- •Tense system of the english verb Groups of Tenses in Active Voice Exercise 1
- •Present Forms
- •Exercise 2
- •Grammar Game
- •Past Forms
- •Used to – Would – Was going to
- •Future Forms
- •Indefinite Tenses Present Indefinite
- •What do they do at their jobs?
- •Abdul and Pablo
- •What do you do every morning?
- •Litter is a problem in our cities
- •Vocabulary
- •Past Indefinite
- •Important first
- •A summer Holiday
- •Your Holidays
- •Nick Lost His Money
- •What did Simon and Sally Do Yesterday?
- •Dinosaurs Lived Many Years ago
- •Vocabulary
- •Future Indefinite
- •Offering help
- •Asking for suggestion
- •Making suggestion
- •Other Grammatical Forms to Express Future Meaning
- •What are they going to do?
- •Future plans
- •What's going to happen?
- •Present Continuous (Future Meaning)
- •Present Indefinite (Future Meaning)
- •Present Indefinite after Time Words when, if, after, before, until , etc. (Future Meaning)
- •Bike Hike
- •Right or Wrong?
- •What will they need?
- •Amazing Records
- •Continuous Tenses Present Continuous
- •Present Continuous or Present Indefinite?
- •Detectives at Work
- •Continuous Forms with "Always"
- •Here is a list of some of Jack's bad habits:
- •Past Continuous
- •Saturday Afternoon
- •What were they doing?
- •What happened?
- •Steve Jobs
- •Past Continuous or Past Indefinite?
- •A Fright
- •The Sky Went Green
- •Vocabulary
- •News Flash
- •Truth or Fiction?
- •Flying cats!
- •Strange Stories
- •Play the Game
- •Future Continuous
- •Future Indefinite or Future Continuous?
- •When the Tornado Hits
- •Vocabulary
- •Time Words Used with Continuous Tenses
- •Verbs Not Used in Continuous Tenses
- •Perfect Tenses Present Perfect
- •I have never …
- •Time Words used with Perfect Tenses
- •Present Perfect or Past Indefinite?
- •I've been to New York.
- •I went there in 1990.
- •It's Difficult to Say Good-bye
- •Contrasting Completed Action and Duration
- •Past Perfect
- •What came First?
- •Susan George's cv
- •Past Perfect or Past Indefinite?
- •Past Perfect, Past Indefinite or Present Perfect?
- •Disastrous David
- •Nobody had believed it was possible
- •Vocabulary
- •Future Perfect
- •What will life be like in the year 2100?
- •Future Perfect or Future Continuous?
- •Pit Stop at the Race Track
- •Perfect Continuous Tenses Present Perfect Continuous
- •Present Perfect Continuous or Present Continuous?
- •Present Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect?
- •Present Perfect Continuous or Past Continuous?
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •What had they been doing?
- •About You
- •Who's guilty?
- •Past Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect?
- •The film had almost finished
- •Junior Genius
- •Vocabulary
- •Facts about James
- •Because…
- •Another genius
- •Past Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Continuous?
- •Past Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous?
- •Future Perfect Continuous
- •Future Perfect Continuous or future Perfect?
- •Too Little, Too Late
- •Vocabulary
- •Interpreting Sentences
- •TheVerbTo be Present Indefinite Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Find the adjective in the first sentence. Then complete the second sentence
- •The list. Use each adjective only one time.
- •Is the Sears Tower in New York?
- •Past Indefinite
- •" My First Impressions were …"
- •Future indefinite
- •What will happen?
- •Ten Years from Now
- •Weather Outlook
- •Life in the Year 2100
- •Will I be rich?
- •"The Car of the Future"
- •Dialogue between an Optimist and a Pessimist
- •Functions of the Verb to be
- •Example:
- •The Verb to Have Present Indefinite Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •They have a grandfather.
