Present Simple of the verb HAVE GOT

 

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I, We, You , They have got fair hair. I, We, You , They have not got fair hair. Have I, we, you, they got fair hair?
He, She, (It) has got He, She, (It) has not got Has he, she, (it)

7. Paraphrase the sentences. Do not change the meaning of them.

Example:1) That woman is neither blond nor brunet.- That woman has got neither blond nor brunet hair.

2) The old man has no hair at all. - The old man is bald.

1) This man has got ordinary features of the face.

2) His nose is hooked.

3) The face of the woman has got many wrinkles.

4) His brother has not got wavy hair.

5) His mother is blond and fair-haired.

6) Her hair-do is modern.

7) There is a big scar on his left cheek.

8) He wears hair long.

9) She knows how to behave.

10) He has got a beard and moustache.


Past Simple

Данное время обозначает действие как факт прошлого.

Оно употребляется:

1) для выражения прошедшего действия, время совершения которого обозначается следующими словами-показателями:

Yesterday - вчера

The day before yesterday – позавчера

Last week (month, year, century, summer, Sunday…) – на прошлой неделе (в прошлом месяце, году, веке, лето, воскресенье…)

5 years ago – 5 лет назад

In 1980, in September – в 1980, в сентябре

Example: Yesterday she looked nice.

2) для выражения ряда последовательно совершавшихся действий в прошлом.

Example: He got up, cleaned his teeth, dressed and had breakfast.

 

  I, you, he, she, it, we, they met (2) consulted him yesterday.
I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn’t meet (1) consult him yesterday.
  Did you, he, she, it, we, they meet (1) consult him yesterday?
When did you, he, she, it, we, they meet (1)consult him?  
  Who met (2) consulted him yesterday?

 

По способу образования Past Simple глаголы делятся на стандартные и нестандартные (см. приложение 3). У нестандартных глаголов меняются корневые гласные (know - knew). Стандартные глаголы образуют форму прошедшего неопределенного времени путем прибавления к инфинитиву глагола суффикса -ed (-d).

Ed, -d

[ t ] [ d ] [ id ]
после глухих согласных после звонких согласных и гласных после букв t, d
dressed helped danced opened played answered counted wanted collected

 

q Если глагол оканчивается на согласную, которой предшествует ударная краткая гласная, то в прошедшем времени при прибавлении окончания –ed, конечная согласная удваивается: nod-nodded

q Cогласн. + y i+ ed:dry – dried

But: play- played

8. Put the following verbs in the Past Simple Tense and read them.

Look, represent, change, live, call, start, try, listen, decid, introduce, describe, separate, wish, enjoy, adapt, resemble, stop, translate, found, address, copy, consist, hope, want, miss, murder, search, disappear, attract, continue.

9. Give two forms of the verbs.

Read, write, wear, have, find, go, come, get, put, think, buy, feel, grow, hide, write, bring, understand, hear, say, see, tell, speak, bear, stand, lose, make, pay, know, do, give, forget, dream, take, sleep, meet, seek, fall, drive, catch.

 

 
 


10. Сomplete the sentences. Use the correct form of the following verbs.

find, see, try, grow, wound, read, accuse, look, live, meet, decide, open, wear

 

1) I …… a lot of articles about famous people.

2) He suddenly …… a face in the window.

3) They …… him of spying.

4) She …… in a poor family.

5) I …… to stay with my uncle until I …… a flat.

6) The police …… fire and …… two criminals.

7) This old man ……very angry.

8) He …… to adapt to his superstar status.

9) We …… last summer.

10) Last year she …… the hair long.

11. Сhange the sentences from the positive into negatives.

1) Pam bought a lot of clothes.

2) I looked very tired yesterday.

3) When she was a child she wore a hair-cut.

4) She had an attractive appearance.

5) The baby cried all last night.

6) The accident happened the day before yesterday.

7) The police wanted this man for murder.

8) They described him as a white man with a beard.

9) She liked handsome man.

10) I was a middle-sized woman.

 

12. Read the text about Leonardo DiCaprio and answer the questions given after it.

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the hottest young film stars around at the moment. He was born in Los Angeles on November 11, 1974. He’s a Scorpio. His full name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. His mother is German and his father Italian-American. They called him Leonardo because when his mother was pregnant he started kicking while she was standing in front of painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. His parents separated before he was born. Leo grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Hollywood.

His face is on the covers of all the top movie and youth magazines and is the subject of countless articles, rumors and showbiz gossip. Leonardo doesn’t like reading about himself because “I read things about me that I have never said in my life and never done”. But he tries to adapt to his superstar status and to the rumours and lies that are written about him. “Before Titanic I’d take things that were written about me very personally. Now I just let my work speak for itself”.

 

1) Why did his parents call him Leonardo DiCaprio?

2) When did his parents separate?

3) Where did Leonardo DiCaprio grow up?

 

13. Do you remember the appearance of this actor? Can you complete it?

 

Leonardo DiCaprio is an …… man, not very ……. His face is …… with …… features. His …… eyes always attract to him a lot of admirers. He has …… and …… hair.

14. Translate the sentences into English.

1) Внешность моей подруги очень привлекательная.

2) У нее очень выразительный рот.

3) Я выгляжу как актриса.

4) Черты этого человека обыкновенные, но правильные.

5) Он тебе напомнил моего дядю?

6) Она умеет себя вести.

7) У нее темно-каштановые волосы и добрые зеленые глаза.

8) У этого преступника были бледные, впалые щеки и беззубый рот.

9) Она обычно носит стрижку или прическу?

10) Он ей не нравится, потому что у него усы и борода.