Упражнения

I. Прочтите правильные глаголы, обращая внимание на произношение окончания - ed:

stretched, bordered, represented, depended, consisted, included, differed, studied, visited, lived, served, worked, wanted, started, opened, closed, developed, settled, suppressed, inherited, appeared, gained, defeated, bequeathed, surrounded, revered, moved, showed, prayed, fasted, blessed, remained, painted, named, commissioned, symbolized, turned, treated, existed, used, replaced, completed, decorated, governed, seemed, cried, bowed, sobbed, moaned, applauded, healed, devoted, received, worshiped, venerated, changed, prescribed, dedicated, addressed, called, transformed, canonized, consecrated, sanctified, christened.

II. Прочтите и запомните форму прошедшего времени следующих неправильных глаголов:

to be	– was, were	to go	– went
to leave	– left	to know	– knew
to spend	– spent	to say	– said
to come	– came	to sit	– sat
to become	– became	to take	– took
to get	– got	to make	– made
to give	– gave	to keep	– kept
to begin	– began	to lead	– led
to see	– saw	to stand	– stood
to speak	– spoke	to build	– built
to have	– had	to do	– did
to abide	– abode	to meet	– met

III. Употребите следующие глаголы в форме прошедшего времени:

to depend, to work, to take, to come, to go, to study, to want, to have, to speak, to do, to be, to border, to consist, to include, to begin, to make, to say, to live, to see, to build, to know, to worship, to devote, to govern, to head, to use, to paint, to revive, to meet, to call, to venerate, to dedicate, to address, to consecrate, to abide, to christen, to baptize.

IV. Прочтите предложения и найдите в них глаголы в форме прошедшего неопределённого времени. Переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. Saint Sergius was born in 1314 in a boyar family. 2. He had two brothers. 3. He went to school at the age of seven. 4. In 1328 the family went to Radonezh. 5. Some years later his parents entered the monastery. 6. When his parents died, he became a monk. 7. St. Sergius came to the Makovets hill with his elder brother Stephen. 8. The two brothers built a church and a cell there. 9. St. Sergius was young and strong. 10. By night he stood in his cell and prayed. 11. In the day time he worked in the garden, made boots for the monks and toys for small children. 12. Everybody loved him. 13. St. Sergius died on September 25, 1392. 14. His disciples founded 50 monasteries. 15. St. Sergius revived Russia spiritually.