- •Lesson 21
- •I. Form the Past Indefinite from the infinitives in brackets. Name the signals of the Past Indefinite Tense.
- •II. Contrast the Present Perfect with the Past Indefinite Tense. Replace the underlined adverbs by those in brackets. Give your own situation to justify the use of each of the present tenses:
- •III. Translate into English:
- •IV. Finish the sentences and answer them:
- •V. Express disagreement and complete the situation according to the model:
- •VI. Use the appropriate article wherever necessary:
- •Lesson 22
- •I. Make up sentences with the following groups of word. Use either the Past Indefinite or the Perfect, supply the missing words:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Complete the following sentences using since and for as in the model:
- •IV. Translate into English using the Durative Perfect:
- •V. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •VI. Translate into English using the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous and the Present Perfect Tense:
- •VII. Dictation-translation:
- •Lesson 23
- •I. Use Present Perfect for the indefinite time and Past Indefinite for definite time:
- •II. Answer questions according to the model:
- •III. Make sentences according to the model. Use the adverbial modifiers given below:
- •IV. Explain the use of the Past Indefinite in the following sentences:
- •V. Contrast the Present Perfect Tense with the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Make the sentences more emphatic by using the Present perfect in clauses of time:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences, using the Present Perfect Tense:
- •IX. Translate into English. Mind the use of articles before the names of meals:
- •Lesson 24
- •I. Contrast the Past Indefinite and the Present Perfect Tense.
- •II. Use the sentences given below in dialogues. Use the notes given in brackets:
- •III. Translate the following dialogue, using the Present Perfect Tense where necessary:
- •IV. Translate into English. Pay attention to the use of the Present Perfect Tense and the Past Indefinite Tense in the questions beginning with "where", "why", "how":
- •V. Translate the following sentences according to the model:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Insert articles where necessary:
- •Lesson 25
- •I. Translate the sentences according to the model:
- •II. Translate the following extract from the novel by Mark Twain:
- •III. Translate into English:
- •V. Complete the following sentences adding another clause.
- •VI. Make dialogues out of the following stories. Pay attention to the Present Perfect Tense:
- •Lesson 26
- •I. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Make up dialogues on suggested situations. Use the model below:
- •IV. Speak about yourself. Use expressions of time: for many years, all my life, since 1975, since we moved here in 1970, since I left school, etc.:
- •V. Change the following sentences into those with predicates in the Present Perfect Tense. Make the new statements more extensive:
- •VI. Insert articles where necessary:
- •Lesson 27
- •I. Answer the questions using the Past Conditions and the Future Continuous tense:
- •II. Answer the following questions using the continuous tense forms (Present, Past, Future):
- •III. Contrast the Past Indefinite with the Continuous Tense:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •V. Complete the following sentences using the Future Continuous Tense according to the model:
- •Lesson 29
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Make up dialogues:
- •IV. Insert articles where necessary:
- •Lesson 30
- •I. Translate into English:
- •II. Open the Brackets. Choose the most suitable of all the Continuous tenses. Give reasons for your choice.
- •III. Translate into English using the most suitable tense:
- •IV. Make up shot dialogues as shown in the model:
- •V. Insert the correct article in the blank spaces:
- •Lesson 31
- •I. Translate into English paying attention to the ways of expressing futurity:
- •II. Make sentences out of the following, using either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense:
- •III. Complete the following descriptions stating what was happening at some moment in the past:
- •IV. Translate into English. Pay attention to the use of the Continuous Tenses:
- •V. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:
- •Lesson 32
- •I. Use the following sentences in short dialogues:
- •II. Replace the infinitives in brackets with the suitable tenses:
- •III. Translate into English.
- •IV. Speak on the subject suggested by the following situation:
- •V. Put into Reported Speech the following statements:
- •VI. Put into reported Speech the following questions:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •Lesson 33
- •I. Report the following statement. Use the reporting verbs in the Present Tense. While doing the task make use of the following verbs: say, tell, somebody, state, assert:
- •II. Report the following questions. Use the reporting verbs: ask, wonder, want to know, inquire, doubt etc.
