Грамматика английского языка в таблицах (начальный этап обучения). Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов средне-специальных учебных заведений

Употребление

The Future Simple Tense (будущее простое время)

Образование

21

Времена группы Continuous (Progressive)

The Present Continuous Tense (настоящее длительное время)

Образование

The Past Continuous Tense (прошедшее длительное время)

Образование

22

Употребление

The Future Continuous Tense (будущее длительное время)

Образование

23

Примечание.

В английском языке существует группа глаголов, не употребляющихся во временах группы Continuous. Это глаголы

физического восприятия (to see, to hear, to smell);

мыслительной деятельности (to think, to know, to feel, to remember);

эмоционального состояния (to love, to like, to hate);

желания (to want, to wish);

обладания, отношения (to be, to have, to belong).

Времена группы Perfect

The Present Perfect Tense (настоящее совершенное время)

Образование

Употребление

24

since…, for…, for a long time, for years, for ages.

The Past Perfect Tense (прошедшее совершенное время)

Образование

Употребление

The Future Perfect Tense (будущее совершенное время)

Образование

25

Употребление

Времена группы Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Continuous (настоящее совершенное

длительное время)

Образование

Употребление

26

Exercise 1. Put the verb into the Present Simple Tense.

1. I … at the university. (to study) 2. She … at 7 o’clock every day. (to get up) 3. How many languages … you …? (to speak) 4. The museum … at 10.00 a.m. (to open) 5. Where … your sister …? (to work) 6. How often … Ann … television? (to watch) 7. She … bicycle very well. (to ride) 8. They … tennis on the grass behind the house. (to play) 9. … you … a lot of books? (to read) 10. He … well. (to swim) 11. I … English. (not to speak) 12. What animals … you … on the farm? (to have) 13. There … a lot of mountains in the USA. (to be) 14. My sister … cooking. (to like) 15. We often … here. (to sit)

Exercise 2. Put the verb into the Past Simple Tense.

1. Pete … to the south last year. (to go) 2. … you … football yesterday? (to play) 3. We … to fly a kite last Sunday. (to try) 4. I … well two days ago. (not to feel) 5. She … glad to go back home. (to be) 6. My best friend … me to his birthday party. (to invite) 7. …you … the letter yesterday? (to send) 8. James … everything about cars. (to know) 9. My granny … when I was a child. (to die) 10. … she … this dress last Friday? (to buy) 11. He … his grandparents last summer. (to visit) 12. … you … the stars in the dark blue sky last night? (to see) 13. The little girl … a new doll for her birthday. (to get) 14. My son … some interesting books from the library. (to bring)

15. … they … to France last year? (to go)

Exercise 3. Put the verb into the Future Simple Tense.

1. I … you the truth. (to tell) 2. … you … by bus or by tram? (to go) 3. It … tomorrow. (to snow) 4. … they … ready in 10 minutes? (to be) 5. Jane … 10 years old in May. (to be) 6. I promise you, I … you my new dress for the party. (to give) 7. She … here for a few days. (to stay) 8. I … you my mobile phone. (to lend) 9. He … here next Monday. (to come) 10. You … late if you don’t hurry. (to be) 11. We …him to come. (to ask) 12. I think we … rain this afternoon. (to have) 13. These books … useful for me. (to be) 14. We … him again next week. (to visit) 15. … you … a song for us? (to sing) 16. I think I … football tomorrow. (not to play)

Exercise 4. Put the verb into the Present Continuous Tense.

1. It is a fine day. It … . (not to rain) The sun … . (to shine) 2. The woman … an ice cream. (to eat) 3. What … he … now? (to do) –

27

He … . (to sleep) 4. My father … a newspaper. (to read) 5. The children … badminton. (to play) 6. … you … coffee or tea? (to drink) 7. The students … to the teacher at the moment. (to speak) 8. I … on the phone now. (to speak) 9. Why … the baby …? (to cry) 10. Where is Jim? – He … his dog. (to walk) 11. What … you …? (to read) 12. She … at the boys and girls. (to look) 13. We … the article now. (to translate) 14. They … here anymore. (not to stand)

Exercise 5. Put the verb into the Past Continuous Tense.

1. The cat … on the chair. (to sit) 2. They … us about their dogs. (to tell) 3. I … in the forest from 5 till 6 p.m. yesterday. (to walk) 4. He … a poem the whole evening. (to learn) 5. What … you … at 4 p. m. yesterday? (to do) 6. The boy … the piano. (to play) 7. The children …in the garden. (to run) 8. The pupils … the grammar rules. (to repeat) 9. He … breakfast at 8 a. m. yesterday. (to have) 10. Our dog … near the fire. (to sit) 11. The singer … ready for the concert. (to get) 12. … he … at you? (to laugh) 13. I … the coffee. (to make) 14. My sister … a cake at 7 p. m. yesterday. (to bake) 15. He … his bike. (to repair)

Exercise 6. Put the verb into the Future Continuous Tense.

