- •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.
2.Read the situations and write the sentences. Choose the verbs from the list.
Mike is looking for his key. He can’t find it. ___________________________________
Margaret can’t walk and her leg is in plaster. __________________________________
Maria’s English wasn’t very good. Now it’s much better. _________________________
Tim didn’t have a beard last month. Now he has a beard. _________________________
This morning I was expecting a letter. Now I have it. ____________________________
Last week the bus fare was 80 pence. Now it is 90. ______________________________
arrive break go up grow improve lose |
3.Complete the text with the Present Perfect or Past Simple.
Oscar Werbeniuk, who is 61, (1) _____ (live) all his life in the same New Jersey house. He (2) _____ (love) animals, especially cats since he was a child. He (3) _____ (find) his first cat, Tabatha, in the street in 1981, and he (4) _____ (find) another 43 cats since then. But Tabatha – who died in 1990 – (5) _____ (have)babies and Oscar soon (6) _____ (have) more than a hundred cats. For the last fifteen years, there (7) _____ (be) more than two hundred cats in his house. Oscar is lucky because his parents (8) _____ (be) very rich. So he (9) _____ (never/worry) about money. In fact since 1999, Oscar (10) _____ (be) so busy that he (11) _____ (not/leave) his house.
4.Make up questions.
you/find/a new job/yet?
she/send/her application form/yet?
they/answer/yours e-mail/yet?
she/advertise/for/a new assistant/yet?
see/each other/today?
your assistant/make/a press release?
how many/reporters/you/invite/to/the meeting?
5. Put for, since, in or ago into gaps.
1. I was born __________ 1961.
2. I went to university ___________ three years.
3. I passed my driving test fifteen years __________.
4. I’ve had a car __________ 1990.
5. Now I’ve got a BMW. I’ve had it __________ two years.
6. I met my wife __________ 1985.
7. We’ve been married __________ nine years.
8. Our first daughter was born six years __________.
9. We’ve lived in the same house __________ 1990.
Note: Make up a similar story of your parents’ (or smb’s) life. Use the Present Perfect and Past Simple.
6. Translate into English.
Есть кое-что, чего я тебе не сказала.
Письмо, которое она только что прочитала, беспокоит её.
Он очень изменился, его трудно узнать.
Все уверены, что он сыграл главную роль (a key role) в успехе этой компании.
– Сколько денег ты истратила на этой неделе? – Я ещё не подсчитала.
– Это будет большая вечеринка? Сколько человек вы пригласили? – Мы ещё не составили список.
Это именно то, чего я всегда хотела.
Голливуд всегда был притягателен (to be a magnet) для талантов.
Никогда в своей жизни не видела такого беспорядка!
Пьеса А. Кристи «Мышеловка» идёт уже более пятидесяти лет.
Мне всегда нравилось готовить. Мама научила меня делать это.
Эта пьеса не шла на Бродвее с 1990 года.
Пока они ещё не установили точную дату церемонии.
Она собирается в Ирландию. Она никогда там не была.
Мы друзья с тех пор, как ходили вместе в школу.
Они женаты очень давно и все эти годы очень счастливы.
Они приняли на работу (to recruite) нового финансового директора в этом году.
Анна проработала в этой компании 5 лет, и сейчас уходит на пенсию (to retire).
В прошлом году компания значительно увеличила цены на свои товары.
Роль экономики Китая значительно выросла за последнее время.
Вы зашли слишком далеко (to go far). Пора остановиться, не правда ли?
Дело провалилось (to fail). Это не сюрприз для меня. Партнёры никогда не доверяли друг другу.
John встречается с этой девушкой уже два года (to go out).
Разве он сказал что-то смешное?
Мне всегда нравилось читать английские газеты.
- Сколько раз вы были в цирке? - Я там не был ни разу.
Сколько денег вы потратили на свадебный вечер?
В последнее время она не ела ничего сладкого. Она на диете.
Они очень давно не навещали своих друзей в St.Petersburg.
Я давно приготовила ужин, часа два назад.
Она так давно не пекла пироги. Давай попросим её испечь что-нибудь!
- Вы давно купили эту машину? - Да, она у нас уже 8 лет.