A) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs
in parenthesis:
1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(he)
(-)
2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(yesterday)
(?) 3. Did we eat lunch at the cafeteria yesterday?
(study in the
library)
(-?) 4. Did we study in the library last night?
(-)we
didn’t study in the library last night.
(we)
(-) 5. We didn’t study in the library last night
(play
tennis)
(+) 6. We played tennis last night
(I)
(-) 7. I didn’t play tennis last night
(get a present)
(+) 8. We got a present last night
(you)
(-?) 9. You didn’t get a present last night (-)
Did you get a present last night? (?)
(go
shopping)
(?) 10. Did we go shopping last week?
(last week)
(-) 11. We didn’t go shopping
last week.
(she)
(+) 12. She went shopping last week.
(stay
home)
(?) 13. Did she stay at home last week?
(last
night)
(-?) 14. She didn’t stay at home last night.
(?)
did she stay at home last night?
(they)
(-) 15. They didn’t stay
at home last night.
(get into
trouble)
(+) 16. They got
into trouble last night
(you)
(?) 17. Did you get into trouble last night?
(see
him)
(-?) 18. You didn’t see
him yesterday afternoon
(yesterday
afternoon)
(?) 19. Did you see
him yesterday afternoon?
(I)
(+) 20. I saw him
yesterday afternoon.
b) Answer the
questions about the story:
1.
What was Bob?
He was a young sailor.
2.
What change did he
find when he was back home?
He finds new neighbors
near his mother’s house
3.
How was their
daughter?
Their daughter is a
pretty daughter
4.
How did Bob feel about
the girl?
Bob soon loves her
and he wants to marry her when he comes back
5.
What did Bob tell the
girl?
Bob promises the girl
to send a present from every port
6.
What did Bob send the
girl from Capetown?
he sends the girl a parrot
from Capetown
7.
Where is Capetown?
Capetown is in Africa
8.
How many languages did
the parrot speak?
The parrot speaks
three languages
9.
What did the girl do
with the parrot?
Ske cooks the parrot.
E) Read the following
story:
Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his
mother’s house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he
wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present
from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl
a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches
Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the
parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:
Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his
ship.
One summer he came back
from a long voyage and found new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have a
pretty daughter, and Bob soon loved her and he wanted to marrry her when he
coming back. Bob promised the girl to send a present from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sent the girl
a parrot from there. The parrot spook three languages. When Bob’s shiped reaches
Australia, a letter came from the girl. The letter said, “Thank you for the
parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
D) Fill in the blanks
with the PAST form of the verbs:
Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in
1706. He ……(was)……… (be)the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor
candlemaker. He …went……(go ) to school only one year. He ………began…… (begin) to
work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he …………decided……… (decide) to
be a writer. He …copied……….
(copy) the great
stories of famous writers and later he ……became…… (become) the best known
writer in his time.
When he ……was…….. (be) seventeen, he …………left……… (leave) Boston and
…arrived………… (arrive)
in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
…got…………… (get) a job
as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………retired. (retire)
from business as a
very rich man at forty-two. Then he ……spent………. (spend) the next forty years
for his government. He ……played………. (play) an important role in the founding of
the USA.
Franklin ……was……… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ………drawes…….
(draw)
electricity from a
cloud on a kite string. He ……wrote……… (write) one of the first text books on
electricity. He ……invented… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other
practical tools. He ………made……… (make) a study of water and …………discovered……….
(discover) many principles
of hydrodynamics. He even …invented………… (invent) bifocal glasses when he was
seventy-eight and ……needed………… (need) them himself.
Franklin …did…… (do) all these things and many more because he ………believed.………
(believe) he ……could……………
(can).
D) Write sentences.
Use the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
Example: (Usually she / work / at the office, but this week she / work / at
home.)
Usually she works at the office, but this week she’s working at home.
1. (You / not / eat / very much at the
moment. Are you ill?)
You
don’t eat very much at the moment. Are you ill?
2. (She / know / three words in Italian!)
She
knows three words in Italian!
3. (I / take / the bus to work this week, but usually I / walk)
I
take the bus to work this week, but usually I walk.
4. (I / study / Japanese this year. It’s very difficult.)
I
study Japanese this year. It’s very difficult.
5. (you / watch / the television at the moment?)
Do
you watch the television at the moment?
6. (I / not / remember / the name of the hotel.)
I don’t remember the name of the hotel
7. (She / speak / three languages.)
She speaks three
languages
1.
(The sun / shine /.
It’s a beautiful day!)
The sun shines. It’s a beautiful day!
C) This is Anna’s
first letter in English to David. There are some mistakes. Rewrite wrong
verb forms .Underline if the verb form is correct:
Dear David,
I live ……………. in a large flat in Rome. I’m having….. have …..
two sisters. They are called Rosa and Maria. We are getting up ………………get
up………………………at seven o’clock
every morning, and we
have ………………………….. coffee and a small breakfast. I leave ………………………
the flat at eight and walk to the university. I am finishing …finish….…
classes at five every
day, and I arrive …………………….. home at six. This month I work
………………………… very hard
for my exams.
At the moment, I eat ………have…… breakfast in the kitchen of our flat, my mother
drinks ………………………… coffee, and my sisters are reading ……read magazines.
On Saturday afternoons I am playing …play…………………………. tennis with my friends, or
I go ……………………….. to
the cinema. Today, I’m going to see a new English film. Sometimes I am watching
……watch………………………. American films on TV, but I’m not understanding ……don’t understand…………………………
the words! Are you liking …………do you like………….
films?
Please write to me soon.
With best
wishes,
Anna