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Past Indefinite Exercise 6 a Picnic on Sunday
- •Put in have, had or didn’t have. Yesterday
- •Exercise 9
- •Leader:eggs, jam, toast, tomato juice, cake, coffee
- •Future Indefinite Exercise 10
- •Exercise 11
- •Functions of the Verb to have Exercise 12
- •Example:
- •Have for Actions
- •Uses of have
- •Have got
- •I’ve got … / We’ve got…or I haven’t got … / We haven’t got….
- •I Complete the questions. Use have got or has got.
- •Exercise 19
- •Partner game
- •Exercise 21
- •Exercise 22
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- •Ask a group-mate a question with How many or How much. Here is a list of words that will help you to give the idea of number.
- •Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Exercise 11
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13 Fill in the blanks withitorthereto suit the corresponding meanings of the sentences.
- •Exercise 14
- •Conversations Exercise 16
- •Exercise 17
- •I Read the dialogue in the box.
- •What’s in Your neighbourhood?
- •Exercise 18 Looking for an Apartment
- •Are there any problems in the apartment?
- •Exercise 19
- •The sequence of tenses Reporting in the Present Tense
- •Kidnapped!
- •Exercise 3 Sports at school
- •Reporting in the Past Tense
- •Exercise 5
- •Future in the past
- •Reporting in the past tense
- •Punctuation in Direct Speech
- •Different Sentence Types in Reported (Indirect) Speech Reported (Indirect) Statements
- •Exercise 15
- •Reported (Indirect) Orders and Requests Exercise 20
- •Milchester Fun Run Rules for runners
- •Reported (Indirect) Offers, Suggestion and Advice Exercise 24
- •Reported (Indirect) Exclamations Exercise 25
- •Exercise 26
- •Reported (Indirect) Questions
- •Reporting a Dialogue or a Conversation Exercise 30
- •The Passive Voice The Passive: Indefinite Tenses
- •British facts
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3 Language quiz
- •Exercise 5
- •Exercise 6
- •Exercise 7
- •Krakatoa
- •Exercise 8
- •Graffiti Competition
- •The Passive: Continuous Tenses
- •The old house
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •The Passive: Perfect Tenses
- •Exercise 16 What had been changed?
- •Exercise 17
- •Exercise 18
- •Exercise 19 The Olympic Games
- •The Passive with by and with Exercise 20
- •Exercise 21
- •The Passive with get Exercise 22
- •Ask break damage hurt pay steal sting stop use
- •Exercise 23
- •The Passive: Have / Get Something Done Exercise 24 Exercise 25
- •Exercise 26
- •Exercise 27
- •Exercise 28 Mr. And Mrs. Rich
- •Exercise 29
- •Exercise 30
- •Exercise 31
- •Exercise 32
- •The Passive: Modal Verbs and other Similar Expressions.
- •Exercise 35
- •Exercise 36
- •The Environment : What Can Be Done ?
- •Don’t Be Impatient !
- •The Passive: direct and indirect objects (Verbs with two objects in the Passive) Exercise 39
- •Exercise 42
- •How much is recycled ?
- •Computers then and now.
Ten Years from Now
Derek is 18 years old now. What will he be like in 10 years from now? How will his life be different then? Complete what Derek says using will be, won’t be.
Example:
I hope I / be fine in 10 years’ time.
I hope I will be fine in 10 years’ time.
I probably / not / be very rich.
My job / be interesting.
Perhaps I / be in business or computing.
I think I / be married.
My wife / be a beautiful and kindhearted woman.
There / be 2 or 3 kids in my family.
My kids / be smart and athletic.
Their grandparents / be proud of them.
The atmosphere in the family / be friendly and warm.
10. I believe we / be happy.
Activity
Are these things true for you? Share your ideas on the point.
Exercise 28
Weather Outlook
I Say what today’s weather has been like and what the forecast is for tomorrow.
Example:
It has been dry and sunny in Scotland today.
It will be fresher tomorrow, and there will be showers.
