7. Ask all types of questions to the following sentences.
He is working on some kind of invention.
2. I am having dinner now.
3. Aunt Betty is talking to the butcher in the kitchen.
4. My parents are talking about Fred’s new car.
5. I am dreaming about summer.
8. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1. We looking for a new flat.
e.g. We are looking for a new flat.
2. I am visiting my grandparents every week.
3. George and Mary is watching TV.
4. He sits on the floor at the moment.
5. Steve goes fishing now.
6. Rebecca wash her hair every day.
7. Tim isn’t wanting to do his homework.
8. Peter looks for a new house at the moment.
9. Sarah is drinking coffee every morning.
10. They don’t go usually on holiday in May.
11. What are you do?
12. He reading a magazine.
9. Imagine you are preparing for the New Year’s party. Write 5 sentences what each member of your family is doing.
e.g. My mother is cooking dinner.
10. Answer the following questions.
What do these characters do on ordinary days?
What are they doing now?
11. Translate the sentences into English.
1. Они часто говорят о вас.
2. Послушай, она поет какую-то новую песню.
3. Мне не нравится ваш приятель, он все время ворчит и жалуется.
4. Я не понимаю, что он говорит.
5. На уроках мы переводим тексты, а дома учим грамматические правила.
6. На каком языке они говорят сейчас с вашим другом? – Они говорят по-английски, но мой друг знает также и немецкий.
7. Она постоянно говорит по телефону.
8. В следующую субботу мы идем на день рождения к другу.
9. Завтра Джон встречается со своим другом.
10. Я не люблю таких людей, как он. Он вечно мечтает, но ничего не делает.
11. Она всегда жалуется на своего сына, когда бы я ее ни встретил.
12. Я не люблю фильмы ужасов. – Я тоже.
Unit 3. Past Simple
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be: was, were.
1. Yesterday it was Lisa’s birthday.
2. How old … Allen last year? … he ten or eleven?
3. When … Shirley’s baby born?
4. In what season … they born?
5. They … (not) born in spring. I’m sure.
6. Uncle Richard … (not) at home yesterday evening.
7. Sam … at the beach with his friends. They … all very happy.
8. Where … you at 11 o’clock.
9. Peter … (not) happy yesterday.
10. Where … Mary last Saturday?
11. She … at the stadium.
12. My brothers, my sisters and I … at the exhibition.
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct Past Simple form of words given.
They didn’t eat (not/eat) any chocolate.
… (you/see) anybody there?
We … (meet) her last week.
… (she/clean) the blackboard?
Two years ago we … (visit) Italy.
They … (not/look) after the little girl.
The doctor … (not/tell) her to stay in bed.
Who … (you/give) it to?
It … (not/rain) yesterday.
… he … (find) the key on his way home?
Why … ( they/not/tell) me the truth about it?
He … (never/drive) faster than he should.
3. Choose the correct tense.
1. My friend Vivienne doesn’t watch/didn’t watch videos very often.
2. My father and some of his friends play/played football every Saturday.
3. When I was doing the washing up, I break/broke a glass.
4. Susan and Tim usually go/went to the disco at weekends.
5. Last night the train doesn’t arrive/didn’t arrive on time.
6. Do you have/Did you have a nice weekend in London?
7. Diane visits/visited her grandmother in a rest home every Sunday.
8. Vegetarians are people who don’t eat/didn’t eat any meat.
9. Jeremy leaves/left secondary school last year.
10. My mother buys/bought a blue coat two days ago.
11. How often do you go/did you go out with friends?
12. Do you call/Did you call Mike yesterday?