Variant 2

Exercise 1. Put the verbs into Past Indefinite.

Work, look, close, examine, make, give, take, put, open, write, read, speak, come, go, begin.

Exercise 2. Translate the beginnings of the sentences into English.

1. Легені, серце і стравохід are internal organs of the chest.

2. Печінка - це найбільший і найважчий орган in the human body.

3. Дві нирки знаходяться behind the abdominal cavity.

4. Печінка руйнує poisons and bacteria which get into the blood.

5. Кожен внутрішній орган людського тіла plays a specific role in the organism.

Exercise 3. Put all possible questions to the sentence.

She has wanted to be a nurse since her childhood.

Exercise 4. Change Past Indefinite into Present Indefinite. Make all necessary changes.

1. Last year 1 went to the seaside.

2. Yesterday my teacher spoke about the USA.

3. On Monday he wrote a dictation.

4. I put my books on the shelf last Sunday.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions.

1. How does one check blood pressure?

2. What must the nurse note when she checks the patient's BP?

II. Grammar

Present Continuous or Simple?

A. Now or sometimes?

Look at these examples and compare:

Present Continuous	Present Simple
We use the Present Continuous Tense to denote something happening now. I'm painting a picture means that I am in the middle of doing it. It's raining at the moment. Don't switch off the TV. I'm watching it. Look! That man is taking a photo of you.	We use the Present Simple Tense for repeated actions. /paint pictures means that I do it again and again. It always rains at the weekend. I watch television most evenings. Jeremy is a photographer. He takes photos for a newspaper.

B. Thoughts, feelings and states

We normally use the Present Simple with verbs of thinking and feeling:

/ think you 're right.

Julia likes her job.

He wants a new bike. We also use it to talk about states and permanent facts:

/ know Jane quite well.

Paris lies on the river Seine.

C. Temporary or permanent?

Compare:

Present Continuous	Present Simple
We use the Present Continuous for a routine or a situation that we see as temporary, for a short period: I'm working at a sports shop for six weeks. At the moment they re living in a very small fiat.	We use the Present Simple for a routine or a situation that we see as permanent: / work at a sports shop. It's a permanent job. They live in a very nice flat.

D. The Present Continuous with 'always':

In this special pattern always means 'very often' or 'too often':

Peter is always inviting his friends here. (He very often invites them.)

I'm always making silly mistakes. (I make silly mistakes too often.) Always with the Present Simple means 'every time':

Peter always invites his parents to stay at Christmas.

I always make silly mistakes when I'm taking an exam.

Notes:

compare [knm'pes] порівнювати state [steif] стан

permanent [рз:тзпзпі] постійний temporary ['tempsrsri] тимчасовий routine [ru:'ti:n] заведений порядок mean [mi:n] означати waste time [weist] марнувати час

outside [,aot'said] надворі garage ['g£era:3] гараж cost [kost] коштувати slam [slaem] грюкати

take time off work - не виходити на роботу politely [рз'їаіііі] чемно argue ['a:gju:] сперечатися

Exercise 1. Present Continuous or Simple? (see A, B)

Complete the conversation between two students. Put in the Present Continuous or Simple of the verbs below.

Duncan: Are you waiting for someone?

Paul: Yes - for Neil. We walk home together most days. We ¹ in the same street.

Duncan: I'm not sure, but 1² he ³ to Mr Davis about something.

Paul: Yes, 1⁴ . He told me. What about you? What ⁵ here?

Duncan: I ⁶. for the secretary. I can't find her anywhere.

Paul: She isn't here today. She only ⁷ two days a week.

Duncan: Oh, of course. 1⁸ my time then.

(live, think, talk, know, do, look, work, waste)

Exercise 2. Present Continuous or Simple? (seeA-C) Complete the sentences. Put in the verbs below. I'm writing to my parents. I write to them every week

1. It outside. It down quite hard, look.

2. Normally I work at eight o'clock, but I at seven this week. We're very busy

just now.

3. Usually I two newspapers, but not the same ones every day. On Sundays I four

or five.

4. We . a garage next to our house. We . somewhere to put the

car.

5.1 haven't got a car at the moment, so I to work by bus this week. Usually I to

work.

6. The sun in the east, remember. It's behind us, so we west.

7. We camping every year. It's a good cheap holiday. Hotels too much.

(1. snow, come; 2. start, start; 3. read, buy; 4. build, want; 5. go, drive; 6. rise, travel; 7. go, cost)

Exercise 3. Present Continuous or Simple with always (see D). Rewrite the sentences with always. Model:

That boy talks too much. He s always talking.

You slam the door after you every time. You always slam the door after you.

1. Mrs. James leaves early every day.

2. You lose your keys very often.

3. You take time off work too often.

4. I go the wrong way here every time.

5. Liz thanks me politely every time.

6. The Bensons argue so much.

Exercise 4. Write down the time.

15.45; 2.10; 4.12; 8.43; 7.20; 1.10; 13.30; 8.30; 16.25; 12.52.