IV. Простое прошедшее время (Past Simple)

Ex 4.1. Изучите таблицу:

	Past Simple (yesterday, last week (month, year), in 2008, two years ago subject + V-ed (V2) вспомогательный глагол – did
+	I (we, you, he, she, it, they) worked (sold).
-	I (we, you, he, she, it, they) did not work_. (did not sell).
?	Did I (we, you, he, she, it, they) work_? (sell) ?

Did not = didn’t

Сопоставьте предлоги с датами:

in on at from…to…

1. 1998 3. April last 5. 9 am

2. 2003 - 2004 4. Monday 6. March

Ex 4.2. Заполните пропуски одним из предложенных слов (a-c) внизу:

Conrad Ascher is an entrepreneur. When he was a boy he decided that he didn’t want a job where he worked ¹ __c__ 9 am ² _____ 5 pm every day. Conrad wanted something more exciting. When he finished college ³ _____ 1999, he worked as an events orginiser ⁴ _____ two years. Then, ⁵ _____ 26 August 2001, he launched his own company to help organizations choose which Sporting events to sponsor. The company made a loss for the first few years, but ⁶ _____ year, it made a good profit. Conrad likes to start work early. He is usually at his desk ⁷ _____ 7 am. He often goes to sporting events ⁸ _____ the evenings. ⁹ _____ the weekend, Conrad plays rugby and hockey and goes to watch football matches. “I enjoy my free time, but I always enjoy getting back to work ¹⁰ _____ Monday morning.” Conrad says, “Sport is my work and my life; I’m very lucky.”

1. a. to b. at c. from

2. a. two b. to c. too

3. a. in b. on c. at

4. a. since b. during c. for

5. a. at b. on c. in

6. a. then b. the c. last

7. a. in b. at c. on

8. a. at b. on c. in

9. a. At b. In c. To

10. a. in b. on c. at

Ex 4.3. Прочитайте заметки о компании, изготавливающей хрустящий картофель в пакетиках. Напишите предложения, используя Past Simple и даты с соответствующими предлогами:

1996 - David Willis founds Chiltern Snacks.

David Willis founded Chiltern Snacks in 1996.

1. 1996-2001 - He distributes crisps to local retailers by van.

2. August 1^st 2001 - A customer cancels his order because Willis doesn’t sell 50 gram packs.

- Willis thinks about starting up his own brand of crisps.

3. December 2002 - Willis starts production of the fist Salty Dog crisps using 50 gram packs.

4. The first year - Sales grow fast.

5. November 2003 - The first international order arrives.

6. February 14^th 2004 - Willis exports the first packs to Germany.

7. March 2004 - He receives enquiries from the US and China.

Ex 4.4. Прочитайте историю Бена Хоупа. Обозначьте цифрами события из его жизни по порядку:

lost his job □ got a big contract □

graduated from university □ employs 12 people □

started his own business □ joined a design company □

Ben Hope

After graduating, I joined a design company. It was a good job and I enjoyed it. But only two years later, the company went bankrupt and I lost my job. I looked for other jobs, but couldn’t find anything interesting. So what did you do? I decided to start my own business. To begin with, it was very hard work. But after about a year, I got my first big contract: to design the new offices of a local company. The company liked what I did and I got more work. Then economic problems came. It was a difficult time for all businesses in the region. But after a while the economy improved again and my business started to grow. And now I employ 12 people and we work in luxury offices in the city centre.

Ex 4.5. Заполните предложения словами, используя время Past Simple.

accept complain hire place realize study visit

1. Oh, I’m sorry to disturb you. I didn’t realize you had a visitor.

2. ……. you …….. economics when you were at university?

3. She ………… ………… the job because the salary was too low.

4. Last week a number of customers ……….. about slow service.

5. I’m writing with reference to the order I ……….with you last week.

6. ………….you………. the Acropolis when you were in Greece?

7. At last year’s launch party, who …………..you…………to do the catering?

Ex 4.6. A. Заполните таблицу неправильных глаголов. Подставьте эти глаголы в выражения и переведите.

Infinitive	Past Tense	expressions
run do make ………. write ………. pay ………	ran ……. ……. went ……. had ……. sold	... a business, …out of something, …up a bill …a job well, …your best, ….business (with) …a profit, …a mistake, …a complaint …abroad, …out of meal, …bankrupt …a letter, … a report, …out of cheque …lunch, …a meeting, …problems ….by credit card, …cash, …in advance …something at a profit, …at a loss, …out

B. Заполните предложения выражениями из таблицы, поставив глаголы в Past Simple.

1. He made some calls from his hotel room and ran up a large phone bill. 2. We _____________with that company a few years ago, but then we stopped dealing with them. 3. After losing billions of dollars for years, Amazon.com finally ______________in the last quarter of 2009. 4. He couldn’t find a suitable job in his own country, so he ………………..to look for work. 5. When the consultants had finished their study they …………………..for the directors, giving a list of recommendations. 6. The engineers …………………..with the gearbox, so they made some modifications to it. 7. They didn’t want cash or a cheque, so I ………………………….. 8. The product was very popular. We …………………….on the first day and ordered more stock.

Ex 4.7. Заполните статью глаголами в Past Simple.

want, start, buy, expand, be, begin, give, produce

Timberland ¹__began___ in 1918. It ²__________ as a small shoe company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Nathan Swartz made boots. In 1955, he ³________ The Abingdon Shoe Company. Later his sons worked for the company, too. Together they ⁴__________ some of the world’s first waterproof leather boots.

In 1973, the Timberland name was born. It starts as the brand name of the original waterproof leather boot. The boot ⁵_________ so popular that the company changed its name to The Timberland Company. In the 1980s the company ⁶___________ into international markets. Then the company introduced adult and children’s clothing, women’s footwear, and accessories. In the 1990s, Timberland began a project that ⁷________ Timberland employees paid time off to work on local community projects. The company ⁸__________ to show that it was possible for a company to do well financially and do good in the community.

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