Упражнения.

I. Вставьте am, is, are, was, were.

1. I _________ a secretary. I work in a big office.

2. Tom and Kate ________ in Spain last week.

3. I _________ cold. Please, close the windows.

4. George _________ tired. He is going to bed now.

5. Pete __________ at Tom’s house yesterday.

6. Terry _______________ my friend. He lives next door.

7. Sophia and Ann ____________ late for university yesterday.

8. Why ______ you sad last night?

II. Поставьте нужную форму глагола was/were.

1. He _____ busy on Monday.

2. The talks ________ very difficult.

3. It ___________ very cold yesterday.

4. The managers _________ very tired.

5. It _____ Mr. Smirnov’s first visit to London.

6. I __________ greatly interested in our business.

7. The goods of Smith & Co _____ very popular in the world market.

III. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол в Past Simple.

1. Our company (make) some contracts last month.

2. Our director (visit) Japan 2 weeks ago.

3. We (meet) our suppliers the other day.

4. We (start) producing a new model 3 months ago.

5. The (know) that the goods were of high quality.

6. The company (deliver) the goods on time.

7. I (see) that model at the exhibition.

8. Mr. Bell (give) us all necessary information.

9. The secretary (make) an appointment with Mr. Jones for Friday.

IV. Образуйте отрицательные и вопросительные предложения (общий вопрос) в Past Simple.

1. I sent an e-mail to Mary yesterday.

2. She wrote back immediately.

3. They had a big party last night.

4. She made many sandwiches for lunch.

5. The friends had a good time at the disco.

6. We found a nice place for our picnic.

V. Образуйте вопросительные предложения в Past Simple по образцу:

Tina watered the plants yesterday (when).

When did Tina water the plants?

1. Michael watched a great film last night. (when?)

2. Tom came home late yesterday. (where?)

3. It rained yesterday. (when?).

4. She liked the film. (what?)

5. They swam in the river last summer. (where?)

6. She phoned Kate yesterday. (why?)

7. They got many orders last year. (how many?)

VI. Present Simple или Past Simple?

1. Alex _____ (phone) me yesterday evening.

2. Father always (read) newspapers in the evening.

3. We ______ (not fax) the contract yesterday.

4. Jack always (help) his wife about the house.

5. Our firm (reduce) the price for DVD-players last week.

6. We (arrange) a lot of training courses for the personnel.

7. They (place) a large order with our company last week.

8. They (produce) very good compressors.

9. I (give) them a final reply in the morning.

Past continuous The Past Continuous Tense (Прошедшее продолженное время)

Past Continuous образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в прошедшем времени (was, were) и причастия настоящего времени (Present Participle) смыслового глагола.

I was speaking on the phone.

They were working on the computer.

Past Continuous употребляется для выражения длительного незаконченного действия, происходившего в определенный момент в прошлом.

Момент действия может быть обозначен:

• точным указанием времени (или периода времени):

Не was visiting a client at 3 o’clock yesterday.

Mrs. Smith was waiting for you from 2 till 5 on Monday.

Tom and Jane were working on the report all day long on Sunday.

• другим действием, выраженным глаголом в Past Simple:

When I entered the room they were discussing the price.

	I, HE, SHE, IT	WE, YOU, THEY
Утвердительная форма	He was swimming	They were swimming
Вопросительная форма	Was he swimming? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.	Were they swimming? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
Отрицательная форма	He was not (wasn’t) swimming.	They were not (weren’t) swimming.