28.Put am/is/are/was/were.

Some sentences are present and some are past.

Example: Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.

1. Today the weather ... nice, but yesterday it ... cold.

2. I ... hungry. Can I have something to eat?

3. I ... hungry last night, so I had something to eat.

4. Where ... you at 11 o'clock last Friday morning?

5. Don't buy those shoes. They ... too expensive.

6. Why ... you so angry yesterday?

7. We must go now. It ... very late.

8. This time last year I ... in Paris.

9. We were tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.

10. 10) Charlie Chaplin died in 1978. He ... a famous film star.

11)"Where ... the children?" - "I don't know. They ... in the garden ten minutes ago".

29. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.

1. Tom usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning ......

2. Tom usually walks to work. Yesterday ...

3. Tom is usually late for work. Yesterday ...

4. Tom usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday....

5. Tom usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening...

6. Tom usually sleeps very well. Yesterday ...

30. Write the following sentences a) in the interrogative

b) in the negative

Example: He wanted to go for a walk.

Did he want to go for a walk?

He did not want to go for a walk.

1. She decided to write a letter to her parents at home.

2. Ann passed all her examinations.

3. They arrived home late.

4. He stayed in Minsk all summer.

5. Tom entered this class in April.

31. Write Past Indefinite and Participle II from the following verbs.

to meet, to see, to know, to stand, to give, to teach, to tell, to find, to begin, to build, to sing, to say, to go ,to understand.

32. Put the verbs into the correct form. All the sentences are past.

1. We (work) in our garden all day yesterday.

2. He always (want) to learn English.

3. Tom (shave) this morning.

4. I (wait) almost two hours for Jim yesterday.

5. She (study) in our class last semester.

6. He often (come) to see her last year.

7. The Browns (take) their two children to Italia with them.

8. I (forget) to bring my notebook yesterday.

9. The telephone (ring) twice but no one answered.

10. Jim (think) about his problems last evening.

33. Write questions to the following sentences using interrogative words given in brackets.

Example: He came home at ten o'clock. (What time) – What time did he come home?

1. They sat at the first row. (In which row)

2. The lecture lasted two hours. (How long)

3. He went to Minsk to see some friends (Why)

4. She put the mail on my desk. (Where)

5. They spoke to us in English.

6. He arrived home very late. (When)

34. Write questions to the following sentences using the words who, what.

Example: My mother likes apples very much. – Who likes apples very much? / They like to go for a walk together. – What do they like?

1. My sister wants to visit London.

2. Theater is an ancient art.

3. His father collects stamps.

4. We know little about early painters.

5. The Romans made portraits in stone.

6. Speech is a kind of vibration.

35. Fill in the blanks using the verb to be in the Future Indefinite.

1. She ... a student soon.

2. These tasks ... interesting for you.

3. I ... happy to meet you again.

4. There ... many examinations next term.

5. We ... invited to her party.

6. There ... a new school in our street next year.

7. We ... very tired after the long walk.

8. He ... at home in the evening.

36. Write the following sentences a) in the interrogative

b) in the negative

Example: She will come soon.

Will she come soon?

She won't come soon

1. You will like the party.

2. He will enjoy the book.

3. They will change their plan.

4. There will be an interesting program on TV tomorrow.

5. We shall go there.

6. They will return in October.

7. I shall correct the mistakes.

8. He will try to do that again.

9. She will take her child to the park.

10) There will be an exam soon.

37. Put the verbs in brackets in the Future Indefinite.

1. I (do) it tomorrow.

2. They (come) very soon.

3. He (help) me to translate the text.

4. We (spend) a month in London.

5. She (tell) the truth.

6. We (have) much work to do tomorrow.

7. The lecture (begin) at eight o'clock.

8. I (visit) my relatives soon.

9. The film (last) an hour.

10. He (write) a letter to his friend.