- •Методична записка
- •(І) the english tenses
- •1. Put the following verbs in the 3rd person singular.
- •3. Expand the following into sentences in order to make true statements with doesn't or don't where necessary.
- •Water boils at 1oo°c
- •4. Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. Then, say what use of these tenses each extract shows.
- •Adverbs of Frequency
- •5. In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below, as in the example.
- •6. Michael McIntosh is a politician. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •State verbs
- •Verbs which express likes and dislikes: like, love, hate, dislike, enjoy, prefer; etc.
- •Verbs of perception: believe, know, notice, remember, forget, recognise, understand, realise, seem, think, etc.
- •Verbs of the senses: see, hear, feel, taste, look, smell, sound. We often use can or could with these verbs when we refer to what we see, hear, etc. At the moment of speaking.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Present Perfect Personality Quiz
- •10. Fill in the gaps with recently, how long, yet, for, always, ever, already, since, so far or just. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •11. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or continuous, using short forms where appropriate.
- •12. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •Have gone (to) / Have been (to)
- •13. Fill in the gaps with have/has been (to) or have/has gone (to).
- •14. Translate into English.
- •15. Choose the correct answer.
- •16. Underline the correct tense.
- •17. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •19. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •20. Choose the correct answer.
- •21.Correct the mistakes.
- •22. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions and postpositions. Find in the text all phrasal verbs and learn their meaning.
- •1. Write the past simple of the verbs in the list in the correct box.
- •2. Write the past simple of the verbs in the box, then read them out.
- •3. Write the simple past tense form of the verb. Then find that word in the puzzle below.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Then, say which uses of these tenses are shown in each extract.
- •6. Join the sentences using as, when and while, as in the examples.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action in each sentence?
- •8. A policeman is asking Mrs Hutchinson about a car accident she happened to see yesterday. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •10. Imagine that you were present when these things happened, then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.
- •Used to / Be used to / Get used to
- •11. Rewrite each person's comment using used to or didn't use to.
- •12. Choose the correct answer.
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •15. Fill in the gaps with one of the verbs from the list in the past perfect continuous.
- •16. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
- •17. First, say which action happened first, then join the sentences using the words in brackets, as in the example.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •19. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •20. Translate into English.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •22. Underline the correct tense.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
- •24. Underline the correct preposition.
- •25. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •27. Correct the mistakes.
- •28. Insert the article where it is necessary.
- •Future forms
- •The Future Simple
- •Be Going To
- •Present Continuous
- •Will / Shall
- •1. In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below, as in the example.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the future simple.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple, the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Future Continuous
- •4. You want to ask your friend to do something for you. Use the prompts below to make questions, as in the example.
- •5. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the future continuous.
- •6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •Future Perfect
- •Future Perfect Continuous
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect or the future perfect continuous.
- •8. Choose the correct answer.
- •B will have seen
- •C will be seeing
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect.
- •10. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •11. Underline the correct tense.
- •12. Study the following situations, then make sentences using the correct future tense.
- •13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •14. Underline the correct tense.
- •15. Put the verbs into the correct future tense.
- •16. Correct the mistakes.
- •17. Translate into English.
- •18. Fill in the correct preposition.
- •19. Choose the correct answer.
- •20. Make questions and complete the short answers, as in the example.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, the present simple, the present continuous or the present perfect.
- •22. Underline the correct word(s).
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •24. Fill in the blanks with the articles "a /an", "the" or "—".
- •25. Use the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.
- •26. Translate into English.
- •(Іі) the passive voice
- •Uses of the passive
- •They are building a new public library
- •A) When he arrived home a detective arrested him
- •1. Use either active or passive, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in parentheses.
- •2. Use active or passive, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in parentheses.
- •3. Translate into English.
- •4. Put the following into the passive voice. The agent should not be mentioned except in numbers 11 and 28.
- •2. Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
- •9. They are pulling down the old theatre.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •6. Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive or active form.
- •8. Turn the following sentences into the active voice. Where no agent is mentioned one must be supplied.
- •Reported speech
- •1. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the correct pronoun or possessive adjective.
- •3. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
- •4. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
- •5. Turn the sentences into reported speech. In which of the following sentences do the tenses not change? In which do they not have to be changed? Why?
- •6. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
- •7. Turn the following into reported questions.
- •8. Yesterday, Marion met a couple who were on holiday in London. They were looking at a map. She asked them some questions. Turn them into reported questions.
- •9. Fill in the gaps with the introductory verbs in the list in the correct form.
- •10. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
- •11. Turn the following dialogue into reported speech.
