Сборник упражнений по английскому языку. Часть 2

Were you in England in 1999? – …, I was./…, I wasn’t.

Exercise 2. Ask and answer questions with a partner.

Exercise 3. Correct these sentences making them negative.

1. Cleopatra was the queen of England.

2. Romeo and Juliet were American.

3. The mini skirt was famous in the 1860s.

4. Picasso and Van Gogh were famous politicians.

5. John F Kennedy was a pop singer.

6. Marilyn Monroe was an English teacher.

Exercise 4. Put the words in each line in the correct order to make up sentences.

Don’t forget about articles where necessary.

1) was, brother, journalist, Mary’s, famous.

2) Richard, company, president, big, was, of.

3) at Christmas, were, John, at home, wife, and.

4) Bill Clinton, USA, president, was.

5) Russia, republics, Soviet Union, Ukraine, were, and, of.

6) was, O’Henry, stories, of, master, short.

Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs.

Exercise 5. Do we use last and ago with these times?

Last:

Ago:

Exercise 6.

Make the following sentences in the past.

a) They work at this company.

b) We go to work at 9 a.m.

c) She lives in the country with her relatives.

d) He knows the subject very well.

e) John and Mary live in the centre of the city.

f) I remember this day.

g) Peter comes home from work at 6 p.m.

h) We know these people.

Exercise 7. Choose 5 regular verbs and 5 irregular verbs from this Module and make up an English-English crossword with them.

Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 7.

1. Его вчера не было в колледже. 2. Прошлая зима не была теплой. 3. Они уехали из дома рано утром. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Почему ты вчера опоздал?6. Мы начали это задание на прошлой неделе. 7. Они вернулись домой в 7 часов вечера. 8. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 9. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 10. Наши занятия закончились в половину седьмого.

11. В прошлое воскресенье погода была хорошая, и мы с друзьями пошли в парк. 12. Где они были вчера вечером? 13. Мы получили от нее важное сообщение час назад. 14. Он ушел из дома, когда ему было 12 лет. 15. Когда я учился в школе, родители часто помогали мне с домашним заданием.

Exercise 9. Write down 15 sentences on the topic “A famous person”.

Revision

Exercise 1. Write down the missing letters of the following past forms of the verbs.