Текст №2

The Smiths live at 87 King Street. In the morning Mr. Smith goes to work and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school every day. Mrs. Smith stays at home every day. She does the housework. She always eats her lunch at noon. In the afternoon she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together. In the evening the children come home from school. They arrive home early. Mr. Smith comes home from work. He arrives home late. At night the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr. Smith usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.

Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Where do the Smiths live? 2. Does Mr. Smith go to work in the morning? 3. Do the children go to school in the morning? 4. Does Mrs. Smith go to work? 5. What does she do at home? 6. When do the children come home from school? 7. Do the children watch television at night? 8. Who watches television at night? 9. Do Mr. and Mrs. Smith watch television every night?

Текст №3

Philip Blake works in London. He is a manager of a plant. He goes to London in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. He doesn’t go to his office on Saturday and Sunday. Every morning Philip looks through newspapers. Sometimes Philip goes to different cities to discuss business with their customers. He is a very busy man.

Floy Robinson is a secretary to Mr. Philip Blake. Her office is not large. She has a computer and many letters, faxes and telexes on her desk. Every morning from Monday to Friday Floy comes to the office at nine. At 10 o’clock Floy usually looks through the post and at 11 she comes into the manager’s office with the letters. The manager reads them and gives answers to the letters. Floy writes the answers in her book and goes to her office.

Floy usually has lunch at home but sometimes she has lunch at the plant with her friend Tom. She stays in the office till 5. In the evening Floy has French lessons. She learns the French language with pleasure. Floy wants to know French well to read books and see films in French.

Текст №4

My office has business relations with a lot of foreign firms in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. As a rule, our business partners don’t speak Russian but the people at my office know different languages. For example, I speak English and Spanish. It is very convenient because we do business with many firms in English- and Spanish-speaking countries. I take part in talks and it helps me to speak these languages fluently. I also read foreign newspapers and magazines and listen to radio programmes in these languages.

Past Simple

Прошедшее простое время

Past Simple употребляется для выражения действия, которое свершалось в прошлом. Употребляется в повествовании о каких – либо событиях, фактах, для перечисления ряда последовательных действий в прошлом.

Правильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
I worked. – Я работал(а).	We worked. – Мы работали.
You worked. – Ты работал(а).	You worked. – Вы работали.
He worked. – Он работал.	They worked. – Они работали.
She worked. – Она работала.
It worked. – Оно (устройство) работало.
Неправильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
I came. – Я приходил(а).	We came – Мы приходили.
You came. – Ты приходил(а).	You came – Вы приходили.
He came. – Он приходил.	They came – Они приходили.
She came. – Она приходила.
It came. – Оно (письмо) приходило

Вопросительная форма
Правильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
Did I work? – Я работал(а)?	Did we work? – Мы работали?
Did you work? – Ты работал(а)?	Did you work? – Вы работали?
Did he work? – Он работал?	Did they work? – Они работали?
Did she work? – Она работала?
Did it work? – Оно (устройство) работало?
Неправильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
Did I come? – Я приходил(а)?	Did we come? – Мы приходили?
Did you come? – Ты приходил(а)?	Did you come? – Вы приходили?
Did he come? – Он приходил?	Did they come? – Они приходили?
Did she come? – Она приходила?
Did it come? – Оно (письмо) приходило?

Отрицательная форма

Правильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
I did not work. – Я не работал(а).	We did not work. – Мы не работали.
You did not work. – Ты не работал(а).	You did not work. – Вы не работали.
He did not work. – Он не работал.	They did not work. – Они не работали.
She did not work. – Она не работала.
It did not work. – Оно (устройство) не работало.
Неправильный глагол
единственное число	множественное число
I did not come. – Я не приходил(а).	We did not come. – Мы не приходили.
You did not come. – Ты не приходил(а).	You did not come. – Вы не приходили.
He did not come. – Он не приходил.	They did not come. – Они не приходили.
She did not come. – Она не приходила.
It did not come. – Оно (письмо) не приходило.

В разговорной речи используется сокращенная отрицательная форма: didn’t.

Past Simple употребляется с обстоятельствами времени: yesterday – вчера, last year (month, week) – в прошлом году (месяце, неделе), a year ago (a month ago, a week ago) – год назад (месяц назад, неделю назад).