- •Articles
- •5. Put in the or a/an or zero article where necessary
- •7. Put in article where necessary
- •8. Use the proper article. Point out the nouns which denote an object or person already mentioned
- •9. Use the proper article. Point out the nouns which have a limiting attribute
- •10. Insert articles where necessary
- •My uncle’s a shopkeeper
- •The verb “to be “ Present Simple tense of verb to be
- •1.Write the short form:
- •Pronouns (personal and possessive)
- •1. Write the correct possessive adjective for these sentences:
- •2. Use the correct possessive adjective (or a name) to complete the sentences:
- •3. Complete these paragraphs with the correct subject pronoun or possessive adjective:
- •4. Choose the correct word:
- •1. Write the plurals:
- •4. Write your sentences with these uncountable nouns
- •Noun – forming suffixes
- •5. Insert preposition on, in, at or into
- •6. Insert prepositions in or to
- •Prepositions of time at and on
- •7. Translate into your native language.
- •8. Insert prepositions to or of:
- •9. Translate into your native language
- •10. Translate into your native language the following word combinations
- •An English town
- •Numerals
- •1. Write in words:
- •2. Fill in appropriate articles where necessary
- •3. How do we say large numbers?
- •Facts of life
- •6. In the text find expressions which mean the same as:
- •7. Read these sentences and say what statements are true or false True False
- •8. Write these words in right word order
- •10. Put the following sentences in negative and interrogative forms
- •Position of adverbs in sentences
- •A) front position; e.G:.Fortunatly, my sister loves cooking.
- •5. Answer the questions about you. Use an adverb of frequency in your answer.
- •6. Answer the questions, use adverbs: usually, seldom, often, sometimes, and always
- •7. Complete these sentences adverbs of frequency:
- •8. Insert gaps by prepositions and adverbs:
- •Construction there is /are
- •1. Complete the sentences using there’s, there are, is there or are there.
- •2. Write the negative and interrogative:
- •5. Ask questions to the italicized words:
- •6. Put the following sentences into plural forms:
- •7. Put the following sentences into negative and interrogative:
- •8. Insert the verb to be in appropriate form:
- •9. Put questions to italicized words:
- •Quantities adjectives: much, many, few, little, a lot of
- •1. Complete the sentence using much, many:
- •7. Translate into your native language:
- •8. Translate the following sentences onto your native language:
- •10. Insert gaps with words: many, much, a lot, little, a lot of:
- •Modal verbs can, may, must.
- •1.Write the sentences negative or question:
- •9. Translate into your native language:
- •What can Tina do?
- •1. Use “can”, “may”, “must”:
- •2. Define the meaning of the modal verbs “must”, “have to”, “should”, “ought
- •3. Use “can”, “could”, “may”, “might”, “to be able”, “to be allowed”:
- •4. Rewrite each sentence using the words in bold. Do not change the meaning:
- •5. Underline the correct words in each sentence:
- •6. Use “was (were) to” or “had to”:
- •7. Make up a list of what a student has and what he doesn’t have to do:
- •8. Respond to the following statements expressing doubt, expectation, assuredness or advice. Work in pairs.
- •9. Rewrite each sentence using might, can’t or must. Do not change the meaning:
- •I’m sure that David took your books by mistake.
