- •Практикум по грамматике английского языка для подготовки к итоговой аттестации
- •Е. Ю. Воякина, н. А. Гунина, л. Ю. Королева Практикум по грамматике английского языка для подготовки к итоговой аттестации
- •How to use Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •1 Read the paragraph and answer the questions:
- •2 Some people complain about complexities of normal life. They think that their life isn’t exciting enough. Talk about your daily routine. Do you live an action-packed life?
- •3 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
- •4 Make questions to the answers about alan.
- •6. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present continuous).
- •7. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb (present simple or present continuous).
- •8 Complete the dialogue:
- •9 Role-play the conversation in 7.
- •10 Talk to as many people in the class to find a person who shares similar interests with you.
- •1. Present Continuous
- •2. Present Simple
- •I apologise I insist I promise I recommend I suggest
- •3. Mixed Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •Unit 2. Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous
- •Have been to / have been in / have gone to
- •1 Write positive sentences in present perfect simple
- •2 Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.
- •4 Read the text about Loch Ness and complete the sentences.
- •6 Which form is correct: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?
- •7 Put the verbs into the correct tense: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous
- •8 Complete the conversation with the appropriate tenses: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous
- •9 Act out a similar conversation.
- •10 Complete the conversation with the appropriate tenses: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous
- •11 Role play. Job interview. Work in groups of 4.
- •1 You are writing a letter to a friend. In the letter you give news about yourself and other people. Use the words given to make sentences. Use the present perfect.
- •2 Read the situations and write sentences. Choose one of the following:
- •4 Read the situations and write sentences with just, already or yet.
- •5 Put in been or gone.
- •6 You are asking somebody questions about things he or she has done. Make questions from the words in brackets.
- •7 Complete b’s answers. Some sentences are positive and some negative. Use a verb from this list:
- •8 Complete these sentences using today/this year/this term etc.
- •9 Read the situations and write sentences as shown in the examples.
- •1 Write a question for each situation.
- •2 Read the situations and complete the sentences.
- •3 Mixed Present Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Simple
- •4 For each situation, ask a question using the words in brackets.
- •5 Put the verb into the more suitable form, present perfect simple (I have done etc.) or continuous (I have been doing etc.).
- •6 Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them if they are wrong.
- •7 Read the situations and write questions from the words in brackets.
- •8 Complete b’s answers to a's questions.
- •Habit in the Past
- •Past Facts and Generalizations
- •Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
- •1. Make past simple ‘wh’ questions:
- •2. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past or present perfect).
- •3. Write the verbs in the correct tense (Simple Past or Present Perfect).
- •4 Choose the past simple or the present perfect:
- •5 Work in pairs. In turns talk about the suggested topic for about 1 minute. Use Present Perfect and Past Simple.
- •6 Match the beginning of the sentence to its ending.
- •7 Fill in the blanks with used to or a form of be used to.
- •1 Read what Sharon says about a typical working day.
- •2 Put one of these verbs in each sentence.
- •3 A friend has just come back from holiday. You ask him about it. Write your questions.
- •4 Complete the sentences, Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
- •2 Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things.
- •3 Compare what Carol said five years ago and what she says today.
- •1 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
- •2 Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
- •3 Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
- •4 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple.
- •5 Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.
- •6 Write sentences about yourself using the ideas in brackets.
- •7 Put the verb into the most suitable form, present perfect or past simple.
- •Past Continuous
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •1 Use Past Continuous to describe actions happening at a specific time in the past.
- •2 Choose the correct time expression used with the past continuous tense.
- •3 My memorable event. The sentences are mixed. Put them in the correct order to make a story
- •4 Describe your memorable event. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous.
- •6 Choose the past perfect, or the past simple:
- •7 Choose the past perfect, or the past perfect continuous
- •1 What were you doing at the following times? Write one sentence as in the examples. The past continuous is not always necessary (see the second example).
- •1 Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.
- •2 Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb given in brackets.
- •4 Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.).
- •1 Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets.
- •2 Read the situations and complete the sentences.
- •3 Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous (I was doing), past perfect (I had done) or past perfect continuous (I had been doing).
- •Unit 5 Future forms
- •1 Present Simple vs Present Continuous
- •2 Going to vs. Future Simple
- •3 Future Continuous / Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous
- •4 No Future in Time Clauses
- •1 Complete the sentences using will ('ll) or going to.
- •2 Read the situations and complete the sentences using will ('ll) or going to.