- •12. Translate into English.
- •13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Turn the text into reported speech using appropriate introductory verbs.
- •(Iіі) modal verbs
- •1. Analyse the form 'could' in the following sentences. State whether it denotes the past or the unreality of the action. Translate the combinations of 'could' with the infinitive.
- •2. In the following sentences 'could' denotes unreality. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the infinitive.
- •3. Translate into English. Pay attention to whether 'could' denotes the past or the unreality of the action.
- •II. The imperative meaning:
- •5. Translate into English. Use Patterns 2, 3, 4, 5:
- •Strong Doubt
- •6. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •8. Translate into English. Use Pattern 6 (a and b):
- •Very Strong Doubt
- •9. Refer the statement to the past by changing the form of the infinitive.
- •10. Translate into English. Use Pattern 7 (a and b):
- •11. Express strong and very strong doubt about the statements made in the following sentences.
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Make the following sentences more emotional by transforming them according to Pattern 8:
- •14. Translate the following sentences. State in what meaning the modal verb 'can' is used. Name the pattern and give the Ukrainian equivalent.
- •15. Translate into English:
- •16. Translate into English:
- •Prohibition
- •Request (mostly ironic) or Suggestion
- •Reproach
- •17. Ask for permission to do smth; give permission to do smth.; prohibit an action; express a request, a reproach using the following word combinations:
- •18. Translate into English. Give two variants where possible:
- •19. Transform the following sentences into ironic requests or suggestions according to Pattern 13. Change them into expressions of reproach according to Pattern 14.
- •21. Translate into English:
- •22. Translate into English. Use the Continuous infinitive to express doubt about an action in the present, the Indefinite infinitive to express doubt about a future action:
- •23. Translate the following sentences. State in what meaning the modal verb 'may' is used. Name the pattern and give the Ukrainian equivalent.
- •24. Express doubt about the statements made in the following sentences. Make the doubt stronger by using more and more emphatic expressions:
- •25. Fill in the blanks with 'may', 'might', 'can', 'could'. Give two variants where possible:
- •26. Translate into English. Use sentence patterns with 'can' and 'may'. Give variants where possible:
- •27. Fill in the blanks with 'must' or 'have':
- •29. Fill in the blanks with 'must', 'to have', 'to be'. Pay attention to whether the action is only necessary or necessary and expected:
- •30. Translate into English:
- •Prohibition
- •31. Make the following orders and prohibitions stricter by using 'to be’ instead of 'must'.
- •32. Translate into English. Give two variants in each case:
- •Near Certainty
- •33. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •39. Use the following word combinations to compose imperative sentences of, varying degrees of strictness. Give milder forms first.
- •40. A. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •41. A. Fill in the blanks with 'must', 'have', 'be'. Give variants where it can be done without changing the meaning. Introduce the particle 'to' where necessary:
- •42. Change the meaning of the following sentences. Use the verbs 'need' and 'have' to show that the actions are n о t necessary. Give two variants in each case.
- •Absence of Necessity for a Performed Action
- •Absence of Necessity in the Past
- •44. Translate into English:
- •45. Translate into English:
- •Permission Not to Do
- •46. Compose sentences giving permission not to do the actions mentioned in the following interrogative sentences.
- •47. Translate the following sentences. State in what meaning the modal verb 'need' is used. Name the pattern and give the Russian equivalent:
- •Certainty
- •49. Ask for instructions concerning the actions named below.
- •50. Translate into English. Use Pattern 26:
- •51. Advise smb to do or not to do the actions named below.
- •52. Give advice in answer to the following statements. Use the word combinations in brackets.
- •Criticism of a Past Action
- •53. Criticize the actions named in the sentences below.
- •54. Change the following expressions of advice into criticism of a past action by changing the form of the infinitive.
- •57. Translate into English. Use the indefinite infinitive speaking about the present or future, the perfect infinitive speaking about the past. Consult Pattern 30.
- •58. Translate the following sentences. State in what meaning the modal verb 'shall' is used. Name the pattern and give the Ukrainian equivalent:
- •62. Give advice to do or not to do something using the following word combinations.
- •Criticism of a Past Action
- •63. Criticize the actions mentioned in the following sentences.
- •Near Certainty
- •65. Translate the following sentences. Stale whether the verb 'ought' is used to denote advice, criticism of a past action or near certainty:
- •Volition
- •66. Make a statement about somebody refusing to act the way lie should or is expected to. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the modal verb": Use the groups of words given below.
- •67. Make a statement about something not functioning the way it should or is expected to. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the modal verb. Use the groups of words given below.
