- •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.
In some of the sentences you can use used to instead of the Past Simple. Where possible rewrite the sentences using used to.
Every summer Eileen stayed with her grandparents while her parents were away on holiday.
Bruce drove the new lorry to Scotland, stopping one night in the North of England.
My aunt had a dog which she had rescued from drowning when it was a puppy.
As Mary was getting out of the boat her foot slipped and she felt into the river.
As children we spent a lot of time helping with the household chores, but we didn’t help in the garden.
The punishments at our school were very harsh, before the new head teacher was appointed.
Before the new shopping mall was built, there was a football pitch here for the local children.
I thought he was unfriendly, but now I realize he is a very nice person.
Most girls didn’t continue their education after secondary school, but now more girls go to university than boys.
Write true sentences about yourself, using used to or didn’t use to and one of the words in the box.
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Example: I used to go on holidays with my parents, but now I go with my friends
Revision
Choose the correct form of the verbs.
It is sometimes said that there is nothing now in the world of fashion. Annabelle was a well-known model during the seventies. When her children were in their early teens they (1) were enjoying/used to enjoy looking out her old photo albums. They (2) were finding/found it hard to believe that she (3) was wearing/used to wear such strange clothes. (4) Did people really use to think/Were people really thinking flared trousers looked good? And those ugly platform shoes! She (5) was admitting/admitted that people (6) were often falling/often used to fall over because the heels were so high. In the early nineties, however, Annabelle noticed to her amusement that seventies styles (7) were/used to be in fashion again. “I (8) planned/was planning to throw all my old clothes away,” she said, “but my daughter went to a party last week, and guess what she (9) was wearing/used to wear – that’s right, some of my old clothes!”
Complete the sentences using the Past Continuous or –used to-.
I haven’t been to the cinema for ages now. We … a lot. (go)
Ann didn’t see me wave to her. She … in the other direction. (look)
I … a lot but I don’t use my car very much these days. (drive)
I asked the driver to slow down. She … too fast. (drive)
Rose and Jim met for the first time when they … at university. (study)
When I was a child, I … a lot of bad dreams. (have)
When the phone rang, I … a shower. (have)
“Where were you yesterday afternoon?” “I … volleyball.” (play)
“Do you do any sports?” “Not these days. I … volleyball.” (play)
George looked very nice. He … a very nice suit. (wear)
Why does Warren keep shouting at people? He … so bed-tempered. (not be)
The government … much more help for disabled people than they do now. (provide)
It’s all very well complaining you haven’t any money, but while you … around the world, I … sixteen hours a day for my exams. (travel, study)