- •The verb - to be -
- •Write short answer for these questions:
- •Now ask and answer the questions:
- •Ask the alternative questions and answer them:
- •Write questions with What/Who/How/Where/Why? Use am/is/are.
- •Complete the questions:
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Pronouns (Местоимения)
- •Fill in the correct personal pronouns.
- •II Put in the right (appropriate) possessive pronouns.
- •III Choose the right word.
- •IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive pronouns.
- •V Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •VI Fill in this/that/these/those.
- •VII Translate into English.
- •Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- •Exercises
- •Cross out the incorrect alternative in the following sentences:
- •Complete the sentences using one of the following words. Sometimes the word needs to be plural (-s).
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Nouns (Singular and Plural)
- •Give the plural of the following nouns.
- •Translate the sentences:
- •Articles
- •Неопределённый артикль (The Indefinite Article)
- •Определённый артикль (The Definite Article)
- •Отсутствие артикля (Zero Article)
- •Exercises:
- •III Complete these sentences. Use the words in the list. Use the if necessary.
- •IV Look at the underlined words in these sentences. Which is right (the or the)?
- •V Put in the where necessary. If the sentence is correct, write ‘okay’.
- •VI Translate the sentences.
- •There is/are
- •A) Complete the text with an appropriate forms of the verb to be (is, isn’t, are, aren’t).
- •A) Circle the best answer.
- •Describe your bedroom (room) using there is/are and words from the books.
- •Complete the sentences with there is/there are (not).
- •Underline the correct form of there is/there are. Make up 10 questions on the text. Describe your (or smb’s neighbourhood).
- •Translation into English.
- •Some/ any/ no
- •IV Translate the sentences into English.
- •Exercises:
- •Make the sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Put in a lot/ a lot of/ much/ many.
- •In some of the sentences -much- is incorrect or unnatural. Change -much- to -many- or -a lot (of)- where necessary. Write “ok” if the sentence is correct.
- •Choose the correct item.
- •Complete the sentences with little/ a little/ few/ a few.
- •Translate into English.
- •Prepositions of Time
- •I Fill in the gaps with one of the following prepositions at, on, in (where necessary).
- •Put in for, during or while.
- •Put in by or until.
- •Complete the following description with for, during, by, until, at, in or on. Summarize the text. Eleanor is a nurse who works the night shift. How does she manage?
- •Present Simple Tense (Настоящее простое время)
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of these verbs:
- •Eg.She’s very clever. She speaks four languages.
- •Eg.‘Have a cigarette.’ ‘No, thank you. I don’t smoke.
- •Write questions with Do/Does …?
- •Read the sentences and correct them (the information is wrong). Write two correct sentences each time.
- •Complete the information about the business activities of the Thai company Berli Jucker, using the verbs in the box. Translate the sentences.
- •Translate the sentences:
- •Present Continuous Tense (Настоящее продолженное время)
- •Exercises:
- •Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Ask questions to the following sentences with the words in brackets.
- •Complete the sentences with one of the following verbs in the Present Continuous.
- •Eg.‘You ‘re working hard today.’ ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’
- •A) Complete the texts with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Put 5 questions to each text.
- •In the Park
- •Make up the similar texts about the families as if they were:
- •A) Complete the sentences, opening the brackets.
- •Read the following passages about changes that are taking place in the software industry. Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box, using the present continuous.
- •Translate into English.
- •Present Simple vs Present Continuous Exercises
- •Rewrite these sentences in the Present Continuous.
- •Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
- •A) Read and translate the text. Do some tasks. A Student
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Make up sentences using the following prompts. The first verb should be in the present simple, and the second verb in the present continuous.
- •Translate into English.
- •Past Simple Tense (Прошедшее простое время)
- •Exercises
- •Put in was/wasn’t/were/weren’t.
- •Complete these sentences with the verbs from the list in the past simple.
- •Use the correct forms of the verbs, positive or negative.
- •Ask questions to receive the following answers:
- •Write in the missing forms of the irregular verbs below. Each verb can be used with the expressions on the right. Translate them and use in the sentences.
- •VI Translate the sentences:
- •Past Continuous Tense (Прошедшее длительное время)
- •Exercises:
- •Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous Tense.
- •Choose the correct tense, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
- •In the following sentences put one of the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous and the other verb into the Simple Past.
- •Translate the sentences.
- •Compare what Carol said five years ago and what she says today.
- •In some of the sentences you can use used to instead of the Past Simple. Where possible rewrite the sentences using used to.
- •Write true sentences about yourself, using used to or didn’t use to and one of the words in the box.
- •Revision
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Present Perfect
- •1.Образование
- •2.Употребление
- •Exercises:
- •1. Choose 5 expressing from the list to make short dialogues.
- •2.Read the situations and write the sentences. Choose the verbs from the list.
- •3.Complete the text with the Present Perfect or Past Simple.
- •4.Make up questions.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •The Degrees of Comparison of the Adjectives
- •Exercises:
- •2. Use a superlative form (-est or most).
- •3. Use a superlative form or a comparative form.
- •4. Use the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
- •5. Open the brackets, using correct degrees of comparisons. Translate into Russian.
- •6. Translate into English.
Exercises
Put in was/wasn’t/were/weren’t.
We didn't like our hotel room. It was very small and it wasn’t very clean.
Kate got married when she … 24 years old.
I phoned you yesterday evening but you … at home. Where … you?
George … at work last week because he … ill. He’s better now.
The shops … open yesterday because it … a public holiday.
‘… you at home at 9.30?’ ‘No, I … at work.’
Complete these sentences with the verbs from the list in the past simple.
clean die enjoy finish happen live open play rain start stay want watch go buy sell see speak
Eg.Yesterday evening I watched television.
I ………. my teeth three times yesterday.
The concert last night ………. at 7.30 and ………. at 10 o’clock.
The accident ………. last Sunday afternoon.
When I was a child, I ………. to be a doctor.
Mozart ………. from 1756 to 1791.
We ………. our holiday last year. We ………. at a very good hotel.
Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it ………. .
It was hot in the room, so I ………. the window.
The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we ………. tennis.
William Shakespeare ………. in 1616.
The last model of our cars was of high quality, that’s why we ………. them a lot.
I ……….. to the General Director last week about the contract Form of “Ray and Sons”.
When I ………. to the cinema last night, I ………. a very beautiful and very interesting historical film.
Our company was interested in doing business with this small firm, so we ………. some models from them.
Use the correct forms of the verbs, positive or negative.
It … (be) warm, so I … (take) off my coat.
The film … (not/be) very good. I … (not/enjoy) it very much.
I … (be) in a hurry, so I (no/have) time to phone you.
It … (be) a funny situation but nobody … (laugh).
We … (go) to Kate’s house but she … (not/be) at home.
Tom … (not/watch) TV last night because he … (not/do) his homework.
We … (not/have) lunch yesterday because we … (not/be) hungry.
She … (not/find) him last week because he … (not/be) in the town.
Mrs. Roy … (not/send) the fax to Richardson and Co. because she … (be) very busy.
They … (not/be) interested in buying this model because they … (not/have) any information about it.
Ask questions to receive the following answers:
Yes, they bought different catalogues.
No, I didn’t have the car five years ago.
He last went to London in February.
We lived in Canada two years ago.
They discussed the terms of payment a week ago.
They studied the Contract Form closely.
No, he didn’t meet the customers two days ago, he did it yesterday.
I went to a very interesting presentation last week.
Levi Strauss founded the company 145 years ago.
Profits in the second quarter fell 85%.
She wasn’t in the office yesterday, because she visited the subsidiary in Warsaw.
My father worked for an international company for many years.