The Past Indefinite Tense

Study the rule “The Past Indefinite Tense” and train your knowledge doing the following exercises:

Ex. 1. Give the Past Indefinite form of the following regular verbs:

To help, to pick, to live, to produce, to play, to like, to study, to ask, to want, to continue, to join, to cover, to affect, to like, to change, to include, to depend, to receive, to provide, to learn, to predict, to invent, to divide.

Ex. 2. Give the Past Indefinite form of the following irregular verbs:

To come, to go, to set, to take, to be, to leave, to make, to find, to get, to become, to do, to speak, to read, to write, to tell, to see, to know, to put, to have, to build, to grow, to buy, to eat, to drink, to give, to fall, to say, to hear, to understand, to think, to begin.

Ex. 3.Transform the verb into the Past Indefinite Tense:

a) Model 1: My cat likes fish.

My cat liked fish.

1. It often snows here.

2. This seems quite easy.

3. He often listens to the music.

4. He always lives in Paris.

5. We enjoy our vacations in Florida.

6. The teacher explains grammar in the class.

7. The girl likes her dog very much.

8. I play the piano rather well.

b) Model 2: Classes begin at 8 o'clock

Classes began at 8 o'clock

1 .I understand the text quite well.

2. He is in my room.

3. I find many good stories in this magazine.

4. The students spend many hours in the library.

5. He makes many mistakes in dictations.

6. I am glad to meet my friends.

7. We read a lot of books.

8. We have got many magazines.

Ex. 4.Put general questions:

Model: The concert lasted for two hours.

Did the concert last for two hours?

1. He dried his hands carefully.

2. The students went to the club yesterday.

3. They understood the text very well.

4. She enjoyed the performance.

5. Tom wanted to be a sailor.

6. I met my friend at the theatre last night.

7. I told my friends the news.

8. We were glad to get acquainted with him.

9. It rained cats and dogs yesterday.

10. Everything was covered with a hoar-frost.

Ex. 5.Make special questions:

Model: He learned English at school (where?).

Where did he learn English?

1. It snowed heavily during the night (when?).

2. Ann spent her winter holidays in Kiev (where?).

3. We had supper at 8 o'clock (what time?).

4. He wrote three letters last night (how many?).

5. My sister read an interesting book yesterday (what?).

6. They took a plane, because it was faster than a tram (why?).

7. I used Kate's book (whose?).

8. They stayed in Moscow only for two days (how long?).

9. They traveled by sea (how?).

10. She understood the last question (who?).

Ex. 6. Put alternative and disjunctive questions to each sentence given below:

1. The workers built monuments, museums and modern houses in Tashkent after 1966.

2. The trees were covered with blossom in May.

3. Yuri Dolgoruky founded Moscow in 1147.

4. We opened new stadiums and sports grounds in the city.

5. My friend wrote to me very often last year.

6. Mr. Brown spoke to us about the weather yesterday.

7. We had an early Indian summer that year.

8. It was foggy and chilly the day before yesterday.

9. She took interesting books from the library.

10. I saw an interesting football match at the stadium.

Ex. 7. Make the sentences negative:

Pattern: In summer she watched the sunrise

In summer she didn't watch the sunrise

1. I saw Peter at the meeting.

2. The children stayed at home all the evening.

3. They spent the summer vacation in the Crimea.

4. I read this newspaper yesterday.

5. They had time to do it.

6. She sent her mother a telegram.

7. They watched TV last night.

8. Peter wanted to wait for a few minutes.

9. You left your umbrella here.

10. Mr. Cook wrote newspaper reports.

Ex. 8. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite Tense:

1. We (to see) many books on the shelves of the library. 2. My friend (to study) at the Institute. 3. My son (to ask) many questions. 4. I (to like) this season too. 5. She (to play) various games at the stadium. 6. They (to produce) various goods for our country and for many other countries. 7. It (to be) a hot and stuffy day.8. In 1980 the 22nd Olympic Games (to take place) in Moscow. 9. Our hotel "Ukraine" is very beautiful. It (to be build) in 1986. 10. We (to take part) in various sport competitions.

Ex. 9.Open the brackets using Present or Past Indefinite:

1. Yesterday (to be) my day off. I usually (lo wake up) early on my day off, but yesterday I (to get up) at ten o'clock.

2. " When you usually (to have) breakfast? - I always (to have) breakfast at 7 o’clock in the morning, but yesterday I (to have) a day off and (to eat) at 9."

3. " When you last (to go ) to the theatre?” - " Two weeks ago."

4. I usually (to go) to bed at eleven o'clock. Yesterday my friends (to come) to see me, and I (to go) to bed at one.

5. He (to live) in Paris for a long time and (to know) a lot about the city.

6. I got a package in the mail last Friday. When I (to open) it, I (to find) a surprise.

7. I (to call) Roger at nine last night, but he (to be, not) at home. He (to study) at the library.

8. Last January a child (to see) snow for the first time in his life.

9. I (to go) to the Crimea in April 1999, but the weather (to be) very cold and wet all the time. I hope the weather forecast (to be) fine this year.

