Illustrative Situations:

/. Listen to the dialogues and learn them:

1 — Does the postman come every day?

— No, he doesn't.

— Did he come this morning?

— Yes, he brought some letters.

2. — Did Henry go for a walk yesterday?

— Yes, he did.

— Does he go for a walk every day?

— No, he doesn't.

3 — Helen didn't go to Jane's party yesterday.

— Did she stay at home?

— No, she didn't. She went to the pictures.

4. — What did you do last night'

— I played cards.

— How about Fred'

— He watched television.

5. — When did you last see Jack?

— On Sunday.

— Are you going to see him again soon? —

— I don't think so.

6. — Were you at Judy's yesterday?

— Yes, I was.

— Did you see Frank?

— No, I didn't.

7. — How did Mr Wood spend last summer holidays?

— He went to the seaside.

— And how about Mrs Wood?

— She stayed at home.

8. — Where did you spend last summer holidays?

— In the country.

— What did you do there'

— Lots of things. I used to go swimming, for instance.

9. — Did you study German or French at school?

— German

— And what about your sister?

— She studied French.

10. — You didn't go to see Miss Fisher yesterday, did you?

— No, I didn't. I went to the club instead.

— And Jack did the same, didn't he?

— Yes, he did.

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REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

In simple past. Affirmative

AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Illustrative Texts Richard Wants a Change

Richard West works in an office 5 days a week. He usually gets up at 7.30, has a shower and then has breakfast. He starts work at 9, lunch at I and then goes home at 5 30. In the evening he usually reads or watches television.

Richard wants a change. He often says: "Every day I do exactly the same thing¹ Yesterday I got up at 7 30, had a shower and then had breakfast. I started work at 9 and ate lunch at 1. Then I went home at 5.30. In the evening I read a book and then watched tele­vision".

/. Listen to the text "Richard Wants a Change".

II. Read the text and analyse the use of tense forms.

III. Tell about Richard's daily routine on weekdays.

IV. What did Richard do yesterday?

Julia Hurries to Work

. Julia often gets up late and she got up late this morning. She ate some cornflakes and drank some tea. She did not wash all the dishes. She washed only some of them. She did not have very much time this morning.

/. Listen to the text "Julia Hurries to Work".

II. Read the text and analyse the use of tense forms.

III. Answer the questions:

Did Julia get up early or late today? What did she have for breakfast? What did she do with the dishes and why?

IV. Say what Julia did this morning.

V What time did you get up today? Did you have a shower this morning? When did you have breakfast' What did you eat? Did you wash the dishes after breakfast? What did you do after breakfast? When did you come to work?

Mrs Mills Goes to London

Last week Mrs Mills went to London. She doesn't know Lon­don very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly she saw a man near a bus-stop. "I can ask him the way", she said to herself. "Excuse me", she said. "Can you tell me the way to King Street, please?" The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English! He spo­ke German. He was a tourist. Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a phrase-book. He opened the book and found a phrase. He read the phrase slowly. "I am sorry", he said. " I do not speak English".

/ Listen to the text "Mrs Mills Goes to London". II. Read the text and analyse the use of tense forms.

HI. What happened to Mrs Mills in London? Why couldn't the man help Mrs Mills?

IV. Tell about Mrs Mills's visit to London.

Practice

/. Listen and repeat:

1. I saw your brother in the library yesterday afternoon. 2. We invited Margaret to the party. 3. Some days ago my mother fell down and broke her arm. 4. We wrote a test at our lesson. 5. Mr Baxter's son became a journalist. 6. I knew almost all the people at the party. 7. We sent the telegram on Tuesday. 8. I told Peter the news yesterday. 9. The boss went away on business on Monday. 10. We painted the floor in the kitchen some days ago. 11. Fortuna­tely I caught the 6 o'clock train and got to the office on time. 12.1 he­ard a very sweet melody yesterday. 13. 1 read an interesting ar­ticle this morning. 14. John brought his tape-recorder to the party. 15. We sat in the first row. 16. Mr Robinson flew to Mexico last month. 17. He ate and drank too much. 18. I found my glasses in the laboratory. 19. Jack came home late on Monday. 20. 1 finished work at 8 p. m. 21. We paid a lot for the house. 22. Mary did her ho­mework yesterday evening. 23. We stayed at the seaside for a month. 24. The lecture began at 10 a. m. 25. We sold our car a month ago. 26. Mary gave me her dictionary for some days and I forgot to give it back to her. 27. Helen lost her umbrella yesterday.

