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Lesson 2 (Class Activity)

Articles

Ex 1. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Everyone in our country knows Lomonosov, ,.. founder of ... first Russian university. 2. Nekras-ov. ... famous Russian poet, described ... life of ... Russian peasants. 3. I don't want to miss ... con­cert which will take place at ... Philharmonic on .,. 15th of ... April. 4. He graduated from ... uni versity six years ago. Now he is ... scientist. And though he is ... young scientist, his name is well known. 5. My aunt is ... teacher of ... physics. 6, Yesterday I read ... book by Dickens, ... famous English writer. 7. I am sorry, I don't know ... way to ... nearest cafe: I am ... stranger here myself. 8. ... town I was born in is on ... Volga. 9. Who is ... author of this book? 10. ... quarter of ... hour was left before ... beginning of ... concert. We entered ... hall and saw ... group of ... pupils of our school. We joined them. 11. During ... vaca­tion I attended some interesting lectures. I remem­ber two of ... lectures best of all. They were about ... Russian music. 12. I am sure he won't stay in ... town for ... vacation. 13. Two weeks are left before ... end of ... school year. ... examinations are coming. On ... first of ... June we shall take ... examination in ... literature. 14. Today is my day off. I am going to spend ... day in ... country. 15. My brother brought ... new book yesterday. When I looked at ... title, I was very glad: it was ... book which I had wanted to get for ... long time. 16. My sister is acquainted with ... actor who played ... leading part in ... play you saw yes­terday.

Present Tenses

Ex. I. Complete these sentences using the correct form (present simple or present continuous) of the verbs in brackets. 1. Why you (to consider) the opinions of others if you always (to defend) _________ your own points of view? 2. You always (to predict) _______ that things are bound to get worse. It is irritating. 3. If you (to want) __________ to be on good terms with people, talking less and listening more is the golden rule. 4. You (believe) _____ people who say that they (not to need) ____ friends? 5. You (to need) __________ a calculator at the moment? 6. I avoid staying alone when I (to feel) __________ depressed. 7. I (to think) __________ your idea of our class reunion is great. 8. I (to think) ________ of buying a new computer. 9. I (not to see) ______ what you mean. 10. I (not to know) __________ whether I’ll come to school. It (to depend) _______ on how I (to feel) _______.

Ex.II. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous.

(СЕЙЧАС) 1. Я читаю. 2. Он не пишет. 3. Мы не работаем. 4. Вы читаете? 5. Он спит? 6. Коля и Миша играют в футбол. 7. Катя играет на роя-I ле. 8. Она не поет. 9. Моя сестра спит. 10. Папа пьет чай? 11. Твои родители пьют чай? 12. Я не сплю. 13. Она сидит за столом. 14. Мы делаем упражнение. 15. Мы не купаемся. 16. Они игра­ют во дворе? 17. Нина и Аня моют пол. 18. Коля помогает маме. 19. Ты помогаешь папе? 20. Моя сестра читает интересную книгу. 21. Они идут в школу. 21. Вы идете в школу? 22. Он работает? 23 . Твоя бабушка идет в магазин? 24. Он поку­пает конфеты. 25, Что делает твоя сестра? 26. Где играют дети? 27. Почему ты смеешься? 28. Куда они идут? 29. Что несут эти мальчики?

Ex.III. Раскройте скобки, употребляя гла­голы в Present Simple.

(USUALLY) 1. My sister (to get) up at eight o'clock. 2. She (to be) a school-girl. She (to go) to school in the afternoon. 3. Jane (to be) fond of sports. She (to do) her morning exercises every day. 4. For breakfast she (to have) two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea. 5. After breakfast she (to go) to school. 6. It (to take) him two hours to do his homework. 7. She (to speak) French well. 8, My working day (to begin) at seven o'clock. I (to get) up, (to switch) on the radio and (to do) my morning exercises. It (to take) me fifteen minutes, At half past seven we (to have) breakfast. My fa­ther and I (to leave) home at eight o'clock. He (to take) a bus to his factory. My mother (to be) a doctor, she (to leave) home at nine o'clock. In the evening we (to gather) in the living-room. We (to watch) TV and (to talk).

Ex. IV. В следующих предложениях изме­ните время глагола на Present Perfect.

1.1 am having breakfast. 2. We are drinking water. 3. He is bringing them some meat and veg­etables. 4. You are putting the dishes on the table. 5, They are having tea. 6. She is taking the dirty plates from the table. 7. The children are putting on their coats. 8. The pupils are writing a dicta­tion. 9. My friend is helping me to solve a diffi­cult problem. 10. I am learning a poem. 11. She is telling them an interesting story. 12. Kate is sweep­ing the floor. 13. The waiter is putting a bottle of lemonade in front of him. 14. Susan is making a new dress for her birthday party. 15. She is open­ing a box of chocolates.

Ex. V. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple, Present Continuous или Present Perfect Continuous.

1. а) Она читает.

b) Она читает с утра.

2. а) Они играют в волейбол.

Ь) Они играют в волейбол с трех часов.

3. а) Мы изучаем английский язык.

Ь) Мы изучаем английский язык с 1998 года.

4. а) Мой папа работает в институте.

Ь) Мой папа работает в институте с 1995 года.

5. а) Моя бабушка готовит обед.

Ь) Моя бабушка готовит обед с двух часов.

6. а) Моя сестра спит.

Ь) Моя сестра спит с пяти часов.

7. а) Мама убирает квартиру.

Ь) Мама убирает квартиру с утра.

8. а) Дедушка смотрит телевизор.

8. а) Дедушка смотрит телевизор.

Ь) Дедушка смотрит телевизор с шести часов.

9. а) Мой дядя пишет стихи.

Ь) Мой дядя пишет стихи с детства