possessive pronouns.
- •III Choose the right word.
- •IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive pronouns.
- •V Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •VI Fill in this/that/these/those.
- •VII Translate into English.
- •Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- •Exercises
- •Cross out the incorrect alternative in the following sentences:
- •Complete the sentences using one of the following words. Sometimes the word needs to be plural (-s).
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Nouns (Singular and Plural)
- •Give the plural of the following nouns.
- •Translate the sentences:
- •Articles
- •Неопределённый артикль (The Indefinite Article)
- •Определённый артикль (The Definite Article)
- •Отсутствие артикля (Zero Article)
- •Exercises:
- •III Complete these sentences. Use the words in the list. Use the if necessary.
- •IV Look at the underlined words in these sentences. Which is right (the or the)?
- •V Put in the where necessary. If the sentence is correct, write ‘okay’.
- •VI Translate the sentences.
- •There is/are
- •A) Complete the text with an appropriate forms of the verb to be (is, isn’t, are, aren’t).
- •A) Circle the best answer.
- •Describe your bedroom (room) using there is/are and words from the books.
- •Complete the sentences with there is/there are (not).
- •Underline the correct form of there is/there are. Make up 10 questions on the text. Describe your (or smb’s neighbourhood).
- •Translation into English.
- •Some/ any/ no
- •IV Translate the sentences into English.
- •Exercises:
- •Make the sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Put in a lot/ a lot of/ much/ many.
- •In some of the sentences -much- is incorrect or unnatural. Change -much- to -many- or -a lot (of)- where necessary. Write “ok” if the sentence is correct.
- •Choose the correct item.
- •Complete the sentences with little/ a little/ few/ a few.
- •Translate into English.
- •Prepositions of Time
- •I Fill in the gaps with one of the following prepositions at, on, in (where necessary).
- •Put in for, during or while.
- •Put in by or until.
- •Complete the following description with for, during, by, until, at, in or on. Summarize the text. Eleanor is a nurse who works the night shift. How does she manage?
- •Present Simple Tense (Настоящее простое время)
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of these verbs:
- •Eg.She’s very clever. She speaks four languages.
- •Eg.‘Have a cigarette.’ ‘No, thank you. I don’t smoke.
- •Write questions with Do/Does …?
- •Read the sentences and correct them (the information is wrong). Write two correct sentences each time.
- •Complete the information about the business activities of the Thai company Berli Jucker, using the verbs in the box. Translate the sentences.
- •Translate the sentences:
- •Present Continuous Tense (Настоящее продолженное время)
- •Exercises:
- •Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Ask questions to the following sentences with the words in brackets.
- •Complete the sentences with one of the following verbs in the Present Continuous.
- •Eg.‘You ‘re working hard today.’ ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’
- •A) Complete the texts with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Put 5 questions to each text.
- •In the Park
- •Make up the similar texts about the families as if they were:
- •A) Complete the sentences, opening the brackets.
- •Read the following passages about changes that are taking place in the software industry. Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box, using the present continuous.
- •Translate into English.
- •Present Simple vs Present Continuous Exercises
- •Rewrite these sentences in the Present Continuous.
- •Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
- •A) Read and translate the text. Do some tasks. A Student
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Make up sentences using the following prompts. The first verb should be in the present simple, and the second verb in the present continuous.
- •Translate into English.
- •Past Simple Tense (Прошедшее простое время)
- •Exercises
- •Put in was/wasn’t/were/weren’t.
- •Complete these sentences with the verbs from the list in the past simple.
- •Use the correct forms of the verbs, positive or negative.
- •Ask questions to receive the following answers:
- •Write in the missing forms of the irregular verbs below. Each verb can be used with the expressions on the right. Translate them and use in the sentences.
- •VI Translate the sentences:
- •Past Continuous Tense (Прошедшее длительное время)
- •Exercises:
- •Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous Tense.
- •Choose the correct tense, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
- •In the following sentences put one of the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous and the other verb into the Simple Past.
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Compare what Carol said five years ago and what she says today.
- •In some of the sentences you can use used to instead of the Past Simple. Where possible rewrite the sentences using used to.
- •Write true sentences about yourself, using used to or didn’t use to and one of the words in the box.
- •Revision
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Present Perfect
- •1.Образование
- •2.Употребление
- •Exercises:
- •1. Choose 5 expressing from the list to make short dialogues.
- •2.Read the situations and write the sentences. Choose the verbs from the list.
- •3.Complete the text with the Present Perfect or Past Simple.
- •4.Make up questions.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •The Degrees of Comparison of the Adjectives
- •Exercises:
- •2. Use a superlative form (-est or most).
- •3. Use a superlative form or a comparative form.
- •4. Use the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
- •5. Open the brackets, using correct degrees of comparisons. Translate into Russian.
- •6. Translate into English.
Translate the sentences.
Отец смотрел по телевизору аналитическую программу, в то время как я готовился к экзамену.
Тим ждал свою девушку в парке, когда неожиданно пошёл дождь.
- Что вы делали в это время в субботу?
- Мы играли в бейсбол.
Я видел тебя вчера. Ты шёл в кино с симпатичной девчонкой. – Правда? Нет, ты ошибся. Это был не я.
Они сидели за столом и ели спагетти, когда я вошёл.
В комнате было тихо. Джон рассказывал о своей поездке в Австралию.
Было ясное весеннее утро. Пуаро и Гастингс сидели в комнате Пуаро. Пуаро расчёсывал усы, Гастингс сидел в кресле.
Когда я пришла домой, мой младший брат сидел на стуле и плакал.
Мы работали над этой проблемой весь месяц, и мы пришли к очень интересным выводам.
Он писал этот доклад весь день вчера.
Ты ждал меня вера в 5? – Да, я ждал тебя, но ты не пришла.
Мисс Кэлли писала статью в газету весь вечер и просила нас не беспокоить.
Когда зазвонил телефон, Sam разговаривал с клиентом.
Я путешествовала по Италии со своими друзьями, когда познакомилась со своим будущим мужем.
Когда отец брился вчера вечером, он порезался.
Used to
Complete these sentences with use (d) to … + a suitable verb.
Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
Liz _______________ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We _______________ in Nottingham.
I rarely eat ice cream now but I _______________ it when I was a child.
Jim _______________ my best friend but we aren’t friends any longer.
It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened. It _______________ more than an hour.
There _______________ a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time ago.
When you lived in London, _______________ to the theatre very often?
Compare what Carol said five years ago and what she says today.
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
I’m a hotel receptionist. My dog died two years ago.
I travel a lot. I eat lots of cheese now.
I’ve got lots of friends. I read a newspaper every day now.
I play the piano. I work very hard these days.
I’m very lazy. I haven’t been to a party for ages.
I never read newspapers. I don’t know many people these days.
I don’t like cheese. I haven’t played the piano for years.
I don’t drink tea. I work in a bookshop now.
I’ve got a dog. I don’t go away much these days.
I go to a lot of parties. Tea’s great! I like it now.
Now write sentences about how Carol has changed. Use used to/didn’t use to/never used to in the first part of your sentence.
She used to travel a lot but she doesn’t go away much these days.
She used __________ but _______________________________.
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