28. At the party Mike played the piano and Lucy sang beautifully.

29. I met Peter not long ago and had a talk with him. 30. I remem­ber I put the book into the bookcase. 31. She said something about it at dinner. 32.1 ran for the bus this morning. 33. We swam much in

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summer. 34. We spent the weekend in the country. 35. Helen bo­ught a beautiful ring some days ago. 36. Victor came home late and slept till 11 today. 37. My mother taught chemistry at school for thirty years. 38. I made a lot of mistakes in my dictation. 39. I un­derstood everything at once. 40. Mary stood up and went out of the classroom. 41. Somebody stole Peter's bicycle the day before yester­day. 42. I thought a lot about this problem. 43 Mr Short and Harry Turner spoke at the meeting. 44. The bell rang and the students left the room. 45. I drove 50 miles yesterday.

//. Respond to the following utterances. Do it as in the examples:

e.g. — Did the lift stop?

— Of course, it stopped.

1. Did you watch the match? 2. Did she talk to the boss? 3. Did she type the letter? 4. Did they discuss the plan? 5. Did the news surprise him? 6. Did your scheme work? 7. Did she cook the steak? 8. Did you laugh? 9. Did he look for his passport? 10. Did they invite Mary? 11. Did you wait for her? 12. Did they like the programme? 13. Did you listen to the news? 14. Did you visit uncle Jack?

e.g. — Let's invite the Thompsons to supper on Sunday, (last Sunday)

— Oh, no! We invited them to supper last Sunday.

1. Let's visit Uncle Peter, (last month) 2. Let's wash the car. (last week) 3. Well, let's cook a Chinese meal again on Saturday night, (last Saturday night) 4. Well, let's watch boxing, (the day before yesterday) 5. Let's ask Harry and Pat to come over, (only a few days ago) 6. Let's help your father with the garden again, (last weekend) 7. Let's play cards with Mike and Jane again, (last Saturday evening) e.g. — We usually rest at the seaside in summer.

— And last summer?

— Last summer we didn't rest at the seaside.

1. — We watch TV in the evening.— And yesterday evening?

2. — On Sunday we usually go to the cinema.— And this Sunday?

3. — Mike usually stays late at work.— And on Friday? 4. — She usually types many letters.— And yesterday? 5. — We often visit our parents on the weekend.— And last weekend?

e.g. — You watched TV yesterday, didn't you^ (in the evening)

— Yes, I did. I watched TV in the evening.

1. You studied German at school, didn't you? (for six years).

2. You translated the text, didn't you? (yesterday morning).

3. Jack finished the work yesterday, didn't he? (yesterday evening)

4. Jack stayed at a hotel, didn't he? (at the "Minsk Hotel") 5. You

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passed your exam last week, didn't you? (on Monday) 6. Peter vi­sited his parents last week, didn't he? (on Friday) 7. It rained yesterday, didn't it? (for two hours) 8. You started early, didn't you? (at 5 a. m.) 9. Mrs Brown walked in the park in the morning, didn't she? (for an hour)

e.g. — You didn't watch TV yesterday evening, did you? (listen to the radio.

— No, I didn't. I listened to the radio.

1. You didn't start early, did you? (late) 2. Jane invited a lot of people to her birthday party, (few) 3. You didn't finish work until 6, did you? (at 8). 4. The teacher didn't ask Mary, did he? (John) 5. Bob phoned you on Friday, didn't he? (on Tuesday) 6. Mike didn't collect coins in his youth, did he? (stamps) 7. You didn't play cards yesterday evening, did you? (chess) e.g. — John didn't play football yesterday, did he? (for 2 hours)

— Yes, he did. He played football for 2 hours.

1. Harry didn't wait for you, did he? (for half an hour) 2. It didn't rain much last autumn, did it? (heavily) 3. The Smiths didn't travel last year, did they? (a lot) 4. Betty didn't invite her friends to her wedding, (all her friends) 5. Mike didn't receive any letters, (two letters) 6. You didn't start the work on time, did you? (at 9 sharp) 7. You didn't talk about Mary, (a lot) 8. She didn't ask for help. (Mary) 9. He didn't often change his job (very often) e.g. — I got up at 7 today.

— And yesterday? (at 6)

— I got up at 6 yesterday.

1. I did my homework this morning. And Helen? (yesterday evening) 2. Robert became a doctor. And his brother? (a teacher). 3. Alec went to work by car And Bob? (by bus) 4. We had breakfast at 9 today. And yesterday? (at 7) 5. We wrote a dictation on Friday. And on Saturday? (a grammar test). 6. He left the office at 7 today. And last Tuesday? (at 9) 7. We swam in the sea before breakfast. And you? (after breakfast) 8. I woke up at 6 yesterday. And the day before yesterday? (At 7) 9 I made a lot of mistakes in my last dictation. And you? (few) 10. We ate fish for supper. And for break­fast? (meat) 11. We spent our day off in town. And you? (in the country) 12. He slept till 7 today. And yesterday? (till 9) 13. She took two books in the library last week. And this week? (five bo­oks). 14. The Browns bought a car last year. And you? (two years ago) 15. I heard this opera last year. And you? (in 1990) 16. Mr Smith came to the office at 9. And Mr White? (at 8) 17. We saw the Greens a month ago. And you? (on Friday morning) 18. Mr White taught us English two years ago. And Mrs Smith? (French) e.g. — I met Peter yesterday.

