Глагол to be

Present	Past
am ( I ) is ( he, she, it ) are ( we, you, they )	was (ед. ч.) were (мн. ч.)

1. Write the Past Simple forms of these regular verbs.

check	repair	board
talk	clean	load
look	steer	start
dock	carry	paint
like	occur	hate

2. Listen to the recording. Repeat the Past Simple forms.

3. Look at the map. It shows the area of operation of the MV Karrier on a voyage last year.

4. Read the report of the MV Karrier’s voyage. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct verb and write the Past Simple form.

load	repair	arrive	unload
damage	load	continue	stop
	sail	carry

MV KARRIER VOYAGE REPORT

Last September the MV Karrier ………… from Japan to the Philippines. It ………… three times: at Shanghai, Chi-lung and Manila. The vessel ………… ballast from Nagasaki to Shanghai. At Shanghai the crew ………… 10,000 tonnes of rice. On 18 September a tropical storm ………… part of the ship so a fitter ………… the life raft at Chi-lung. The ship ………… 286 containers of electrical goods and 400 cars. The vessel ………… to Manila and ………… at 1200 on 22 September. In Manila the ship ………… 6000 tonnes of rice and 286 containers of electrical goods.

fitter ['fitq] слесарь - сборщик

goods [gudz] товары, груз, изделия

5. Make up different questions to each sentence of the text.

6. Look at the map. It shows the area of operation of the mv Karrier on a voyage last year. Answer the questions about the mv Karrier’s route. Memorize the new words used in the questions.

1. What was the MV Karrier bound for? (направляться)

2. What was the port of departure?

3. Did the ship sail across the East China Sea to get to Shanghai?

4. In what direction did they sail?

5. What was the second port of call? (заход)

6. Did they sail to the south or to the north to get there?

7. The ship left Chi-lung and where did it head for? (направляться)

8. Did they proceed (продолжать) sailing southward(s)?

9. When did they arrive in Manila?

7. Pair work. Explain to your study partner the purpose of the mv Karrier’s arriving to different ports.

• Shanghai

• Chi-lung

• Manila

8. Describe the voyage which the mv Karrier made last year. Lesson 2

1. Match the infinitive forms and the Past Simple forms of the irregular verbs. Learn these forms by heart. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of each verb.

Infinitive	Past Simple		Infinitive	Past Simple
catch	lost		give	held
hit	went		see	put
go	wrote		take	gave
lose	did		get	was
have	hit		break	got
do	had		be	bust
come	came		put	broke
write	spoke		burst	saw
speak	caught		hold	took

2. Look at the verbs. Complete the sentences with the correct verb. Fill in the blanks with the verb in the Past Simple.

   Be, burst, hit, lose, have, hold, take, catch, ship.

• There ………… an incident at sea last month.

• A hose ………… and some oil leaked on deck.

• The A.B. ………… the helm while I checked the charts.

• The ratings ………… the pirates, who tried to steal things on board the vessel.

• A bad storm ………… us in the South Atlantic.

• Because of the weather, we ………… a lot of the cargo.

• We ………… over 5000 cars from Germany to Turkey.

• The ship ………… to stop in this port for repairs.

• We ………… the bandits on board the vessel until the Coastguard arrived.