- •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.
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.
spend come sell shrink |
After two years in which the price of PCs has fallen by half, the price of software (1) is coming down too. The big software houses (2) _____ software at lower and lower prices, and a price war looks inevitable. The profit margins of major companies like Borland, Lotus, and Microsoft (3) _____. In the last quarter Borland were down to a mere 2.6%. In addition, they (4) _____ less and less on R&D, which may affect their long-term product plans.
become begin take over turn |
Now the major software companies (5) _____ their attention to the less profitable home computer market, and software packages for children, such as Microsoft’s ‘Creative Writer’ (6) _____ from business software. Specialist computer shops are (7) _______ less popular, as families are unwilling to spend their weekends there, and computers (8) _____ to appear in supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Costco.
Translate into English.
Мери сейчас в спортзале. Она занимается настольным теннисом.
- Что ты делаешь сегодня вечером, Анна?
- Я иду в театр со своим мужем.
Чарльз пишёт сейчас письмо своей девушке. Он хочет приехать к ней на каникулы..
Почему ты всё время ворчишь?!
- О чём ты думаешь? Я думаю о каникулах
Я так скучаю по дому! (to feel homesick)
Он работает теперь в другом месте, и дела у него идут хорошо.
Ну почему ты вечно всё теряешь? Ты действуешь мне на нервы.
Наташа сейчас пишет курсовую работу. Она очень старается найти интересный материал.
Его французский становится лучше.
Мой старший брат летом начинает свой бизнес.
Посмотри! Идёт дождь.
Над каким новым продуктом работает ваша компания в настоящее время?
- Что вы делаете здесь?
- Я принимаю участие в конференции.
Уровень безработицы и инфляции падает, а экономика растёт с темпами в 2,6 % в год.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous Exercises
Rewrite these sentences in the Present Continuous.
Eg. We’re going for a picnic on Sunday. (every Sunday) - We go for a picnic every Sunday.
We’re leaving early in the morning. (usually)
The children are coming with us. (always)
He is going to work by car. (often)
My wife’s cooking a chicken now. (every weekend)
Tim is bringing some beer. (generally)
I’m not driving the car now. (usually) I can talk to you.
We’re staying out late. (often)
We’re coming back before 5 p.m. (usually)
My parents-in-law are coming to dine with us. (every Sunday)
You’re listening to the radio, aren’t you? (always)
Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
Eg.1 Let’s go out. It isn’t raining (not/rain) now.
Eg.2 Julia is very good at languages. She speaks (speak) four languages very well.
Hurry up! Everybody ………… (wait) for you.
‘………… (you/listen) to the radio?’ ‘No, you can turn it off.’
‘………… (you/listen) to the radio every day?’ ‘No, just occasionally.’
Look at the river. It ………… (flow) very fast today – much faster than usual.
We usually ………… (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ………… (not/grow) any.
‘How is your English?’ ‘Not bad. It ………… (improve) slowly.’
Ron is in London at the moment. He ………… (stay) at the Park Hotel. He ………… (always/stay) there when he’s in London.
‘Can you drive?’ ‘I ………… (learn).
Normally I ………… (finish) work at 5.00, but this week I ………… (work) until 6.00 to earn a bit more money.
Sonia ………… (look) for a place to live ‘What ………… (your father/do)?’ ‘He’s an architect but he ………… (not/work) at the moment.
(at a party) Usually I ………… (enjoy) parties but I ………… (not/enjoy) this one very much.
The train is never late. It ………… (always/leave) on time.
Jim is very untidy. He ………… (always/leave) his things all over the place.