Exercises

I. Поставьте нужную форму глагола was/were.

1. _____ he busy on Monday?

2. The talks ________ not very difficult yesterday.

3. It ___________ very cold last night.

4. The managers _________ very tired.

5. It _____ not his first visit to London.

6. I __________ greatly interested in our business.

7. The goods of Smith & Co _____ very popular in the world market last year.

8. _________ they on business last month?

9. Why _______you late this morning?

10. John ____ not at work last week because he____ ill.

II. Образуйте общие вопросы и отрицательные предложения в Past Simple:

1. I sent an offer to the client yesterday.

2. We saw the machines in operation the day before yesterday.

3. They signed a contract the other day.

4. She met the representatives of the firm 2 days ago.

5. They discussed business matters during the talks.

6. We found the price too high.

7. I finished work early.

8. She went to the bank in the morning.

9. We had a nice holiday last summer.

10. The hotel was comfortable.

III. Образуйте специальные вопросы в Past Simple:

1. Our partners invited us to the restaurant last night. (when?)

2. Tom arrived at work late yesterday. (where?)

3. The clients agreed to buy the goods. (who?)

4. She enjoyed her trip. (what?)

5. He visited Britain last month. (when?)

6. They discussed the price. (what?)

7. The manger often went on business to Italy last year. (where?)

8. They didn’t like the hotel. The room was small and dirty. (why?)

9. Last Tuesday Lisa flew to London. (when?)

10. We had the talks in the conference room. (where?)

IV. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глагол в Past Simple.

1. Our company (make) some contracts last month.

2. I (leave) the office at 7.00 p.m.

3. Our director (visit) Japan 2 weeks ago.

4. We (meet) our partners the other day.

5. We (start) producing a new model of computer 3 months ago.

6. The (know) that the goods (be) of high quality.

7. I (receive) a lot of messages in the morning.

8. The company (deliver) the goods on time.

9. I (see) that model at the exhibition.

10. Mr.Bell (give) us all the necessary information.

11. The secretary (make) an appointment with Mr.Jones for Friday.

Unit 5 Section a Grammar reference The Present Perfect Tense (Настоящее совершенное время)

Present Perfect образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to have в форме настоящего времени (have, has) и причастия прошедшего времени (Participle II) смыслового глагола. На русский язык переводится глаголом в прошедшем времени.

I have seen this film.	Я посмотрел этот фильм.
- Have you seen this film?	- Yes, I have / - No, I haven’t.
I have not (haven’t) seen this film.
He has signed the contract	Он подписал контракт.
- Has he signed the contract?	- Yes, he has / - No he hasn’t.
He has not (hasn’t) signed the contract.

• Present Perfect употребляется для выражения действия, которое совершилось в прошлом (время действия не указывается), но результат которого очевиден или имеет значение в настоящем.

• Если время действия указано, тогда употребляется Simple Past:

He signed the contract yesterday (last week, 2 hours ago, etc.).

• Present Perfect употребляется со следующими наречиями:

Just	только что	He has just signed the contract.
Already	уже ( в утвердительных предложениях	He has already signed the contract. I have already seen this film
Yet	ещё ( в отрицательных предложениях) уже ( в вопросительных предложениях)	He hasn’t signed the contract yet. I haven’t seen this film yet. Has he signed the contract yet? Have you seen this film yet?
Ever	когда-нибудь(в вопросительных предложениях)	Have you ever been to London?
Never	никогда (когда речь идет о действиях в прошлом)	I have never been to Spain.
Lately recently	в последнее время, недавно	I haven’t seen him lately. I have read this book recently.

Present Perfect может употребляться также

• с обстоятельствами времени, которые обозначают еще не истекший отрезок времени, как например: today, this morning, this week, this month, this year и т.п.:

I’ve had a lot of work to do this week.

У меня было много работы на этой неделе.