Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises

Exercise 1. (Text 1) Answer the questions:

1. When was Sarah Jones born?

2. Who did Sarah live with when she was a child?

3. Who was the oldest child in the family?

4. Who left school early to help in the house?

5. Have families changed much since she was young?

6. Did her mum have a job?

7. Is it normal today for married women to stay at home?

8. Who came to live with the family in 1947?

9. Who did Sarah meet in 1958?

10. Who did Sarah’s parents invite to the wedding?

11. When do many couples get married today?

12. Has the number of divorces increased?

13. Which five things have changed since Sarah was a child?

14. How have they changed?

15. Which things are similar in your country? Which things are different?

Exercise 2. (Text 2) Answer the questions:

1. What is a gap year?

2. How does it affect students’ personal development and future studies?

3. Why do employers prefer job candidates who have taken a year out?

4. How long did William stay in each of the places during his gap year?

5. What did he do there?

6. How did he describe his trip to Chile?

7. Should Belorusian students take a gap year?

Exercise 3. ( Dialogue) Answer the questions:

1. Where is Peter?

2. Does Harold like football?

3. Who comes next?

4. What is the news about the smugglers?

5. What present does Uncle David have for Peter?

6. How old is Peter?

7. What present has Harold got for Peter?

Exercise 4. Dictation-translation.

A. В. С.

Семьи сильно изменились с тех пор, как я была молодой. У большинства моих друзей было много братьев и сестер. Сегодня многие люди думают, что и трое – это много. Мой дедушка переехал к нам жить в 1947 году, когда умерла бабушка. Это был важный день, и мои родители пригласили всех наших родственников на свадьбу. Число разводов значительно увеличилось. Каждый третий брак в Великобритании заканчивается разводом. Сегодня многие британские студенты оставляют свободным год после школы и перед учебой в университете. Большинство используют свой свободный год, чтобы путешествовать или чтобы поработать за рубежом. Многие работодатели предпочитают тех кандидатов, которые оставляли один год свободным, так как они более опытные, чем другие выпускники. Принц Уильям отнесся серьезно к своему свободному 2001 году. Он прошел шестинедельный курс молодого бойца в Белизе, в Центральной Америке. Он принял участие в десятинедельном образовательном проекте на острове Маврикий в Индийском океане. Работа включала помощь местным жителям в строительстве пешеходного моста и новой пожарной станции. Когда Уильям вернулся домой, он сказал, что поездка в Чили была самым важным событием в его жизни. Очень приятно вас видеть. Познакомься, это Харолд, друг Нэнси. – Очень приятно. Спускайся вниз. Мы ждем тебя. Поздравляю с днем рождения. Вот подарок для тебя. Как насчет песни?

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1.	Here are the past participles of some verbs. Write the infinitive.
visited – visit eaten – eat drunk stayed won made		seen met cooked flown written sent	taken driven lived bought had done

Exercise 2. Put one of the following auxiliary verbs into the gaps.

am/ is/ are do/ does/ did have/ has

1. Look at those children! They ..... smoking cigarettes!

2. ..... your daughter speak French well?

3. ..... you learn German when you were at school?

4. ..... Ben ever been to India?

5. We ..... never played volleyball.

6. I ..... going to give up smoking soon.

7. ..... Mark and Jane live near you?

8. When ..... you learn to drive? A long time ago?

9. ..... you written to thank Sue and Bill yet?

Exercise 3.	Put the following sentences: а) in the Present Perfect tense b) in the Past Simple tense.
e.g.:	I have cocoa for supper. (always/ last night) I have always had cocoa for supper. I had cocoa for supper last night.

1. I drink tea for breakfast. (always/ yesterday)

2. It rains here. (never/ last week)

3. They go to Monte Carlo. (recently/ for their last holiday)

4. That boy eats too much. (already/ at the party last night)

5. He smokes in bed. (never/ when he was ill)

6. Mother makes a nice cake. (often/ for tea yesterday)

7. Do you have coffee after dinner? (already/ at the Smiths)

8. He sleeps in the garden. (lately/ last night)

Exercise 4. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect or the Past Simple

1. I (see) this film twice this month.

2. He (meet) his old friends last month.

3. My wife (not to go to see) her relatives a fortnight ago.

4. The children (go) to the stadium lately.

5. We (not to manage) to get the tickets for the match last time.

6. Tom (answer) just the teacher’s question.

7. .... they ever (read) books by Jack London in English before?

8. I (not to see) this film yet but I (hear) a lot about it.

9. I (have) no news from him since he (leave) home.

10. My friend (leave) London in 1995.

Exercise 5.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous

1. Mr Johnson (teach) in our school for 25 years now.

2. He (be) in prison since last October.

3. I (never see) her so angry.

4. I (meet) him only yesterday.

5. They (go) out five minutes ago.

6. Tom (write) letters the whole morning.

7. Mother (lose) her white gloves. (you see) them anywhere?

8. Who (write) «Hamlet»?

9. (you hear) anything of him lately?

10. She (write) me two letters this week.

Exercise 6. Use the correct tense form. Reproduce the dialogue

A: Have you ever (be) to Great Britain?

B: I never (be) there before.

A: Have you ever (be) to the USA before?