- •3 Holiday Plans. Ask and answer questions about travel plans
- •5 Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous
- •6 Future Simple or Present Simple
- •1 A friend of yours is planning to go on holiday soon. You ask her about her plans. Use the words in brackets to make your questions.
- •2 Tom wants you to visit him but you are very busy. Look at your diary for the next few days and explain to him why you can't come.
- •3 Have you arranged to do anything at these times? Write (true) sentences about yourself.
- •4 Put the verb into the more suitable form, present continuous or present simple.
- •1 Answer the questions. You are going to do all these things but you haven't done them yet. Use going to and the word(s) in brackets.
- •2 Write a question with going to for each situation.
- •3 Read the situations and complete the dialogues. Use going to.
- •4 What is going to happen in these situations? Use the words in brackets.
- •2 Read the situations and write sentences with I think I'll ... Or I don't think I'll ...
- •3 Which is correct?
- •4 What do you say in these situations? Write sentences with shall I ...? or shall we ...?
- •1 Read about Colin. Then you have to tick (V) the sentences which are true. In each group of sentences at least one is true.
- •2 Put the verb into the correct form, will be (doing) or will have (done).
- •1 Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets. All the sentences are about the future. Use will/won't or the present simple (I see/he plays/it is etc.).
- •2 Make one sentence from two.
- •3 Read the situations and complete the sentences.
- •1 Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into present simple passive.
- •2 Put the verbs in brackets into past simple passive.
- •3 Choose the best option.
- •4 Using the passive, ask questions to which the bold type words are answers.
- •5 Fill in the passive in the appropriate tense.
- •6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Active or Passive voice.
- •7 Change the sentences from Active to Passive and vice versa.
- •8 Put the verb in bracket in the correct Active/Passive voice and tense.
- •9 Say if the sentences are Right or Wrong. Correct the mistakes.
- •10 Look at the Hotel Information table and write sentences as in the example.
- •11 Role-play the conversation in 10. Student a – a hotel guest, Student b – a receptionist.
- •12 Passive Pair work Activity. Read the situation below and make a role-play. Use Present Perfect, Past Simple, Future Passive.
- •1 Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form.
- •2 Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past.
- •3 Put the verb into the correct form, Present simple or Past simple, Active or Passive.
- •4 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they/people' etc. Write a Passive sentence.
- •5 Write sentences in the passive. Use these phrases.
- •6 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody' or 'they', write a Passive sentence using the correct tense.
- •7 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is Active, sometimes Passive. Mind the tenses.
- •8 Put the verbs in brackets together with the adverbs into the Active or Passive in the correct tense.
- •9 Turn from active into passive.
- •10 Rewrite the following passages in the passive.
- •It is said that... He is said to... (be) supposed to...:
- •1 Rephrase the sentences using Passive voice in two ways. Omit unimportant agents.
- •2 Write these sentences in another way, beginning in the way shown.
- •3 Paraphrase the sentences using Passive voice. Pay attention to prepositions.
- •4 Read each sentence. Then make two new sentences in the passive.
- •5 Read each sentence. Then make two new sentences in the passive.
- •6 Report these rumors.
- •10 Tick (V) the correct sentence, (a) or (b), for each picture.
- •11 Why did you do these things? Answer using 'have something done'. Use one of these verbs:
- •12 Now you have to use 'have something done' with its second meaning.
- •13 Discuss the questions with your partner.
- •1 Rewrite the sentences in the Passive. Do it in two ways when possible.
- •2 Put the following sentences into the passive voice. Sometimes several variants of Passive are possible.
- •1 Fill in the blanks with can or can’t.
- •3 Complete the answers to the questions with was/were able to.
- •4 Answer the questions with a suggestion. Use could.
- •5 Write these sentences in a different way using may or might.
- •6 Write sentences with may or might.
- •7 Complete the sentences with can / can't /could / couldn't and one of these verbs. (ability)
- •8 Look at the following phrases and write in which write you think it is. Then use one of the modal verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.
- •9 Imagine it is the year 3012. Describe how things are then.
- •1 Complete the sentences using can or (be) able to. Use can if possible; otherwise use (be) able to.
- •2 Complete the sentences using could, couldn't or was/were able to.
- •3 Put in can or could. Sometimes either word is possible.
- •4 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of can.
- •5 Complete the sentences with a verb in the correct form.
- •6 Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets. Use may or might.
