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Grammar exercises

I. Give the past form of the verbs, arrange them according to the pronunciation of the endings:

[t] [d] [id]

1. Walk, arrive, wash, drop, spell, dry, watch, dust, open, add, kiss, hurry, travel, close, start, post, tidy, cover, want, play, stop, finish, regret, work, finish.

II. Replace the infinitives given in brackets by the Past Simple. Translate the sentences.

1. The weather is nice today, but it (to be) bad yesterday. 2. I (to get) to the market myself last time, but now I don’t remember how to get there. 3. Five years ago my dad (to sell) his farm and (to buy) a business in a small town. 4. Jilius Caesar (to found) the Tower of London. 5. He isn’t playing tennis tomorrow afternoon, he (not/to play) tennis yesterday. 6. Shishkin (not / to create) his picture “Morning in the Pine - Wood” alone. The no - less famous painter Savitsky (to paint) the bear with her three little cubs. 7. I (to spend) my childhood, boyhood and youth in a little ordinary town on the banks of the Volga. 8. I’m a doctor now, but two years ago I (to be) a student at a medical college in Moscow. 9. When we (to be) students, we (to like) to walk to college in a fine weather. 10. Agatha Christie (to write) over 75 detective stories. 11. Yesterday he (not / have) dinner again. 12. We (not / to write) a test in physics yesterday.

III. 1. Make up questions and answers from the following words.

Questions Jim Alison

Where / to go Kenya Scotland

When / to go last June last October

How long / to stay three weeks one week

Where / to stay a camping a hotel

What /to do to take photos to go walking

What / to see of wild animals: elephants, lions, some beautiful lakes (not the Loch

giraffes (not crocodiles) Ness Monster)

Enjoy / the holiday?

2. Make up questions and answer them:

1) a) morning / you / time / get / up / what / in / the / did? b) dinner / night / have / what / last / you / for / did? c) did / train / last / you / by / when / travel? d) do / what / Sunday / you / last / did? e) go / on / you / how / university / did / to / Monday?

3. Put general, alternative, disjunctive questions to the following sentences:

a) Three weeks later I left for Moscow. b) Last week my Dad went to work on foot. c) I saw the new TV play yesterday. d) I watched the TV program till midnight. e) Tom learnt his physics lessons in the evening.

IV. Put the verbs in the correct form of the Past Simple (positive, negative or question).

1. There isn’t a cloud in the sky, but it (be) cloudy in the morning.2. We generally have lunch at 12.30, but yesterday we (have lunch) later. 3. She (see) me but she (not/speak) to me.4. That was a stupid thing to do. Why (you/do) it? 5. It seemed impossible for him to win, but he (win). 6 . He (meet) Mary and (fall) in love with her at first sight. 7.‘Do you often see Tom? ‘ ‘Not often, but I (see) him at the party the other day’. 8. That’s a nice shirt. Where (you/buy) it? 9. As soon as the bus (stop), Jill (get off). 10. Ten minutes ago I (hear) a strange noise. 11. Edward (make) up his mind to escape from prison. 12. We (wait) a long time for the bus but it (not/come).