- •Good manners How not to behave badly abroad Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but this mean that we all behave in the same way
- •Greetings
- •Past Simple Tense
- •1. Complete these sentences in the past simple:
- •2. Change the verbs into the past:
- •3. Read and translate these sentences:
- •4. Translate the following sentences into your native language:
- •9. Transform these sentences into tag questions and give answers to them:
- •10. Make up questions according to the example:
- •The verb ''to be'' in the Past Tense
- •1. Complete the sentences using was or were:
- •2. Complete the story, add was or were:
- •3. Write questions and answers about the story above, using was or were:
- •Indefinite pronoun any / some
- •6. Choose only one word from the brackets:
- •7. Put the following sentences in negative and interrogative form:
- •8. Insert one of these words:
- •9. Complete the sentences with some or any:
- •The Infinitive
- •1. Insert the particle “to” before Infinitive, where necessary:
- •2. Translate into your native language, be attentive with Active Infinitive and Passive Infinitive:
- •3. Translate into your native language, be attentive with Perfect Infinitive:
- •4. Open the brackets, use necessary forms of Infinitive:
- •5. Change the parts of the sentences:
- •6. Open the brackets to insert the necessary forms of Infinitive:
- •7. Complete the sentences, using a verb given below:
- •The infinitive of purpose
- •1. Make eight more sentences from the box:
- •2. Rewrite the sentences, using to – infinitive:
- •4. Tick the correct sentence:
- •6. Read the sentences about the past. Make negative sentences about the future:
- •7. Complete the sentences with going to and a verb or expression given below:
- •8. Read about Jane’s busy day Jane’s busy day
- •9. Infinitives after adjectives. Complete the sentences:
- •The Smith family’s doctor and dentist
- •Degrees of comparison of adjectives
- •1. Give the comparative and superlative degree of the following adjectives:
- •2. Translate the following adjectives and give their degree of comparison:
- •3. Compare according to the model:
- •4. Answer these questions, pay attention to degree of comparison:
- •5. Translate:
- •8. A) Complete questions, putting the adjectives in brackets in the comparative or superlative
- •9. Give the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets:
- •10. Write the correct comparative for these sentences:
- •Word-building
- •Future Simple Tense
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •3. Translate:
- •Read this text and translate it in written form The end of the melting pot?
- •1. Form nouns from these by means of conversion. Translate them:
- •2. Make up sentence using nouns from ex.
- •3. Give the part of speech of each word in italics, giving a reason for your answer:
- •The Group of Simple Tenses
- •2. Make the following interrogative:
- •9. Complete the questions about Mattie:
- •10. Answer the following questions:
- •Read this text and translate it in written form. Distance education in the world
- •Forming of adverbs
- •1. Form adverbs from these adjectives and translate them:
- •2. Point out the italicized words: adverbs or adjectives
- •3. Choose the proper form of adverb or adjective:
- •4. Insert adverbs in the brackets where necessary:
- •5. Write the adverbs:
- •6. Rewrite the sentences using a verb and an adverb:
- •7. Point out the correct word:
- •8. Put the adjective in brackets in the correct place in the sentence. Where
- •9. Match the verbs or phrase with an adverb:
- •10. Insert the proper adverbs given below:
- •Present Continuous tense
- •1. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the tense:
- •Open the brackets, using the correct form of verbs:
- •6. Choose the correct verb form:
- •Past Continuous tense
- •4. Complete the sentences using did, was or were.
- •5. Open the brackets and use the Past Continuous Tense:
- •6. Write questions. Use was/were –ing.
- •7. Translate the following sentences into your native language.
- •8. Put the following sentences in negative and interrogative forms:
- •9. Answer the following questions:
- •An embarrassing incident
- •Future Continuous tense
- •I usually …
- •1. Explain the use of Present Perfect in the following sentences and translate:
- •Break, buy, finish, do, go, go, lose, paint, read, and take
- •3. Mary is 65 years old. She has had an interesting life. Write sentences about the things she has done. Use the Present Perfect:
- •6. Choose the correct verb form:
- •1. Read and translate the following questions. Answer them:
- •2. Put your own yes /no questions.
- •3. Alternative questions. Read, answer them and make up your questions:
- •4. Tail questions. Read and answer them. Put your own questions:
- •5. Put the words in the right order to ask a question and write true answers:
- •6. In each of the following sentences there is one mistake. Find it and correct it:
- •1. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form:
- •3. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive:
- •4. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they/people' etc. Write a passive sentence:
- •5. Use the words below to write questions in the Passive. Answer them:
- •6. Rewrite these sentences in the passive:
- •2. They went to the party without ….
- •3. Most people like … presents.
- •4. It’s a dangerous city. People won’t go out after dark because they are afraid of …
- •5. I don’t like … stupid questions.
- •8. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they', write a passive sentence:
- •9. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive:
- •10. Turn these sentences into the Passive Voice:
- •The rubbish dump in the sky
- •Word-building
- •Types of sentences: personal, indefinite personal and impersonal
- •1. Write it is (it’s) or is it:
- •2. Write questions with How far … ?
- •4. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order.
- •The Gerund
- •1. Translate into your native language, be attentively with Gerund:
- •2. Complete these sentences, putting the verbs into the gerund and using one of the following prepositions. Some of them are used more than once:
- •3. Translate into your native language, be attentively with Gerund:.
