Lesson 3

Exercise 1. Practice reading.

Waiting at the window

My drops of rain have different names.

One is John and one is James.

John is waiting to begin.

He’s the one I want to win.

James is going slowly on.

Something sort of sticks to John

John is moving off at last.

James is going pretty fast.

John is rushing down the pane.

James is going slow again.

James has met a sort of smear

John is getting very near.

Observe and remember Present Indefinite (Vo-Ves-Vs)

		Mary I Mary I	doesn’t don’t	usually usually	lives have lunch live have lunch	in London. at one o’clock in the country. at one.	Констатація факту Дія, що повторюється
where	Do Does does don’t	Who you Mary Mary Peter Peter they	doesn’t	usually	lives have lunch live live? speaks Spanish speak Spanish speak Spanish	in London? at one? In London? well well well too?	doesn’t he? does he?

Past Indefinite (Ved; v3)

		They Michael I	took	a book	arrived wrote it opened it and began	yesterday. when he was 21 to read.	Дія закінчена в минулому. Ряд послідовних дій в минулому
When	Did did Didn’t	They they Who they They They they	didn’t didn’t		arrive arrive wrote arrive? arrive arrived arrive	yesterday. yesterday? a book? yesterday, yesterday, yesterday?	did they? didn’t they?

Future Indefinite (shall, will + Vo)

When

Will will Won’t

I’ll They’ll you you They They they I I

won’t (will not) shan’t (shall not) won’t (will not)

will

be twenty arrive be twenty be twenty? arrive arrive arrive be twenty be twenty

next month. tomorrow. next month? tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow? next month. next month.

will they? won’t they?

Present Continuous (am, is, are + Ving)

		I My friend	am is	reading a book painting a picture	now. at present.	Дія, що відбувається в момент мовлення Довготривала дія, що відбувається в певний період теперішнього часу
What	Are Are Isn’t	It Who you you It It your friend	isn’t is is isn’t	raining reading a book reading a book doing raining raining painting a picture	now. now? now? now? now, now, now?	isn’t? is it?

Exercise 2. Define the functions of Participle I, translate:

1. Going home after classes I always meet this girl. 2. It is a quarter past 7. look Peter is having his breakfast. 3. While having breakfast my brother always looks through morning papers. 4. The question you are asking is not difficult. 5. Translating newspaper articles he uses a dictionary. 6. The young man making a report is my friend. 7. Young artists who are taking part in this exhibition are our final year students.

Exercise 3. Look at Fig.I. Say what Peter is doing at given time. Example:

It’s 7 o’clock Peter is getting up.

Exercise 4. Read and translate the sentences:

1. It usually takes me half an hour to get up, wash and dress. 2. It took us fifteen minutes to discuss the question yesterday. 3. It will take me two days to read these notes. 4. It took them an hour to get there by car.

Exercise 5. Make up sentences using the table: