- •Contents
- •2. Present Continuous
- •3. Present Simple
- •Ex. 3. Supply the following sentences with one of the given adverbs: usually, never, often, always, generally, sometimes, occasionally.
- •4.Present Simple vs. Present Continuous.
- •5. Past Simple
- •Ex. 1. Put the verbs in the past simple tense.
- •6. Past Continuous
- •7. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous.
- •8. Present Perfect Simple
- •9. Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
- •Compare
- •Compare these sentences.
- •10. Present Perfect Continuous
- •Compare these sentences
- •12. Past Perfect
- •13. Future Forms
- •1. Future Simple
- •2. Be going to (do)
- •3. Present Continuous1 with a future meaning.
- •4. Present Simple with a future meaning.
- •5. Future Continuous
- •Ex. 1. Put the following sentences in the negative and question forms (yes/no questions).
- •Ex. 2. Put the verbs into the correct form.
- •Ex. 3. Make one sentence from two sentences.
- •Ex. 4. Are you (your friend, your parents) going to do/ not going to do these things tomorrow?
- •Ex. 5. Put the verb in the correct form using willorgoing to.
- •Ex. 6. What will these people be doing tomorrow from 8 till 8-30 in the morning.
- •Ex. 7. Write some sentences about your plans for the next few days.
- •Ex. 8. Choose the correct verb form in the following pairs of sentences.
- •14. Revision of Tenses
- •15. Modal verbs (basic rules).
- •2. Must – have to – to be to.
- •Ex. 5. Put in must or have to.
- •Ex. 6. Put in must or had to.
- •Ex. 7. Make questions with have to. Some are present and some are past.
- •Ex. 8. Make negative sentences with have to.
- •Ex. 9. Underline the correct verb form.
- •4. Should (do)
- •16. Questions in Different Tenses (Revision).
- •1. General questions.
- •2. Special questions.
- •3. Alternative questions.
- •17. Reported Speech
- •Verb in the past.
- •18. There (is) and It (is)
- •Ex. 3. Complete the dialogue with used to or didn’t use to
- •Ex. 4. Translate the sentences into English.
- •20. Conditionals
- •Ex. 2. Open the brackets using type 2 conditional.
- •Ex. 3. Give advice using type 2 conditional.
- •Ex. 5. Rewrite the following story using type 3 conditional.
- •E.G. If Ron hadn’t slept until twelve yesterday, he wouldn’t have failed the exam. Continue rewriting the story. Ex. 6. Match the following parts of the sentence
- •Ex. 8. Translate the sentences into English.
- •21. Passive Voice.
- •22. Complex Subject
- •Ex. 1. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Ex. 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the complex subject.
- •Ex. 3. Translate the sentences into English.
- •23. Gerund.
- •25. Participle.
- •Participle I has four forms:
- •26. Complex Object.
- •27. Articles
- •28. Pronouns
- •Demonstrative pronouns
- •29. Some, any, no
- •30. Compound pronouns.
- •31. Much, Many, Little, Few, a Lot (of).
- •32. Adjectives and adverbs
- •33. Comparisons.
- •Irregular forms.
- •2. The same as
- •34. Other and another
- •Ex. 1. Fill in the blanks with other, another, the other.
- •Ex. 2. Insert other or others.
- •We write –‘after nouns in plural
- •We use the possessive (’s) structure when the first noun is the name of a person, group of people, animal, organization, country
- •E.G. Rules: club / football
- •36. So and Such.
- •37. Enough and Too.
- •Ex. 3. Use too orenough
- •Ex. 4. Translate the sentences into English.
- •38. Relative clauses – clauses with who / that / which
- •39. Prepositions.
- •For / during
- •In / at and to (places and directions)
- •40. Irregular Verbs
- •41. Word-Formation
- •42. Abbreviation List
4.Present Simple vs. Present Continuous.
Ex. 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous tense.
I (play) the piano now.
I usually (not / play) the piano in the morning.
He (talk) to his brother at the moment.
They often (talk) to each other because they (be) very close.
I (feel) a bit nervous now.
They (pack) their things at the moment
John (look) at the board but he (not / understand) the rule.
Look! Somebody (walk) round your car.
She always (drive) to work, but today she (walk) there, it is nice and sunny today.
I am sorry to disturb you, but what you (do) in my room?
At present the situation (depend) on you only.
Ex. 2. Are the underlined parts of the sentences right or wrong? Correct the wrong ones.
Listen! The phone rings.
They are havinga party now.
It rainsat the moment.
I lookfor a job now.
What is he doingat the moment?
What ishe usuallydoingat this time?
I often watchTV in the evening.
Areyouseeinganything strange in the room?
I am not liking this film.
It often snowsin winter in Moscow.
Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous tense.
Dear Jane
Greetings from Paris. At the moment I (sit) in a nice café drinking tea and eating strawberry cake. I (visit) the same café every afternoon and (watch) the people. Two men (play) chess and a young boy (play) the violin now.
But it isn’t a holiday. John and I (study) French at the university. We (enjoy) it but it is rather hard. We (study) every morning and the classes (start) at 8. We usually (get up) at 6.30. We (stay) with our friend who (live) in the centre of Paris.
Now John (look for) some presents in the shops. Well, I can see him walking along the street and he (carry) a very big packet. I’ll say goodbye now. See you next month.
Love
Ann.
Ex. 4. Translate the following sentences into English.
Я сейчас мою пол в спальне.
Иногда она ходит в театр.
В выходные она часто гуляет в парке с подругой.
Она в настоящий момент разговаривает по телефону.
Закрой дверь! Я работаю.
Извините, что вы читаете?
Сейчас Анна готовит завтрак на кухне, она всегда встает рано.
Где Петр? – Он катается на лыжах в парке.
Что вы обычно делаете по вечерам? – Вечерами я смотрю телевизор.
Что ты делаешь? – Я пишу доклад.
5. Past Simple
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Positive |
She talkedabout it last Sunday. |
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Negative |
She didn’ttalkabout it last Sunday. |
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Questions |
Didshe talkabout it last Sunday? Yes, she did. No, shedidn’t. Why didshe talk about it? |
We use the past simple tense for past actions or past situations.
Some verbs have an irregular past form. The list of irregular verbs is given at the end of the book.
The past simple tense is the same in all persons except in the past tense of be.
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I, HE, SHE, IT |
WE, YOU, THEY |
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Positive |
He was at home yesterday |
They were at home yesterday. |
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Negative |
He wasn’t at home yesterday. |
They weren’t at home yesterday. |
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Questions |
Was he at home yesterday? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t. Where was he? |
Were they at home yesterday? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t. Where were they? |
The following adverbs and word combinations may be signals of the past simple tense: yesterday, the day before yesterday, yesterday morning (afternoon/evening), last year (month, week, Sunday, …), in 2001, when I was 5, 15 years ago, the other day, in my childhood, ... .