14. To be going to

14.1. Translate into Russian.

1. Are you going to watch this film? 2. I’m just going to make tea. 3. Look at the clouds! It’s going to rain. 4. Alan is driving too fast. He’s going to have an accident. 5. No one’s going to be the first. 6. Someone’s going to get into trouble. 7. I am going to make a cake. 8. She is going to spend her week-end with her family. 9. Look! He is going to win the race. 10. The ladder is going to fall down.

14.2. Make up questions using the words given below.

Pattern: What time / you / get up / tomorrow? – What time are you going

to get up tomorrow?

1. What / you / wear / at your friend’s wedding? 2. What time / he / phone you tonight? 3. Where / you / buy a new coat? 4. How long / they stay in Moscow? 5. Why / you / invite him? 6. Who / come to the party? 7. What kind of part / it / be? 8. Why / they / leave?

14.3. Oral work.

a) Imagine that you have won a lot of money. Tell your group mates what you are going to do with it. Let them ask you additional questions;

b) Imagine that you are going to have a party. Let your group mates ask you questions about the number of the guests, their names, the meal, etc.

14.4. Fill in the gaps with will or the correct form of be going to.

1. I’m hungry. – Me too. I (to make) us something to eat. 2. I (to turn) on the light. 3. We (to visit) you soon, that s a promise. 4. I (to wear) a jumper or a coat. 5. We (to have dinner) now. 6. It (to rain). Let’s stay in and watch the film. 7. I (probably /to phone) you on Friday to tell you the results of the game. 8. We (to go) for a walk now. 9. Tony is nearly seventeen, isn’t he? – Yes. He (to work) for his father when he leaves school. 10. Your trousers are dirty. – Oh dear. I (to change) into another one. 11. I think we (not to arrive) late for the meeting. 12. I (probably to visit) my grandparents this weekend. 13. He needs hot soapy water because he (to wash) his car. 14. Her husband (to give) her a present tonight at dinner. 15. Look at the boy! He (to climb) the tree. 16. I am too tired to cut the grass! – Don’t worry! I (to cut) it for you. 17. Did you ask Steve to the birthday party? – Oh, I forgot! I (to ask) him tonight. 18. Jason is very clever for his age. He says he (to become) a doctor when he grows up.

14.5. Translate into English.

1. В будущем году я собираюсь учить французский. 2. Он собирается летом поехать на юг? 3. Боюсь, что она расстроится. 4. Кто собирается принять участие в этом конкурсе? 5. Что ты собираешься надеть на этот вечер? 6. Он собирается пригласить в гости своего двоюродного брата. 7. На ком он собирается жениться? – Вы не знаете её. 8. Что вы собираетесь делать во время перерыва? – Я пойду в столовую. 9. У вас еще будет лекция? 10. Что вы собираетесь делать после занятий? 11. Посмотрите! Он сейчас будет петь. 12. Посмотрите! Он будет переплывать реку.

15. The Past Continuous.

15.1. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. It was snowing all day yesterday. 2. We were working at that time.

3. They were playing all day. 4. She was working on her report all Sunday. 5. She burnt her hand when she was cooking dinner. 6. We were having dinner when our uncle came. 7. You were burning something in the fireplace. 8. The lecture was getting rather dull.

15.2. What was Nick doing when the following things happened?

Pattern: Yesterday Nick was watching TV when his friends called him up.

1. At 9.00 his friends called him up.

2. At 9.45 his favorite TV program began.

3. At 12.35 the postman came.

4. At 13.00 his mother phoned him.

5. At 13.45 his sister went to see her friends.

6. At 16.30 his father came home from work.

7. At 18.00 their neighbor brought Nick an interesting magazine.

8. At 20.00 he met his former classmate.

15.3. Complete the sentences.

1. At 3 p.m. yesterday the students of our group … 2. When it began to rain, I … 3. I met my friend when I … 4. She burnt her hand when she … 5. We saw an accident while we … 6. She was reading a book while …

7. They heard some noise while… 8. Someone phoned me when I … 9. She burned her hand when she… 10. Steve was reading a book while Lidia …

15.4. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets.

1. Yesterday at 11 a.m. she was having breakfast at the canteen (What? When? Where?). 2. They were chatting all day long in the garden (Who? Where?). 3. She was cooking dinner yesterday in the evening while her daughter was ironing her clothes (Who? What? When?). 4. Loraine was still waiting for his answer when he shut the door (Who? What … for? Whose … for?). 5. No one was talking to Jill, but she was the only one who couldn’t understand why (Who? Why? Who … to?). 6. John was testing the new car while his wife was cooking supper (Who? What?). 7. You were talking wonderfully at the yesterday’s conference (Who? When? How?)

15.5. Use the Past Continuous Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. What you (to do) yesterday at 3 p.m.? 2. It (to rain) when we went out. 3. While he (to learn) to drive he had many accidents. 4. When we first met, you (to study) English. 5. Who you (to talk to) as I came in? – I (to talk to) my new secretary. 6. My wife and I (to discuss) this problem when you came. 7. Whose book you (to read)? 8. While we (to talk) someone came into the house and left this note. 9. Where he (to live) when you saw him last? 10. He had a lot of doubts while he (to plan) his crime. 11. Tom felt he (to become) too emotional and the inspector (to get) suspicious about it. 12. Mary (to ride) her bicycle she noticed the tiny kitten.

15.6. Use the Past Continuous or the Past Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. He (to write) a composition when I (to see) him. 2. He often (to go) to the library when he (to study) at the University. 3. The sun (to rise) when I (to wake up) that morning. 4. When I (to go out) that morning, the sun (to shine) brightly and the birds (to sing). 5. My hat (to fly off) when I (to cross) the bridge. 6. What you (to explain) to him? 7. Everything (to go wrong).8. He (not to be) so often in good mood, but today was something special. 9. When I (to walk) home I (to think) I (to see) a man who (to follow) me? 10. I (not to drive) very quickly when the accident (to happen). 11. While the dog (to dig) in the garden, it (to find) the bone. 12. We (to go) to the market yesterday. – You (to buy) something? 13. Julia (to do) well in the test, didn’t she? 14. She (to type) a letter when her boss (to arrive).

15.7. Tell the class what happened while another activity was taking place.

Pattern: I fell and hurt my leg badly while I was skiing.

Use the list of words

a) to see somebody, to lose one’s wallet, to break the cup, to forget the word, to understand the sentences, to spend all the money.

b) to cross the street, to walk in the forest, to pour tea, to look up the word in the dictionary, to translate the sentence, to go shopping.

15.8. Say what you or one of your friends were doing at the time when another action occurred.

Pattern: When I came home my family were having their tea.

Use the list of words:

a) to arrive home, to see you, to ask somebody to the phone, to call on somebody, to get up, to telephone.

b) to play the violin, to knit a pullover, to play badminton, to do one’s homework, to listen to the news broadcast, to have a rest.

15.9. Translate into Russian.

1. Вчера в 9 часов вечера я смотрел телевизор. 2. Когда мы вышли на улицу шел снег. 3. Когда я впервые встретил свою невесту, она работала в школе. 4. Она накрывала на стол, когда мы пришли. 5. С кем вы разговаривали, когда мы пришли? 6. Я часто ходил в эту библиотеку, когда работал в этом районе. 7. Вчера мы весь день гуляли в парке. 8. Что вы делали вчера весь вечер? 9. Где вы останавливались, когда жили в Лондоне? 10. Он нашел этот снимок, когда искал какую-то старую книгу.