- •68. Make a statement about somebody insisting on acting in the wrong way. Refer Иге situation to the past by changing the form of the modal verb. Use the groups of words given below.
- •69. Make a statement about a thing functioning contrary to your expectations and wishes. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the modal verb. Use the groups of words given below.
- •70. Translate into English. Give two variants where possible:
- •Request
- •71. Compose orders using the following word-combinations. Turn them into requests. Make the requests more pressing, insistent.
- •Near Certainty
- •73. Translate the following sentences. State whether the modal verb 'will’ is used to denote volition, a repeated action in the past, order, request or near certainty:
- •74. Translate into English:
- •Articles
- •Mr. Green bought a used car.
- •Is there an eraser in your desk?
- •Irregular Verbs
- •Bibliography
1. Analyse the form 'could' in the following sentences. State whether it denotes the past or the unreality of the action. Translate the combinations of 'could' with the infinitive.
1. Не could reel off line after line of poetry when he was a child. 2. He told us that the place could be reached by car. 3. I could see through the window that the room was empty. 4. I could tell you many things if you would only care to listen. 5. She's as tall as you are. She could wear your things. 6. You simply did not care. Why, you could have lent him the money. 7. The game was as good as lost. Nothing could have saved "the Ramblers". 8. By the evening I had gone through the pile of papers. It was no use. I could not find any mention of the case. 9. Don't try to find excuses for her. She could at least offer to help you put the house to rights after the party. But she won't, not she. 10. The last copy was sold. I could have cried. 11. We had to tell him everything. We could not have managed without his help. 12. So you walked the whole way, carrying that heavy suitcase. Why couldn't you ask somebody for a lift?
2. In the following sentences 'could' denotes unreality. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the infinitive.
Model: Could you do anything for her? (now)
Could you have done anything for her? (then)
1. Only an immediate operation could save her now. 2. I could get there in less than two hours in my car. 3. I could not make a cake without eggs anyway. 4. Could you translate this without a dictionary? 5. How could you get in touch with her? You don't know where she is. 6. I could refuse her nothing. 7. Don't do that. A better way out could be found. 8. Of course I could ask Father to post it for me. 9. Jackie could stay with Edna. She would love to have him. 10. You could take it to the cleaner's on the way to town and I'd get it back in time for the party.
3. Translate into English. Pay attention to whether 'could' denotes the past or the unreality of the action.
1. З мого вікна я могла бачити лише частину двору. 2. В темряві я не змогла розібрати, скільки там було людей. 3. Ніч була така темна, що я не змогла б знайти дорогу без ліхтарика. 4. Я могла б розповісти йому все одразу, але не хотіла псувати йому настрій. 5. Ніхто не зміг би зробити для нього більше, ніж це зробили ви, лікарю. 6. Дівчинка могла лише ледь-ледь дотягнутися до верхньої полки. 7. Як ти могла залишити її саму? Адже вона могла заблукати. 8. Він не зміг розв’язати ту задачу. 9. Він не зміг би сам розв’язати ту задачу. 10. Вона могла розповісти буквально все про цю рослину.
II. The imperative meaning:
1. permission, 2. request, 3. prohibition
Pattern 2
Permission
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you can do smth
E.g. 1. You can go now, Mary. 2. You can stay, if you want to.
Pattern 3
Request
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can
could
can’t
couldn’t
you do smth?
E.g. 1. Can you tell me the time? 2. Could you give me a lift? 3. Couldn’t you just give me a hint?
Pattern 4
Asking for permission
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can
could
can’t
couldn’t
I (smb) do smth …?
E.g. 1. Can I have another egg, Mother? 2. Could Eddie come too? 3. Couldn’t I wait in the car?
Pattern 5
Prohibition
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you can’t do smth
E.g. 1. You can’t cross the river here. 2. No, children, you can’t take the dog indoors.
Note 2. The modal verb can has an imperative meaning in these patterns only. If you change the pattern the meaning will also change.
Compare:
Can he spell?— no imperative meaning.
Can you spell your name for me? — request.
Can I spell this word for you? — asking for permission.
4. Form requests, ask for permission to do something, give permission to do something, express prohibition using the following word-combinations:
Model: to discuss the subject with one's friends.
1. request —Can (could) you discuss the subject with your friends?
2. asking for permission — Can (could) I discuss the subject with my friends?
3. permission — You can discuss the subject with your friends.
4. prohibition — You can't discuss the subject with your friends.
1. to help smb with his work; 2. to take smb's picture; 3. to have cream with one's tea; 4. to drop in at a shop for some face-cream.