Exercises for oral practice

Ex.1. Refer the following statements to the past. Add corresponding adverbs as in the example:

Example: — Mary works of this office.

— Mary worked at this office last year,

1. My wife works at a large plant (last year). 2. She doesn't leave her place early (yesterday). 3. We come home at 7 o'clock(last Monday). 4. He has lunch at his office (an hour ago). 5. We spend most of our time outdoors (last Sunday).

Ex.2. Tell the class:

1) what you did yesterday; 2) what you did last summer; 3) how you spent your day-off; 4) when you had a laboratory session; 5) how long it took you to prepare a home task.

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Ex.3. Answer the questions using the words given in brackets as in the example:

Example: - How long did it take you to get to the University yesterday? (half an hour)

— it took me half an hour > get to the University yesterday.

1. How long did it take you to do the home task? (2 hours) 2. How long did it take you to get to your place? (20 minutes) 3. How long did it take you to have breakfast? (a quarter of an hour) 4. How long did it take you to have lunch at the canteen? (half an hour) 5. How long did it take you to read the newspaper? (20 minutes)

Ex.4. Make up questions to which the words in italics are the answers:

1. My father worked at a large plant 2 years ago. 2. I attended some lectures yesterday. 3. Yes, I came home at 7 o'clock in the evening last week. 4. We enjoyed our stay in the country last year. 5. I made progress in English when worked at the laboratory.

Ex.5. Add tag-questions to the following statements and agree or disagree with them as in the example:

Example: - You get up early in the morning, don't you?

— Oh, yes, I do; or: — Oh, no, І don't

1. You are a student, ...? 2. You have two laboratory sessions a week, ...? 3. Your working day lasts 6 hours, ...? 4. His friend works at a large plant, ...? 5. She got to her office by bus yesterday, „.?

Exercises tо be done in writing

Ex.1. Ask questions to which the following statements will be the answers:

1. Peter Smirnov gave lectures twice a week last month. 2. They had two laboratory sessions last week. 3. We planned to spend our free time with our friends. 4. On our days-off we often visited our friends. 5. In summer we often went to the forest.

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Ex.2. Refer the following statements to the past. Use the words in brackets:

1. They usually have three sessions a day. (last week) 2. How many sessions a day do you have? (last month) 3. I usually work at the li­brary on Saturday. I come home very late, (last Saturday) 4. It usually takes me half an hour to get to my office. I usually get there by bus.(last year) 5. і usually stay at home on my day-off (last Sunday).

Ex.3. Object to the following statements in writing:

1. You got up rather late yesterday. 2. Your working day started at 11 o'clock yesterday. 3. It took you two hours to get to your office. 4. You usually get there by bus. 5. You had lunch at the office yesterday.

Ex.4. Supply prepositions where necessary:

1. Look ... the first ... these two pictures. Whom do you see ... these pictures? 2. Every day Mr. Green gets ... 7 о 'clock, goes ... the bathroom, takes a bath and has breakfast. 3- He goes ... the plant ... un­derground. 4. He arrives ... his place ... work ... 8 o'clock. 5. He works … week-days.

Ex.5. Add tags to the following statements:

1. He speaks English well, ...? 2. There are six persons in their family, ,..? 3. His parents do not live in Kyiv, ...? 4. He doesn't play chess well, ...? 5. There is a nice park not far from our house, ...?

Ex.9. Ask all possible questions about these sentences:

1. It took her an hour to get to her place of work. 2. We spent our last summer holidays in the Crimea. 3. In the evening we had supper and watched TV. 4.1 had dinner at the canteen yesterday,

Ex.7. Complete the dialogues in writing:

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A. You look the picture of health. Had a holiday, I suppose?

B. ...

A. You enjoyed your holiday, didn't you?

B. Where did you spend your holiday? A. ...

B. Did it cost you much?

A. ...

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A. You look your best.

B. No wonder ...

A. Where did you spend your holiday?

B. ... '

A. I see you enjoy fresh and clean air of the country.

B. ... And what is your idea of spending holidays?

A. ...

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A. I say, Borys, where were you yesterday? і rang you up but you were out.

B. ...

A. How many lectures a week do you have?

B. ...

A. I see you are as busy as a bee. By the way, how long does it take you to get to your work?

B. ...

Ex.8. Render Peter Klymenko's story in the Simple Past Tense:

I usually get up at 7 o'clock in the morning. I do my morning exercises, have breakfast and go to the University. I usually leave my place at a quarter to 8 as it takes me half an hour to get to the University. My classes usually start at half past 8. I teach English. I go to the University five times a week. I have three sessions a day and on Friday I have a laboratory session. Once a week I go to the library.

Ex.9. Translate into English:

Я навчаюсь у Київському державному університеті на 2 курсі. Я вивчаю англійську мову. Кожного дня я ходжу на лекції і практичні заняття. Двічі на тиждень у нас лабораторні роботи. Кожна лабораторна робота триває 45 хвилин.

Моя сестра працює на великому заводі. Вона звичайно дістається до заводу автобусом. У неї йде півгодини на те, щоб доїхати до заводу. Але вчора у неї пішло 45 хвилин через сильний снігопад. Тому сьогодні вона встала рано, щоб не запізнитися на роботу. О першій дня у неї звичайно обід. Вона обідає в їдальні. Я вчора не ходив у їдальню. Ми прийшли додому о 7 вечора, повечеряли, послухали передачу УТН о 21

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годині і подивилися цікавий фільм. Перед сном ми любимо трохи погуляти. Іноді до нас приходять наші друзі. Минулої неділі ми ходили з ними в парк. Цей парк розташований неподалік від нашого будинку. Нам дуже сподобалася наша прогулянка. Учора приходив до нас мій коллега. Ми пообідали разом і пішли в кіно.

WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS

1. Last week you visited your friend and spent the weekend with his family. Write a letter to your parents and describe your week-end.

1. Compose a story narrating the way you usually spend your day-off.

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