- •7 Complete the sentences using might not or couldn't.
- •9 May or Might: choose the correct answer.
- •10 Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the words in brackets.
- •1 Fill in must or mustn’t.
- •2 Fill in the blanks with can / can’t or must / mustn’t.
- •3 Fill in the blanks using proper Have To structure and match the examples with the pictures.
- •4 Use must / mustn’t / have to or (not) have to.
- •5 Fill in the blanks using (not) have to / must (not) / can / could:
- •1 Put in must or can't.
- •2 Complete the sentences with a verb in the correct form.
- •3 Complete these sentences with must or have to (in the correct form). Sometimes it is possible to use either; sometimes only have to is possible.
- •4 Make questions with have to.
- •6 Complete these sentences with mustn't or don't/doesn't have to.
- •8 Complete the sentences with must, mustn't or needn't.
- •9 Complete the sentences with must / mustn’t or needn’t:
- •11 Write a sentence (beginning in the way shown) that means the same as the first sentence.
- •12 Complete the sentences using modals listed below. Use capital letters when necessary and you may have to change “have” to “had.” Some gaps may have more than one correct answer.
- •13 Use a suitable present or past modal verb.
- •14 A mysterious letter has arrived for Tom by special delivery. He is nervous about opening it. Add suitable modal verbs to complete the dialogue. He is with Jill, his wife.
- •Unit 10. Conditionals
- •Real condition
- •How to form Zero Conditionals
- •How to form First Conditionals
- •Unreal condition (present and future situation)
- •How to form Second Conditionals
- •Unreal condition (past situation)
- •How to form Third Conditionals
- •1. Choose the correct form of the verb:
- •2. Match the two halves of the sentences:
- •4. Complete the sentences with these phrases:
- •5. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
- •6. What would you do in each situation? These are unreal present situations:
- •9. Write sentences with “ wish…”:
- •10. You don’t like your new house. Write what you wish:
- •11. Using the bold type in the sentences, write wishes as in the example:
- •1. Put the verbs into the correct form.
- •2. You ask a friend questions. Use What would you do if ...?
- •3. Answer the questions in the way shown.
- •4. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
- •5. Put the verb into the correct form.
- •6. Write a sentence with If ... For each situation.
- •7. Write sentences beginning I wish ...
- •8. Write your own sentences beginning I wish ...
- •9. Put the verb into the correct form.
- •10. Write a sentence with if for each situation.
- •11. Imagine that you are in these situations. For each situation, write a sentence with I wish ...
- •12. What do you say in these situations? Write sentences with I wish ... Would ...
- •13. Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
- •2. Report the following. Begin each sentence with ‘She said...’:
- •1. Yesterday you met a friend of yours, Charlie. Here are some of the things Charlie said to you:
- •2. Somebody says something to you which is the opposite of what they said before. Write a suitable answer beginning I thought you said ....
- •3. Here are some things that Ann said to you:
- •4. The following sentences are direct speech:
- •5. Change into reported speech:
- •6. Change into reported speech:
- •11. Some of the blank spaces below need articles, others do not. Fill in the articles where needed:
- •1. Some of these sentences need a/an. Correct the sentences which are wrong. If the sentence is already correct, put 'right':
- •2. Complete the sentences using one of the following words. Use a/an where necessary:
- •3. Complete the sentences using one of the following words. Sometimes the word needs to be plural (-s):
- •4. Which of the underlined parts of these sentences is correct?
- •5. Complete the sentences using these words. Sometimes you need the plural (-s):
- •6. What do you say in these situations? Complete the sentences using one of the words from exercise 5:
- •9. Put in a/an or the in these sentences where necessary:
- •10. Put in the or a/an where necessary. If no word is necessary, leave the space empty(-):
- •11. Put in the or a/an where necessary. If the sentence is already correct, put 'right':
- •12. Complete the sentences using one of the following. Use the where necessary:
- •13. Put in the where necessary. Leave a space (-) if the sentence is already complete:
- •14. Some of these sentences are correct, but some need the (perhaps more than once). Correct the sentences where necessary. Put 'right' if the sentence is already correct:
- •Adjectives
- •Degrees of comparison of adjectives
- •Adverb or adjective
- •1. Write what the underlined word is: adjective or adverb:
- •2. Use one of the words from the box to complete each sentence below:
- •3. Underline the correct item:
- •3 Complete the sentences using one of the following words:
- •5. Put in the right word:
- •6. Complete each sentence using a word from the list. Sometimes you need the adjective (careful etc.) and sometimes the adverb (carefully etc.):
- •7. Choose two words (one from each box) to complete each sentence:
- •10. Complete the sentences. Each time use the comparative form of one of the words in the list. Use than where necessary:
- •13. Complete the sentences using as ... As:
- •Conclusion
- •References
4. Which of the underlined parts of these sentences is correct?
'Did you hear noise/a noise just now?' 'No, I didn't hear anything.' ('a noise' is correct)
1. a. If you want to know the news, you can read _paper/a paper.