B: I (be) to New York several times.

A: When you (go) there last?

B: Last time I (be) there two years ago.

A: Did you (enjoy) your stay there?

B: Yes, I (enjoy) every minute of it.

A: How you (like) the weather?

B: I (like) it very much.

Exercise 7.	Form an adverb.
	e.g. eager – eagerly; easy – easily.

happy perfect frequent		sound quick possible	busy good full	terrible true enthusiastic
Exercise 8.	Choose an adjective or an adverb.

1. Could I have a ….. word with you? (quick, quickly)

2. She walked away ….. . (quick, quickly)

3. This is a ….. train – it stops everywhere. (slow, slowly)

4. He talked very ….. about his work. (interesting, interestingly)

5. You’ve cooked the meat ….. . (beautiful, beautifully)

6. I’ve got an ….. job for you. (easy, easily)

7. She writes in ….. English. (perfect, perfectly)

8. I sing very ….. . (bad, badly)

9. I feel ….. today. (happy, happily)

10. You seem very ….. . (angry, angrily)

11. Anne’s a ….. swimmer. (strong, strongly)

12. Could you talk more ….., please? (quiet, quietly)

Exercise 9.		Put in adjectives and adverbs from the box
	daily early fast friendly hard hardly late lonely silly

1. I don’t like getting up early so I usually stay in bed too long, and then have to eat breakfast very _____ and run for my train.

2. On the train I read the _____ paper, because after I get to work there’s no more time for reading.

3. The boss is nice, but she makes us work very _____, and I often have to stay _____ to finish everything.

4. There’s a nice new secretary in the office. I _____ know her, but she always gives me a _____ smile when I arrive.

5. She hasn’t lived here long. Perhaps it’s a _____ idea, but I wonder if she’s _____ . I think I’ll ask her out.

Exercise 10.

Form adverbs from the adjectives in brackets.

1. I miss you (terrible), my dear!

2. I think that (political) he’s a bit of a leftist.

3. He chatted (agreeable), but he looked a little impatient: he (probable) had to catch a train.

4. He looked (significant) at my briefcase.

5. He spoke (difficult) and very (nervous).

6. We’ve got to work (hard) and (fast).

7. She said she could (easy) do it.

8. You can’t say he speaks English (bad), he speaks it rather (good).

9. Tom is always up with the lark: he rises (early).

10. We must talk (quick), one never knows when they may cut the line.

Exercise 11. Translate into English.

1. Ты был когда-нибудь в Англии? – Да. Я был там в прошлом году 2. Джон последний раз видел Мэри в понедельник вечером. И с тех пор он ее не видел. 3. Дети только что развели костер в саду. 4. Последний раз я играл в футбол десять лет назад. Вот уже 10 лет, как я не играю в футбол. 5. Мой друг окончил школу 2 года назад. 6. Мальчик уже съел слишком много. 7. Мама вчера испекла вкусный торт. 8. Последнее время он спит в саду. 9. Том писал письма все утро. 10. Ты уже помыл посуду? 11. Я только что вызвал такси. 12. Я не видел его с тех пор, как он уехал из дома. 13. Давайте посмотрим телевизор сегодня вечером. 14. Давайте не будем их ждать.

SOME MORE PRACTICE

Task 1.

Complete the story. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Past Simple tense

“A Sad Story of a Sad Man”

One Sunday evening two men ...(1)... (meet) in a London pub. One of them was very unhappy.

«Life is terrible, everything in the world is really boring», he said.

«Don’t say that», said the other man. «Life is marvelous! The world is so exciting! Think about Italy. It’s a wonderful country...(2).. you ever ....(be) there?»

«Oh, yes. I ..(3).. (go) there last year and I ..(4).. (not like) it.»

«Well, ..(5).. you ... (be) to Norway? ..(6).. you ever ... (see) the midnight sun?»

«Oh, yes. I ..(7).. (go) in 1984 and I ..(8).. (see) the midnight sun. I ..(9).. (not enjoy) it.»

«Well, I ..(10).. just ... (return) from a safari in Africa. ..(11).. you ... (visit) Africa yet?»

«Yes, I ..(12).. (go) on safari in Africa last year and I ..(13).. (climb) Mount Kilimanjaro. It was really boring.»

«Well», said the other man, «I think that you’re very ill. Only the best psychiatrist can help you. Go to see Dr Greenbaum in Harley Street.»

«I am Dr Greenbaum», answered the man sadly.

Task 2. Find the forms of the imperative in the text.

Hey Jude

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Hey Jude don’t make it bad,

Take a sad song and make it better,

Remember, to let her into your heart,

Then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude don’t be afraid,

You were made to go out and get her,

The minute you let her under your skin,

Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain,

Hey Jude refrain,

Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders.

For well you know that it’s a fool,

Who plays it cool,

By making his world a little colder.

Task 3.

One Episode from the Life of Cowboys

UNIT 10

Grammar: Texts: Dialogues:

The Past Continuous Tense Prepositions: adjective+ preposition Prepositions: noun + preposition 1. «Noisy Neighbours» 2. «When the Wall Fell In» 3. «Electronic Car» 1. «A good guide» 2. «Shall We Go On?»

Text One

«Noisy Neighbours»