- •Самостійна робота № 1
- •Choose a past tense form and one of the expressions above to complete the following sentences. See the example.
- •Make questions from the prompts and complete each answer by using in, on, or at:
- •A small shoe company lost a great deal of money. Then a group of younger managers took the company over and made it profitable. Say what they did, using the past tense. See the example.
- •Bill Klemens went to Malaysia on a business trip. He is discussing the trip with a colleague, Joelle Kee. Complete the spaces in the dialogue.
- •Complete the phrases below. Use a form of ‘shall’ or ‘will’ in your answer.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the will future or the present simple.
- •Rewrite the following sentences using will or won't.
- •Make spontaneous decisions using I'll... Based on the comments below.
- •Complete the sentences using a verb in the present tense.
- •Use the words in brackets to make predictions with going to.
- •Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the future, using will or going to.
- •Fill in will or to be going to.
- •Самостійна робота № 2
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
- •Two colleagues meet in Paris. Read the dialogue and put the verbs into the present continuous.
- •Continue these sentences using a verb in the present continuous.
- •Decide whether the verbs refer to general activities or current projects. Put the verbs into the present simple or present continuous.
- •In the following exercise, decide whether these situations are permanent or temporary. Put the verbs into the present simple or present continuous.
- •In each of the following sentences, put one of the verbs into the present simple and the other into the present continuous.
- •Circle the correct word or phrase.
- •Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Read each set of information. Decide the order in which things happened. Then write two new sentences based on the information. Begin each one with the same words. See the example.
- •In the following sentences, put one of the verbs in brackets into the past continuous, and the other into the past simple.
- •Put the verb in brackets into the future continuous.
- •Answer the questions in the future continuous, using the given suggestions.
- •Put the verb in brackets into the present indefinite, the future indefinite and the future continuous.
Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Although companies spend billions of dollars on research and development, new products sometimes come about just by chance.
SAFETY CLASS - The idea of safety glass came to a French scientist, Edouard Benedictus, in 1903. He _________ (work) in his laboratory one night when he suddenly _________ (knock) over a glass jar containing celluloid. The glass broke, but did not shatter because it stuck to the celluloid, and this led to the idea of safety glass - two sheets of glass with a central sheet of celluloid.
TEFLON – Roy Plunkett _________ (make) the first batch of Teflon while he _________ (work) for Du Pont. He _________ (carry) out research into coolant gases when he _______ (leave) one batch in a container overnight. He came back the next day to find that the gas had turned into Teflon, the slipperiest substance in the world
PFIZER S LUCKY BREAK - Scientists at Pfizer's laboratory in England _________ (test) a new heart drug called Viagra when they _______(realize) that, although it was of little use in treating heart problems, it had some unexpected side-effects. The result was a hugely successful new product that has probably done more to save the rhinoceros than anything else in history.
Read each set of information. Decide the order in which things happened. Then write two new sentences based on the information. Begin each one with the same words. See the example.
His car broke down. He went the rest of the way by taxi. He was driving to Bonn for a conference.
When his car broke down, he was driving to Bonn for a conference.
When his car broke down, he went the rest of the way by taxi.
We left the building. We were having a meeting. The fire alarm went off.
When___________________________________________________
When___________________________________________________
They took our company over. We were losing a lot of money. They made a lot of people redundant.
When___________________________________________________
When___________________________________________________
My secretary went to meet him. I was having lunch in the canteen. Mr Takashi arrived.
When ___________________________________________________
When____________________________________________________
Herr Streibel arrived at the airport. He came straight to the office. The chauffeur was waiting.
When______________________________________________________
When_____________________________________________________
In the following sentences, put one of the verbs in brackets into the past continuous, and the other into the past simple.
(walk, notice) The security guard _________ the broken window while he was _________ round the warehouse.
(go, meet) I first _________ Mr Rodriguez when I _________ round Mexico on a marketing trip.
(interrupt, give) When she __________ her presentation, someone at the back of the room _________ to ask a question.
(finalize, ring) While my PA ___________ arrangements for my trip to Brazil, the clients __________ up to cancel the visit.
(notice, look) The auditors __________a large unauthorized withdrawal while they _________ through the accounts.
(happen, clean) The accident _________ when one of the workers __________ the chemical tank.
(drop, bring) One of the removals men _________ my computer while he __________ it into my office.
(approach, work) A headhunter __________ her while she ___________ for ICI.