10. What kind of weather you (to like)? I (to like) all sorts of weather, but when I (to be) a child I (to prefer) a sunny weather.

Ex. 10.Translate the following sentences:

1. У вівторок ми отримали листа з Лондона. Я англійської не знаю, тому мій племінник переклав його на українську мову.

2. Вона любила дивитись на схід сонця влітку.

3. – Що ви робили на уроці вчора?

- Ми читали тексти та робили вправи, розмовляли з нашим вчителем та перекладали речення з української на німецьку.

4. Поговоріть про погоду в столиці з м-ром Смітом. Він вчора приїхав з Києва.

5. Сьогодні не так сиро та холодно, як вчора. Вчора я змок до нитки.

6. Чому ти відкрив вікно? На вулиці нульова температура!

7. Хто показав вам наш фруктовий сад? Дерева там вже почали розквітати.

8. Ви їздили на вихідних за місто? Яка була погода? Холодна чи тепла?

9. Мати попросила брата допомогти їй, але він не зробив цього. Він був дуже зайнятий.

10. Вчора було холодно. Річка вкрилася кригою, чи не так?

САМОСТІЙНА РОБОТА № 7.1.

(урок 7)

ТЕМА: House and flat.

МЕТА:Тренування вживання лексичного матеріалу, розвиток діалогічного мовлення.

КІЛЬКІСТЬ ГОДИН: 2

ЛІТЕРАТУРА: Англійська мова за ред. В.К. Шпака. Н.В. Тучина та ін. A Way to success: English for University students. Є.О.Мансі Практикум з англ. мови. J.M. Dobson Effective Techniques for English conversational groups.

ЗАСОБИ НАВЧАННЯ: Підручник, картки, словники, опорні схеми, граматичні таблиці.

КОНТРОЛЬНІ ПИТАННЯ.

1. Where do you live?

2. What is your address?

3. What floor do you live on?

4. How many rooms are there in your flat?

5. Is your room large?

6. Describe your room.

7. Describe the hostel of our University.

ХІД САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ.

1. Складання речень з активною лексикою уроку 7 (с. 64-66).

2. Робота з текстом «My Flat»– читання, переклад, складання плану до тексту.

My Flat

We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences: central heating, gas, electricity, cold and hot water, a lift and a chute to carry rubbish down.

There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.

The living-room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. In the middle of the room we have a square-table with six chairs round it. To the right of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano and stool before it. Between the two large windows there is a little table with a colour TV set on it. Near the TV set there are two cozy armchairs. A small round table, a divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. This small table is for newspapers and magazines. My father is used to having a rest sitting on this divan-bed reading books, newspapers, magazines or watching TV.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds with a bedside-table between them. An alarm-clock and a small lamp with a pink lamp-shade are on the table. In the left-hand corner there is a dressing-table with a big mirror.. In this room we have a built-in wardrobe with coat-hangers to-hang clothes on. There is a thick carpet on the floor and plain light-brown curtains on the window.

The third room is my study. It is not large but very cozy. There isn't much furniture in it, only the most necessary. It has a writing-table and an armchair before it. In the right-hand corner there is a bookcase full of books, magazines and newspapers. A small table with a radio is standing in the left-hand corner. Near it there is a sofa with some cushions. In my opinion, the study is the best room in our flat. But the warmest place in our flat is the kitchen, I think - the place where the whole family gathers every evening not only to have supper together, but also to speak and rest. I like the English proverb: "My home is my castle" because my flat is, indeed, my castle.

3. Складання розмовної теми My House / My flat.

4. Аудіювання тексту “Students Accommodation in the UK” (Тучина, с. 192-193).

5. Складання порівняльної характеристики «Students’ hostel in Melitopol» та «Students Accommodation in the UK».

6. Складання діалогів за комунікативними ситуаціями (Шпак, с. 72).

САМОСТІЙНА РОБОТА № 7.2.

(урок 7)

ТЕМА: The Future Indefinite Tense.

МЕТА:Удосконалювати навички утворення та вживання The Future Indefinite Tense.

КІЛЬКІСТЬ ГОДИН: 2

ЛІТЕРАТУРА: Англійська мова за ред. В.К. Шпака. Т.В. Барановська Граматика англ. мови.

В.Л. Каушанская Сборник упражнений по грамматике англ.яз.

ЗАСОБИ НАВЧАННЯ: підручник, граматичні таблиці, картки.

КОНТРОЛЬНІ ПИТАННЯ.

1. Для вираження якої дії вживається The Future Indefinite Tense?

2. Як утворюється стверджувальна форма дієслова в The Future Indefinite Tense(питальна, заперечна)?

3. Наведіть приклади речень, в яких дієслово вжито в часі Future Indefinite.

4. Вкажіть часові маркери цього часу.

5. Яка структура цього часу?

ХІД САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ.

1. Опрацювання теоретичного матеріалу The Future Indefinite Tense.

2. Складання структурно-логічної схеми правила The Future Indefinite Tense.

3. Тестування з теми.

4. Складання порівняльної характеристики часів групи Indefinite.

5. Виконання вправ 1-10 з теми “The Future Indefinite Tense”.