2. Name the most common holidays celebrated in English speaking countries.

3. Fill in the gaps using the appropriate information from the text.

1. Christmas is celebrated on _____________________.

2. It is observed as the _______________of the________________________.

3. _____________is a public holiday but it is not marked with any particular custom in____________ __ ___________________.

4. There is no specific date for ______________but it usually occurs some time between March ____ ___ __________________ _____/

.5. Easter commemorates the________________ ____ _____________ ______.

.6. _____________________is the day of lovers.

7. _____________is traditionally associated with telling ghost stories and bonfires.

8. People don't only eat pancakes on____________ _______, they run with them.

9. ______________ ________ was first celebrated in early colonial times by Pilgrim Fathers after their first good harvest.

10. The Patron of Ireland is ____ _____________________.

ІІ.Граматичний матеріал. Тема: Минулий неозначений час(Past Indefinite Tense).

Образование

Утвердительная форма		Отрицательная форма		Вопросительная форма
I He, she, we, you, they	worked (wrote)	I did not	work (write)	Did I	work (write)?

did not = didn't

Форме Past Indefinite неправильных глаголов соответствует II форма глагола в соответствующих глагольных рядах, приводимых в специальных таблицах (см. таблицы неправильных глаголов): We went to the cinema yesterday. He arrived in London last year. She came up to the window and opened it.Special verbs in the Simple Past.

Forms of the verbs “to be”, “to have”і “to do” в Past Simple

	Be	Have	Do
I	was	had	did
You	were	had	did
He,she, it	was	had	did
We	were	had	did
You	were	had	did
They	were	had	did

Употребление. Обозначает действие, произошедшее в прошлом; последовательно произошедшие в прошлом действия; повторяющиеся действия в прошлом.

1. Make the following interrogative and negative. M o d e l: You stayed at home last night. - Did you stay at home last night? You did not stay at home last night.

1. Mr. Brown always opened the windows before classes last year. 2. It took him an hour to get to the Institute yesterday. 3. Tom and Ben walked through the park yesterday. 4. He lived in Kiev five years ago. 5.1 finished work at 5 o'clock the day before yesterday. 6. They returned home in the evening.

2. Change the following sentences into Past Simple. M o d e l: My working day lasts eight hours. - My working day lasted eight hours yesterday.

1. I often get letters from my friends. 2. Do you repeat this rule every day? 3. They don’t often stay at the factory after 6 o'clock. 4. I return home in the evening every day. 5. I translate a lot of articles every day.

3. Open the brackets using the verbs in the form of the correct Tense. I. I _________ (live) near my school last year. 2. My mother_________ (not to teach) me English two years ago. 3. "How long your class usually_________ (to last)?" - "It usually _________ (to last) two hours." 4. "Who you _________ (to discuss) this question with last night?" - "I _________ (to discuss) it with my friends." 5. Ann_________ (not to drink) coffee an hour ago. 6. She _________ (to have) her breakfast now. 7. He _________ (to take) her to the theatre yesterday. 8, Mr Brown always_________ (to read) "The Times" in your plane.

4. Translate into English using was/ were.

1. Я був в Лондоні 2 роки тому. 2. Ми були в Києві минулого тижня. 3. Мері була рада бачити мене. 4. Мої друзі були вчора в кіно. 5. Студенти були зайняті минулого тижня. 6. Текст був легкий? 7. Вправи були складні? 8. Вони не були в університеті вчора. 9. Мері та Джейн не були в Москві. 10. Він не був вдома. 11. Джон не був у магазині.