b. I want to write some letters but I haven't got _a paper/any paper_ to write on.
2. a. I thought there was somebody in the house because there was _light/a light_ on inside.
b. _Light/A light_ comes from the sun.
3. a. I was in a hurry this morning. I didn't have _time/a time_ for breakfast.
b. 'Did you enjoy your holiday?' 'Yes, we had _wonderful time/a wonderful time._'
4. Sue was very helpful. She gave us some very useful _advice/advices._
5. We had _very good weather/a very good weather_ while we were on holiday.
6. We were very unfortunate. We had _bad luck/a bad luck._
7. It's very difficult to find a _work/job_ at the moment.
8. Our _travel/journey_ from London to Istanbul by train was very tiring.
9. When the fire alarm rang, there was _total chaos/a total chaos._
10. I had to buy _a/some_ bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches.
11. Bad news _don't/doesn't_ make people happy.
12. _Your hair is/Your hairs are_ too long. You should have it/them cut.
13. Nobody was hurt in the accident but _the damage/the damages_ to the car _was/were_ quite bad.
5. Complete the sentences using these words. Sometimes you need the plural (-s):
chair experience experience furniture hair information job luggage permission progress work
1. I didn't have much __just two small bags.
2. They'll tell you all you want to know. They'll give you plenty of ___.
3. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are plenty of __.
4. We have no __, not even a bed or a table.
5. 'What does Alan look like?' He's got a long beard and very short __.
6. Carla's English is better than it was. She's made __.
7. George is unemployed. He's looking for a __.
8. George is unemployed. He's looking for __.
9. If you want to leave work early, you have to ask for___.
10. I don't think Ann will get the job. She hasn't got enough __.
11. Rita has done many interesting things. She should write a book about her ___.
6. What do you say in these situations? Complete the sentences using one of the words from exercise 5:
Your friends have just arrived at the station. You can't see any suitcases or bags.
You ask them: Have _you got luggage?
1. You go into the tourist office. You want to know about places to see in the town. You say:
I'd like__
2. You are a student at school. You want your teacher to advise you about which examinations to take. You say:
Can you give me __?
3. You want to watch the news on TV but you don't know what time it is on. You ask your friend:
What time __?
4. You are standing at the top of a mountain. You can see a very long way. It is lovely. You say:
It _______________________________, isn't it?
5. You look out of the window. The weather is horrible: cold, wet and windy. You say to your friend:
What _____________________________!
7. Put in a/an or the.
1. This morning I bought _a_ newspaper and __ magazine __newspaper is in my bag but I don't know where I put __ magazine.
2. I saw __ accident this morning __ car crashed into __ tree. __ driver of __ car wasn't hurt but __ car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside: __ blue one and __ grey one. --- blue one belongs to my neighbours; I don't know who __ owner of __grey one is.
4. My friends live in __ old house in __ small village. There is __ beautiful garden behind __ house. I would like to have __garden like that.
8. Put in a/an or the.
1. a. This house is very nice. Has it got __ garden?
b. It's a beautiful day. Let's sit in __ garden.
c. I like living in this house but it's a pity that __ garden is so small.
2. a. Can you recommend __ good restaurant?
b. We had dinner in __ very nice restaurant.
c. We had dinner in __ most expensive restaurant in town.
3. a. She has __ French name but in fact she's English, not French.
b. What's __ name of that man we met yesterday?
c. We stayed at a very nice hotel - I can't remember __ name now.
4. a. There isn't __ airport near where I live __ nearest airport is 70 miles away.
b. Our plane was delayed. We had to wait at__ airport for three hours.
c. Excuse me, please. Can you tell me how to get to __ airport?
5. a. 'Are you going away next week?' 'No, __ week after next.'
b. I'm going away for__ week in September.
c. George has a part-time job. He works three mornings __ week.