— So did I, I also met him yesterday.

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1. We began the work early. 2. Mary brought some records. 3. Helen came at 7. 4. She spo\e French at the reception 5. We went on a picnic at the weekend. 6. My father caugnt a lot of lish. 7. They sold their car last year. 8. I bought that dictionary. 9. I read much in summer. 10. We ate meat for dinner. 11.1 forgot Mary's address. 12. Mike made a lot of mistakes in his dictation. 13. We left at 9.00. 14. I had a big breakfast today. 14. We got home late. 15. Ann lost her umbrella yesterday. 16. Peter did well at maths at school.

16. We sat in the tenth row. 17. They sent him a letter. 18. We wrote a dictation. 18. I met Roger on Friday. 20. I woke up early today. 21. We flew to London. 22.1 gave Mary some books. 23.1 lost my gloves some days ago. 24. I read a lot during my holidays, e.g. — We didn't go out last night.

— Neither did we. We didn't go out last night either.

1. John didn't speak at the meeting. 2. Mike didn't buy any­thing. 3. We didn't read this book at school. 4. Jack didn't say anything. 5. We didn't swim yesterday. 6. I didn't ring him up on Friday. 7. We didn't write to Peter. 8. I didn't meet Jack there. 9. I didn't listen to the news yesterday. 10. Jane didn't do well at school.

e.g. — You usually buy your vegetables at your local green­grocer's, don't you? (the market)

— Yes, but today I bought them at the market. You usually ..., don't you?

1. get out at Leicester Square (Piccadilly); 2. drink water (wine);3. buy apples (pears); 4. meet Paul at the office (at the club); 5. read the Daily Telegraph (The Times); 6. send the documents by post (by hand); 7. tell Peter first (Janet); 8. go with Peter (with Paul) 9. come by bus (by taxi); 10. say too little (too much); 11. sit downstairs (upstairs); 12. take two pieces of toast (three) 13. leave at eight (at nine); 14. write three lines (three pages); 15. ring her up at 7 (at 6); 16. spend a lot of money (little);

17. swim little (much); 18. do the housework in the evening (in the morning).

e.g. — Did Sheila sing at the party? (beautifully)

— Yes, she sang beautifully.

1. Did you find her house? (easily) 2. Did Peter speak Spanish? (fluently) 3. Did Mike drive the car? (carefully) 4. Did she do the work alone? (quickly) 5. Did it rain yesterday? (hard) 6. Did Betty learn the poem? (easily) 7. Did she send the telegram? (immediately) 8. Did John play the violin? (very well) 9. Did you enjoy the party? (very much) 10. Did it snow on Sunday? (hard) 11. Did Maradonna play? (very well) e.g. — Who did you give the books to? (Peter)

— I gave the books to Peter.

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1. Who did he lend the hammer to? (Mr Williams) 2. Who did you send the parcel to? (my parents) 3. Who did you write that letter to? (my cousin) 4. Who did you sell your house to? (Mr Robinson) 5. Who did you speak to? (the chief engineer) 6. Who did you read the letter to? (Peter) 7. Who did she give the typewriter to? (her brother)

e.g. — When did you go to France? (last year) — I went to France last year.

1. When did he wear this tie? (a week ago) 2. When did you speak to the manager? (on Friday) 3. When did you see the Smiths? (last week) 4. When did Mike have a holiday? (in autumn) 5. When did it rain last? (on Tuesday) 6. When did they begin the experi­ment? (a week ago) 6. When did they buy the house? (two months ago) 7. When did you last go fishing? (on Saturday) 8. When did the train leave? (an hour ago) 9. When did Mike do the home­work? (yesterday evening) 10. When did you drive to the country? (on Sunday) 11. When did you have dinner? (an hour ago) 12. When did you get the telegram? (last night) 13. When did you make that bookcase? (last month) 14. When did you lose your umbrella? (the day before yesterday) 15. When did you pay the bill (an hour ago) 16. When did he sell his car? (two months ago) 17. When did she send the parcel? (last week) 18. When did you wake up? (at 7) 18. When did you write the letter? (yesterday afternoon)

e.g. — Did you make an appointment for Friday afternoon? (Saturday morning)

— No, I didn't, but I made an appointment for Saturday morning.