1. This time on Friday I … to Spain. (to fly) 2. My friend … me in his car. (to take) 3. You … forward to the holiday. (to look) 4. They

…at the station. (to wait) 5. I hope you … from 4 till 5 o’clock p. m. tomorrow. (to read) 6. What … you … at 2 p. m. tomorrow? (to do)

7. The teacher … for me. (to wait) 8. She … the car. (to drive) 9. We

…on our journey. (to start) 10. I … about you. (to think) 11. They … TV the whole evening. (to watch) 12. My granny … in the garden at this time tomorrow. (to work) 13. Mary … the plants. (to water) 14. They … gymnastics from 9 to 11 o’clock a. m. tomorrow. (to do) 15. The girls … in the swimming pool. (to swim)

Exercise 7. Put the verb into the Present Perfect Tense.

1. Here are some modern English books. … you … any of them? (to read) 2. I … never … about it. (to hear) 3. She … a lot of Christmas presents for her children. (to buy). 4. They … just … the dictation. (to finish) 5. Mike, you … any mistakes at all. (not to make) 6. … you … his girlfriend? (to see) 7. I … my homework yet. (not to do) 8. She … him since childhood. (to know) 9. I … my book at

28

home. (to leave) 10. He … in England for twenty years. (to live) 11. People … at his plays. (to laugh) 12. I … this film at the cinema. (to see) 13. You … this exercise well. (to do) 14. My uncle … already … home. (to come) 15. Mr. Black … to me about your problem. (not to speak)

Exercise 8. Put the verb into the Past Perfect Tense.

1. I … my homework by 6.30. p. m. yesterday. (to do) 2. They told me that Margaret … to a birthday party. (to go) 3. I gave her the flowers that I … for her. (to buy) 4. There was a picture that I … before. (not to see) 5. I … a box of chocolates for my mother. (to buy) 6. After we … for a little time, Ruth went to see about the dinner. (to chat) 7. His father said that he … home. (to leave) 8. The student … the composition by 4 p. m. yesterday. (to write) 9. When we … dinner, Susan took the dishes to the kitchen. (to finish) 10. My aunt came to tell us that she … the coffee. (to make) 11. Pedro … English before he came to England. (to learn) 12. I … already … home before it began to rain. (to come) 13. The children came to the party at 4 p.m.

But before that Mr. and Mrs. Thompson … the room. (to decorate) 14. I met an old friend that I … for years. (not to see) 15. She … dinner by 7 p. m. yesterday. (to cook)

Exercise 9. Put the verb into the Future Perfect Tense.

1.I … this work in half an hour. (to do) 2. The shop ... by that time. (to close) 3. By next year I … English. (to learn) 4. By 7.30. p. m. we … supper. (to have) 5. I … the cake before you go away. (to bake) 6. By this time next week you … your examination. (to take) 7. I hope it … raining before we have to go. (to stop) 8. We … his house before it gets dark. (to leave) 9. When we see you next week we

… the new car. (to buy) 10. He … the building of the house before summer. (to finish) 11. Before I see you again I … to Paris. (to be) 12. I hope you … about my problem by the next week. (not to forget) 13. By the end of the year I … all novels by Charles Dickens. (to read) 14. The concert … before we get there. (to start) 15. The birds … away before the winter comes. (to fly)

Exercise 10. Put the verb into the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

1.It … for 3 hours. (to rain) 2. I … tennis for the whole morning.

(to play) 3. She … here for 5 months. (to live) 4. You look tired. What

29

… you … ? (to do) – I … for 2 hours. (to run) 5. The friend … for a job for 3 months. (to look) 6. I … my suitcases all morning. (to pack) 7. They are wet. They … in the rain. (to walk) 8. The secretary … letters since 9 a. m. (to type) 9. My brother … in London for two weeks. (to live) 10. My father … through newspapers for the whole morning. (to look) 11. The child … with toy cars for half an hour. (to play) 12. The boss … for you the whole morning. (to wait) 13. It … since October. (to snow) 14. They … the house for 3 hours. (to paint) 15. My parents … up money for a long time. (to save)

Exercise 11. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the proper tense. (Present Simple, Past Simple)

1. My brother not (to work), he (to study) at the university. 2. Where you (to live) last year? 3. We (to go) to the cinema a few days ago and then we (to discuss) the film. 4. When your father (to come) home from work yesterday? 5. It usually (to take) me twenty minutes to get to school. 6. Every morning he (to get up) at six o’clock and (to do) his physical exercises. 7. She (to bring) me a very interesting book yesterday. 8. I not (to go) to school yesterday. It was Sunday.

Exercise 12. Turn the following into the Past Simple Tense.

1. We like our holiday in Scotland. 2. He walks all day without feeling tired. 3. They often climb the big mountain. 4. He answers every question well. 5. We bathe in the sea every day. 6. The teacher always counts the students at the beginning of the lesson. 7. Lizzie always cooks the dinner well. 8. Hob generally burns the potatoes when he cooks them. 9. Lucille dances almost every evening. 10. Robert looks handsome: he always dresses well. 11. My sister lives in a quiet little place in Norway. 12. The minute hand of the clock moves from one to two in five minutes. 13. Before the lesson the teacher opens the window and closes the door. 14. Jane’s good work always pleases Mr. Priestly very much. 15. They play football every day of their holidays. 16. At every lesson the teacher asks questions. 17. For my holidays I generally stay at the seaside. 18. Susan works in the house all day, and studies Spanish every evening.

30