6. Поставьте глагол в скобках в Past Indefinite; задайте вопросы к подчёркнутым словам; перескажите историю:

The Fairy (to tell) Cinderella that she (cannot) stay at the palace after midnight. But when she (to meet) the Prince and (to begin) to dance with him, she (to forget) all about the time. Suddenly Cinderella (to hear) the clock striking twelve, and she (to run) away from the palace, but she (to stumble) on the stairs and (to lose) one of her glass-slippers. The Prince (to find) the glass-slipper, and he (to promise) to marry any girl who (can) put it on. All the girls in the country tried the glass-slipper on, but they failed. Finally the Prince (to arrive) at Cinderella’s home, and her step-sisters (to try) hard to put the slipper on, but it (to be) too small for them. Suddenly the Prince (to see) Cinderella and (to ask) her to try on the glass-slipper. The girl (to do) this very easily, and then she (to take) out the other glass-slipper, and (to put) it on too. The Prince (to recognize) her at once, and he (to take) her by the hand and (to lead) her to his palace. They (to get) married and (to live) happily ever after.

7. Поставьте все глаголы в Past Indefinite; перескажите историю:

Androclus is a slave in ancient Rome who runs away from his bad master and begins to live in a forest. He soon becomes very weak because it is hard to find anything to eat. One day he finds a cave, gets into it and lies down there to sleep. Suddenly he hears a loud noise and wakes up. He sees a big lion near him, and at first he becomes very frightened, but then he understands that the lion is in trouble himself: he has a big splinter in his foot. Androclus helps the lion to get the splinter out, and after that they both fall asleep. Soon they become friends, and the lion brings food for the young man every day. But one day the soldiers find Androclus and take him back to Rome. The law of that time says that a slave who runs away has to fight with a hungry lion. When Androclus goes out onto the arena, he sees a big lion who is ready to kill him, but suddenly the lion comes up to the man and begins to lick his hands and face. All the people are surprised to see this, and they begin to shout with joy. Androclus tells everybody the story about the lion, and the Roman Emperor gives them both freedom.

8. Задайте общие и специальные вопросы к предложениям:

1. My brother did not give me his toys.

2. John didn’t know this story.

3. I did not take this dictionary from the shelf.

4. She did not feel comfortable in their house.

5. The lesson didn’t begin for a long time.

6. They didn’t tell me anything after that.

7. Mother didn’t want to speak to me about it.

8. The rain didn’t stop until evening.

9. She never sent this letter to him.

10. I did not do anything on Sunday.

11. The table didn’t stand in its right place.

12. He never worried about his future.

9. Поставьте глаголы в Past Indefinite; перескажите шутки:

A. The father comes into the room where his daughter sits with a young man. The father asks what time it is, and at once the boy jumps up from his chair and runs out of the house. The father says in surprise: ‘What is wrong with your friend? I ask him what the time is, and he doesn’t answer but simply goes away!’

B. There is a scene in a play which shows how the hunter kills a lion and the lion falls down from the hill; in reality, the lion lands on a soft mattress. One day the actor who plays the part of the lion gets ill, so the director asks the man who sells theatre tickets to play the lion. When the time comes, the man goes up the “hill” and the “hunter” shoots at him, but the “lion” continues to stand there because he is afraid of the height. The director cries out angrily: ‘Fall, lion!’, the audience begins to laugh, and at last the “lion” crosses himself and jumps down.