- •III. Make up 10 indirect questions about the book you are reading now. Begin with I'd like to know, I wonder:
- •IV. Make up talks on suggested situations:
- •V. Supply the correct form of each of the verbs in brackets:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Insert the correct article in the blank spaces:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •Lesson 34
- •I. Report the following questions:
- •III. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the use of the Continuous Tenses. Give two variants where possible:
- •IV. Make sentences from the following, using the correct tense form:
- •In the Waiting Room.
- •V. Translate the underlined verbs into English. Retell the story: Несчастный случай
- •VI. Make up dialogues on suggested situations:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •VIII. Insert articles where necessary:
- •Lesson 35
- •I. Make sentences from the following, using the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect tense:
- •II. Translate the underlined verbs into English. Retell the story: Покупая книги
- •III. Make up short dialogues about a thing you've mislaid or lost: Use the following phrases:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •V. Insert the articles:
- •VI. Translate into English:
V. Complete the following sentences adding another clause.
Model: A: I have lost the key ….
I have lost the key that's why I can't get into my room.
B: I lost the key ….
I lost the key the other day so I had to buy another lock.
1. a) I have had a busy day today.
b) I had a busy day today.
2. a) I read David Copperfield.
b) I have read David Copperfield.
3. a) I have had a good rest.
b) I had a good rest.
4. a) He lived here for some time.
b) He has lived here for some time.
5. a) The leaves have turned yellow.
b) The leaves turned yellow.
6. a) He has spoken to me.
b) He spoke to me.
VI. Make dialogues out of the following stories. Pay attention to the Present Perfect Tense:
Lack of Hospitality.
A man knocks at the door of his neighbor's where he is a frequent but not welcome visitor. A servant girl opens the door and says that her Master has gone out. The man says that it doesn't matter because he can speak to her Mistress. But she has gone out too. The visitor thinks a bit and he wants to sit by the fire for a while. But the servant-girl answers that it is out of the question because the fire has gone out too.
Melted Away.
A boy asks his mother to give him one more lump of sugar. But the mother refuses, saying that she given him five already. To that the boy answers that it doesn’t count because the lumps have already melted away.
Charity Begins at Home.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith are neighbours. They meet one Sunday evening and one of them asks the other what he has done during the day. Mr. Brown says that he done a piece of charity work. Mr. Smith exclaims that he has always thought Mr. Brown to be a good neighbour. She also wants to know what kind of work it is. Mr. Brown tells him that he has bought a sack of flour for a woman who is sick with the flu. Mr. Smith enquires which of their neighbours he made happy by this gift, and Mr. Brown answers that it is his own wife.
A Sure Sign.
John and Billy meet not far from John’s house. Billy is hurrying to John’s sister and asks his friend if she is expecting him. John says that she is, and when Billy asks him how he can be so sure he replies that she has just gone out in a hurry and he knows that it is a sure sign.
Lesson 26
The use Tenses and Articles.
I. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite Tense:
1. We (live) in this house since 1970: that’s to say ever since my father (die). He (come) to this country twenty years ago. He (be) born in South America and (live) there until he (get) married. 2. Although we (live) in this village six years so far, we not (get) to know many people jet. But our next door neighbours (be) very helpful when we first (move) in. 3. I (receive) John’s invitation yesterday and (accept) it at once. I (not see) him for several weeks. 4. That man (catch) any fish yet? I’ve been watching him for the last hour and he (not move) once. 5. Quick! There (be) an accident. Phone the hospital. The accident (happen) when that red car (shoot) out of the side street without warning. 6. Why are flags at half-mast? – General Hopkins (die). He never (recover) from that last operation. 7. My parents (come) to live here in 1965. Since then they (be) much better in health. 8. They (live) here since 1970. They (make) many new friends. 9. Robert (live) in Rome threes years ago. Since then I (have) not a word from him. 10. George began listening to English recordings regularly last October. His pronunciation (improve) greatly since then.