TODAY’S UK FORECAST |
TOMORROW’S UK FORECAST | |
Scotland |
Dry and sunny. Quite pleasant away from the coast. Showers later. A strengthening westerly wind. Max. temp. 13-16C (55-61F). Tonight mainly dry. |
Fresher tomorrow. Sunshine but also showers, some heavy with thunder, but also sunny spells. |
England |
Brightening up after a cloudy start. Showers. Gentle south-west winds. Min. temp. 7-10C (45-50F). |
Mainly dry, with spells of sunshine. Quite warm by the afternoon. |
Wales |
Showers, some heavy with thunder, but also sunny spells. Muggy. Gentle south-west winds. Max. 15-18C (59-64F). Min. temp. 7-9C (45-48F). |
Heavy rain with occasional sunshine but also showers, some heavy.
|
Northern Ireland |
Cloud at first, then sunny spells. Breezy with a moderate westerly wind. Max. temp. 11-14C (52-57F). |
Rather cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, some heavy with a risk of thunder. |
II Translate the text "Today’s Europe Forecast" into Russian. Pay attention
to the Future Indefinite of the verb to be.
Spain, Portugal and southern France will be cool with showers or rain, some heavy with thunder, especially across southern and central Spain. Northern France and Low Countries will have some sunshine, but also showers in the afternoon.
Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and northern italy will have showers, some heavy and thundery. Southern Italy will have sunshine and showers, but many places will stay dry, and it will feel warm and sunny.
Western Greece and the eastern Mediterranean will be dry with warm sunshine.
Western Norway will have a scattering of showers, but the rest of the country, along with Sweden, will be mainly dry, with spells of sunshine, and it will feel quite warm by the afternoon.
III Write one or more sentences describing the weather where you are. Use It’s … and There's…
Exercise 29
Life in the Year 2100
Make questions.
A: Will there be cities on the Moon?
B: yes, there will. (Perhaps there will be cities on the Moon.)
1. A: Where ___________________________________________
B: On the Earth. (Perhaps there won’t be enough room for everybody on
the Earth.)
2. A: When ___________________________________________
B: In the future. (Perhaps there will be cities under the sea in the future.)
3. A: What ___________________________________________
B: Cities. (Perhaps there will be cities on the Moon.)
4. A: What for ________________________________________
B: For people to explore the outer space. (Perhaps there will be space
stations for people to explore the outer space.)
5. A: How many _____________________________________
B: Lots of robots. (Perhaps there will be lots of robots to do all the work.)
6. A: Will ___________________________________________
B: No, there won’t. (Perhaps there won’t be any schools.)
7. A: What ___________________________________________
B: Computers. (Perhaps there will be computers to teach children at
home.)
8. A: Will ___________________________________________
B: yes, there will. (Perhaps there will be fast underground trains across
the world.)
9. A: Will ___________________________________________
B: No, there won’t. (Perhaps there won’t be enough food on the earth.)
10. A: Where _______________________________________
B: To other galaxies. (Perhaps there will be new sources of energy to
make space flights to other galaxies.)
CONVERSATIONS
Exercise 30
Dialogue 1
Peter wants to see Sally. He is talking to her on the telephone. Complete the
conversation using the correct tense form of the given verbs.
Peter: Sally:
Peter:
Sally: Peter: Sally:
Peter: Sally: Peter: Sally: |
Will you be at home this evening, Sally? Well, I’m working late. I don’t expect I __1__ until after 9.00, so I __2__ home until quite late. Oh, I see. What about tomorrow? __3__ (you) free for lunch? No, I’m afraid I __4__ in a meeting at lunchtime. What time do you think __5__ (the meeting)? I’m not sure, but it probably __6__ before 2.00. Listen, Peter. Why don’t we meet for a coffee after work tomorrow evening? What time __7__ (you) finished tomorrow? I __8__ free by 6.00. All right. I __9__ you at your office at 6.00, then. Right. I __10__ you then. |
be finish not / be be
be end not / finish
be be meet see |
Dialogue 2
Nick comes to a fortuneteller. Her name is Madame X. He wants her to read his hand. Complete the conversation using the correct tense form of the given verbs.