1. Did Jeff drink all my whisky? (all your gin) 2. Did you take that big parcel to the post-office? (all the letters) 3. Did you speak to Mr Johnson on the phone? (his secretary) 4. Did Tom ring you up at school? (at home) 5. Did you go to the movies? (theatre) 6. Did Jeff eat all the cheese last night? (ham) 7. Did you buy any ice-cream from the supermarket? (yogurt) 8. Did you spend a lot of money at the supermarket? (at the new dress-shop). 9. Did you swim in the sea? (in the lake) 10. Did you meet any Germans during the holiday? (Spaniards) 11. Did you write any letters? (postcards) 12. Did you eat bananas? (oranges) 13. Did Jack see Mary? (her sister) e.g. — Did Ann type the letter? (Mary)

— No, it was Mary who typed it.

1. Did you keep Bill? (Jack) 2. Did you send the telegram? (Mrs Smith) 3. Did Lucy complain? (Gemma) 4. Did Emma cook the cake? (Helen) 5. Did Robert bring the record-player¹ (his brother) 6. Did Johnny break the vase? (his sister) 7. Did you phone

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Paul? (Kate) 8. Did Tom help? (Dick) 9. Did Mike catch that fish? (Tom) 10. Did your father make that bookcase? (my brother) 11. Did John pay the bill? (Peter) 12 Did Mr Black teach you? (Mr Jackson) 13. Did you write that letter? (Betty) 14. Did Mike take the typewriter? (Victor)

Fluency The Blacks Go to London

The Blacks live in the suburbs of London Mr Black and his two sons Roger and David work in London and go to London five times a week Today they woke up a few minutes before seven o'clock. They got out of bed and went to the bathroom. They washed and shaved. David had a bath. Then they went to the bedroom and dressed At half past seven they went downstairs for breakfast.

At breakfast Roger and David sat opposite each other. Mrs Black sat opposite her husband. After breakfast Mr Black smoked a cigarette and read the newspaper. At twenty-five past eight Mr Black and the boys left the house. Mrs Black went to the gate and said good-bye to them. They walked to the station. They arrived there a few minutes before twenty to nine. Their train got to London at a quarter past nine.

/. Listen to the text "The Blacks Go to London" and answer the questions:

Do the Blacks live far from London? What time did the Blacks get up today? What did they do in the morning? When did they leave home for work? How did they get to the station?

// Say what the Blacks did Ms morning

III. What time did you get up today? What time did you have breakfast? When did you leave home for work? How did you get to work?

Jill's Old Diary

Jill: Look, Steve, Yesterday I found this old diary. It's eight years old. 1983, the year before we got engaged.

Steve: I remember. I paid a fortune for the engagement ring! It cost £ 200 I spent all my savings on it. Did you read the diary?

Jill: Yes, I read it all. 1983 was a bad year for me. Listen! On the 2nd of January I fell down and broke my arm. Two months

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later, in March, I caught flue and was ill for weeks. In June I had a meal at a restaurant and was sick for days. Then in July I drove to Scotland with my sister and a man stole our car. My parents gave me a watch for my birthday and I lost it two days later. I didn't have a good time that year.

Steve: But in December you met me at a college party.

Jill: Yes, Steve, 1983 was a very bad year for me.

/. Listen to the text "Jill's Old Diary" and say whether 1983 was a happy year for Jill.

II. Why does Jill think 1983 was a bad year for her? What hap­pened to her in January? in March? in June? in July? in December?

///. Say why 1983 was a bad year for Jill.

IV. Was last year a good year for you? And what about this

year.¹'

Self check

/. Put the verbs into the correct forms:

An Englishman (come) to New York. He (stop) at a hotel and (decide) to send a telegram to his wife. He (go) to the post-office and (do) so. In the telegram he (send) his wife his address. Then he (go) to the cinema. In the evening he (want) to get back to his hotel, but he (remember, not) the name and the address of the hotel. Nobody could help him. So he (send) another telegram to his wife, "Please, send me my address".

//. Translate into English:

1. Вчера мне звонил Николай. Сегодня вечером он уезжает в командировку. 2. Две недели назад мы с женой слушали «Аиду». Опера нам очень понравилась. 3. Мой сын студент. Он окончил школу три года назад. 4. Вчера мы были в кино. Там мы встретили-своих друзей. 5. В воскресенье мы не ездили на дачу. Мы навести­ли своих родителей. 6. Я не купил вчера билет.— Я тоже. 7. Я за­был ее адрес.— Я тоже. 8. Мы пришли домой поздно.— Мы тоже. 9. Я вышла из дома рано.— Я тоже.

QUESTIONS