Present Tenses. Active Voice

Unit 1

Present Tenses. Active Voice

Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Факт действия в настоящем	Процесс действия в настоящем	Результат действия к моменту в настоящем	Процесс действия уже в течение некоторого периода времени к моменту в настоящем
V, V-s I write. Я пишу (часто)	am/is/are+ V-ing I am writing. Я пишу (сейчас)	have/has + V3 I have written. Я написал(сегодня, уже, только что)	have been/has been+V-ing I have been writing. Я пишу (уже час, с двух часов)

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tenses.

1. The woman who (to speak) with my sister in the yard (to be) our neighbour who (to live) across the street.

2. Water (to boil) at 100 degrees Centigrade.

3. He is an old friend of mine. I (to know) him for ages.

4. Switch on the light. It (to get) dark.

5. Look out of the window. Some students (to hurry) to their first lecture.

6. The flight to New York (to leave) at 7.00 a.m.

7. You (to go) to Spain this summer?

8. What you (to think) of this novel?

9. What you (to think) about?

10. I (to do) my homework for two hours and I (not to finish) yet.

11. Helen (to read) this book since Monday.

12. What (to be) the title of the book you (to read)?

13. My parents (to work) for this company since 1995.

14. He (to take) English lessons for some time since last year.

15. You see, I (to do) this kind of thing for the last thirty years.

16. It (to snow) for the whole day: the garden is covered with snow.

17. Who (to break) the window?

18. You (to see) Ann lately?

19. What you (to laugh) at?

20. It’s the best book I ever (to read)

 

 

II. Translate into English using one of the Present Tenses.

1. Вы были когда-нибудь в Лондоне? – Нет, но я поеду туда в этом году.

2. Студенты пишут контрольную работу уже два часа.

3. Я ищу Ника. Вы видели его?

4. Мы работаем над этой проблемой уже два года.

5. Никто не видел мой мобильный телефон? Он был на столе минуту назад.

6. Не выходите на улицу. Идет дождь.

7. Я очень люблю путешествовать. Я уже побывала во многих городах нашей страны.

8. Они обсуждают этот вопрос очень давно, но пока ничего не решили.

9. Моя жизнь становится все более интересной.

10. Поезд отправляется через полчаса.

 

Past Tenses. Active Voice

Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Факт действия в прошлом	Процесс действия в определенный момент в прошлом	Результат действия к моменту в прошлом	Процесс действия уже в течение некоторого периода времени к моменту в прошлом
V-ed, V2 I wrote. Я написал (вчера, 2 дня тому назад)	was/were+ V-ing I was writing. Я писал (вчера в 3 часа, когда он вошел)	had + V3 I had written. Я написал (вчера к 3 часам, до того как он пришел)	had been + V-ing. I had been writing. Я писал (уже 2 часа, когда он пришел)

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Past Simple,

Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous Tenses.

1. The incident (to happen) the other day.

2. Her name was Helen. She (to be) a widow for fifteen years and had no children.

3. When we (to leave) home, the rain already (to stop).

4. When I (to graduate) from the University my elder brother (to work) for a foreign company for two years.

5. Yesterday I (to find) a book I (to look for) so long.

6. When you (to go) to the cinema last?

7. They (to live) in Canada for a few years and then (to move) to Australia.

8. You (to wait) for half an hour before the taxi came.

9. All night long the stars (to glitter).

10. What you (to do) when I (to come in)?

11. When I (to leave) the university, it (to rain) heavily.

12. When John (to return) home, he (to see) his younger brother who (to do) his homework.

13. Nick said that he (to write) all day and (not to eat) anything.

14. We (to work) in the garden for some hours when it began to rain.

15. I (to see) Irene yesterday at the stores: she and Mr. Smith (to have) a nice little talk.

16. Robert (to talk) to some of the other guests when Nick (to come in).

17. She hoped I (to pay) for the tickets.

18. When we (to come) the plane (to take off).

19. By the end of last month they (not to complete) the experiment yet.

20. Ann’s grandfather (to found) his firm in 1901.

 

Future Tenses. Active Voice

Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Факт действия в будущем	Процесс действия в определенный момент в будущем	Результат действия к моменту в будущем	Процесс действия уже в течение некоторого периода времени к моменту в будущем
will + V I will write. Я напишу, буду писать(завтра)	will be + V-ing I will be writing. Я буду писать(завтра в 3 часа)	will have + V3 I will have written. Я напишу(завтра к 3 часам, до того как он придет)	will have been+V-ing I will have been writing. Я буду писать(завтра уже 3 часа, когда он придет)

Review

Unit 2

Review

I. Choose the right variant

1. Shakespeare ………… "Hamlet".

wrote was written

2. "Hamlet" ………….. by Shakespeare.

wrote was written

3. The Chinese …………… paper.

invented was invented

4. Paper …………….. by the Chinese.

invented was invented

5. Butter ……………. from milk.

is made made

6. A kettle ……….. to boil water.

uses is used

7. We ………….. a kettle to boil water.

use are used

8. New car …………… yesterday.

was stolen stole

9. I …………. to the cinema every weekend.

go am gone

10. We …………… to school by bus.

are taken take

 

Unit 3

MODALS

 

III. Физическая возможность

can/could - мочь, уметь

Can you swim? – Вы умеете плавать.

to be able to – быть в состоянии, мочь

He was able to win the race. – Он смог выиграть гонку.

 

1. Put in «can» or «can't» if possible; if not, use «could» or «will be able to».

1) I___ pick it up tonight, if that's convenient.

2) I think I___ speak English quite well in a few months.

3) We need some more oil.' 'OK, I___ let you have some this week.'

4) Dr. Parker___ see you at 12 on Tuesday.

5) She___ walk again in a few weeks.

6) If we took the wheels off, we___ get it through the back door.

7) Do you think one day people___ travel to the stars?

8) This week's no good, but I___ bring the car in next week.

9) If I practiced a bit, I___ be pretty good at tennis.

10) In a few years, computers___ think better than we do.

11) She___ give you a lesson this evening.

12) I'm free at the weekend, so the kids___ come round.

13) I'll post your letter, but I don't think the postman___ read the address.

14) I___ do your job with no trouble at all.

15) We're busy this week, but we___ repair it by next Thursday.

 

Review

Unit 4

Conditionals

Тип 1

	Придаточное предложение условия	Главное предложение (результат)	Использование
Тип 1 (реальное условие в настоящем)	If + any present form (Present Simple, Present Cont. or Present Perf.)	Future/Imperative; Can/may/might/must/should+ инфинитив без to; Present Simple	Реальное условие – Вероятность события в настоящем или будущем

Тип 2

	Придаточное предложение условия	Главное предложение (результат)	Использование
Тип 2 (нереальное условие в настоящем)	If + Past simple or Past Continuous	Would/could/might + инфинитив без to	Нереальное условие – маловероятность события в настоящем или будущем. Также используется для выражения совета

Тип 3

	Придаточное предложение условия	Главное предложение (результат)	Использование
Тип 3 (нереальное условие в прошлом)	If + Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous	Would/could/might + have + past participle	Нереальная ситуация в прошлом. Также используется для выражения сожаления и критики

Review

Unit 1

Present Tenses. Active Voice

Simple	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Факт действия в настоящем	Процесс действия в настоящем	Результат действия к моменту в настоящем	Процесс действия уже в течение некоторого периода времени к моменту в настоящем
V, V-s I write. Я пишу (часто)	am/is/are+ V-ing I am writing. Я пишу (сейчас)	have/has + V3 I have written. Я написал(сегодня, уже, только что)	have been/has been+V-ing I have been writing. Я пишу (уже час, с двух часов)