Сравнение настоящих времен

The Present Tenses Compared

 

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer.
1. ____ TV for the last four hours? Turn it off and get some exercise!
a) Do you watch b) Are you watching c) Have you been watching
2. The hole in the ozone layer ____ bigger and bigger.
a) has become b) is becoming c) become
3. I’m tired because I ____ an English book for a long time.
a) read b) have been reading c) am reading
4. We ____ a lot of interesting people in the last few days.
a) have met b) meet c) are meeting
5. They usually ____ coffee after their evening meal.
a) have been drinking b) are drinking c) drink
6. Janet ____ traveled by air before.
a) travels b) has never travelled c) is travelling
7. Shut up! You ____ a lot of noise.
a) have never made b) usually make c) are always making
8. Sally ____ the bus. She is always on time.
a) has never missed b) rarely misses c) hasn’t been missing
9. Jane is in the garden now. She ____ the flowers.
a) smells b) has smelt c) is smelling
10. He ____ my personal diary without asking me.
a) has been reading b) read c) is reading

 

Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes.

 

1. I am going to work by bus every day.
2. I haven’t visited my home town when I left school.
3. Jane studies this subject for five years.
4. Mary have just finished reading a very interesting book.
5. I am liking reading detective stories.
6. Go you to the office every day?
7. Peter plays in the garden at the moment.
8. More and more species become extinct.
9. I am learning how to play chess for three years now.
10. Does Helen havea rest in Crimea since summer?

 

Exercise 3. Complete the letter using the correct tense.

 

Dear Martha,

I 1.____ (write) to tell you my good news. I 2.____ (save) enough money from my part-time job and, at last I 3.____ (open) a flower shop. My father 4.____ (own) a shop years ago and he 5.____ (give) me some advice and suggestions. He 6.____ (think) that my shop 7.____ (be) a success, because there isn’t another shop in the area. I 8.____ (start) work next Monday. 9.____ I ____ (probably/phone) you some time next week if I 10.____ (have) time.

Wish me luck.

Best wishes,

Nicky

Exercise 4. A. Work in pairs. Make a dialogue to talk about your friends’ interests and hobbies. You should mention:

· Where and when they do that hobby.

· How long they have been doing it.

· If you have ever done it with them.

 

  B. Say if you think that is a good hobby or not, and why.

Прошедшие времена

The Past Tenses

 

Для выражения действия, совершившегося или совершавшегося в прошлом, глагол-сказуемое употребляется в одной из форм прошедшего времени: thePast Simple (Indefinite) TenseПрошедшее простое (неопределенное),the Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense Прошедшее длительное,the Past Perfect Tense Прошедшее совершенное,the Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) TenseПрошедшее совершенно-длительное.

 

Прошедшее простое(неопределенное)время

The Past Simple(Indefinite)Tense

Образование. The Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense правильных глаголов образуется путем прибавления во всех лицах окончания -ed к форме инфинитива: to live – I lived; to work – I worked.

The Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense неправильных глаголов образуется различными другими способами: to begin – I began; to sell – I sold; to lose – I lost.

Вопросительная форма как правильных, так и неправильных глаголов образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to do в прошедшем времени (did) и формы инфинитива смыслового глагола (безto), причем вспомогательный глагол ставится перед подлежащим: Did I work? Did he work? Did I speak? Did he speak?

Отрицательная форма как правильных, так и неправильных глаголов образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to do в прошедшем времени (did), частицы not и формы инфинитива смыслового глагола, причем not ставится после вспомогательного глагола: I did not work, he did not work. I did not speak, he did not speak.

Употребление the Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense.

1. Действия в прошлом, которые происходили одно за другим.

He camehome, hadhis dinner and wentto bed at once. Он пришел домой, поужинал и сразу лег спать.

2. Законченное действие или событие, которое произошло в установленное время в прошлом. Индикаторами времени могут быть словаyesterday вчера, last week на прошлой неделе, an hour ago час тому назад, the other day на днях, on Monday в понедельник, in 1998в 1998 году, during the war во время войны и т. п. Время действия может быть выражено глаголом в придаточном предложении.

I went to Germany two years ago. I took English courses when I was twelve. Я ездил в Германию два года назад. Я ходил на курсы английского, когда мне было 12 лет.

3. Прошлая привычка или состояние.

Last winter I spent a lot of time in the library. Прошлой зимой я проводил много времени в библиотеке.

Примечание – Для выражения повторявшегося прошедшего действия часто употребляется также сочетание used с инфинитивом с частицей to,которое переводится на русский язык прошедшим временем несовершенного вида, часто с наречием обычно. Usedтакже иногда переводится посредством имел обыкновение.