- •4. Open the brackets, using the Gerund in active or passive forms:
- •5. Translate into your native language, pay attention to nouns and pronouns before the Gerund:
- •6. Fill the gaps with the gerund from the box. Use each verb once only:
- •7. Write these sentences, changing the verbs into gerunds:
- •8. Rewrite these sentences, starting with a gerund. You may need to change
- •9. Write the verbs in the box in the correct form in these sentences. Use each verb once only:
- •10. Complete the sentences using the Gerund:
- •The £ 349 housewife
- •Sequence of Tenses
- •1. Translate into your native language, pay attention to tenses:
- •2. Rewrite the following sentences in the Past tense:
- •3. Open the brackets and chose necessary tense:
- •7. Open the brackets, using appropriate form of conditional mood after “I wish”:
- •8. Change conditional sentences of type I into sentences of type II:
- •9. Answer these questions:
- •Smart shopping
1. Write the plurals:
e.g.:. address-addresses, mountain- mountains
lorry, waitress, secretary, sandwich, child, match, flower, vegetable, family, dictionary, eye, bag, box, school, lunch, city, hotel, watch, animal, fly, bus, man, orange, person, church, egg, apple, day, boy, glass, dish, beach, dress, foot.
Write “C” for countable, “U” for uncountable
e.g.: apple-C, water-U
boy, milk, table, pen, bread, cup, computer, money, cheese, tooth, car, grass, person, road, chair, bicycle, hand, flour, information, butter, sugar, tree, garden, book, news, bus, wine, house.
3. Everyday uncountable words. Read and translate these sentences:
1. This furniture is modern. 2. The traffic is bad today. 3. I’ll give you some advice about your future. 4. He can give you some useful information about Bangkok.5.There is some bad news today. 6. It’s terrible weather today. 7. Accommodation here is expensive. 8. I need some fresh air. 9. Studying is hard work. 10. Air travel is faster than rail travel.
Note: a lot of uncountable nouns are kinds of food and drink
4. Write your sentences with these uncountable nouns
5. Complete these sentences with an uncountable opposite:
1. I’d like to buy a car but I haven’t got enough … . 2. Cows give us … and … 3. If you don’t know what to do, ask your parents for some … . 4. The … at the seaside is very good for you. 5. Rob left school last month and is now looking for … 6.There is always a lot of …in central London.
6. Match the word on the right with the word on the left
heavy useful bad modern brown cold space |
information travel water luggage news furniture bread |
7. Find an adjective to go with the uncountable nouns in the box
e.g: Cold weather, British money
Sweet sugar, traffic jam, useful advice, expensive accommodation, fresh air, heavy work, white rice, taste spaghetti, chocolate butter, cold milk, hot tea, black coffee)
8. Correct the mistakes in these sentences
1. The news are not very good today. 2. Where can I get some information about your country? 3. Let me give you an advice. 4. Cook these spaghetti for ten minutes. 5. Can I have a bread, please? 6. Mary is looking for a new work. 7. I must find a new accommodation soon. 8. I can give you a milk. 9. We must to read this article. 10. They may take a hot tea.
9. Spelling the plural form of nouns
Car, class, city, woman, city, woman, family, address, person, boy, sandwich, university, tooth, goose, foot, child, man, flower, knife, scarf, shelf, sheep, fish, boy, tree, star, river.
10. Correct the sentences
e.g.: Brazil is in Europe. Brazil isn’t in Europe. It’s in South America.
1. The US president is English. 2. Snow is hot. 3. You are English. 4. We are people from the USA. 5. Rolls-Royce cars are cheap. 6. The sun is nearer than the moon. 7. Elephant is very small animal. 8. Karim Masimov is an English Prime Minister.9. Our university is very young.10. You are workers.
Read the text
My name is Carly and I come from Australia. But I live near London now with my husband Dave and our three children. I came to Britain fifteen years ago when I got married.
I’m a student with the Open University. This means I watch special programmes on the television and work at home. I send my work to my course teacher every week. I’m studying art and the course is really interesting. At the moment, I’m reading about Italian painters in Italian, which is difficult because I only speak a little Italian!
My course started a year ago and its three years long. After I graduate, I’m going to look for a job in an art gallery or museum.
Answer the questions:
1. What is her name?
2. Where does she come from?
3. Where does she live now?
4. Is she a student?
5. What does it mean –the Open University?
Retell the text.