- •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
Present Perfect Personality Quiz
What kind of person are you? Find out by taking the English Master™ Present Perfect Person Quiz!
Directions: Complete question with the past participle of the correct irregular verb and answer the question for yourself. Or try the quiz with your friends!
Yes No
1. Have you ever ___ridden__ a horse? (ride) o o
2. Have you ever __________ a bone? (break) o o
3. Have you ever __________ a song in front of other
people? (sing) o o
4. Have you ever __________ an airplane? (fly) o o
5. Have you ever __________ a fish? (catch) o o
6. Have you ever __________ over $ 100 on a sports
game, horse race or cards? (bet) o o
7. Have you ever __________ your homework 5 minutes
before class? (do) o o
8. Have you ever __________ a wild animal? (feed) o o
9. Have you ever __________ for 24 hours? (sleep) o o
10. Have you ever __________ a book with more than
1000 pages? (read) o o
11. Have you ever __________ someone money? (lend) o o
12. Have you ever __________ a contest? (win) o o
Yes No
13. Have you ever __________ with sharks? (swim) o o
14. Have you ever __________ hands with a famous
person? (shake) o o
15. Have you ever __________ something that you
made yourself? (sell) o o
16. Have you ever __________ a boyfriend/girlfriend
more than 10 years older than yourself? (have) o o
17. Have you ever __________ you were flying? (dream) o o
18. Have you ever __________ faster than 100 miles per
hour? (drive) o o
19. Have you ever __________ out of a tree? (fall) o o
20. Have you ever __________ a U.F.O.? (see) o o
21. Have you ever __________ someone a secret letter? (send) o o
22. Have you ever __________ a surprise party for
someone? (throw) o o
23. Have you ever __________ a home run? (hit) o o
24. Have you ever __________ on the beach until
you were sunburned? (lay) o o
25. Have you ever __________ a poem or a story
about your life? (write) o o
Yes No
26. Have you ever __________ a campfire? (light) o o
27. Have you ever __________ on your head? (stand) o o
28. Have you ever __________ farther than 5 miles? (run) o o
29. Have you ever __________ a tiger growl? (hear) o o
30. Have you ever __________ a sand castle at the
beach? (build) o o
31. Have you ever __________ your own vegetables? (grow) o o
32. Have you ever __________ a picture of yourself? (draw) o o
33. Have you ever __________ someone your baby
pictures? (show) o o
34. Have you ever __________ someone else's hair? (cut) o o
35. Have you ever __________ seriously about living
in another country? (think) o o
Now count the number of "YES" answers and find the number below. Then read your English Master™ personality description. Were we right?
1-11 YES answers: Your thoughts and dreams are more important to you than to most people. You prefer not to take too many chances and only do things which you are sure you will succeed at. You are probably a little shy and do not want to appear foolish in front of other people. You don't like large groups of people but have a few close friends and enjoy spending time with them. You are a good student and perhaps you would be a wonderful writer, artist, or musician.
12-21 YES answers: Congratulations! You take good care of yourself and also share your gifts with other people. Sometimes you go a little crazy, but you know your limits and make wise decisions. You spend time with your friends but also enjoy quiet time for yourself. Because of your many talents, people often ask you for your opinion on their problems. You can do many things well and no challenge is too large for you. You are sure to be successful in whatever profession you choose.
22+ YES answers: Wow! You are very sure of yourself and you are probably very outgoing. You're the kind of person who is not afraid to take chances (although maybe sometimes you don't think about things enough before making a decision). You enjoy all that life has to offer and like being with people. While you really love excitement, you also know how to enjoy relaxing activities. As long as you listen to your heart and your head, there is nothing to stop you from accomplishing your dreams.
9. It is 11 o'clock. The following people all started work earlier this morning. Look at the information and say how long they have been working and how much work they have done so far, as in the example.
S1: Sandra's been typing since 9 o'clock / for two hours.
S2: She's typed twenty letters so far.
Name |
Started / Activity |
Completed |
Sandra Kim Bob John Helen |
9 o'clock / type 8 o'clock / clean the house 10 o'clock / examine patients 7 o clock / deliver parcels 10 o'clock / draw pictures |
20 letters 4 rooms 3 patients 30 parcels 4 pictures |