John used to ride bicycle when he lived in London. Джон катался (имел обыкновение кататься) на велосипеде, когда жил в Лондоне (сейчас не катается).

 

EXERCISES

 

Exercise 1. Write the Past Simple of the verbs then read them out.
answer collect dance hate live refer smile travel
arrive collect decorate hurry look repair start try
break cook destroy iron offer rob stay visit
carry correct dress jump play seem stop walk
change cry empty land pray slip study watch
clean cry fry like prefer smash suggest water

 


 

Exercise 2. Write the Past Simple of the verbs. Check irregular Past Participles, and learn the ones that you don’t know.
become buy dream fit hold lie ride sit
begin catch drink forget keep make ring speak
bite come eat get know mean say spend
blow cost eat give learn pay sell stand
break deal fall grow leave put shut strike
bring draw find hear let read sing think
Exercise 3. Give the correct form of the Past Simple of each verb and show whether you would pronounce these past forms as /d/,/t/ or /Id/.
Model: We waited (wait)an hour yesterday. /Id/

 

1. Barbara ____ (clean) her room at the weekend. / /
2. I ____ (play) badminton last night. / /
3. Bernard ____ (write) me a letter yesterday. / /
4. I ____ (smile) at her. / /
5. Caroline ____ (stop) when she saw me. / /
6. I ____ (dream) of you last night. / /
7. Who ____ (cook) the cakes? / /
8. He ____ (cry) a lot as a baby. / /
9. Sue ____ (watch) TV all evening. / /
10. We ____ (laugh) when we heard the joke. / /

 

Exercise 4. Put the Past Simple verbs into the story.
1-6: come hear open say not see stand
7-10: give hold not read take
11-15: run say not speak turn write

 

He 1.____ outside her door for a long time. Then he 2.____ her footsteps inside the house. She 3.____ the door and 4.____ out. At first she 5.____ him, but then she 6.____ “Oh, hello, Harold.” He 7.____ a paper out of his pocket and 8.____ it to her. She 9.____ it in one hand, but 10.____ it. “Listen,” he 11.____ . She 12.____ “I 13.____ you this letter because” – She 14.____ back into the house. He 15.____. and walked slowly down the street.

 

Exercise 5. Make the Past Simple negative sentences.
Model: Tom played hockey, (football)he didn’t play football.

 

1. Jude and Berth spoke French at the party, (Chinese)
2. My grandfather taught philosophy, (Spanish)
3. Kyle cooked the meat, (the fish)
4. I took my girlfriend to the mountains, (my sister)
5. I told my mother everything, (the police)
6. I phoned to my father, (my mother)
7. Matthew liked the party, (the music)
8. Simon knew her address, (phone number)
Exercise 6. You are asking somebody questions. Start with Did … ?
Model: You enjoyed the food, but (the music) did you enjoy the music?

 

1. You listened to the story, but (remember it) __?
2. Dan didn't tell it to Andy, but (the others) __?
3. Thomas liked the book, but (the film) __?
4. He played hockey, but (well) __?
5. You gave them some help, but (any money) __?
Exercise 7. Ask the Past Simple questions with what, who, where, when, why.
Model: Peter saw somebody. Who did Peter see?

 

1. John went somewhere.
2. Bill bought something.
3. Alice married somebody.
4. Mary broke something.
5. Mike stayed somewhere.
6. “I phoned somebody.
7. Dave and Kevin played in the yard yesterday.
8. Our team won the game last Sunday.
9. I went to Germany two years ago.
10. Tom didn’t come to the English class yesterday.
Exercise 8. Some of these sentences are wrong. Correct the mistakes where necessary.
1. Did you hada nice weekend in Paris?
2. She was first in maths at school.
3. I keep a dog when I was five years old.
4. Garry finishes his work early yesterday.
5. We meeted last Sunday as usual.
6. We hurryed to the station.
7. You lied to me!
8. The child who was sitting at the knees of its mum started to cry.
9. A monster has attacked Dan while he was driving along a lonely road.
10. Why you did it?
Exercise 9. A. Cathy and Meg went on a day trip yesterday. Look at the notes below and say what they did, using the following linking words: first, then, next, after that, later, finally.
Model: First, they travelled to Brighton by tram.
9:15 – 10:30: travel to London by train
10:30 – 11:30: look around shops
11:30 – 12:30: walk in the park
12:30 – 2:00: eat lunch at a restaurant
2:00 – 4:30: visit museums
4:30 – 5:30 have afternoon tea

 

  B. What did you do yesterday? Write some sentences.
Exercise 10. Work in pairs. Find out about each other’s summer holidays. Which of you has the more diversified summer?